Disentangle…

 

A woman is sitting on the front verandah of her house, trying to disentangle a long thread. She is totally involved in her work. Her face is wrinkled and dull, her eyes will take one to abysmal depths of pain and suffering. There is calmness in her breath. She has finally made peace with life.
A young man aged around 25, came rushing from his room. He is tall and has brown skin. He lambasted his mother who was sitting on the verandah. ‘How can he spend this much money on his portfolio?\’ he asked. He has hardly made any progress on his acting career. I have spent enough and I want my money back.
‘He is your little brother son, he needs your help\’, his mother replied. ‘He will definitely pay you back. Just give him some time.\’
The little brother, aged around 20 came outside his room yawning. He sat near his mother. He asked, ‘why does he always behave like that?\’
‘He loves you\’, his mother replied. ‘He is just tensed. That\’s all.\’
‘But father left all this money for both of us. Why is he in charge of everything? I want to spend my money according to my wish. Why can\’t I do that?\’, he asked disappointingly.
The mother started shouting loudly, ‘You should be thankful to your brother. He has made a lot of money with the little your father left. He has been spending a lot of money on you as well. And now I will tell him to stop giving you money. You don\’t deserve it.\’
The big brother hears everything and says, ‘Mother, don\’t shout at him, he is my little brother. I will do everything to make his dreams come alive. He has all the right to my money.\’
Both the brothers hugged each other with teary eyes.
Their mother went outside. She sat on the verandah and got back to disentangling the thread.

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