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...like a firefly  shining in the dark  his  eyes opened,  his head was heavy  aching terribly,  his entire body  stiff and painful,  usually this happened  after cricket matches  played in school  rejoicing with friends  but he remembered there wasn't any match  , safyan  was startled,  last night he had gone to bed  which was soft comfortable and warm  but now he woke up tied into a hard chair,  he  got scared,  he had matured before time  after his parents had   separated ,this new strange  situation turned him back to a small helpless boy