What are your favorite sports to watch and play?

Follow me. We are high above the ground and we fly forward. The summer sky is clear and bright. If temperature could be felt through words then I would say it is uncomfortably hot. Not that I could feel it under the rush of adrenaline.

Where was I? Down.. let’s dive down. The wind brushes against us; through the clouds as we proceed, the view clears and a playground is visible.There, look there, that small boy in a red t-shirt, the one who is running tiredly.

That was me. I stopped to catch my breath, I was sweating profusely. I took out my already sweat drenched handkerchief to wipe my forehead and then the rest of the face.

I dared not to look at the handkerchief. Let’s say it was visually not very clean.

Something caught my attention, butterflies, yellow sulphur butterflies. They were flying around recently watered bushes. It was a pleasing sight. That’s when I saw it.

The frightened expression on the face of my friend who was standing at a distance. I was too distracted by my thought for his words to become audible, but the frightened expression was clearly visible. That’s when it clicked, why I had come to the playground and I quickly turned my head to look ahead. My view was eclipsed and my face was hit.

I was tired, and the view of the butterflies had calmed my mind and relaxed my body. I didn’t make any real effort to be steady and I fell down on my back.

I tried to open my eyes but the Sun wouldn’t let me. My friend came running, pulling me by my hand into a sitting position. “Are you alright? What happened?” he said as he picked up the football next. I frankly had no answer. The butterflies caught my attention again. No amount of sunlight could hamper this view.

…by the way, I love playing and watching association football or soccer.

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Written by Anuran Chatterji

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