It was a cloudy day today. Small drops of water falling from the sky, I had spent my time till late afternoon walking around aimlessly in the campus. It was around 5 in the evening when the cold was too much for me to bear and I decided in favor of a cup of tea. I called up my girlfriend who was asleep enjoying the warmth of her heavy quilt in the late November afternoon. After convincing her for around ten minutes to meet me for tea, I finally sat down near the tea stall to read the day’s newspaper. It was then I realized how cold the days had started to become.
A small puppy which was roaming around aimlessly nearby somehow found his way to me. I saw her curl up near my shoe to save herself from the cold. The soil was moist and cold. I could make out that the puppy was feeling very cold. Her small body with its dirty fur kept shivering as she tried to keep herself warm.
All this happening I ordered 2 cups of tea for us. And then I realized. I hadn’t been looking at her for about two minutes and she had found her way on the top of my shoe. Her front legs along with the front part of her torso were on my shoe with her head resting on it as if it were a pillow. The sight made me feel a strange wanting for the little thing. My tea had come by this time and I lost no time in giving away half cup of tea to her. I poured the tea on a plate and kept it in front of her. She lost time no time in trying to gobble down all of it in one go. But as soon as she put her tongue in it, she realized how hot it was and stepped back. I sat there watching her, sipping my half cup of tea and realizing the value of even the smallest spark of life. I kept sitting there till she finished her tea, licking it with her tongue. By the time she finished, she had stopped shivering and it looked like she was feeling much better. My girlfriend had turned up by this time and I turned my attention to “her” now.
