Heavy Storm : Non-Fiction Story

 

Today, I woke up at 5 a.m due to the resolution I made last night to woke up early and then go for a morning walk. I wore my track suit and stepped out from my house. The weather was cold and the dusk had not yet dawned bright. I was happy to feel the cool breeze while walking along with my pet Suzie. Subsequently, within a short period of time I discerned dark clouds which soon turned into lightning. And the first spark shook me completely. I was worried for Suzie. I was far from my home and it was a sole road with trees which were moving relentlessly. I turned back to home and soon felt heavy tears of clouds on my body. Walking fast with Suzie, terrified by the fear of sounds of thundering I saw dawning morning turned to a dark dusked landscape. My feets were shivering thinking of how will I reach home now? I was far from the residential area near the jungle with fast moving trees. Suzie's fur was wet and so was I. Soon I found a tea shop open with bright light dazzling in the dark weather with a man preparing the tea. And the other man gazing out. I went near the shop exhausted. And the man with tender draped a shawl around me and one around Suzie. The other man brought a cup of hot tea to me. And we waited for 3 hours for the storm to end. Afterwards, I made my way to home giving an exquisite smile to both the men. Reaching home safely, I felt my consciousness and thought of both the men who gave me comfort, hot tea in the cold weather and the beautiful shawl.

~Vedika Bhatt

According to you, what could be the moral that such a non fictional story provides?

According to me, the story does not educate us how to prevent ourselves when stuck in a heavy storm nor does it teaches how to battle against fear. But it teaches us that, this world is filled with beauties. Beauties in men, beauties in nature, beauties in solitariness and in everything. And life provides us several incidents to feel, realise and believe in the beauty which we sometimes forget in our grief. And the heavy storm was an instance to do make us realise that good people exists and we just need to shower our love and tender to all.