Yeh baat us din ki hai jab subah ka time tha. Sun dheere-dheere nikal raha tha aur thandi hawa chal rahi thi. Main roz ki tarah apne ghar ke bahar walk ke liye nikla. Tabhi meri nazar road ke side padi ek cheez par gayi. Pehle mujhe laga koi kagaz ya patta hoga, lekin jab main paas gaya to dekha ki woh ek bird tha.
Woh bird bilkul chup-chap road ke kinare pada hua tha. Woh udne ki koshish kar raha tha, lekin udd nahi pa raha tha. Uska ek wing thoda neeche jhuka hua tha. Lag raha tha ki woh injured hai. Use dekh kar mujhe bahut bura laga. Maine socha shayad woh kisi vehicle se takra gaya hoga.
Road par gaadiyan aa-ja rahi thi. Mujhe dar laga ki agar bird wahin raha to koi gaadi use kuchal sakti hai. Tab maine decide kiya ki mujhe is bird ki help karni chahiye.
Main turant apni friend Nisha ko bulane gaya. Nisha animals aur birds se bahut pyaar karti hai. Jab maine use sab bataya, to woh bhi turant mere saath aa gayi.
Hum dono slowly bird ke paas gaye. Bird thoda dar gaya tha, isliye humne use touch nahi kiya. Nisha ne kaha,
"Pehle humein ise road se door le jana chahiye."
Humne paas hi ek old box dhoonda. Uske andar ek soft cloth rakha taaki bird ko comfort mile. Phir humne bahut carefully bird ko utha kar box ke andar rakh diya.
Bird bahut weak lag raha tha. Uski eyes aadhi band thi. Uska body halka-sa kaanp raha tha. Humne use thoda clean water diya. Usne thoda-sa water piya. Humein laga use thodi strength mil rahi hai.
Humne use kuch grains bhi diye, lekin usne khaya nahi. Shayad use pain ho raha tha. Hum dono chup-chap uske paas baithe rahe.
Phir humne apne parents ko bataya. Mere mom-dad bhi aaye aur bird ko dekha. Papa ne kaha,
"Humein kisi animal helper ko call karna chahiye."
Papa ne ek local animal care person ko phone kiya. Unhone bola ki woh thodi der me aa jayenge.
Thodi der baad woh aa gaye. Unhone bird ko carefully check kiya. Uske wing ko slowly dekha aur bole ki wing injured hai, lekin sahi treatment se bird theek ho sakta hai.
Unhone apne bag se medicine nikali, wound clean kiya aur medicine lagayi. Bird thoda hil-dul raha tha, lekin baad me shant ho gaya.
Unhone kaha,
"Is bird ko kuch din rest chahiye. Main ise apne saath le jaunga."
Unke jaate waqt mujhe thoda sad feel hua. Lekin mujhe pata tha ki uske liye wahi best hoga.
Us din ke baad main bahut kuch seekh gaya. Maine samjha ki animals aur birds bhi feel karte hain. Unhe bhi care chahiye hoti hai. Chhoti-si help kisi ki life bacha sakti hai.
Main aur Nisha aksar us bird ke baare me baat karte the. Hum sochte the ki ab woh kaisa hoga. Kya woh theek ho gaya hoga? Kya woh phir se udd pa raha hoga?
Kuch din baad papa ko animal helper ka call aaya. Unhone bataya ki bird ab better hai aur dheere-dheere recover kar raha hai.
Yeh sun kar humein bahut khushi hui.
Aaj bhi jab main subah birds ki awaaz sunta hoon, to woh injured bird yaad aa jata hai. Kabhi-kabhi main sochta hoon—
Agar woh bird phir se mere ghar ke paas aaya,
to kya woh humein pehchaan payega?
Aur agar aisa hua, to aage kya hoga…?