Greenish: Never thought of selling a goat for the promise of care ...
It was on 16th August, 2010 that I left out for a morning walk. While the Sun was about to rise to perform his duty for the day, I never realized that I also had a duty to perform. There was a person who seemed to be a post graduate student walking fast towards me and showing strange faces with a sign of happiness and shy. While I was still confused on seeing him, a full blackish shiny goat was also in my sight which followed him very closely. I was wondering what a person studying at National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli had to do with a goat and vice versa. When I smiled back at him, he was very eager to ask me if I can take that goat away. Wow… Farming and being a Shepherd with lot of sheep, goats, horses and dogs was one of my dreams. Let me exploit this chance to try out my dream… I thought. Hence, he escaped by letting me catch the goat for a moment till he disappeared. I was aimless at this situation and never knew what to do with this goat. Thought of taking it out of campus and giving it to some poor family will take care of this goat till it becomes old. No one will accept to take it for nothing.
With all such thoughts, while I went out of the campus through some broken compound wall, this goat had to face a dog. When I am the Shepherd, no one attacks my goat. I drew the dog away and crossed the road. I was moved by the goat's behavior when it followed me closely. It must have thought me as its mother…? But I am not… Poor creature. There was a old lady who crossed my way. She asked me, “Why this goat is following you? Where are you both from? What are you doing with this goat?” I explained everything and asked if anyone is there in that village who will not eat meat. She replied, “What non-sense are you speaking? Is there anyone who wont eat meat? They will even sell this goat for money immediately.” I was helpless and thinking of what to do with this harmless creature. Then she expressed her interest to take care of the goat and asked me if I can give it to her. I felt happy for becoming the master of this pet. And I never thought of selling a goat for the promise of care. But I gave it to her and ran away from the place while she was still holding it.
When I crossed a particular distance, I turned back and found that the goat has accepted this old lady as its care taker and followed her closely. I was happy to help someone today :)
