Shadow

SHADQW

A man woke up at dawn.

There was a cool breeze and chorus of birds chirping.

He was enjoying this so much that he forgot himself.

After some time he saw something interesting.

It was moving with him here and there.

That was the shadow casted by baby sun.

He was happy that he has found a companion.

As the sun rose up, that shadow became bigger and darker.

He was happy with such growth.

But that shadow became shorter suddenly when sun got over the top of his head at midday.

He had no clue.Why has this happened?

He panicked and ran here & there.He tried hard but nothing was working for a while.

There shadow started getting bigger again.

He thought that his efforts worked after all.So started trying more.

He didn't want to sit for an hour because that memory of short shadow got him scared.

The shadow was getting bigger and he was feeling more prouder.

Then shadow disappeared totally,when sun set.

He got mad ,cried and blamed everyone and then himself.

Finally he realised that it wasn't him.

The shadow was there due to sun and it's movement.

His fear and proud were senseless.

He could have played with shadow actually if he knew the truth.

A short story by Moneyguru.Pankaj Jain