The Boy Who Listened to the Leaves

Neem Tree

The first night Arun came home, he slept beneath his bed.

His mother had spread a soft quilt over the mattress. His father had placed a little wooden bird beside the pillow. But Arun slipped into the shadows below, where he could see the doorway and hear every footstep.

His mother sat nearby.

“You may sleep there,” she whispered. “I’ll leave the quilt beside you.”

Outside, the wind stirred the neem tree.

Arun listened until his eyes closed.

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