Its been long since I had a dream...I attribute it to the fact that off late I have'nt had the good fortune of sleeping sound...But last night was different and I was quiet happy to have been able to break the jinx...Yes I finally slept sound.The cool breeze that blew all night helped my otherwise hot room cool down by few degrees making it comfortable to sleep in....
Elsa my 2nd possession from the canine family when I was a child suddenly made an appearance in my dreams after nearly a decade and half since I last saw her...I was excited as ever to have seen her and she kept wagging her little brown tail as soon as she sniffed me...Her wet nose was rubbing on my palm and it was a reunion that we both cherished for sometime.....
But strangely Elsa started a conversation to my utter disbelief....But she told me that post her death she went to the other world and got this powers to speak in all forms of languages of both humans and animals alike...I was dumbstruck..I asked her how it felt to be in the other world and immediately knew that I made a mistake by asking her this...I could see her twinkling black eyes getting moist and she almost started choking as she tried to speak...She said she still couldn't forget the day when my dad picked her up in his arm and brought her home as a gift for me...She would have otherwise died much before in the December cold of Shillong...She then went on to say how she liked when mom made her a comfortable bed of old rugs and how she liked when we served her food as an extension of our own family...This made me also go back down the memory lane....I remembered how I used to get restless in the last period of the school just to be home and take Elsa for a stroll....How we used o play hide and seek with each other me spotting her by seeing her tail constantly wagging....How she once didn't let a ruffian enter when we were not at home and mom was all alone....She showed her faithfulness very early in her life...
We then discussed our present state of affairs...i wished how she could come back to life and be with me here to give me company and she smiled and I knew deep in her heart she too wished the same.....Suddenly I heard a noise and Elsa was no where to be seen.....I realised after a good minute or so that the noise was my maid announcing her arrival in the morning and it was time to get up.....I got up but with a prayer on my lips "Rest in peace Elsa"........
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