All Thining Men
'All Thinking Men' - a short story by Amir Saleem
"I am a common man. Once, somewhere in this life, I thought I had found something special that would make my life special. But I forgot the rule - a common man lives a common life."
That was a brand new watch and it looked striking on his white wrist. I looked at my wrist and there was no watch there. I never knew how it felt to have a watch on the wrist.
I never had a watch, may be because my wrists were not as white as his or may be because his father is rich and my father is poor. Isn't it out of the ordinary that you don't have to have the wish to get a watch on your wrist but a rich father. I had the wish to buy a watch, I had the wish to buy a storybook, I had the wish to buy a new school bag, but wishes buy you nothing you know, wishes buy you nothing.
Although nobody wants to know who I am, not even you, but I want to tell you something about myself.
They say I am a man but I have never seen an eight-year-old man, have you?
I am a boy. It's other thing that I am a common boy. I don't know what it means to be a common boy but my father told me so.
One day when my father came back from work I asked him to buy me a car.
"What! A car?", he cried with surprise. "Are you in your mind?", he asked.
"Yes I am in my mind that's why I want to buy a car, just like the one Ali's father has."
"Ali's father! Are you crazy? Don't you see the difference? He is rich that's why he has a car.", he tried to explain.
"But why is he rich? I don't see him work as much as you do. He wanders here and there in his car all day while you work from morning to evening then how come he is so rich and we are not?", I was still confused.
"Its because they are special, that's why they have a car." he said something difficult.
"But why are they so special?" I couldn't understand it.
"Because they are born special." he was still talking difficult.
"Aren't we born special?" I asked.
"No." he said as if he was dead sure of
"I am a common man. Once, somewhere in this life, I thought I had found something special that would make my life special. But I forgot the rule - a common man lives a common life."
That was a brand new watch and it looked striking on his white wrist. I looked at my wrist and there was no watch there. I never knew how it felt to have a watch on the wrist.
I never had a watch, may be because my wrists were not as white as his or may be because his father is rich and my father is poor. Isn't it out of the ordinary that you don't have to have the wish to get a watch on your wrist but a rich father. I had the wish to buy a watch, I had the wish to buy a storybook, I had the wish to buy a new school bag, but wishes buy you nothing you know, wishes buy you nothing.
Although nobody wants to know who I am, not even you, but I want to tell you something about myself.
They say I am a man but I have never seen an eight-year-old man, have you?
I am a boy. It's other thing that I am a common boy. I don't know what it means to be a common boy but my father told me so.
One day when my father came back from work I asked him to buy me a car.
"What! A car?", he cried with surprise. "Are you in your mind?", he asked.
"Yes I am in my mind that's why I want to buy a car, just like the one Ali's father has."
"Ali's father! Are you crazy? Don't you see the difference? He is rich that's why he has a car.", he tried to explain.
"But why is he rich? I don't see him work as much as you do. He wanders here and there in his car all day while you work from morning to evening then how come he is so rich and we are not?", I was still confused.
"Its because they are special, that's why they have a car." he said something difficult.
"But why are they so special?" I couldn't understand it.
"Because they are born special." he was still talking difficult.
"Aren't we born special?" I asked.
"No." he said as if he was dead sure of