Mother (on the phone): I stayed up till 3 am waiting for the baby to sleep!
16 years later
Mother (to daughter): I stayed up till 3 am waiting for you to return!
Tag: Fiction
Tiny Story: Paint and Brush
Mother to daughter: Would you stop painting yourself? I just gave you a bath!
16 years later
Mother to daughter: Would you quickly finish painting your nails? We are late for the party!
Tiny Story: Inventing Stories
Mother: The ‘baba’ (old man) outside our door takes away naughty kids…
16 years later
Daughter: A girl at school has invited me to her home for a girl’s night out…
Tiny Story: Face-off
In the face: Oh! What a darling baby! Where did you get this wonderful dress?
Back turned: That dress was so last year! And did you see her pudgy baby?
Tiny Story: Trip to zoo
Aunt: What did you see at the zoo?
Child: I saw a tiger, lion, elephant; and there were so many deer… The bear was black and it was walking on two legs… The monkeys had swings in their cages and they were…
Father: I saw my child laugh!
Tiny Story: Shab e Barat (The Night of Prayers)
He spent the night at his parents’ doorstep wondering how he could ask them to forgive him for turning them out of his house earlier.
They spent the night praying for him to come back to them.
Tiny Story: Muted
There was a bounce in her steps as she walked home after accepting the job offer with a reputed company. She finally had a chance!
Reaching home, she eagerly gestured to her mother. After a few seconds of silence, her mother raised her head and said, “Dumb as you are, has the new job crippled you as well? Get to work.”
Short Stories | Fish-eye Perspective 