The crow

It has been raining really heavily. The rain has started from Sunday and it has not stopped at all. In between it rains very heavily and then we have some periods where they is light. I am standing in the balcony looking out of my window. See that many people are carrying umbrellas and raincoats. People are not carrying anything this bite it has been raining heavily for last 3 days. Lucky people I must say. They are enjoying the rain. They are not afraid to get to wet and then fall sick.

Then I don't around and see the animals. Cats are know where to be found. They are the first one to see shelter in the rain. They must have hopped into someone's house. I see some stray dogs. They have been running around. They have practically nowhere to hide. Then I told my attention to birds. Pigeons have no problem with rain. They are sitting on the roof of the pendants despite of heavy rain. They are the birds I aspire to be. I aspired to be at least bothered as the pigeons. They are not bothered by rain or heat. These dressed chill regardless of the conditions. I really want to become like them. Just chilling without any worries.

While I was thinking about that a crow came and sat next to me in the balcony. I had a good look at the crow. It was wet. Like really wet. It was as wet as a cloth used for cleaning. It was disgusting. I look at it and I found it really dirty. I moved my hand so that it will get scared and fly away. But that did not happen. The crew sat there without getting scared. I tried once again. But it did not work. This is when I remembered a discussion I had with my friends group.

We were on a coffee break. We were gradually talking about the animals and birds we like and dislike. I said I am an animal lover but I do not like monkeys, dogs, and crows. I do not like monkeys because they are too mischievous. I hate talks because I was attacked by dogs but I escaped those attacks. This is when my friend added that I may not have liked the crows because they are black and ugly. Yes one of my friend was a colourist. I said that is not the reason. I have no problem with someone be in ugly or dark. I do not differentiate people based on their colour or their beauty. What makes a difference to me is there character. In case of crows, I find them unhygienic. I have seen crows eating filthy objects. I always see crows as the breeding grounds of microbes. That is why I cannot tolerate the presence of a crow.

The wet crow that I saw today remind at me of that discussion. The discussion that I had with my friend showed me the True colour of that particular friend. That friend always used to mention that how he likes to treat everyone equally but would act exactly opposite. He would give special attention to someone whose rich, beautiful, and of importance. He would treat such people as a royalty. I saw his traits early on and decided not to stay friends with him. Today the crow reminded me of him. Not because he was ugly but his thoughts were full of microbes like the surroundings where the crow thrives.