Two eggs and tiny wings

I go my home in Nashik every weekend. Last time when I returned to my room in JB hostel in Mumbai, I saw a nest of a pigeon in my room. And I saw a pigeon constantly sat in the nest. I suspected that it would have laid eggs. That was true. The next morning when the pigeon went out - may be to have some water - I saw two eggs in the nest. I wished I could help the pigeon with some water. I found a small bowl in my room, filled it with water and kept it near the nest.


Our lectures got canceled and I decided to go back home. I had to close all the doors and windows of my room before leaving. If I had done that the pigeon would have died in few days. So I kept the nest alongwith the box on which it was built, in the gallery when pigeon was out. It came back and sat on the eggs. I happily went my home.

I came back after 6 days. I was more than curious to see the small chicks just came out of the eggs. I opened the door and was astound to see the view. The nest was destroyed and when I searched for the eggs, there was one egg in the corner of the box, the other was missing. I picked up the only egg and saw that it was broken. The half hatched chick had shade its blood even before coming out of it. The scene was unbearable to me.

Who would have done it? There are as many crows as there are pigeons in the area. The crows always try to find where the pigeons have laid the eggs, and then they eat them. May be one of the crows would have done it.

Was it my mistake to keep the nest outside the room? If I had kept the nest in the room and had left the back door open for the pigeon I would have seen the little chicks. I could have seen two new lives taking birth and growing up. I threw the egg as long as I could possibly throw it.

I know its the law of nature. But still I cant forget the perseverance with which the pigeon had sat on the eggs, without making a single noise lest I found it out, without moving even a bit for hours. Its dreams could have come true had I not kept the nest out in the gallery.

I still cant remove the small stains of blood in my gallery which could have run through the tiny wings when they would have taken their first flight...