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Flower from Heaven Contd...... After day’s passed, people were still confident on magician and hoped to see the heaven’s flower. To their disappointment, chopped off head from the sky fell down. Everybody was shocked and disarrayed, and chaos followed. Security personnel cordoned the palace. The Head was removed and taken to magician’s wife. Instantly the lady, started crying for, it was her husband the magician. I felt very sad, because I was so confident for the magician. My sister was really shocked to hear that. Uncle continued the story. The magician’s wife cried bitterly. She accused the King for her husband’s death. Had not the king encouraged him about the flower she would never had this tragedy. An emergency meeting was called about this problem. Many agreed to cremate the head of magician with royal salute and honor. It was such a traumatic situation, the wife decided to commit suicide for her life because it was worthless with out him. The Royal advisor and psychologist had done their best to avoid any suicide attempt by her. She had been offered many things to save her life. Nothing was greater than her love and affection to the magician. She jumped into the pyres of magician’s burning cremation. It was the worse defeat to King. My little sister was crying. She thought that the story ended with a tragic incident. But Uncle continued. The next day, the magician appeared with the flowers and asked security to tell the king about his safe return trip from the heaven. “He came Uncle!”, surprisingly my sister asked. “He came with flowers.”, my uncle said. “Oh my god! She had not to die. She was wrong,” my sister felt sad. “This is a story. Do not get scared, ok?,” he continued. “The king got scared when he knew that the magician returned safely. He called an assembly. Many people were invited. Nobody could give the proper reason of his wife’s death. In the afternoon, everybody was invited to the stage, The magician came there and gave the present to the king. Everyone was silent and no one was excited. He was surprised that he didn’t receive any compliment. He looked around, but he did not see his wife and he asked about her, Nobody answered. He asked the king where his wife was. The king was speechless. At last, one minister stood by his seat and said that she burned herself in the fire, where the cut head of the magician was burning. He surprised, and asked, “My cut head?” “yes, your head was here,” he replied. He got angry, and turned to the king, and asked. “Your majesty, what is he talking about? I left my wife under your care. What am I hearing? is it true?” The king told him that he was telling the truth. He further mentioned that they tried to stop her but they could not. They found his cut head there. As they were burning the head, she jumped in the fire and nobody could stop her. The fire took away her life. The magician began to cry. He cried so loudly that one could not stop him, and it seemed that everyone’s eyes were running with grief. “You burned my wife. She was my only one supporter. Her love and inspiration were the way to my success. I am an orphan, and I have no relatives. I was alone before until I meet her and again I am alone. Please kill me too. There is no meaning to my survival; I do not want to live, “ he cried. The king became hopeless. An emergency assembly was called, and the subject was discussed. They told him that they would give him a house and all royal faculties. He would be a respected person, and he could marry anyone whom he wanted. However, he did not accept that proposal. At Last the king came near to him, and hugged him. He asked him if he would marry his daughter, and receive half of the country as a present. Now he agreed.” “Uncle, did he agree? He forgot his wife?” my sister said. “He agreed. He was very happy,” he replied. She shouted, “ Greedy magician.” “Yes, very greedy,” he agreed. “He was really a greedy magician. Everybody had to kill him?" She got angry. “Hi sweetie, listen to this story ok?” My uncle said. She became quiet and he started to tell more. “Everything was set up for the marriage. Many people and kings from different countries were invited. The marriage was finished in a romantic and fantastic environment. The bride was covering her face with a veil. At last, the magician opened her veil and announced that it was his real wife. A world of magic was created and Nobody had died. He had proved himself a great magician at last. Everybody was surprised and thanked him. He told the king that he did not want his daughter and the country. He did not know to rule the country. At last he thanked everybody and went away with his wife. “Oh uncle! He was a great magician,” she said. That was midnight so we went to bed. Kamal Bhusal Nebraska, USA |
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