THE EYES ARE NOT HERE - Ruskin Bond

πŸ“š THE EYES ARE NOT HERE
-RUSKIN BOND πŸ“š

The Eyes are Not Here” is a beautiful and delightful short story written by Ruskin Bond. The writer narrated the story in first person.  

The narrator was a blind young man.  He was travelling to Dehra.  A young girl boarded the train alone. The writer carefully observed the precautions being given to her by her parents.

The narrator slowly acquainted with the girl and asked where she was going.  She told him that she would get down at Shahrampur which was hardly 2 hours journey.  The writer took all his precautions and hid the fact that he was blind.

He complimented the girl saying that she had an interesting face. She felt delighted for such a remark as all others said that she had a pretty face. The writer was attracted towards her sweet voice and the scented smell of her hair.

When the girl was about to get down, he felt like touching her hair.  But his modesty prevented him from doing so. After she got down, another passenger entered the compartment.  The narrator asked the new person whether the girl’s hair was long or short. 

The new passenger answered that he noticed only her eyes and not her hair. He further said that she had beautifully eyes- but they were of no use. This meant that the girl was also blind. With this deeply touching twist, the story comes to end.

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