"THE SECRET BEHIND MY MISSING CAT"

 

I had a cat once, named Mittu. I always wanted a dog but my mother wouldn’t allow it, so I got a cat. My mother was fine with it in the beginning but soon she realized that that training a cat was more difficult than what she had expected. So one day she gave the cat away, and when I said I couldn’t find Mittu, she said that she couldn’t find it and that it might have ran outside. So I went all over the neighborhood trying to find my Cat but she never said anything. She too, acted her part by claiming that she was worried (which I later realized was a BIG FAT LIE) and printed out posters and everything. But we couldn’t find Mittu anywhere in the neighborhood (OBVIOUSLY!). Soon as years passed I forgot about Mittu and life went on. I had really bonded with my cat though and she never left my nightmares.

When I was about 16, my mother whose guilt had increased tremendously through the years had finally confessed her mistake. I got really mad at her for doing so and I didn’t talk to her for about a week. But what really hit me was my mother’s decision to give the cat away secretly rather than asking me to take care of my cat better or something like that. Did my mother really think that low of me or did she have a problem speaking to her own son openly? I may never know the cause but what every parent reading this should realize that children should be told things, they should be given a chance to redeem their mistakes and should be given responsibility. No child would benefit from the thought that his/her parents feel that they can’t negotiate with their own child. Though I am sure my mother didn’t want to cause a fight and everything and I totally understand that, but what she would never know is that I will always remember what she did and would always feel that she hides something or the other from me………….