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It was very early
in the morning. The railway station and platforms were almost
empty except for few passengers in the rest room, shooing mosquitoes
and snoring musically. The only sounds were those of the engines
on some of the tracks, warming up for a long journey, yet to
start. The lights were burning on every lamp post on the platform.
Within an hour, the darkness would be dispersed by the first
rays of the sun. No one was found walking on the platform except
for the three dogs. They arrived here at this appointed hour
everyday, waiting for someone they loved so much. They were
Raja, Rani and Tony. They were siblings. They were waiting for
their master, benefactor, Guru, the old station master Bala.
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Bala or
Balsubramaniam was a retired station master. He was staying
in a rented house near the station. He was a bachelor.
Raja, Rani and Tony were born in Platform.
Their mother left them,
immediately after they were born. They were brought up
by the station master Bala, Hussian, the stall owner and
others in the Railway station. Bala always arrived on
Platform 1 sharply at 5.30 am. He was very punctual, even
when he was a station master. He came to see the dogs,
and to feed them. He has been doing it for the past 10
years. He brought them biscuits, bread, cakes, Rotis,
wafers and other eatable too. The dogs loved to eat them
from his hands. They loved Bala so much.
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Today,
Bala didn't come. What could be the reason? Rani looked worried.
Raja and Tony were running up and down of the platform, looking
here and there. They were downcast! ??..
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Suddenly
Raja's ears pricked up. He could hear the sound of the
footsteps, and the walking stick of his master. Here,
Bala arrived. He smiled at them. They came running to
Bala. They did not eat from his hands, instead licked
his feet and hands. There were tears in the eyes of Raja,
Rani, Tony and Bala.
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Contributing
Story Teller::
R . SURESH BABU I am
a graduate teacher in English. I love writing stories for children
sureshniranam@gmail.com
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