She had seen him through the fence that was separating the play area from the common area.
She could clearly remember he was wearing a white shirt and blue jeans. He was about 25 years old. He had carried a pink teddy bear in his hands. The moment she had set her eyes on it, she had decided that she wanted it. It was one of the most beautiful one that she had ever seen. She had dragged her father along with her, running behind that guy just to make sure that she could have the teddy bear, take it home and play with it, show it around to her friends and make them feel jealous.
She had run behind him all around the fun fair. She wanted to hug the teddy bear just once and keep it next to her when she slept. She had finally seen him keep the teddy bear on a bench in a park. But the park was filled with children of all ages. She began to panic that somebody would reach the teddy bear before she did. She let go of her dad’s hands and ran as fast as her tiny legs could take her. She reached the bench and even before she could lay her hands on the teddy bear, she heard a powerful noise, heard her father calling out her name and saw bright colors around her before she closed her eyes.
When she opened her eyes, she saw her father kneeling before something and crying. But why was he crying when she was right next to him, speaking to him, telling him that she was alright. She tried touching him to tell him to take her home to her mommy and her small brother whom she adored. She realized that her hands just passed through and couldn’t touch him.
She went forward and then she saw …………………………………………..her body in tatters. Her father was hugging it and crying. Tiny drops of tears started dropping from her eyes. She dint want to die. She dint deserve to die.
She was to celebrate her 6th birthday that weekend. She has everything planned out for her birthday party. She wanted to tell her father that she was ready to cancel all her celebrations if he could take her home just once. She wanted to go home once to her mom. She wanted to keep her head on mommy’s lap and sleep. She wanted her father to throw her up high in the air so the she could squeal with laughter. She wanted to run around the house playing with her kid brother. She wanted to hug grandma and listen to her stories. She realized all that would never be possible. She would have to leave her family and her home to go to a far of place.
She like millions other dint deserve to die, but were innocent victims of terrorism and jehad. When will we realize that war and terrorism just causes hatred among people? Its love & universal brotherhood that would end all our problems.
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