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DECEIVING DANCE

My colleagues castigated me and chastised me that you are

nothing. You make big claims of being writers of short stories

but can not write the story of real life. You live in fantastic

world and are far from the bitter realities of life. We would

acclaim you as a writer if you tell us a story that should

represent the all ages and all the emotions. I promised and

started my tale as:

Time never forgets those who forget it. Time is the second name

of the nemesis. The story told here is the story of nemesis. The

sages would understand who the birds are?

This is a story of the days when shepeacocks were able to dance.

There was a beautiful lake named the Time !ake. It was not less

than an earthly paradise. There were beautiful shrubs and bushes

around it. The velvety grass and the hundreds and thousands of

the species of flowers adorn the fa"ade of the lake.

There was always a sweet fragrance and sweet voices of the

charming songs of the love birds. The #irds and the beautiful

and innocent animals were the lucky inhabitants of the

surroundings. $ongs of the birds and sweet smell of the flowers

were more enchanting than the sweetest opera. There were swans%

wild ducks% seagulls% humming birds and a host of other

beautiful birds diving and flying in the air. The others were

seen swimming on the blue waters of lake.

In such a praiseworthy atmosphere there was a pair of peacocks

living on the bank of the lake. It was also a pair of its own

kind. The pair was so famous and favorite that it was given the

epithet of loveand life. The hen peacock was called the Lifeand the peacock was named the Love. Its life was &ubilant and

peaceful. Its popularity gave rise to &ealousy. The traditional

romantic birds% swans% were &ealous of its love and fame. They

thought that they were going in the background and theLoveand

the Lifewere gaining popularity because they were of the view

that they should be recogni'ed as the only loving birds in the

lake of Time.

The &ealousy aroused in them the feelings of hatred and revenge.

They thought of a plan to separate the peacocks from each other.

(ne day when the Love was not there% the $wans got the

opportunity to act upon their conspiracy.They went to Life)the henpeacock%* and said+

$wan: ,i !ife- ,ow are you? We heard about your beauty and love

and were eager to see you.

!ife: (% thanks% come on in.

The $wans eulogi'ed her in such a way that she was conceited.

That was the first stroke on the snobbish nature of Life. The

$wans seemed successful in their planning.


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The net day they again benefited from the opportunity of

loneliness of Life and went to her to adulate her.

/They praised her beauty in the most attractive manner and said:

We are sure that you are the only loving pair on the earth% and

we want you to be prettiest of all the birds. We know a method

of becoming the most beautiful and charming. 0ven your offspring

could be prettier than you. If you liked% we would tell you1.

They hurriedly slipped away on seeing that the !ove was coming.

The ,enpeacock )Life* was very importune to know about the ways

of becoming more enchanting. $he could not attend Lovewell and

did not dance with him that evening.

The Lovewas awestruck on the disinterestedness of the life. ,e

thought that she never had behaved in that clumsy manner before.

$he had always danced with him in the evening.

,e asked the cause of her sadness but life did not reply and

went away. The Love was very disturbed over her cruel treatment.

2et day when the $wans saw that the !ove was not at home% they

came again to the Life.$he was waiting for them too. 3s soon as

they reached% she asked about the methods of becoming more

attractive and beautiful.

4irstly the $wans overtly hesitated to tell her the methods of

becoming more attractive and beautiful but then according to

their plan they divulged every thing. They told her that there

was a valley of golden snakes on the $outh 5ole. These snakes

were difficult to catch but whoever ate them became the most

beautiful being in this world.The !ife was much ecited over that and thanked the swans very

much.

The $wans were now sure that !ife would definitely send the !(60

to bring the golden snakes and he would be killed in the way by

the troubles and difficulties.

When the !ove came the !ife was looking very upset. ,e asked her

the reason of her annoyance. $he told him that she wanted the

golden snake.

The !ove felt that there was something wrong in the bottom. ,e

asked her to whom she had met that day?

The !ife told him that she had not met any body ecept the swans.The love tried his best to make her understand the conspiracy

but she did not budge an inch from his position. $he insisted on

her demand and remained adamant. The !ove tried once again to

understand the hidden feelings of the swans but all in vain.

