Pirate

                   Pirate                         

              The breezy wind in the seashore spread it's branches in between the people sitting, playing and roaming around. The sun has shut off this day's work. Sunday evening was great as always, except the irony that the next day is Monday.

               The Rubik's cube was gliding in between Priya's hands. She is a sweet girl of eight years, her father was sitting at a distance with her mother. 

                "Hi Priya !!" there came her neighborhood friend named Karthik.
                 
                "Hey ... Where were you for this while?" asked Priya. Both of their families came to the beach together.

                "Just playing around with my friends here" said Karthik wavering his hands at his friends building their sand houses, "What is that?" asked Karthik hovering his eyes on the Rubik's cube.

                 "It's color cube" said Priya.

                 "Color cube???" asked Karthik with eager.

                 "I have named it like that" 

                 "Why?"

                 "Look here" said Priya showing him the different colors in the cube, "You have to arrange it in order"

                 "How do you arrange it?" asked Karthik.

                 "Like this" saying that Priya rolled the cube's one part.

                 "Nothing so hard" said Karthik with an insulting tone.

                 "Then you do it" staked Priya handling the cube to him.

                 Karthik took it from her hands and tried to arrange the colors. But, he couldn't.

                 "Sorry...." pleased Karthik giving the cube to her.

                 "It's ok" accepting his apology Priya took the cube.

                 "Do you know how to arrange them ?" questioned Karthik.

                 "Yeah... My Dad taught me" said Priya.

                 "Then show me" doubtful look spread in Karthik's face.

                 "Hmmm...". Priya rolled her hands over the cube lavishly to finish it off.

                 "Superb Priya" exclaimed Karthik, "Will you give this to me?" asking in a polite manner "I will show this to my friends" halted Karthik.

                 "Take it" said Priya.

                 Karthik took the Rubik's cube from her hands and ran to his friends.

                   "Hey... look here" announced Karthik standing in front of his friends.

                   "What?" asked one boy.
  
                   "Look at this" said Karthik showing the cube in his hand.

                   "What's in that?" asked the same boy.

                   "You have to arrange it to similar colors" said Karthik.

                   "Did you arranged this?" asked another boy.

                   Karthik's eyes jumped of confusion. He was unsure what to say. He can't conclude anything that rolled through his mind. He just nodded his head.

                    "Awesome Karthik" appreciated another boy.

                    "How did you learnt this?" asked the first boy.
                      
                    "I... I learnt this myself" words stumbled from Karthik's mouth. Lies are viruses, they just multiply.

                    "Karthik..." a voice called him from behind.

                    He turned back. All the boys were applauding for him. He became silent.

                    "Dad said it's late..." asked Priya, her hand in the mid-air.

                    "Sorry........" Karthik's mouth moved but his voice mumbled.

                    Priya just extended her hand towards him. She was looking to the sands between her toes. She was controlling her anger, that reflected in her face.

                   Karthik placed the cube in her hand.

                   Priya received the cube and ran from the place immediately, hugging the cube tightly close to her body. 

                                                                  

                                                                                  - Alan Giftson