Freedom...By Choice...!!!

He was very afraid. He hid himself in the corner of the dark room so that no-one could find him. Today was another day just like rest of the days. He saw his mother being beaten up badly. Her nose was bleeding and she was not able to even stand up on her feet. He was watching this from the corner of his eye and felt helpless at the same time as he could not do anything to save his mother. “How things had changed all of a sudden?” he thought. Theirs was a perfect and happy family. He remembered the days when they all together celebrated every small occasion enthusiastically. Life was going quite perfect till someone else entered their lives. He did not like this new member at all, especially when he saw that she was given more importance than his mother now. Most of all, he hated her for taking the position which his mother held once. He saw his mother crying every night; he could feel the pain she was going through but was not able to understand why did she never complain about this anytime? May be, it was her love that provided her the strength to tolerate everything and the hope which assured her that everything would be fine one day.

While he was thinking all this, suddenly he heard his mother crying out loud. She wanted to explain that it was not her fault at all, but the distrust and hatred which she faced, broke her down. Her heart was shattered into pieces and she could find no other option than to tolerate everything silently. He could no more bear the situation of his mother and so decided to put an end to all of this. Somehow he gathered the courage and stepped out from the place where he was hiding himself. Soon he realized that he was no more afraid of what was coming further as he knew that soon his mother would be free from all the sufferings she had from the past few days. He wanted his mother to smile again and to stay happy forever. He had never thought about this earlier, but he had to do this today, for the sake of his mother.

He ran towards the place where his mother was being beaten up. He clenched his jaw tightly and gave a bite as hard as he can at the master’s foot -The same master who everyday used to beat his mother harshly and mercilessly since the day when he had brought the new dog in the house. The master cried out in agony and fell down on the floor at the very moment with his foot bleeding severely. The son helped his mother to stand up and they both ran away from the place. He was happy that both of them had escaped successfully from the house which was no less than a hell to them since few days. After all, there was no love for them in that house and the master kept them there so that he can sell them one day at a decent price. But he no more wanted to be anyone’s slave. He cuddled his mother and started wagging his tail in happiness. Soon they saw a group of street dogs in a distant area and smiled at each other. Their future was waiting for them.