Her Smile

 She was running from shop to shop, searching for anything to feed her hungry daughter, with that one rupee coin in her tightened grip so as not to lose it, as it was the only money she had.

 But, what can you buy with one rupee in this world, nothing. She could have begged for more money, but didn't because of her self-respect. She wouldn't take grants for the same reason.

 She used to live a happy life once, when her husband was alive. But her husband eventually lost all of his fortune, committed suicide leaving his family on the roads. She used to have so many friends when she was rich, but now when she actually needed them, no one was there. Some of them whom she met in the market, even refused to identify her. "How amazing this world is!" she had thought.

 She was hurrying as much as she could. Thinking of her daughter who would be crying with hunger at her home or should we refer to it as shelter.

 Most of the shopkeepers knew her now, as it had been some time since she started living in that neighborhood. But, she wouldn't ask them for help, neither were they interested in offering the same. It was a poor neighborhood, how many people would they help even if they wanted to.

"Hey lady, are you looking for this?” shouted a voice as she was about to enter a shop. The voice came from a very small shop built within someone's home. An old lady was looking right at her, with a jar full of those 25p candies in her hands. A smile appeared on the woman's face & she dashed to that small shop, exchanged her money for 4 of those candies & dashed back home.

She had purchased the most precious thing in this world for just one rupee, her daughter's smile. :)

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