Thursday, 15 August 2013

Stories i tell my daughter: Misplaced Giant

Urghu was a giant. He was almost twice as tall as grown man and lived on a planet far away from Earth. The planet of Giants was one huge continent surrounded by roaring sea. Urghu did not know this and he only knew that he should walk as long as he wanted. Till he could see the sea and then walk in some other direction. He loved to walk and ate the vegetables and fruits that grew everywhere on the planet. 

One day, Urghu was walking from Cold Water Lake to the Smoking mountain. On his way, he ate some fruits and when the two suns which provided plenty of light to the forest were overhead, decided to sleep under a large tree. Little did he know that right next to the tree trunk, there will open a hole in space that will take him to Earth. But this is what happened.

Urghu went to sleep and rolled a bit. And in sleep he fell through the space hole without even waking up. The space hole could open anywhere, it could open high up in mountains or right in front of full speed train.

Luckily for Urghu, the space hole opened in a apartment in a big city. And even luckier, there was nobody at home. Urghu was not aware of how lucky he was, being asleep.

When he woke up, he felt that something was wrong. Looking up, where the roof of branches was replaced by one of cement concrete, he was afraid. He had never seen any cave like this. His legs were dangling from the bed that was too short for him. He tried to get up and bumped his head against the wall. He tried to get out and got stuck in the door. 

He got sideways and crouching uncomfortably got out of the door. He came into the hall with kitchen on one end. Urghu looked at all the new things and touched the things. Some were fluffy and some were sharp. Looking out of window, he could hardly see any trees. What he did see was a street down below where small cars passed by. He sat for a moment and closed his eyes. When he opened them, he was still in the apartment.

After some time, Urghu got hungry. So he opened different doors and behind one, where it was much colder, he saw some fruits and green leafy stuff. Urghu got it all out and ate it with his hands. 

Urghu again opened the doors and there was one that took him out of apartment. There was a lift in front of him. He tried to get into it but could not. 

So he decided to try the stairs with small steps. His legs were too big for stairs and he kept falling down. The apartment was on fifth floor so poor Urghu fell down so many times that when he got out of apartment, he was bruised all over.

When he came out of apartment, he saw a tram in front of him. He tried to get into the tram but the tram driver got afraid and quickly shut the doors.

Urghu was now afraid, bruised and sad. He sat down next to the building and started to cry. He wanted to go home.

Luckily all Giants have a guardian Angel. Urghu's guardian Angel got to know that he needed her when his tears fell. So she came immediately and used her magic to sent Urghu back to his own planet. 

Urghu was so happy that he was back on his own planet and he ran all the way to smokey mountain and feasted on smokey tomatoes and smokey grapes as dinner.

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