Rainbow

A little boy saw

a little star.

He said ‘It can’t be

that far’.

He wished if  

he had a ladder

he could go

climbing up there.

‘Where can I get

a ladder big one’.

He looked around

but he found none. 

He began to cry

and loudly shout.

But his mama was

nowhere about.

Now it happened

that a tiny fairy

was caught in spider net

and that was scary.

She was small

smaller than a fly

she loved to ride

a little butterfly.

She looked around and

for help she cried. 

Little boy saw her

and his tears dried.

“Hurry and help me

before I get killed

your one wish

I will have fulfilled”.

At the trapped fairy

did little boy look

spider’s net then

he wildly shook. 

The nasty spider

could do no harm

what little  boy did

worked like charm.

Little fairy was free

from the trap

in sheer joy

did little boy clap.

“Well, well you are

a nice little boy

but were you crying

to get some toy?”

“Little fairy, toys are

of course fun

but I wish I could go

to a star little one”.

Fairy looked at stars

in the evening light

while she pondered

the boy stood quiet.

“What you need is a bridge

from earth to sky

let me do something”

and she said goodbye.

One day little boy was

teasing his mother

when little fairy came

along with another.

“You will have to rush

if you want to go to a star

we have built a bridge

and it’s a bit far”.

The boy rushed out

and looked around

there was a bridge

and it was round.

Colours were streaming

across the sky

like a shining arch  

and it was high.

But he could not

see any star

what fun it would be

to go that far.

He felt he would wait

till stars come

but when stars came

he was glum.

Bridge had vanished

the Sun had set

stars were shining

little boy could only fret.

© i b arora