Bone of Contention

Last Friday on August 20, 2021 my father, sister and i went to our grandmother home. We watched a drama there till 10, O'clock. It was quiet interesting and everyone was zooming at the television. We watched till the end. Then my father got up from where he was sitting, raised his hand up in the air and said, "Allah Hafiz everyone". He went out of the house with us. There was no doubt that hw was in a good mood as his face was cheered up and fresh. 

When we were passing through the chowk and we could see the bird shop at the other side of road. Just then my sister Mishkat, who is younger then me but older then my smallest sister Zukhruf Hajra. She asked Baba if we could have a small hen. He told her that you already have chicks at home. "But they are all little roaster chicks and one little female chick. we want one hen that would start to lay eggs. She could also be a mother of to some cute little chicks", said Zukhruf and I agreed with her. Baba said "Ok!" but I was noticing that his bike was getting slower and slower. He presented that he was very sure but he looked confused and I was guessing that his mind would be full of wonders and thoughts. As he was in good mood, he convinced himself and stopped bike in front of the bird shop. My sisters and I were excited. Baba asked the shopkeeper but he said that they hadn't the hen with size that we wanted. He said that they had bigger than that.  

When Baba asked for the price, it was quite expensive. He didn't have much money at that time. He told us that he will get the hen for us tomorrow. Till we reached home, we made a good discussion about how we will combine our money to get the hen. Next day, I waited so much for baba to come home from the academy. When he came, he took a nap till the evening, then he ate his supper and started talking with my mother. I kept reminding him about the promise he had made. But he got angry and said "Be quite! we will not go". Just then, he broke my heart.