Hello everyone! My name is Sai Arun Prasaad! I am a fifth-grader. I like to do exams and tests. But what I treasure a lot is being able to go outside and meet people. Now though this has changed.
On March 27, 2020, the COVID-19 virus began sneaking into India. It has already begun sneaking into other parts of the Globe. Because of this, our school was canceled for four days. Then a few weeks. Thereafter one month after which our school was closed for that term. It was told they would start school again after the lockdown was over. I was devasted, “What!! No exams! End of the year final Feast!! No class end Celebration!”. I thought that was a big summer. “At least we can go to Muscat”. I said to myself. I never knew how wrong I was about that.
On April 7th, 2020, my mom told me the sad news. “Oman has also been sealed by COVID-19. The Sultanate has removed all airlines from India to Muscat. So, I had lost a great opportunity to be in an answer beach resort. I was sadder than ever now. No school! No tourism! Very bad!
I had two months of nothing but loneliness until June when they said that online school would start. At least that. But now I had something else which was saddening. My birthday was coming up. So instead of having a party with all my friends, I was forced to have a normal and dull day. Awesome.
You saw how hard COVID-19 hit me.
It was one of the normal, uneventful days. I was resting for a bit. I don’t sleep while I took rest but this time I did sleep. I woke up with an ugly looking thing right in front of me. I had a strange aura around me. I thought, where am I? And then I decided to ask that thing in front of a meme, more about this place. But first I asked the creature, “Who are you?” It replied in a crackly voice. “I am the Coronavirus King. My name is Cavalry Online International COVID, III. You can call me CCOVID 3 for short”.
Anger swelled inside of me. Was the thing the Leader of COVID19 virus collection? The one that made sure our school did not have any last term exams. The one that made me cancel a resort stay in Muscat. The one that made me have a busy vacation. The one that hanged my birthday into a dull day. I wanted to kick it into a million pieces.
I asked the thing, “Why have you done all of this?” it replied calmly. “I know everything I have done to humanity. I can even justify it”. “Then justify why you locked us in our home?”, I asked.
“To make you happy with what you’ve got. You, humans, are very unfair. You want to make sure you are superior to everyone. You think you are the only living thing in the universe. You wish everyone to see from your perspective. You don’t care what you do to anyone if it benefits you. You want more and more. You don’t think that the meat that you eat is all killed living things? You don’t see from other creatures’ point of view. You wish to be happy all by yourself”. You never see, anything from anyone else’s point of view. Then what is wrong with us attacking?” “CCOVID3 said.
I felt like I had been punched on my face badly. I now accepted that COVID19 was our tutor. Then I woke up with a start in my bed, in between my rest.
Friends,
Let us learn and cross over the pandemic. And be good for all living things!
Sai Arun Prasaad – Grade 5
