Think Before you Speak: A Short Story by Laxmi Suneela, Bsc IF

Once there was a girl named Aisha, who was passionate and beautiful in her own way. She  wanted a happy and successful life for herself. She had a best friend, Nehu and together they loved to listen to romantic stories.

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I must reach my goal!

​Life was sailing smoothly until one day Aisha noticed that a boy was constantly staring at her while she read on in the library. Aisha kept ignoring the boy. Later, one of her friends said that the boy had a crush on her. But Aisha was not interested. The boy, whose name was Ayush did not understand and kept following Aisha wherever she went. He tried to talk to her several times thinking that like all girls, Aisha would finally agree. 

 Days passed, and life  became worse for Aisha. Her classmates would spread rumours about her. They used to tease her, hinting at her relationship with the boy Aisha could not stand at all. Aisha was a  delicate girl and could not muster courage to answer her classmates back. 

One day her Principal called her after getting to know all this through rumours and shouted at her accusing her for  spoiling the environment of the class. Again she couldn't speak in her defence.  

Invisible in my Class!

All she could do was sob and feel disrespectful for finding her guilty. Days passed by and every day a new rumor was spread about her and the boy going out together. She could only express all that to Nehu and pour  her heart out, as she was the only one who supported her.  Later on, she stopped talking to everyone. But her classmates found faults with her silence too. Aisha was all alone in class. She felt depressed and suicidal at times.

The gifted presence of my best friend

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Nehu came to her rescue and tried to console her for the sake of her family and  career. Nehu made Aisha believe that none of this would not matter, if Aisha worked hard and topped her class. She egged on, that Aisha should forget about what people say about her and concentrate on her studies. With Nehu's help, Aisha recovered and became determined that her life would not be defined by other's opinions. She would build her life the way she wanted to. That year, Aisha secured the highest mark in her class. 

​EPILOGUE

I want to  tell every one through this small story that rumours are not be trusted. We should speak carefully about others for words can be very damaging and spoil someone's life.  

     "Think before you utter a word,

      Because its not just a word...

      but the life of a beautiful."