An eariy morning scene.

AN EARLY MORNING SCENE

The time is only 5:30 am and I am out in the park. I am waiting for the sun to rise. It being Sunday, I do not expect many people so early, but I am beginning to see signs of life as the country starts to stir. The faint streaks of the sun can be seen through the tree branches; soon the golden rays will smite me in the face. I keep still on the park bench; I must blend with the stillness of my surroundings. I hear an owl hooting as it flies away home after a night of hunting and haunting. A cock crows in the distance; announcing the dawn.

Slowly the birds begin to sing. A twitter here and a twitter there and then more and more and soon a chorus. Listening to the birds I have not been aware that the sun had been gradually rising. The sky has turned gold with the sun’s rays, but this is twilight; the rays have not come directly to earth yet. Soon the rays make for me. I look up as they come through the huge tamarind tree. The tree against the light looks magnificent. It towers above all the others and stands there like the guardian of the park. The stag horn fern and the bird nest fern along the sides make the tree look weird, as if it has several types of leaves growing on it. A yellow mynah sits far above the ground singing beautifully. I look around for its mate for I know that mynahs – yellow or black—do not travel alone. As if in answer to its mate, another mynah flies in to sit on the same branch. Then they burst into a lively duet.

I look about me; no humans except me. I decide to stretch out on the bench and close my eyes, shielding them from the sun with my hands. I listen intently to the orchestra of the birds as they greet the dawn. The time is now about 6:30 am and the sun is up. Then I hear the first sound of a human; the raking of leaves. I sit up and watch the foreign worker lazily sweeping the leaves under the tamarind tree. As I look up, a tamarind fruit drops and hits the ground. I sit up and see a hunched figure walking in: Mr Lim, my downstairs neighbour. I wave to him and he smiles and nods. Then he lays down his walking stick and walks to a clearing. Slowly he takes up a ‘Tai Chi’ pose.

I get up and stretch myself. I take a last look around. The birds are beginning to fly away to carry out their various businesses. A pretty miss is walking with hurried steps; probably going to church. A lone cyclist passes by. Then I see a few people with dogs. I look about me and whisper a word of thanks to Mother Nature for giving me so much beauty to see in the morning. Then I turn and head for home. Ma will be waiting with breakfast.

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