One Bottle, Two Bottle, Three Bottle
“One bottle, two bottle, three bottle,” Andy counted examining unfamiliar labels.
“Bottles.” Miley corrected.
“What?”
“Three bottles. Plural,” she explained without looking at him. She just had taken up plurals at school.
Andy nodded. He was not going to school yet.
“One bottle, two bottle, three bottle,” he repeated.
Miley didn’t say a word. She was painting. It was one of those paintings where fancy geometric shapes transformed into human figures.
“What are they?” Andy asked pointing at the bottles.
Silence.
“He beats my mom,” Miley said unexpectedly.
Andy looked at her confused.
“He drinks from the bottles and then beats my mom,” she explained, her eyes still on the painting.
“Who?” He didn’t understand.
“Klaus.” She refused to call her mom’s new husband dad.
Silence again.
Miley kept on painting. Andy looked at the bottles.
“I have to stop him,” Miley finally broke silence, done with her painting.
“How?” Andy asked.
“If he doesn’t have anything to drink, he won’t beat her,” the girl sounded confidently.
Andy didn’t have time to reply. His mom came to take him home.
“Thanks, Miley, for looking after him,” she said and they left.
Miley smiled.
When Miley’s mother came home in the evening, the girl was still in the kitchen. She lay on the floor, three empty vodka bottles beside her.
And a painting.
Geometric shapes, two figures.
A mother and a daughter.
One bottle, two bottle, three bottle.
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To read more about alcohol and its consequences for children click here.
Sometimes even a small dose is enough to lead to a tragedy. Just a note to all the parents, be careful, hide all the dangerous tubes and bottles from your little ones.
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lena, lovely story!
its beautiful how much the daughter loves her mom, to drink 3 vodka bottles to protect her from being beaten up… a special bond between the two…
a bit of innocence involved too, with the little boy and the plurals…
good one!
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Like I told you, I guess ‘lovely’ would be a wrong word here. The bond they share or rather what a girl feels for her mom is really a beautiful emotion. Yet it led to tragedy.
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wow..some one is really behaving like a serious citizen
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I always was one, wasn’t i?
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Very touching ending yaar…
I just wonder how do you get such creative ideas….
loved it till the end
And yeah the error i get is, cannot find the feed for the link
Cheers
Mahesh
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The ideas just keep flowing once I start writing, don’t know where they come from
Weird, that Blogger can’t identify feed because before it did not give such troubles.
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very touching lena…. loved it to bits
keep ‘em coming!
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thanks, sweets
I seriously hope I will write more and more
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i completely loved it lena…… it is short, crips and absolutely to d point yet so very effective.
i have seen so much of domestic violence around me janu…child suffers d most.
it was too touching and deep. hope it reaches out to the mass.
and yes spcl mention to the title of d story.
i so wish u had taken part in the story competition.
lv n hugs
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thank you dear
it often happens that children suffer the most because there is noone to protect them. and it is really sad..
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Lena, Thank you so much for visiting me today.
How did you come about hearing about me?
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I have been bloghopping and accidentally landed on your blog
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Very effective piece.
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thank you
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very short yet it tears one’s heart…thank God, i am alien to such violence since childhood and up to now…
you’re very good at your craft Lena and i would never tire telling you to keep on!
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it is good that you never had to face anything like that… I just hope that things like this will not happen ever.. unfortunately they come repeatedly.
Thanks for appreciation
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I very touching story Lena.
Poignant emotions portrayed effortlessly.
Can’t think of a better way to get such an important message accross.
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Thank you
Just hope the message will be read and understood in a proper way..
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An important and tragic message. You’ve expressed this in such an evocative way. Thanks Lena.
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thank you for appreciation.. i hope the message will be of some use..
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Hi Lena;
It’s an absolute truth of many closed doors and you have in a very unique way expressed the emotions and pain.
When I was reading this story…i was in my own pace trying to figure out different ending of the story. And when at the end I read..
…”She lay on the floor, three empty vodka bottles beside her…” I thought the little girl had in her mind decided to hit with those empty bottles on the Klaus head…A sheer tragic end………..anyway…its just an imagination…
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Hi, Rachana
you are right, saying that it is the truth of closed doors and many are just not aware of this, or trying to ignore it.
I wish Klaus would suffer instead of the little girl, yet life always gives us different plots.
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Good blog and very touching. We adults sometimes forget we have small innocent kids in our lives and how our actions will affect them.
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you are right, as adults we often forget that we are responsible for someone else except ourselves. Too often it leads to tragedies. I hope my message reached the ones who forgot.
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Hi Lena,
You have a way with words!
am in tears…
♥
bindi
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Hi Bindi
thank you for the compliment… i didnt mean to make you or anyone cry though..
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That’s a very touching story, Lena. Very beautiful bond between the two. But the end is tragic. It happens. Not everything is rosy around us.
I came to your blog after a long time. Looks very different here.
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first things first, welcome here!
you are right, such things happen but we either dont notice them or pretend they dont exist or dont actually care till it happens to be of our concern.
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I’ve witnessed the destruction; I know all to well how alcohol can destroy lives.
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that’s sad, but the truth of life, bitter truth!
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Nice post.
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thanks, dear
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Lena this is sad, you know alcoholism can be very creepy and scary for children. Thanks for writing. Anna
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yup, i intentionally made it sad, thinking that maybe a sad story might make people think
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Whoa !
Amazing Le !
Loved the whole concept and the inspiration that created this. How many would see these things that are a part of many ppl’s lives ?
And there you are, saw it, felt it, told it.
Beautiful ! Loved it !
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thanks, Cindy, dear
I guess many of us see, just not always we are willing to talk about these things
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Lena, this is brilliantly written, and devastatingly sad.
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thank you for the compliment on the story… yet it really is sad, maybe sadder than i intended it to be initially.
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Yes, it’s paradox. On one side, love and on the other, the tragedy it leads to.
Touching stuff, Lena.
And yes, thank you so much for the wishes.
*smiles*
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life is full of paradoxes, isnt it?
And no thanks for wishes, ok?
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Very touching…beautifully written Lena.. a mind of child is so very innocent n filled with so much of love… wonder where we lose it as we grow up….
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even i wonder about the same, guess we just realize that the world is a cruel place and eats the innocent ones up..
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SAD!!!!
and i hate such endings even after knowing life doesnt offer happy ending always!!
story is well written!
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Will make a happy end in my next piece. Don’t promise though
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:O
that was so awesome!!! and so touching
i loved it… i just read it again and again till i realised that i was reading it over and over again
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Thank you, Harini
I am happy to hear that you loved it
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