Rushing off...

crystal-2 Rushing off...

She quickly got ready, and sat down to eat. Mother offered steaming breakfast and she finished it with relish. She took her bag and scrutinized if it had all the things needed for the day. ‘Hmm slate, pencil, rubber, notebook….something is missing’ she thought. It was troubling her, but she was late so she ran off waving to her mom and saying goodbye to her dog, a few yellow chicks and she couldn’t forget the hen, after all it was her favorite animal.

On the way she was thinking what had been left out, she used all her concentration and finally she discovered that her friend had borrowed her scale the day before and didn’t return it. “ Oh what if she is on leave today or worse still what if she had lost it”, she dreaded the fact that her father wouldn’t buy her a new one till the final exams, as it was customary to buy new stationery for the important exams.

As she passed her friend’s house she cried out “Shalu come out, we are late ,we cannot beg that teacher to excuse us today… again”.


(to be continued)