She ran barefoot. Over the pointed strands of dry grass that were more than just tickling her soles.
She ran. Even after she tripped over the thick root of a banyan tree that was above the surface of the ground.
She ran overwhelmed with excitement. With her two ribbon-tied plaits flapping against her cheeks.
She ran fast. With her knee-long skirt flying like a flag.
She had cupped her hands tightly. She only ran faster as water dripped through the gaps between her fingers.
She stopped. She was panting heavily. Before she got her breath back, she poured the water in her palm into the rusty metal tub that she had filled with water some time ago. She smiled...
She peeped into the tub... She saw the tiny red fish that she had just caught from the lake, the fish that she had held between her hands in water.
The fish was just a tiny red speck on the huge surface of water against the rusty brown floor of the tub. For her, this tiny red dot made the old tub her aquarium...
She was looking proudly at her new aquarium...
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