“Did he came, mom?” Gracy asked while resting her exhausted body on the sofa. She lives with her mother and works in a law farm. Mom fetched a glass of water for Gracy, sat beside her and said “yes he came. He travelled a long, a really long distance to return that overdue book to me.”
Mom lowered her eyes. Gracy was looking at her with calm eyes. Then she said “really? Please tell me mom how it happened. I want to listen from the beginning.”
Mom’s face lit up with the glow of a thousand bulbs. She began the story “it was a normal and usual day in the library. I loved my job as a librarian. I loved being surrounded with books. So one such day I was busy with my visitors when my boss called me on the intercom and said “Emily, there’s a boy standing at the end row for the last one hour. I have been watching him in the CCTV camera. Can you just go and have a look? Maybe he needs some assistance?”
I walked to the end of the library where we had the photography and travel books section. There he was standing alone and nervous. I went near him and said “hello sir. Are you searching for any particular book? You can tell me. I am the librarian. I can help you.” He didn’t look at me. His eyes were on the ground. I managed some time to notice him carefully. He was thin but not skinny. Fair with dark hair and Latin features. His age may be more or less 25. He was wearing a very plain shirt, jeans and black shoes.
I asked him again “sir what do you want? You can ask me.”
He looked up at me and said with gloomy eyes “I want to travel the world but I don’t know where to start.”
I smiled and said “don’t worry sir. I am here to help you.” I took out a picture book with famous places to visit around the world and gave it to him. I said “this book can be of great help. Just go through it and decide from where you will begin your voyage.”
I asked him to sit and relax. He seemed glad and his Latin accent made him look cuter.
After that I got busy with my routine work. Half an hour later he came up to me and said “thank you mam. This book is amazing. It has a huge collection of wonderful pictures. I have decided that I will start my journey from India. Can you help me out with any book related to India?”
I said “sure I will. There are many books related to India. Come with me I’ll show you. You can choose whichever book you want.”
Boss called me on the intercom again and enquired about the boy. I told him everything.
That day he issued four books and left the library with great joy. Ten days later when I entered the library in the morning, I found him sitting at the reception looking much more...