THIS WORLD ISN’T BIG ENOUGH FOR BOTH OF US - THE BOY WHO LIVED

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(All characters here are purely a work of fiction. It has no resemblance to any person living or dead)



Siren shoots up breaking the silence of the dark and calm night. Tapping feet cover the ground and snipers deployed on the towers.3 patrol jeeps exit the jail. All cells locked and remaining prisoners thrown back home. It was his 4th in past 10 yrs, but podolsky never made it. “two cigarettes , for a dead Podolsky this time”-a prisoner places his bet
.”Ok..slowly open your eyes, ya..thats it. good he’s responding. shift him without anybody’s eyes. He’s deeply wounded. Keep him low.”-said the doctor. On his way to the ward, Podolsky was informed that he had been shot twice in his leg and he had drained down in the river and reached the outskirts of the city and was picked by one of their ambulance passing by. The police had searched the hospital yesterday and for now, he’s safe. Podolsky recovered fast and within 3 days started roaming in the hospital .he figured , it was a hospital for differently able. since His identity was lost in 6 yrs, he requested to work with them, starting away fresh, but destiny had some different plans for this prisoner.
One day, he noticed a cute kid, walking with crutches . something strange was happening. He felt familiar to his eyes. Eyes which were out of his sight for 6 yrs. he ran towards him and looked carefully. yes it was him. “Dear god, it’s you Johnny.” He yelled out. “omg!! Johnny what happened to you, I told him to take good care”.. He went on crying, while he hugged him. he kissed him all over, but the kid smiled and went away without paying attention to him, as if he was a stranger. podolsky was broken. How was he going to explain him, who he was..
The doctors told that “Johnny” was brought 2 yrs ago from his village, north of Auschwitz .flood had struck there and his parent had drowned. Hunger struck him for days. After deeper examination here, it was found that a part of his brain had been damaged, probably an injury. “what kind of injury??”… It could be anything, a pole; a tree etc. might have hit him. His right leg got paralysed and now his mental age was 6. Podolsky had tears in his eyes. He stared at him. that night was terrible for him. he was feeling guilty. His selfishness had ruined the kid’s life. I trusted him. He cried the whole night.
From the next day, he started spending more time with Johnny, in hope that he may recover soon however the doctors had given up. A new podolsky was born. he took care of all the kids and told them stories. Every hug from the kids, made him feel lighter. The kids loved him and he loved the kids. the staff was happy too. Months went by,everything was going smooth till one day, he saw himself on a wanted poster in the nearby market. The police never gave up. He squeezed out quickly and sheltered back in the hospital. His heartbeat was fast. He was all sweat and tensed. What if they found him??. He didn’t want to leave heaven to return to hell. So he decided fast.


That night was his last stay. Next morning after the daily chores, he informed the head and left the hospital but did meet Johnny before going. He was in complete tears and so were the staff, as they were bidding farewell to a changed man. they will miss him.

“son, I have to go now.. you be a good man. God bless you. Even my shadow will never haunt you.. Because this world isn’t big enough for both of us”
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This world isn't big enough for both of us

 (all characters used here has no resemblence ton any person living or dead.its purely a work of fiction)

It’s the world war two, and the world is a deadly place. There’s no one you can trust, on whose shoulder you can cry, none to console you and of course no enjoyment in victory as there is no victory with no survivors. It’s a war after all

Its winter here and heavy snow storms make surviving tougher.  Germany was the centre of all activities. On one side were the German forces battling the alien forces an on the other side they were undergoing a major “pest control operation” within their own frontiers. Trade was on its high, “German blood” against “purification” of the country .children and young adults were given destruction toys, army training schools were set up. A secret service did services against the nation and not for it.the word “trust” lost its meaning and hatred was added to peoples dictionary. You don’t expect any good to exist in a place surrounded by evil, which were possibly for their own origin. But that was how Germany was….

The war was coming to a “unforgettable end”,everyone knew that and so did general Podolsky.describing words such as patriot,dedicated and brave were often  accompanied by words like harsh,insensitive,anti-social,destructive nature etc.he had been the in charge of the auschwitz since the “pest control” began as this is what they called it.he commanded  what the world later called “useless killing”.deporting men,women and children of all ages that belonged to the impure race here and their execution. Those wh vitnessed couldn’t just recall the seen.but general did.he took proud in it.but every man has a weakness, he also might had but no one knew.hs room was as secret as the project he was working on.noone had the access without his permission and everyone followed the orders as that is what they best did.one stormy night the general returns from his duty.he was tired and looked a bit scared,which was an unusual expression on his face.he was fear struck,as if he’s done something that can destroy his life.he was carrying a bag, a huge one.he entered the room ,quickly locked it,peeked through the window and with a sigh of  relief sat on the floor.putting away his fur coat, he unpacked the bag.what he then saw would have put most of us in shock after hearing to his descriptions.

There was a small baby ,blue eyes, curved nose, chubby face with little hair on his head. Oh!! My god. You must be wondering how come that happened, must have been a mistake. The general took him in his arms and kissed him all over his face. He was “crying” .he cried and shouted to his full extent as if expressing the pain he hid within himself. He took the kid in his arms and swirled him in the air, again kissed him and hugged him tightly.

He opened an old trunk,took out a red tshirt and a short which looked like that of a 2 yr kid.he dressed the baby and then took looked nostalgically on a photoframe.he bought the frame closer to the baby,and said “see child,don’t you look the same as he is?”.the baby look astonignly and starts laughing.this brings  a very cute smile on his face and also on the general .he says with affection, “you know boy,Johny was just like you , Sweet and cute .we all were happy until that one day he was sent for extermination just like you were sent here.you caught my eye today, else you would have been lying  amongst those frozen 1.2million.i am not going to let you go. Your not a best, your my boy”

The baby was the generals’ life. He was his joy in this battlefield. His smile made his day and his voice made him forget the screams of the day

“you are not my blood, but I won’t let your blood paint this ground or feed it to these vultures”

“the U.S.A.F strike is expected any moment, you are requested to evacuate the premises as early as possible, burn down offices and shut down the camps, I repeat shut down the camps. Copy that!!!”..

As the above statements were heard by the German officers on protocol radio, explosions began to be heard on the camp. The general ran towards his quarters. He wrapped the baby in a blanket and fled out in the jungle towards a river carrying the baby with him.

“don’t worry, stop crying…..daddy’s gonna make everything alright….”

He reached the bank and handed over “johny” to a boatman.”take him wherever you go and take care of him.he’s a special child.ok??” he told the boatman.he looked at the baby and said

“ hey kid,this world isn’t big enough for both of us…….goodbye”

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