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[{"data":"<p>I know you think I erred in the title. But did I? Well, let's try to figure it out together. Summers had always been fun, a break from the \"hectic\" school schedule and the teachers I hated seeing everyday. I used to miss my friends, but cousins took their place easily during the vacations. Every summer, we would go on a trip, generally 10-days. But those 10 days used to be an experience in itself. Even better than the trip was the flaunting, that I used to do to my cousins about how much fun I had and look at them getting envious. Now they used to tell about their trips too, but I just exaggerated better. But this isn't about those wonderful summer vacations. This is about the summer which was the opposite. Dad had met with an accident about 2 months ago. It was a severe one, and he had to be in complete bedrest till now. He only started going back to work some time ago. My summer vacations had started, needless to say, I was excited for my trip when mumma broke it to me that this time we won't be going on a trip because dad couldn't spare a single day off-work now. Being in 9th standard, I had matured enough to understand the conditions, but still, I couldn't stop my tears. I stopped crying later, but I decided this time I won't go to my granny's or grandma's as well, because all my cousins would have their trip stories ready while I would have nothing. My brother however, wanted to go so my dad and I stayed while mumma and bhai went. I started going to a nearby park daily. This one day, I saw a small kid sitting on the park boundary. He was too young to be sitting there alone, but I didn't see his parents around anywhere. I didn't say anything though, but just watched him. He appeared to be from a well-to-do family from his dress, but he had a gloomy face. He stayed for over an hour, continuously gazing the park grass, after which he left. Following my routine, I went next day too, with a chips packet. The kid was there too, same place in the boundary wall again, alone and just as sad as yesterday. I went and sat near him. I offered him the chips, he gestured no, bht didn't say anything. Thinking he was just being shy, I offered the chips again, with a little persuasion this time. This was the first time he spoke, well he shouted \"I! DON'T! WANT! IT\", and threw my packet away as he said. I got furious and saying \"pagal hai kya be?\", I left. What kind of a kid was he. Who even talks like that, and what's with that attitude. With all these thoughts in my mind I reached home. I told myself, I am never talking to him again. Next day, I found him in the park again, same place again. I wanted to say something, but I didn't. Today I sat on the opposite boundary wall. He looked more gloomy today, his face too, was red, did he do makeup? NO!, There were red marks on his hands as well. Someone had beaten him. I was still angry about the earlier day so I thought, with that attitude, it was bound to happen. But then tears rolled down his eyes, and that's when my anger flew away. I thought I have to talk to him, but how? He doesn't even talk properly. I still went. As I sat next to him, I placed my then shivering hand over his shoulder and said, \"what happened little.....\" He hugged me tight and just broke down. What do I say? What do I do? I don't even see anyone looking for him. I hugged him back and kept asking him what happened, while he just cried on. \"He beat me, He beats me everyday, he hates me\". Such words from such a young kid broke my heart. I asked him, \"who? Who beat you?\" He didn't answer, but I had to know. I kept asking, and he finally said in his breaking voice, \"papa\". I couldn't believe it. He was being abused at home, and such a little kid. My guilt of things that I thought of him, filled me up, as I wiped his tears off, and then mine. We didn't talk again, but just sat next to each other, today I was gazing the park grass too. We sat together for an hour, before we left for our homes. I couldn't sleep that night. Here I was sad about missing a trip, and then there is this much younger kid, facing home abuse, but I also didn't want to tell anyone about it because that kid had to stay in the same place, surrounded by the same parents, who knows what his dad would do to him if he came to know he told someone about it. With all these thoughts, I saw the morning sun. From that day onwards, we started meeting daily. First he started talking, then smiling, and gradually he started laughing. It felt as if everyday he was coming back to life a little. I still remember the day when I bought chips again and he just saw me and took them, with smiling at me. That's when I knew, I did right. Then one day I met his mother, and I came to know that yuvraj had down syndrome, making even the most basic things difficult for him. His father wasn't a bad man too, he was just unable to understand his problem and thought yuvraj did everything intentionally just to irritate him. His behaviour completely changed once he found out his problem. In fact, he had started taking counseling lessons on how to take care of his kid. The mother also told me how he had found a friend in me and how it helped him to be able to do things that were otherwise difficult for him. Hearing her mother's words, I couldn't be more happier. The vacations got over, and yuvraj's family left and he took mid-year admission in a special school after I recommended his family to do so. But to date, I sometimes think wasn't it good that I didn't go on trip? Wasn't it good that I stayed? Was it really the worst summer vacation that I spent, or was it the best? I can't figure it out till date. As for the years after that, needless to say the trips and my bragging started again.<\/p>","type":"txt","id":1589626167535}]

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