{"id":950,"date":"2021-11-19T12:33:01","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T12:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/takhte.in\/VoiceofViews\/?p=950"},"modified":"2021-11-19T12:37:51","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T12:37:51","slug":"beast-in-beauty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/takhte.in\/VoiceofViews\/beast-in-beauty\/","title":{"rendered":"Beast in Beauty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bhawna, Shaurya International School<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The age-old story about the ‘Beauty and a Beast’ is well known to everyone. In that story, the kind-hearted man becomes a beast after the curse, but nowadays, no one needs a curse to be a beast; it is present in every person. Some unleash the beast. Some do not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A girl named Ronnie proud of her beauty considered every other person inferior to her. She hurtled others but never felt sad in doing so. It\u2019s good to be confident, but one should not instil confidence with pride.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fate, however, had its own plans to teach her the lessons. Ronnie was once travelling from a hill station nearby, and it was not a smooth ride. The strong winds and rain made it impossible for her to continue the journey. She decided to stop at the shelter nearby. She got out of her car and went into the nearest house she saw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘Knock, knock’!<\/strong> There wasn\u2019t any reply. \u201cAnyone there,\u201d<\/strong> she asked. Again, came no response. She decided to go inside as she was freezing. She entered the house, and the door behind her shut on its own. She was scared, tried opening the door, but it was now locked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She moved around in the house to see if any window was opened, but to her surprise, all the windows were closed, and there was no way to get out of it. In one corner, she saw a fire burning at the fireplace, and she sat beside it. The dining table had all the world’s delicacies, including cakes, pies, pastries, cola, drinks, etc. As she was hungry, she ate almost everything laid on the table. Once satiated, she decided to take a round of that house and bumped to a half-opened door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She peeped in and saw a monstrous creature. The strange voice said, \u201cCome in, Ronnie.\u201d<\/strong> She was surprised to hear her name. \u201cWho are you, and how do you know me,\u201d<\/strong> Ronnie asked. \u201cI am nothing but you, your soul,\u201d<\/strong> came the reply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am as big as your pride and as ugly as your heart.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a way, that beast was a mirror image of Ronnie. She was scared but could do nothing; she could not believe her eyes. \u201cI am the way people around you… see you; to them, you are a beast\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ronnie was shocked and recalled all the evil deeds she had done in her life, from making fun of her friends, talking rudely to her house workers or waiters at a restaurant, thinking of herself as the owner of the world. Never respecting her parents. Neglecting all the pieces of advice from the teachers and close friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, she understood her mistake and said to the beast, \u201cI got it; if this is the way people see me as a beast, then I would not like to give them a reason to do so.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From that day onwards, she changed her way of living. She talked politely with everyone, never made fun of her friends, understood what others tried to say, respected everyone; slowly, she could make friends again. The beast inside her had left and never ever appeared again.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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