19 August 2006

The Chronicles 2

[this is a continuation from chronicles....1]
....shankar was lost completely....he simply couldn't remember as to how he had gotten there...he tried to be brave but was almost in tears...he began walkin in the direction his grandpa had gone sometime ago on the moped....he came across a flour mill n that caught his attention....he began to see the huge machines at work with awe....shankar had always been highly fascinated with machines....he momentarily forgot about his dilemma....

shankars mom in the meantime came back with more breakfast for him and called out his name....she began to worry since there was no response from shankar.....shankar usually never played any pranks....so his absence was worrying....she told about his absence to his aunt....both of them began to search for shankar frantically in the house....but to no avail....

meanwhile a lady picked up shankar n started walkin away carrying him....shankar was too confused and he wasn't sure if he had to scream out loudly....

shankars mom n aunt were now lookin for shankar outside the house....the roadside tea stall guy told them that he had seen a little guy running behind a moped....both shankars mom n aunt immediately guessed that it must have been shankar following his grandpa...they too set out in the direction as pointed out by the tea stall guy....after sometime they could see a lady having a chat with someone carrying a kid with her....when they reached a bit closer.....it was shankar in her arms....shankars mom was overjoyed and went and hugged shankar and kissed him.....

( shankars mom n aunt had learnt from the lady that she was shankars grandma's friend..... she had recognised shankar and was on her way to dropping him back to his place....)

it had been an adventure alright.....but it doesnt end here....!!!

3 comments:

  1. Nice one...But am wondering..Are you competing with the soap operas in giving breaks in between the story????
    Vinz

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  2. i'm gonna get critical ... sorry dude .. y do u use the name of the character so frequently ? isn't it rather repetitive ? dunno y but i found it disturbing ....


    otherwise the entire article read with the flow along with the first one is awesome .... i like the laid back , country atmosphere u've portrayed .... in very simple language ..... u'll make an awesome writer if u choose to .... u can easily impress the masses ... no joke .. this peice had a rk narayan touch to it ....

    reminded me of his book ... the world of nagaraj .....

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  3. R K Narayan
    -balzi

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