Toy

‘And the Toys!!’

So there was this shabby, dark room in Mrs Raymond’s house where she used to stow away all her undesired belongings. There lived Bobo and Tuna. Both had been there for over twenty five years now. Meanwhile they fell in love with each other and decided to get married. That was before Mrs Raymond’s granddaughter found Bobo and decided to keep him.  Tuna was heartbroken, all their dreams seemed to fade away.  Days rolled into months and years. It had been ten years now that Tuna was all alone; Bobo belonged to someone else. Bobo too, was quite morose, even though Mrs Raymond’s granddaughter would take good care of him. But as they say, time flies, and soon the little girl stepped into her teens and started neglecting Bobo. She had fallen for this sweet middle school  guy called Jack, who had now replaced Bobo as the centre of her attention. One day she went to her Grandmother and said ‘I don’t want Bobo any more’. That was the day Mrs Raymond re-united Tuna and Bobo – the toys.  At this, Mrs Raymond sighed ‘Guess she has found herself a new toy!’ (We all know who she was referring to!)

Human beings too, become toys.

But thus Bobo and Tuna lived happily ever after. 

--Iman Sinha

Department of Philosophy

UG 1