Humming Himani

Humming Himani

simran shah

There was once a small village. A village so peaceful the only sounds that could be heard were the children playing, the birds chirping, the adults chatting, and finally…

humming Himani, who filled the places she went with noises unlike anything the villagers heard.

“What is that noise?” A villager asked “Oh… humming Himani is here,” another responded.

Himani always enjoyed humming to herself. She thought the sounds she made were beautiful. But that was only until one day, she wanted to join some of the kids who were playing, and they would not let her in.

“My mommy says you make weird noises”, one of them said.

“My daddy told me to stay away from people like you,” said another.

Feeling saddened that she couldn’t play with the other children, Himani went into the forest instead. She walked in silence, not sure if she should continue to hum. She wouldn’t want to be weird after all!

Himani walked deeper and deeper into the forest until suddenly, she heard a quiet humming, just like her’s!

“Maybe there’s someone as weird as me!” Himani thought excitedly.

With growing curiosity, Himani walked towards the humming. There, sitting on a lotus on the river, was Maa Sarswati making the humming sounds Himani heard!

Feeling a little nervous, Himani stared at the Devi from behind the tree. She couldn’t believe her ears! Maa Saraswati was humming just like she does!

Saraswati stopped humming and looked at Himani.

“You can come out, dear Himani.”

Himani slowly stepped out from her hiding spot.

“Y-you like to hum too?”

“Of course I do!” said the woman. “Humming is so much fun!”

Himani sadly replied, “I wish my village thought it was fun. They just think I make a lot of noise”.

“Well I’m sure you could help them see how much fun humming, singing, and music is.”

“How do I do that, Maa Saraswati?”

“I will teach you!”

And so Saraswati sat with Himani by the lake, and taught her all about music.

After spending time with Maa Saraswati, Himani felt so excited to share her music with the village.

She came back with her own veena.

“Humming Himani is back…” “What is she holding in her hand?”

And so Himani told the villagers about her time with Maa Saraswati, and played her veena and sang them songs. Everyone loved the music and sang and danced along!

Thanks to Maa Saraswati, Himani was able to enjoy humming again, and share her love of music with her friends and family!

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