The story of dragonfly

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It so happened that the next one to go turned out to be the ‘smart one’. He eventually climbed the lily stalk and out of exertion fell asleep. He had never been exposed to sun. So much light was too much for him. He went into long sleep. He got after long spell of time and he didn’t know how long! But he found himself being sticky and unable to move his limbs. He kept trying and after long struggle say feathers came out of the sticky substance that was all around him. He tried moving and to his surprise, his wings moved and he was air-borne in no time. He enjoyed the flight for sometime and then suddenly he remembered ‘his promise’. To fulfill that he had to go under water and so he dived into water. The moment he touched water he was pushed back. He saw his reflection in water. With feathers and all, he no longer looked his previous self. He found this change pleasant but couldn’t understand it. He tried diving into water again and again only to be disappointed.

Atlast, out of exertion he sat on a twig and went through the entire events one after the other. He told himself “now I don’t have the form that I had when I was under the water. So I can’t get in and even if I do, no one would recognize me now in this new form. It’s so beautiful out here. Even the ones under water would know that one day when they would come out of it. Then they’ll know why I didn’t and couldn’t keep up my promise. They wouldn’t be angry with me then. They would understand me then. So long folks!” so saying he left his old world behind. This dragonfly could never be the part of his old world ever again but he was happy with what he had and where he was!” our Guruji finished her story.

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