Thursday, December 17, 2009

life at its ironic best...

Scene I
9 year old boy, innocence personified, arrives in a new city...
goes to his new school, find out his aunt is the principal...
aunt asks the teacher to take him to the two sections of Class 5, so that he can choose...
boy walks in the lobby, wondering, how do i choose a section...
passes by 5A first...peeks in...and the first thing his eyes set on is a girl...and thats all he see's...
teacher pulls him to section B, tells this is the better section...better students better childrent...
then the question, 'beta, which section'...ummm...5A madame!!!

Scene II
an year has passed, boy is well settled, one of the top five rankers, and the class monitor...
the girl...ah the girl, is also one of the top five rankers...but he is in lovvveeeeee...
the boy has made friends...his best friend, also in the top five...is also in lovvveeee...
with the same girl...
they best friend...writes a love note to the girl...in the name of the boy...
the girl cries, the teacher summons the boy...shows the love note... 'I LOVE YOU GIRL - BOY'
the boy cries...i didn't write this...
the detective teacher say - 'write a love not exactly like, we will compare the handwriting'
the super bhondu boy write the love note exactly like that...
now the teacher compares the two love notes, both say...'I LOVE YOU GIRL - BOY'
and the teacher shouts out ' Eureka, it was you after all'
and the boy sheepishly says - 'but..but, you asked me to write it exactly like it!!!'
and the girl and boy don't talk for a long long time...

Scene III
the winters come and go...and the girl and boy don't talk...
but the bhondu boy is a good boy, and the girl sees this...
and then the sweet girl talks to the bhondu boy...
and love blossoms...and the world is rosy again...
the boy falls sick...and the girl comes meet the boy with her mum...
and the boy watches her go back all the way home...
and then the girl falls of the stairs and breaks her back...and the boy visits her with his mum...
and the girl would have watched him go all the way home if she could get off the bed...
the best friend is jealous...doesn't talk to the boy.
and passes taunts...and becomes super competitive...
and fights with the boy...and humilates him at cricket...
and kicks him out of the group...
but who cares...the boy is in love and his life is set...
if only...

Scene IV
the boys dad gets transferred, damn marketing job...
and the boy moves to a new, big city...
and the best friend, when saying goodbye has a sinister look on his face...
and the boy is heart broken
but the boy doesn't forget the girl...
and writes to her, every week...religiously...
and draws big hearts...and sprinkles sparkles and spray perfume...i think
and cycles to the post office, looks at the letters like its his will...and posts it...
and waits and waits and waits...
did i write my address right...did the best friend take over...is she ok...
and he waits and waits...
morning and evening, dad after day he tracks the postman...
but the letter doesn't come...
and then out of the blue...it does...
and his heart floats...he doesn't need anything more...
and he starts writing another one...more hearts, more sprinkles, better perfume,
and cycles to the post office and post the letter...
he waits, confident that the next reply will settle everything...
but no letter comes, morning and evening, days and weeks...no letter comes.
event he postman changes...but no letter comes...
and then the big city takes over, a new girl, but no letters this time...
but he doens't forget the girl...

scene 'i forgot the count'
the boy grows up...does well for himself...
shifts to an even bigger city
many relationships have come and gone...
the boy still remembers the girl...
and the world has changed...
the world is now moved from snail mail to email to Facebook...
and one night the boy searches for the girl on Facebook...
but as luck would have it...he finds the best friend...
who also is in a big city...at a good job and now...married...
and a fleeting thought crosses the boys mind...
and he, with trembling fingers, clicks on his marriage connection...
and after 12 longs years...finds his girl!!!
true story...



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