HIDE AND SEEK

''''On the island of Chios, Orion wooed Merope, daughter of the great  King named Oenopion, apparently without much success, for one night while fortified with wine he tried to ravish her. In punishment, Oenopion put out Orion’s eyes and banished him from the island. Orion headed north to the island of Lemnos where Hephaestus had his forge. Hephaestus took pity on the blind Orion and offered one of his assistants, Cedalion, to act SERVE as his eyes. Hoisting the youth on his shoulders, Orion headed east towards the sunrise, which an oracle had told him would restore his sight. As the Sun’s healing rays fell on his sightless eyes at dawn, Orion’s vision was miraculously relieved, But to stop orion from teasing the same girl, the king Oenopion put him on to the sky.'''-- """That's it dear , you are seeing now."""" Looking at that mysterious constellation in the sky, he completed his story with a gasp

Curiously  listening to the story, the baby girl leaned towards his bare chest and doubted -" so will this ORION tease me when i became an astronaut ???"""" . He said No and added-"  if he come through your way, you just shoot him down, ok.. "okaay- the baby girl became happy.. 

"Dad... was my mom a tennis player?? " the baby asked. He slid his head towards the photo shelf and reminisced the days when he played tennis with his wife. " yes, your mother was a wonderful tennis player, you can also have  a try". He advised her setting an example. 

"Dad,,, was my mother a horse rider???, the girl again proudly asked to know that her mother was good in all such. Childish curiosity elevated and set her mind cheerfully to remember her mother. She was not sad, may be she doesn't know how and why people got sad. Sadness at first takes the senses to train our emotions for acting horribly with few drips of water from eyes and some meaningless noises....

She answered Yes to herself without waiting for her fathers reply. "Dad, i know she was good in tennis, horse riding,  and was a good dancer too.. So tell me, what was her  favorite game???

The curtains of their bedroom window was bathing in the soft blending moonlight as he threw his eyes in an inclined trajectory. Amusing...He saw a star twinkling at him. When he was about to point that star to his daughter as he pondered its as his wife- her baby's unseen mother. But the star dimmed.. 

The baby once again asked " hey dad, tell me, what was my mothers favorite game???? 

Looking at the sky once again, he said, ""HIDE AND SEEK... That was your mothers favorite game...."""