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Name:
Subina Mohammad




It was named as ‘Miracle’ as it was not from this world and really different.

Miracles do exist…

Once upon a time, there was a scientist named Dr. Goenka. He created a computer programme which he used to send variations into the space and hoped to attract the attention of extraterrestrial life. When he believed that he had finally gotten a response, other scientists in his workplace got to know about it. They mocked him about it and he said, ‘at the beginning, the world ignores every new thing…and then later they get used to it’ and left. While he drove home, an alien spacecraft appeared overhead. Dr. Goenka veered off the road, caused the car hitting a rock, flipped over and exploded.

Dr. Goenka died but his wife survived from the wreck and returned to her home in India. When their son Rahul was born, he was mentally disabled. His mother raised him in the town of Kasauli where he grew up to be a man of limited intellect and childish personality, but with a loving and emotional heart. Rahul had a group of much younger and loyal friends whom he always played with. One day, a young girl named Samaira came to Kasauli and was initially antagonistic to Rahul due to his childish pranks on her. This caused her suitor, Shourya and his friends constantly harassed Rahul and eventually broke his scooter.

Later, Samaira was sympathetic towards him and humored him, knowing about his mental disability from his mother, who chastised Samaira and Shourya for assaulting Raul and breaking his scooter. Rahul and Samaira then became good friends. One day, they found a computer in Rahul’s house which was Dr. Goenka’s old computer and summoned the aliens by accident. Then, a spacecraft came again and accidentally left an alien behind. Later, it was named as ‘Miracle’ as it was not from this world and really different.

And they discovered Miracle’s psychokinetic abilities. Shourya did not like Samaira’s friendship with Rahul and spread a rumour that he and Samaira were going to get married. This did not bode well with Samaira, who became upset with Shourya. Rahul, however, was hurt as he thought he and Samaira were ‘boyfriend and girlfriend’. The alien, Miracle, discovered that Rahul was mentally abnormal so it used its special powers which derived from sunlight to enhance Rahul’s mind.

The next morning, Rahul found himself no longer depending on the glasses he had used to wear as he had clear vision now. He later solved a 10th standard Maths question, surprised his Maths teacher and the principal immensely. He also lectured his computer teacher, who underestimated and insulted him previously, and taught him to understand the responsibility of being a computer teacher. He said, ‘the computer does not make humans…humans make the computer…that’s why a mind can do, but a computer can’t’.

As a result, Rahul found himself accepted by most peers and others students at school. Because of the alien, Miracle, Rahul also became good at sports and dancing, due to his physical strength and agility were increased to super human levels. Shourya and his gang attempted to embarrass Rahul and his little friends by challenging them to play a basketball match. Rahul said to Shourya that ‘don’t think anyone in this world as small person…because every small person definitely becomes big someday’. Soon, Shourya and his gang become desperate and began to play dirty, which caused the game turning to their favour. After the sun comes out, the alien Miracle used the sunlight to help Rahul and his young friends in the basketball game with glamorous results. Rahul eventually won the game when he scored the match point in the last 10 seconds and greatly amazed the judges and announcer.

Samaira and Rahul spent more time together and Samaira began to see Rahul in a romantic way. Rahul later proposed to her and she accepted. The alien Miracle kept a secret from everyone except Rahul, Rahul’s friends, his mother and Samaira. Shourya and his gang later cornered Rahul’s friends on their supernatural performance at the basketball game. Rahul’s friends were forced to flee from there and Miracle accidently fell from their grip. An inspector saw Miracle in their bag and informed the other policeman.

The policemen captured the bag but Rahul arrived in time to rescue Miracle and left the police behind. Later, he was confronted by Shourya and the gang. Rahul was infuriated by the bullies and easily took down Shourya and his gang, but not before the police caught up to him. It was then revealed that Miracle was not in the bag and had escaped when the policeman was busy calling the other policeman. However, the policemen were suspicious of Rahul used his superman speed to catch up to the police cars and arrived just in time to save Miracle from being taken to America by aeroplane.

The spaceship, which Rahul had summoned with his father’s computer beforehand, arrived and Rahul bided farewell to Miracle. As Miracle left, Rahul lost the physical and mental powers bestowed upon him and reverted to his childish, disabled self, which saved him from prosecution by the Indian government. After everything died down, Shourya and his gang returned to harass Rahul, causing the latter to kick Shoury’s ball into the bully’s face with astounding force as Miracle returned Rahul’s powers permanently. Rahul and Samaira thanked Miracle for it, they got married later, had a peaceful life and lived happily ever after.