Behind the closed doors there lived a fairy with golden wings. She used to come out once in a year to bless the children. This was the story that was famous about this ruined palace but nobody knew which day was that, exactly. Neelu who was eight years old was quite obsessed with the story. He was curious to see the fairy with golden wings and receive her divine blessings.

The ruined palace was about two kilometers away from his home so he always kept on searching for the excuses that would pave him the way towards palace. He often used to ask his mother, Shanti about the fairy. Shanti used to tell him that the fairy comes to bless the children but only those who study well and obey their parents.

Neelu didn’t want to disbelieve his mother’s words but still had doubt in his mind about it. He used to study a lot but somewhere in his mind the search for the fairy in palace was still on.

One day he asked his father, Ramesh that he wanted to go on for a morning walk daily. Ramesh was very happy to hear these wise words from his little son’s mouth. He told Shanti that now Neelu and he will be getting up at 5:30 in the morning and will join her for tea at 7:00 after the morning walk.

Neelu was so excited to know this that he couldn’t sleep properly in the night. By 5:30, both were out for the morning walk. When Neelu passed by the palace, he continuously kept staring at the doors of palace to find a glimpse of golden fairy. This had become a routine for Neelu to daily watch out for the fairy with golden wings.

Now Neelu was sixteen year old and well understood that fairy actually didn’t exist there.

Now he had started believing that his mother’s words were true and he wiould have to study and work well to get fairy’s blessings.  

• Written by Dr. Sanjeev K. Paul.
• In category Stories & Tales.
• 15 years ago.

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