“Buy FLASH-CHAPPALS™! Jump higher! Shine brighter!”
Parents rushed. Autos beeped. Even the town leader took the ambulance to get to MegaBazaar to buy Big things with Big offers. The streets were wild, everyone chasing one last pair of those magic chappals.
Twelve-year-old Nila watched from her gate, sipping mosambi juice through her curly straw. She smiled, shaking her head.
“Yesterday, everyone walked just fine,” she whispered.
Inside the shop, people climbed shelves for the final pair. The floor shook, and they all fallen down like fallen tiles in the rain or like cocoNUTS from trees.
Then, the floor opened up. A giant treadmill rose. Shoppers landed on it, feet flying, but going nowhere. Ads blinked above them. The belt spun faster. Adults ran harder but stayed stuck.
Quick-thinking Baby Nila pulled out her science project's metal straw, jabbed the control box, and everything stopped. People crashed gently to the ground OMG
Silence. Confusion.
Nila led the crowd outside. She pointed to a mango tree, golden with ripe fruit.
“Wouldn’t mango payasam make us all feel better?”
she asked to her father with her CUTENESS.No one answered. Until her friend little Thiru, with a shoebox on his head, giggled,
“Can we make payasam also go viral?” here ???
Yes BUT “Only in your tummy,” Nila laughed.
That evening, the town cooked together , kids picked mangoes, Gowri shared her cardamom recipe, and the president drummed on steel plates. They fed passersby, even street dogs & crows. Laughter filled the air. The fields shimmered like gold.
No one missed the chappals.
The next morning, a sign appeared:
“FREE CHAPPALS! (Warning: May make you run in place.)”
Nobody took them. Nila glued them to a slide. Kids slid down fast, laughing and shouting,
“ Shoes have never been this fun! ”Moral of the Story:
Happiness isn’t found in flashy things....
It lives in shared moments, mango payasam, and laughter with friends.
Before you chase the next big thing, pause. Ask yourself
👉is this memory-making… or just BLIND treadmill-running?
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