THE STORIES IN THIS BOOK WERE WRITTEN 15-20 YEARS BACK BEFORE THEY WERE PUBLISHED. WHEN THE AUTHOR WENT THROUGH THEM BEFORE PUBLISHING HE WAS ASTONISHED WITH THEM. HIS MINDSEET WAS VERY MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THAT EARLIER. HE WANTED TO ALTER THE STORIES, BUT STOPPED HIMSELF FROM DOING SO. HE HAD A STRANGE MIXTURE OF FEELINGS. HE FELT THAT THOSE WERE HIS STORY BUT YET HE DIDN`T KNOW THEM. HE REALISED THAT TIME CHANGES A PERSON INSIDE-OUTSIDE. AT MOMENTS, HE THOUGHT THAT THE AUTHOR OF THE STORIES. I.E. HE HIMSELF THEN WAS A DIFFERENT PERSON FROM WHAT HE WAS NOW. HIS MINDSET HAD CHANGED COMPLETELY. HE FELT A PITY AS HE COULD NOT X-RAYED HIS MIND THEN AND NOW. HIS STYLE DURING HIS EARLY YEARS AS A STORY WRITER WAS SIMILAR TO RAM GANESH GADKARI. AT SOME PLACES, HIS STORIES EXAGERRATE A LOT. STILL THE AUTHOR DID NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES IN HIS STORIES AFTER 10 YEARS, BECAUSE HE BELIEVED THAT AFTER A LONG TIME THE CHANGES THAT TAKE PLACE INSIDE ONE`S MIND WILL HARM THE CORE OF THE STORY AND HE ALSO REALISED THAT FOR AN AUTHOR ALSO IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO EXPERIENCE THE SAME FEELING WHICH PREVAILED HIS MIND WHILE ORIGINALLY WRITING THE STORY. THAT ILLUSION WHICH CREATES A STORY IS NOT A SLAVE. SO CORRECTING OR CHANGING THE STORY TO MAKE IT BETTER MIGHT DAMAGE IT ACTUALLY. HENCE, THE AUTHOR DID NOT CHANGE ANY OF THE STORIES WHILE PUBLISHING THEM 15-20 YEARS AFTER WRITING THEM.
ती आम्रवृक्षाला म्हणाली.... "मी वठलेल्या झाडावर बसले, तर तो सुद्धा मोहरून जाईल!" ती वसंताला म्हणाली.... "मी वाळवंटात गाऊ लागले, तर तिथं सुद्धा नंदनवन निर्माण होईल!" ती उषेला म्हणाली.... "मी संध्याकाळी नुसते कुहू... कुहू केले, तर मावळलेला सूर्य पुन्हा परत येईल!" ती वल्लभ वल्लभांना म्हणाली.... "मी जर दूर देशी गेले, तर तुमचे प्रेमही माझ्याबरोबर उडून जाईल." वर्षाकाळ आला... आंब्याचा मोहर अदृश्य झाला... आभाळातून मुसळधार पाऊस पडू लागला... मेघांच्या पांघरुणातून उषा कधी तरी बाहेर डोकावून पाही; पण ते क्षणभरच!... चांदणी रात्र विझून गेलेल्या यज्ञकुंडासारखी दिसू लागली.कोकिळा पूर्वीप्रमाणे गाण्याचा प्रयत्न करू लागली; पण तिच्या कंठातून सूरच बाहेर पडेनात....