Most of us grew up watching Rescue Rangers– Chip, Dale, Gadget, Monty & Zipper….Well I used to be a huge fan, and must say that I still am..The interesting gadgets the amazing episodes.One can never forget those lovely hours spent in front of the television praying that the episode ends before dad comes back from work. The most important thing that still hangs to our minds is their spirit to help, rescue and be active at all times, even if it meant dragging Monty away from his precious CHEESE….:)
Well now that I have managed to create the mood let me continue with my story which is the story of a boy and a girl. The very characters from one of my post for those who remember…Kids can be really active at times & their minds are capable of imagining beyond boundaries….
One Saturday morning the boy and the girl were as usual busy playing. It was a holiday for some unknown reason. They had set up their things in the veranda and as usual the boy was busy tinkering and the girl moved around talking continuously. The boy as you know is very curious and restless he needs action, so after playing for sometime he decided that cycling would be a better option. He headed towards his bicycle closely followed by the girl who clearly thought that whatever the boy did was cool…:)
They cycled on the cemented path for some time and found that at few places the cement had worn out and so the path was not very smooth. This seemed to annoy the boy a lot. He parked his bicycle at the spot he had assigned for himself, and walked o the spot where there was a hole in the pavement. Having inspected the depth and damage he now walked in search of a proper tool. He found a cardboard piece which seemed apt for his current endeavor. The girl was assigned the task of gathering mud and depositing it in the holes, the boy would then level it with his leveling equipment. While this work was in progress they heard an unusual sound. Concerned, they left their work behind and set out in search of this sudden gushing sound.
Questions arose in the tiny minds…where was this sound was coming from? After walking around the quarters they found that a large amount of water was falling down from the terrace. “What should we do?”, they asked each other. Panic stricken they decided to alert everyone that the terrace had flooded and soon their homes would be drowned…. The Boy decided to alert the people downstairs and the girl was sent upstairs…Huffing and Puffing the Boy ran into his house and yelled at the top of his voice “Maa, bohut saara paani aa raha hai, baadh aa rahi hai” (there’s lot of water, its a flood). His mother was worried to hear her son’s declaration, flood?? She calmly held the screaming child and asked him where the water was coming from, “terrace se maa (from the terrace mom)”, he replied half screaming and crying…..Upstairs the girl was yelling at a similar pitch, describing the water falling from above….
It didn’t take much time for the elders to realize that the water tank had been filled and the excess water was falling down through the overflow. The motor was switched off and slowly the flow stopped. The boy and the girl were overjoyed, their timely action had saved the quarters from drowning. The Rescue Rangers had succeeded again….Little did they understand that what they had considered to be a threat to their lives was a normal overflow quite common in most apartments…It may be a child’s perception of danger that fueled their action, but the fact that they actually did something that most of us would have failed to even notice is commendable and ought to be appreciated. And if we look closely, what they did in latent manifestation is save WATER.
How many of us actually try to save water? The taps remain open most of the time irrespective of whether it is needed or not. Leaks hardly bother us because water is abundant and almost free. One part of India nearly faced droughts this year and the other parts were flooded with excess…It is the latent effects of our callousness towards nature. Global warming, Ozone depletion, rising of ocean level etc,etc are real issues not mere speculations. Why not think like little children for a while…embrace nature and do something in return for all that mother nature has given us, after all it is OUR EARTH….
Friends let us pledge to save nature in our own little ways, plant a tree, save water, avoid throwing plastic wastes in open, save electricity and so on…Let us take a small step towards a better tomorrow. Let us be our nature’s Rescue Rangers…With these thoughts this is Satrangee Parachute flying towards a greener Earth…
Again Excellent writing….Keep it up…