At the edge of that city, a young woman walked out of a software company late at night, speaking on her phone.
It was almost 11 o’clock.“Hey, I just came out of the office… today’s meeting with the manager took too long,” she told her friend over the phone.Talking and walking, she reached the main road.There was no one around — the whole area was silent.After finishing the call, she began walking along the road, booking a taxi on her phone.Suddenly, she heard a faint sound from the bushes beside the road.Curious, she went closer to see what it was.What she saw there shocked her completely —inside the bushes lay a tiny baby boy, looking as if he had just been born.The umbilical cord was still attached — not even dried yet.It looked like someone had abandoned him right after birth.The baby was crying loudly, hungry for his mother’s milk.Without a second thought, she picked him up gently,took off her dupatta (scarf), wrapped the baby carefully, and held him close to her chest.The moment he felt her warmth, the baby stopped crying and looked around for milk.Just then, the taxi she had booked arrived.She got in quickly, holding the baby.On the way, she stopped near a shop, bought a feeding bottle and some milk.The baby was crying again from hunger.“Brother, please drive fast,” she said to the driver anxiously.As soon as she reached home, she unlocked the door,placed the baby gently on the sofa, warmed the milk, poured it into the bottle, and fed him.The hungry child drank eagerly, as if tasting life itself.With a full stomach, he slowly drifted into peaceful sleep.The girl sat on the floor beside him, watching the baby sleep,her eyes turning toward the window, where the full moon shone brightly.“Look,” she whispered softly, “the moon has spots on it, but this smiling little moon beside me has none.His face shines brighter than the sun.”Without realizing it, tears began to roll down her cheeks.Her heart was filled with questions —Who could this baby be?Why would a mother abandon her newborn like this?Didn’t her heart stop her, even for a moment, from leaving the child she gave birth to?“For a few minutes of pleasure, she has destroyed a lifetime,” the girl thought painfully.“What sin did this innocent child commit to deserve such a fate?”“Oh, Lord Brahma, you hold the pen that writes our destiny.Why did you write such a cruel story for this smiling little moon?”Crying silently, her eyes grew heavy with exhaustion, and she fell asleep beside the baby.When dawn broke — around 5:00 a.m. —the baby woke up crying again for milk.She woke up quickly, fed him once more, then got ready for the day.After drinking a cup of tea, she took the baby with her, bought him new clothes from a shop, dressed him carefully, and went straight to the police station.She knew her own situation wouldn’t allow her to care for him properly —so she decided to do the right thing.She told the entire story to the police and handed the baby over to them.The Station Inspector (SI) there was someone she knew. She told him with tears in her eyes:“Please find out who his mother is and make her understand the pain she has caused.But don’t give this baby back to her.Please, give him to a good family who has no children.Only then will this child’s life truly be blessed.”Saying this, she ran out of the station, tears streaming down her face.A constable followed her outside and said softly,“Don’t cry, miss. We see things like this every day. It’s new for you, that’s why it hurts.”She turned toward him and said,“You know… I understand very well how hard it is to live without parents —because I am an orphan myself.”And with that —The story ends.
