The Eelctricity Bill - Part III

I was woken up by a jolt from my sleep and everything would have been back to normal had this been a scene in a movie. Alas, this was life and voice shouting out my name belonged to my friend who had decided that he should have some water. Bad timing - I felt like jumping out and shutting his mouth but as fate would have it my mother moved towards the balcony. After casual questioning my mother got the required confirmation and seeing her face turn red my friend sought of got wind of the situation and ran back to the play ground.

30 minutes passed and I was in a corner of my room going through the various designs on my legs - yes they were due to the sound thrashing I received - when my mother came across with my lunch. I knew she was sad for what she did, but then when I told her that it was fine and I deserved it for lying to her she gave me a smile and then we had lunch together.

After that it was back to routine and I was back to the world of Mughal empire and in the back of my mind I decided never to lie to my parents. As I think now, all these years I have paid the electricity bill many times but the only one fresh in my memory is this one - why??

2 comments:

Unknown said...

MONE i had gone through ur plight in attending the board exam & appreciated the way u described it.thank u mon for giving me ten minutes heart felt laugh

Ravi said...

BTW What was uncle's reaction?
It sounds hilarious now, but would have been a great act.
All mothers are of same type, lie detector :). u cant hide or lie about any thing.