The Baby

THE BABY

In a town, there lived a newly married couple, Mr. Ron and Miss. Letty. One day their parents said to Ron, “Ron why don’t you take Letty to the hospital for testing the pregnancy, it has been one year since your marriage had done still there are no features of a pregnant in your wife”. Ok, I will take her to the hospital tonight, said Ron. In the hospital, they took a token for the check-up and they both wait a few hours for their token number. Then their token number had announced and they go to the doctor’s cabin. The doctor asked what the problem was, Ron explained about his wife, and the doctor took her to the lab for a check-up, then they waited for the results. The doctor called Ron away from Letty and said, I don’t know how to express it in words but your wife is pregnant for 7 or 8 months but the problem is your wife doesn’t have a stomach at all, I am also a little confused Ron come tomorrow, I will scan her stomach then I will confirm what’s wrong with your wife.

The next day, they came to the hospital to meet the doctor for scanning and after scanning, the results came. The doctor said Ron and Letty, it’s bad news your wife, she is pregnant for 9 months but the problem is that the baby in the stomach was too small as compared to other babies, if the baby will be born, the baby will be in the size of a pencil or a piece of paper. Then they went home and Ron informed them about what the doctor said in the hospital to his parents. After hearing the story, they all set in a sad mood and cried for a while, Letty also cried but not for a long time. After a few days Letty feels that there was a pain in her stomach, she immediately called Ron then, and they went to the hospital, the doctor said that these are not normal pains but delivery pains which means, you are going to be mom and dad the baby will be born in few hours, Letty comes to the delivery room and sleep on the bed. It will be not so painful, the doctor said. Then the baby was born, a boy but the baby’s size was equal to a piece of king-size paper.

Then the doctor showed the baby to Ron and his parents, after seeing the baby Ron sat on the chair and hit his forehead. Oh, God! Then the doctor understands their situation of them and took the baby inside the room. Then after some time Letty opened her eyes and the doctor showed the baby to Letty but this time, she cried a lot. Seeing her situation the doctor said, I have to check the baby’s health conditions, then the doctor said the baby was healthy, and don’t worry about your baby, if you cry your health will also get damaged and it dehydrates your body so your next pregnancy will be damaged, the doctor said to Letty.

Then after some weeks, they took the baby to their home and their family members start to cry after seeing the baby’s condition. Ron explains the conditions of the baby to their parents then they started looking at the baby very kindly. Then after some days, their relatives come to Ron and Letty’s home to see the baby’s condition, after seeing the bad condition of the baby then one of them advised that don’t keep this baby, so in the future, he can become a big problem, so poison the baby or donate him to an ashram or, with lots of risks you have to grow baby.

After a few months, they named the baby Harry. On that night Harry’s condition was very horrible, his body was like a hot pressure cooker then Ron and Letty went to the hospital with him. The doctor suggested that admit Harry in the hospital for a few days, his condition was very serious. After two weeks, Harry gets discharged from the hospital. The doctor said, don’t go anywhere and be with Harry at any loss because his conditions are not so good if any problems are there then please call me at any time and next week we have to do an operation on Harry.

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Why! What happened doctor? Ron said.

In these two weeks what we observed is that he has a small problem in his thyroid glands we have to clear it otherwise there will be a big problem in the future. So please arrange money for the operation Mr. Ron, it would be around forty-seven lakhs.

Ok doctor I will arrange it soon, Ron said.

On the operation day, Ron takes Harry to the operation theatre. Then doctors start the operation on Harry. While the doctors doing the operation, Ron perambulate left and right again and again in front of the door, after a drawn-out, the doctor comes out of the theatre and says that

“Operation success-full” you may see Harry tonight. Then evening Ron calls his family members to arrive at the hospital tonight.

After his parents’ arrival, they all go to see Harry in the operation theatre and the doctor disobeyed them to be there in a crowd and said, ” Take him next morning.

The next morning, they come home with Harry and Ron lies down him on a swing, after some time the swing falls, and all the members in the house rush to the baby after hearing Harry’s cry, they found him lying unconscious and again take Harry to the hospital in a hurry. Then the doctor advised Ron to admit Harry for more than one month. Ron accepted and admitted him to the hospital and buys medicines for him and returned home.   

Then one night, Ron’s brother was not able to see the baby’s condition because he was taking and releasing strong breaths like he was having asthma for many days and took him to an ashram without anyone’s permission and left him there with a domestic chore. The next morning, Letty shouted that Harry is not at the home then Ron came and asked everyone and his brother replied to him “Ron I’m so sorry, I am not able to see his condition and I left him in an ashram then Ron slapped him across his face and said to bring Harry back to home. Then he immediately went to the ashram and brought him home.

After this incident, Ron along with Letty decided to go away from the home and rent a house in the forest and started living there away with their family members and cut off all connections with relatives.

In that house, they started developing Harry slowly with a lot of effort, care, and love. And Ron left his job and put his care of his son for 25 years. Their diligence worked at last.  

After 25 years, Ron and Letty take Harry to show him to his parents and relatives who condemn him. After seeing Harry their family members get shocked, that Harry’s height is about 6.8ft. and says to Ron “Ron it’s, true that hard work never fails”. Then they called their relatives who advised them to poison Harry.

The next day, they came to their habitation and they showed Harry to them. After seeing Harry’s condition, they apologized to Harry and his parents. After a few days, Harry ranked a job in a big company.

-N. Hemanth