Flash fiction by guest writer Ayra Mahbub
Once upon a time there was a girl named Nikki. She was walking with her mom and dad when she saw some plants. Her mom said, ‘Nikki, I will buy you some plants!’ When her mom went off to buy the plants, she also spotted some flowers far away. When going towards the flowers, Nikki’s mom heard a noise and so she started to follow the noise. A long time passed by and Nikki’s mom did not return. Nikki and her father got really worried so they started going towards the direction in which Nikki’s mom had gone. Finally Nikki found her mother! Nikki sternly told her mother never to wander off alone! Nikki, her mom and her dad played happily ever after.
Ayra is a six year old writer, illustrator and magician who lives with her parents in Dhaka.