Green-masked faces crowded around…’Push harder!!!’
The ugly yellow lizard watched, unblinking.
‘You’ll understand..’ she murmured.
‘..my little girl.. fair.. pretty.. just like Sister..’
‘Focus!’
‘And this second?!’
‘PUSH!’
‘…What if… she’s .. you .. or me???
…Another lifetime.. of inferiority begins…’
[Blink] ‘PUSSSSHHHH!!!!’
She gave in.
——
It was a boy.
She laughed.
She cried!
Writer-z-block 
37 replies on “The second-born [flash fiction]”
onniyumey puriyale ! (didnt understand anything) Im too dumb for these kinda fictions. Please explain !
No wonder god didn’t think men good enough to carry a child in their womb 😆
Men? Huh! They cannot even bear a common cold! Forget babies!
I didnt understand anything either.. ! 😐
She wanted a second child, a girl, who would be as fair as her sister. But then she had a boy? Am I guessing right?
Dreamer… perrrfect!!! And she was relieved it was a boy, as ‘fair’ does not matter much then!
Vimmu and Hitchy: Ab samjhe?
“Fair” seems to matter for guys too, nowadays, if we are to believe all the fairness creams that are flooding the market. Seems we are losing our right to be called the “fair”er sex :(.
🙄 Good one!
but the lizard ???? whats it got to do with it ?? … the lizard is delivering….lizards dont deliver, do they ?? Aaaahhhh….
Vokay…inhale..exhale..relax and forget about the lizard. And if you insist, do read the comments to understand better 🙂
Vimmu: Like Dmanji has said below…that was to add to the drama.
ROFL Pal…I almost thought you would add Pushhh after all that inhale exhale..relaxing techniques for vims
Ha ha ha ha!!! That was a good one 😉
Come on, Vimmu… puuuuush!!!
Ya actually ennakum onnume puriyale. espe when I saw the words ugly lizard.. 😦 Ok but now I understood 😀
Understood right!
She laughed it was a boy, lighter or darker
now the skin colour didn’t really matter.
She cried it was not a girl,for her daughter
she dreamt of a fair sister,if not fairer.
HAPPY PONGAL!!!
Thanks, PRG, for another apt 4-liner… hope you had a very happy Pongal too!
A kind of sibling rivalry in the next generation as well? Something she went through with her sister?
Cheers,
Quirky Indian
Perfectly interpreted, Quirky. Thanks! I was beginning to think I must trash this post.
Hmmm. But these days even boys are not sparred… as far as the ‘fairness monster’ is concerned. Remember ‘Fair and Handsome’ cream… ??? Plus the stunning discovery… that the skin of a human male is different from that of the human female…
Is the nobel committee listening… ???
Hey, what’s this male/female skin thing? Links please!
Sigh! Sad but true 😦 But the other sex r also smitten by the fairness bug nwadays 😦
Ha! The virus spreads…..
lovely! that was so beautifully put!
Thank you, Ganga. Such a pity, that people still hanker after ‘fair skin’ despite being educated and ‘cultured’. Why does ‘fair and lovely’ have to be the benchmark?
that was so lovely really pal
Thank you so much, Mon
The lizard is like a side dish right, not integral part of the story, added to create the dramatic effect 😉 … very nice and I agree with people above me that ‘fair’ ness is a factor for men too … creams or no creams ….
How can I thank you, Dman, for interpreting the lizard part?
This fairness thing really is disgusting.
Your 55 worders are really pithy! Good one
Thanks a lot, Ritu
Even I didn’t understood this one… After reading Vimmu’s and Hitchy’s comments and your reply, same question, What is the lizard doing there, must be a terrible hospital?
Lizard explained by Dman And, lizards are terribly ugly, too. Which is why the woman felt she could communicate her deepest fears to that being, rather than anyone else.
nice one Pal.. 🙂 🙂 atlast some 55 fiction, I understand.. 😀 😀
Glad to see more people understanding it.
Vimmu and Hitchy – you are banned 😉 😉
That was great, Pallu. Sadly – this must be going through so many women’s minds during their labour – when they should be excited 😦
Thank you 🙂 Seriously, Smitha. People are so obsessed with COLOUR, that they don’t realise that having a healthy baby is itself a blessing!
Good one Pal. 🙂
Thanks, Shail 🙂
Good one Pal! 🙂
I love your story posts!
Thank you, Pixie girl
good one..really good one!
Me: Thank you, Sorcerer. Will hop by your blog soon 🙂
I understood 😀
🙂 Thank you!
Gud Pal !!! But fairness seems to be an obsession of the male too, now-a-days – remember the Fair and Handsome Ad by SRK !!!! 🙂
Me: I agree..its so sick!
A perfect 55 and awesome too
beautifully written 🙂 ,
After watching Salam Namasthe long time back( and 3 idiots now) , i can understand what is this ‘push’…..
Very good – I enjoyed this one!
Sakshi: Thank u so much!
Anish: He he, I know how awful it sounds, but its got to be done!! Atleast not by you 😉 Thank you for reading/liking the post.
Shweta: Thanks a lot!!
Brillaint. Although I understood – I am glad I had all the comments to confirm what I thought was right. …but I also thought the lizard was the eyes of some relative who expected her to have a son.
Thank you, IHM. Didn’t realise the ‘lizard’ would have so many interpretations 🙂 Glad about it, ofcourse!
To me, he was just an equally ugly onlooker who, in the woman’s opinion, would understand her inferiority complex.
Nice.