“He’s so
young and handsome,” thought the apprentice nurse as she dressed his wounds. It
was a bad accident.
The doctors
said they would cut off life support if he did not show the slightest physical
movement in a week. She put her prayer beads around his ring-less fingers and
willed him to live and love.
Every day
when the doctors came, she had nothing new to report. On Thursday, she watched
as a doctor felt his pulse. Then they both saw it together. A finger slowly
moved a bead. And then another. She gave a deep sigh and dreamed.
(A story in 100 words based on the true story of a young man from Vasai who worked in the Middle East.)
