Standing by the glassy window,she looked outside at the white blanket of snow covering the entire garden with its serenity.How calmly it touched the ground,dancing and swirling around like a child.She was enjoying the view when someone called her from behind and she turned to look back.
''Dani,come and have some hot tea.Why are you standing near the window?it's so cold there'',it was her mother.
She came and sat down, sipping tea from the cup and warming her hands around it.Another sip from the tea and she travelled down the memory lane....

''Open it quickly,if your mother finds us we'll fall in trouble'',Alisha,her elder cousin,who was around nine, was guiding Dani and her cousin Zara.They were trying to open the pickle container,kept on the attic.Dani's mother had strictly forbidden the kids to open it but they would secretly go and eat a few raw slices.For them,it wasn't stealing.Afterall they had helped in carrying the things around during preperarion.So,it wasn't stealing at all.Anyways,they finally opened it with all their strength.Dani was holding the lid while Zara took a few slices and put them in a small bowl,handing it over to Alisha.Since Alisha was two years elder to both of them,she used to boss them.Giving instructions to both of them was surely one of her her favourite jobs.
'' Come on,close it and let's go to our secret place and eat there so that no one will catch us'',said...