Grandma's Stories--396--Bavin & Blessing !!

Long ago a boy named Bavin was living with his parents in a country side village. His Parents were tailors.They used to stitch bags.Their bags were very beautiful,and long lasting.Their bags were not only famous in the village,or town but some brokers used to export them in other countries.Bavin was a little boy of about eight years and was studying in village school. He never took any interest in seeing the bag making.One day the family received a telegram from their grand parents,they were quite old and Grandma was unwell,Bavin’s Mom and Dad decided immediately to go there and see them,but Bavin’s exams were on so they decided to leave him there,A big quantity of food used to be in their freezer so there was no problem,they asked their neighbour Mr. Sam just to wake bavin up in the morning so that he could catch the school bus and go to the school on time and do his exams well.Bavin was a sincere boy,and was living alone in great decepline,doing his exams well.his parents had to extend their program due to grandma’s treatment.Holidays started in Bavin’s school after exams.Now all day long Bavin was all alone at home,there was no friend living in the neighbourhood,all friends living in distance places.All the neighbours used to be busy in their own daily routines.Bavin was getting board,he read all the comics he had in the stock.He then went to the work shop where his parents used to make bags.There were lots of bags there of different sizes and colours ,he got attracted towards a black bag , which was hanging quite high,he looked around found a stick,with the help of that stick,he pulled down the bag,he opened it ,and his eyes opend wide,it was a living being,watching him with his big round eyes,Bavin got scared,and just wanted to close the bag but the creature jumped out it was a very very small creature,with two legs and two hands big round eyes ,he was speaking a language Bavin could not understand,but within five minutes Bavin knew that it was harmless,Bavin took out a chocolate from his pocket and gave him but he didn’t,he was just whispering some thing,then again jumped back in the bag and indicated to close it,Bavin did the same,he hanged the bag back to its own place with the help of the stick,he was a clever boy did not tell any body about it,after two days his parents came back,Bavin’s Grandma was now fine,Bavin asked his Mom and Dad about the creature,at first they got surprised then disclosed the truth,Dad said”He is Blessing,Once we saved him from wild animals,brought him home,he does not eat food,does not drink water,can live without air also,but he makes our bags perfectly,we don’t understand his language,we tried to let him free but he does not want to go out,We named him “blessing”