SHORT STORY

Can you imagine a world controlled by sparrows? Well, that’s the world I am living in. Welcome to my world. Here everyone is tethered to a sparrow. The sparrow’s life controls the life of humans. I was born attached to a sparrow. My Grandma said “When the sparrow dies you die too.” I want to live a long life. So, I started taking care of my sparrow. I made a bed and special food for the sparrow. I hope would live a long life. Unlike the sparrows in your world, our sparrows live a long life. What bothers me is that my grandma’s sparrow is so weak. My mom said it would die soon. The longest a sparrow can live in our world is 55 years. Now I wish I could live in a world where humans can live independently and not attached to sparrows.

by

Lakshmi Meghana Y

Class VIII

Written in January 2024