Innocence

There are certain incidents of purity, innocence and selflessness that leave their imprints on our heart forever. Here I am narrating one such incidence that had touched me deep down and made its imprint on my heart forever.

I had these little cousins - an elder sister and a younger btrother - just an years difference between the two.  I had a piece of sweet with me which I had to offer them but unfortunately when I broke it the two pieces came out to be unequal. The two of them came rushing to me for sweet and I couldn't think of any fairer way to distribute the pieces than to spread my palm in front of them and let them make the decision of who wanted which piece. The sister reached out in a swift movement to grab the larger piece. The brother was just watching, the expression on his face clearly showing his disappointment of loosing the chance of grabbing the larger piece. When the sister was about to take the larger piece, she halted for a moment, saw her brother's face and then to my surprise she silently went ahead and grabbed the smaller piece, her eyes fixed on the disappointed face of her brother! I was so touched by the purity and selflessness of her gesture.