Class X D
After reading ‘The Pebble and the Taal Tree’ (Nudi O Taalgaachh) by Bonophool, some students wrote their interpretation of the story.
Aryaa Dubey
The story is set in a prairie-like terrain where beneath the taal tree, there is a small pebble who only sees the grass which encircles him, die and become alive again and again. One day, he notices the tall, gigantic taal tree beside him, he asks the tree if he sees anything else and the tree tells him that he sees the sun rise and set again and again.
This shows that for everyone, there is a pattern in life. If bad time arrives, it’ll not last forever. Soon the light will come around and the times would definitely change for everyone, whether big or small, rich or poor.
Avani Mundra
It is ironical that the layman believes that every individual other than himself is well-off and enjoys the luxury of life. It is also true that people come and go in our life endlessly; some of them stay in our heart and some vanish after a moment.
We believe that the prosperous section of the society enjoys all the adventures of life and can buy all happiness and overcome every sorrow with money. But when the pebble, who is a paradigm of a common man’s life where the grass is compared to challenges, realizes that the tree, who looks so tall and mighty, has the same daily routine, even though it stands to great heights.
It understands that life for all is the same burger and coke until one finds a new Chinese restaurant by the street.
Zainab Aarsiwala
I think the story conveys the very simple message as to how we could add the fun element to our life with the very simple things we see around us everyday. The tree and the pebble, both were neighbours on a barren land. Yet, they never noticed each other before. Had they noticed each other earlier, they could have developed a beautiful, fun-loving bond of friendship and wouldn’t have to live their lives as ordinarily as to see only the sun rising and setting or the glass blades caressing. They could have together enjoyed the beautiful transient play of colours the sun brought along with it everyday. The new hopes the sun brought with it during the dawn and the lovely memories it left behind with dusk.
