R.S.R. Muthu's Short Story Part 1

Sea Garudan (Kadal Karudan)Kandhamaaran began the first riddle: "One-horned man, body full of teeth-he cannot bite, but everyone bites him."Everyone sat thinking for a moment. Then, a bold and confident man, without hesitation, took out a copper coin and handed it to Kandhamaaran. Everyone was slightly shocked."Who are you, giving a copper coin without even thinking? Is it a copper coin or a valid currency?" RaasuWhen my hands and legs worked well, everyone gave me respect and honor. But once they stopped functioning properly, I became a burden to all. Even if my pension money disappeared, it didn't matter anymore. One day, I asked my elder brother, a doctor: "How many more days will this body hold up?"I used to be angry with God. Why make me old, deaf, and broken like this? But that day, I understood something.The people who lived with us, whom we thought were our own, They speak in ways that hurt-without realizing how deep the pain goes. God made sure I couldn't hear those words. That's His way of protecting me.That day, I truly understood: If my hands and legs had worked well, I might have already hung myself that very day.