* Dad * "Where is dad? Why isn't he coming back mom?" "Dad cannot come back. He is away. Forever." "Where has he gone?" "He is up in the sky. You see all these stars that shine brightly? The brightest star of all is dad." "Who sent him there?" "God did." "God sent dad to the sky just to make it shine a little more?" The mother could reply no more. She suppressed her tears and walked to the kitchen, where she shed copious amounts of tears. Meanwhile, the child counted all the stars to find out how many dads had the sky stolen. © Abhijit Chakraborty 2014