The Mystery of a Frog

I was going to my school in the morning, as usual, I noticed a frog hopping a little far away from me. It looked very preposterous to me nevertheless I kept on walking towards the school building. I was startled to see the same frog sitting on my desk in the classroom. The frog resembled my friend Rajvansh. I didn't believe myself so I went to the class teacher. 'Please, Miss. You probably won't believe this but I want to share the mystical thing I had been through since morning. She pretty much believed me that the frog's face was similar to Rajvansh. She thought of speaking with his parents. It was more suspenseful to note the affirmation of his parents. They informed the class teacher "we know it, he went to a park in the late evening yesterday and when he returned, he was a frog, this is a mystery for us too."

I tried to communicate with Rajvansh and asked him, how did he turn into a frog. He tried to communicate back with me but I couldn't understand his words as he croaked. I was sure his voice had altered to a frog's voice. I put him away from my desk and settled down to work.

He saw a flower pot on the rear sidewall of the classroom and jumped on the floor to go in it. The teacher noticed him and placed him on her desk but he started hopping on everyone's desk. At last, he hopped on my desk. I caught him and the teacher took him from my hand. I thought of cracking the frog's tongue so I appealed to the teacher to give her mobile to me, she did so. I looked for something meaningful to crack his words.

Happily, I found a digital application 'frog mysterious translator" that could translate any animal language to English. I asked him to tell me what has happened with him so far. He croaked for about a few minutes, translated as "I was going to attend a Halloween Party along with Samar. We decided to meet at the national park before heading to the party. I was sitting at a bench waiting for Samar. I saw a witch wearing a Barbie costume, a soft hat, and a purple wand next to me on the bench. She looked into my eyes and cast a spell. Within seconds, my head started spinning and I fell unconscious on the bench. My body was turned into a frog during this time".

Rajvansh was looking very pathetic and helpless. I took the responsibility to drop him at his home. When I was taking him back home, he started croaking again seeing an ice cream kiosk on the way. I understood, he wanted to have his favorite mango bar though I didn't have enough money to buy it. Feeling his desperation, I implored the seller to give me the ice cream and I shall pay him the next day. Fortunately, the ice cream vendor agreed to it. So somehow, I managed to buy it for him. He licked it on my hand and was looking very pleased.

While dropping him at his place, I saw the national park which was his favorite spot to hang out with Samar. I thought of allowing him to play there for a while. Surprisingly, I saw a witch of the same description, Rajvansh was talking about while sitting at a bench in this park. She recognized him again. She probably wanted him to change to another animal this time. I understood her intention and scuttled to her and dashed away with Rajvansh in my hand before she could act upon it again. I went to his home and told his parents everything that happened in the classroom and on the way while dropping him. They were petrified and thanked me for returning him safely.

The next day, I took Rajvansh along with me to school. There were a few children who liked Rajvansh because he was a sweet and kind boy, however, they didn't recognize him in the body of a frog or believed me when I told them about the mishap that occurred with him. On the contrary, they made fun of him as well as mine. We ignored their mockery and continued to go to school. To check his brainpower, the teacher asked him a question during the class session "Rajvansh, answer x into 1 please." Rajvansh took the chalk from her and made circles, and croaked along. The teacher was very disappointed with him.

After school was over, I was taking Rajvansh back to his home. He saw a big dig filled with water. He croaked, I understood he wanted to play in the water with other frogs. I let him do so. He looked very shabby out of water. I shared everything that happened in and out of the school with his parents. We were apprehensive, Rajvansh may not become human again if we didn't find the witch who made him a frog. The third day was PTM. It was a Saturday and was very cloudy. I got an A+ grade in all subjects and was happy for myself but I was concerned about Rajvansh's grades. His parents thought I was right.

After the PTM, I told Rajvansh's parents that I saw a witch again at the same park. I thought it was the same witch who made Rajvansh a frog. She was trying to cast a spell on him again but I scuttled to her and snatched him away. I noticed that while I was running, she was digging there but I went away. I told them please meet me at the park on the next day circa noon along with a Tantrik Baba who has godly power to control negative and supernatural powers. They agreed to follow me. The next day, they came with Rajvansh and a Tantrik Baba Shyam Maharajji. I was ready with a shovel, a torch, a few packets of food items in my backpack. They asked me if I was going to dig too. I said, "yes, I'm going to dig too to check what she was doing here." I started digging and after digging a few feet down, we saw a big black hole. It had shiny and magnetic rays that took all of us inside which was a witch world. It was a terrifying place with witches and wizards all over.

