1789 A.D
Princess Aria looked far out to the horizon, where the sun was setting. Her family was far away in the east fighting at the border of their country, X-Land, against their enemies. The war had been going on for the past 2 months now. Both the sides were losing their soldiers, yet no one seemed to be winning. She missed her parents, having to stay back at home with her maids. She had insisted she will fight, but they said she was too frail and delicate to lead an army.
She was fed up sitting alone at home, and she slipped out the palace,without the knowledge of her maids. She got out her favourite horse, Amber and galloped to the horizon without any destination in her mind.
Suddenly, she caught sight of thick cloud of dust coming her way. She took her telescope from her belt and fixed her gaze in the direction of the dust. Alarmed, she recognized the Z-land army, Z-land was the country lying to the west of X-land. She took her crayon from her belt and scribbled “Attack of Z” on her hankerchief, on which her mother had stitched a beautiful daisy. She folded it and tied it to the leg of her pet pigeon who was perched on her shoulder. She sent her pigeon flying and headed towards the trees on her right, to hide from the fast approaching army.
‘Oh what can I do… How wil I attack them…’ She opened the string of her bag. All she had was her sling, and a small knife which she had bought from a merchant, without letting anyone know. How can she defend herself against a huge army with just these two. She hushed her horse, who was beginning to get scared like her.
She saw her pigeon come back. She saw a note tied on its leg, she took it and opened it. It was a note from her parents.
‘Dear Aria,
Dont be frightened. Defend yourself. We know we have raised you to act to situations. Be brave and fight for your safety. We trust you,honey.’
She kissed the letter, closed her eyes, remembered her parents. She kept the letter into her belt, and held the reins firmly. She bent forward and rested her face against her horse’s ear and whispered “We can do it,boy..” and she galloped forward to face her enemies….
November 15th, 2007
Situation is similar. The war between two worlds….. Humans and rodents. Story is similar. Delicate and fragile Aaru alone against the huge army of cockroaches. The weapons, Mortein gold spray and a broom.
Seeing the cockroaches scrambling all over the kitchen, she phoned home..scared. Her parents advised her not to be scared. ‘They are so small compared to you. How could they possibly harm you. Use the spray, smash them using your broom. We are here if you need us’. She kept the phone and wondered, ‘Hmmmm..30 hours away..how can they come running if I need them..Should I cook something or just order a pizza. Maybe they will disappear tomo’ …. Hmmmm….’Na, I have to be brave…’. She took the spray, spotted a cockroach…. ‘SSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH…’ went the spray… and she saw it running all over the place… She took the broom and brought it down strong on the running rodent. ‘Splaaatttt….’ She killed it.
‘YEESSSSSS,I did it… ‘ She heard the applause and the cheer in her mind as a huge audience applauded her bravery… Well, then everything seemed easy. Hundreds trembled to death at her hands…
The war never ends …. It goes on… the war of humans and rodents… I was very scared in the beginning, my sister was shocked to know I actually killed cockroaches
… But now I have sprayed the pesticide over all the pits in the house that lead to drains, even kept napthalene balls in those corners which might get infested by rodents.
“Better to prevent rodents breeding than worry when they attack “