In return the !ife started dancing. That was her last weapon.

$he had successfully used that weapon whenever the !ove declined

to yield. $he danced and danced for 7uite a long time. The love


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continued watching her dance for some time without feeling any

kind of sympathy but could not hold back his emotions for long.

,e bowed before the life8s demand and promised to fetch her

golden snake. The life smiled and danced more beautifully% this

time !ove was also dancing with her.

The net morning the !ove took off for the south poles. The life

was sad but hopeful that she would become the prettiest bird

after his return.

The !ove was traveling at a great speed towards the $outh 5ole.

,e covered the distances with 7uite ease as no untoward incident

has happened in the beginning. (ne day as ,e was flying and

remembering the !ife when a strange looking creature struck with

him. ,e fell on the ground with the creature that had struck

with him. ,e was awestruck on seeing a dreadful dragon before

him. The dragon clutched him in his claws and went towards his

den. There was many a dragon in the den. 4irstly they played

with him as cats play with mouse. When they were tired they

stopped and sat .They laid their heads together to decide about

the fate of the !ove. They were about to eat him when he

re7uested them to listen a few words from him.

,e told them that his feathers were 7uite tasteless in eating.

Moreover there was not enough meat in his body. There were

layers of feathers and wings and those too were like thorns.

They did pay any heed to his re7uest and started preparation to

eat him. When the !ove felt that there was no way to escape% he

started dancing. The dragons watched him with wonder. They were

enchanted by the devotional dance of the !ife and decided to

keep him with them forever.

#ehind him at the lake of time the situation had changed. Thelove could not fight against the conspiracies of the swans who

had invited a peacock to make friends with the !I40.

4irstly she did not respond but at the end the peacock proved

successful. ,e had succeeded in his attempts to win the heart of

the !ife.

Many days passed but the !ove did not get a chance to escape.

(ne day he determined to flee. ,e started dancing. ,e danced as

beautiful that all the dragons were duped to his dance. (ne of

them asked him the reason of his flight towards the $outh 5ole.

,e told him the whole story of his !ife and golden snakes.

The dragon told him that there were no golden snakes on the$outh 5ole. It was a snare to put you in the valley of death. ,e

told him that he had left the valley of snakes far behind. ,e

told him the way to the valley and to catch the golden snakes.

,e also helped him in his escape on the condition that he would

again come there after meeting his !ove. ,e promised and left

the dragons lying there. ,e got the golden snakes and reached

the lake of the time.


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The time has changed its shape. The thorns had replaced the

velvety grass% and the flowers had withered. There were swans

but were starving due to barrenness of the time. The chirping

birds had migrated to other lakes. ,e searched for the !ife and

entered the thorny bushes. ,e was shocked to see the !ife with

the peacock. ,e put the golden snake in the feet of the !ife and

returned with the heavy heart. ,e did not want to live. ,e ran

towards the dense forest.

The life was very ashamed on the situation% but she wanted to

eat the snake first. $he stepped forward towards the golden

snake. $he was to bite the snake when the peacock at once

plunged on the snake. $he was fast enough and caught the snake.

The peacock chased her but could not catch her. $he disappeared

in the forest.

The peacock castigated the life and went aside. The !ife was

perturbed with loss of !ove but could not do anything. $he was

searching the !ove. $he dragged herself and the snake through

out the forest. 3fter a lot of struggle% she saw a shadow of the

!ove. $he ran towards that but her search was futile because the

!ove had died. ,is dead body was standing by the side of a tree

in such a way as he was alive.

The !ove thought that he was angry with her. $he started

dancing but her feet did not support her% even her wings did not

open. $he became more remorseful on her loss of dance. $he

wanted to weep bitterly over the death of the love but could

not. ,er eyes had dried. $he had been deprived of the dance for

ever due to her infidelity. $he had nothing ecept regrets with

her.(nce you are in the bad books of your friends% the revival of

your image is very difficult and demands a great sacrifice.

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