As we moved in the place, we looked towards the left side of the village, a palace with the same witch sitting on the front balcony of the upper floor. Rajvansh's parents wept and were shuddering to think of what happened to him. I pacified them and advised them to be courageous in this situation. We were planning to trespass the palace; we saw and heard a few wizards shouting "Humans! Humans! Humans!" A coven attempted to chase us. We were almost in a trap by coven but narrowly escaped by hiding ourselves in a barn nearby. Seeing us in the barn, a kennel of dogs barked at us. We noticed a weird-looking witch was staring and pointing at us to come to her. We were scared and had no choice but to follow her instructions. She took us to her house and asked us "Are you humans with a frog?" We nodded and narrated to her the sequences of events. She seemed to have sympathy with Rajvansh and hid us in her house. We felt a bit relaxed and slept the night away.

We woke up energetic the next day. We were served toast, eggs, and bacon for breakfast along with coffee which was quite a surprising element for us. While we were discussing how she managed to arrange breakfast, she brought us new clothes to look like wizards and witches. She wished us good luck on our mission to bring Rajvansh back into the human body. As we moved out of her house and walked a few hundred meters, we looked at posters all over the walls with pamphlets declaring "Anyone who finds or informs about a group of humans to the Palace's authorities, will get a reward of human blood. I hid Rajvansh in my pocket so no one could see him. We saw a horse cart parked a few steps away so we planned to steal the horse cart to go to the palace.

To our utter surprise, Security guards and cameras were deployed at the entry gate. It was a herculean task now to make an entry. We changed our plan and thought of gate crashing the palace instead of entering through the main passage. We hid behind the back wall of the rear entry and asked Rajvansh to put his tongue on one of the cameras to defuse the recording. One of the guards heard us chatting and came to find us. After a scuffle, we got control of him. We tied his hands, legs, sealed his mouth with gum tape, and locked him in a cupboard stored nearby. After fixing him in the cupboard, we got into the palace. We were spotted by 2 wizards and 3 witches in the corridor. One of them with a grave voice said "who are you?" It was the right time to come out of wizards and witches' disguise and control the palace with godly power. Behind witches and wizards was the witch who turned Rajvansh into a frog. She laughed until she spat seeing us without realizing the godly power of the Baba Maharajji. She was going to cast a spell on us, Baba Maharajji immediately started chanting the holy mantras of Lord Shiva Mahamrityunjaya Mantra

"oṃ tryámbakaṃ yajāmahe sughandhíṃ puṣṭivardhánam,

urvārukam iva bandhánān mṛtyor mukṣīya māmṛtāt"

The witches trembled with the vibration of mantras.

Baba Maharajji captured all witches and wizards and tied their hands with a magical rope. Distraught parents of Rajvansh looked at Baba Maharajji. He directed them to transform Rajvansh into his original form. One of the witches pointed towards a crystal ball hanging through the ceiling and asked us to put Rajvansh on top of it. Baba Maharajji did so. In few minutes, Rajvansh was now a normal boy as was before. The witches and wizards requested Baba Maharajji to forgive them. He agreed to do so if they promise not to play with any other human body again and not tamper with God's supreme power. Rajvansh's life was normal now. We all happily returned back home.

He returned to school. His parents met the school administration and apprised the principal about the entire incident. They showed extreme gratitude to my parents for saving Rajvansh's life. The principal was extremely proud of me, patted my back joyously 'Veeir, you made us proud today, and congratulated my parents for valiant efforts shown to save Rajvansh. One of Rajvansh's uncles was editor-in-chief of a popular media house "Zee News'. He covered the story of Rajvansh's escape from the world of witches and wizards at prime news time' program titled 'Veeir, the greatest savior' and petitioned the mayor to recommend "Veeir kapoor" with the highest bravery award of the country. The story was all over the country. There were thousands of viewers who wanted 'Veeir Kapoor to be awarded highest bravery award." The City Mayor recommended Veeir's name for the highest bravery award to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). The PMO approved the recommendation and facilitated the award on Republic Day of India (26th January 2019). The event was live telecast by Zee News. It was the most wonderful and proud moment for my family.

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