A Boy and His Secret Place.

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A Boy and His Secret Place

Once upon a time there was a little boy called Saldar Khan. He was a strange little boy and had fascinations for odd things. One hot sunny day he was sitting in the garden lazing around, he looked around in the garden and thought to him self that his life is so boring, whilst thinking this a beautiful golden butterfly flew in. Which had black patterns in its wings that dazzled in the sun. The black patterns were silky and reflected violet, red and blue light in a strange manner. Saldar was fascinated with this incredible creature and tried to catch it but couldn’t as the butterfly flew in to the next door neighbour’s house. He still kept on chasing the butterfly in his neighbour’s garden trying to catch it, he was running without looking ahead, just looking at the butterfly. The way the wings dazzled in the sun, all of a sudden there was a bang! He had collided with the next door neighbour’s kid and they both landed on the floor. Saldar still looking at the butterfly, the neighbour’s kid Jalal looked at Saldar, Saldar still looking at the butterfly. This caught Jalal’s attention so he started looking at the butterfly as well. The butterfly slowly flickering itself away from the boys up in to the air and was gone.

Jalal said to Saldar “That butterfly was amazing”. Saldar replied “I know, that’s why I was trying to catch it but I couldn’t. I’m really sorry for bumping in to you”. “It’s OK” said Jalal. Saldar got up and went back to his garden and walked straight inside.

The next morning he heard Someone shouting from outside. “Saldar, Saldar”.
Saldar ran out of the house into the garden. His neighbour, Jalal, was shouting from the gate.
“Hey Saldar, look what I’ve caught.”
It was a beautiful golden butterfly with black patterns in its wings. Saldar with a big smirk on his face said “Is it ok if I put it in my secret place. Jalal replied “I’ve heard a lot about your secret place”. His Secret Place was famous among his friends. He used to talk to everyone about its existence. Many of them have tried hard, but no one was able to find it. Saldar was very proud of it. No one in his house knew of its existence. He did not reveal its location to anyone. It was his most important secret and he made sure that no one found it.

He slowly looked around to see if anyone was watching. When he felt sure that no one was, he slowly moved to the edge of the garden. There were some wild bushes in the corner of the garden. It was difficult to approach the old oak tree, which stood right behind these bushes. Hence, few ventured into this corner of the garden, which otherwise was decently maintained. It had several tall oak trees, which to Saldar, seemed they touched the sky. Lilies and pink flowers were planted on both sides of the path leading to the porch. The porch was filled with roses of different colours - red, light blue, yellow, white etc. There was a pond at the corner where a fountain sprung out of the water. The old oak tree stood at the other corner of the garden. It had a large strong trunk, which seemed inseparable from the earth. It was not as tall as the other trees. No one seemed to notice this corner of the garden in this colourful garden. As he reached the oak tree, ants started crawling over his legs. He managed to bend to the side facing the fence and pulled the door to his Secret Place.

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The Secret Place was a carefully carved out hole in the old oak tree’s trunk. He had worked on it for over a week, scrapping out the trunk to dig the hole. He used Mom’s kitchen knife, which seemed to disappear occasionally over that week. When his Mom found out, he got a tough beating from her. Later, he started using the nail sharpener to do the finishing touches. The Secret Place was closed with a neat piece of trunk so that even the cut would not be visible from a distance. He loved his Secret Place. He spent hours ...

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