JAB WE MET

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It was an amazing morning when me, my elder brother and my neighbor “Chotu” were going to a park. Tripling was not a big concern in those days. It was unlike the other morning as my brother joined us for the first time while me and chotu  were regular for past so many days. As usual, we parked our scooty & started to enjoy the wet grass. We did our usual catching practice (as we all have "Jonty Rhodes" hidden inside us) but with a constant fear that no one should get hurt by the ball. Everything was going right until my elder brother mind got stuck by an idea- “Let’s go to see the Taj mahal” which was just less than a km from there.

I denied as we were not well dressed. But he rejected my plea at that very moment only. He allowed Chotu to sit in front of him who didn’t even know driving and I was at the last. Don’t know why my brother asked him to handle the “handle” of that scooty. Might be, he was trying to make him learn. After a couple of seconds, we all “four” were on the floor. Well the fourth one is our now damaged vehicle. That was the first time I met with an accident in the whole journey of life -whatever covered. Only then I understood the idea of the sliding friction when I slid along the concrete road. (It is worse than what we have read in class). The right part of our body got severely hurt. At that moment, we were not aware of the depth of the damage caused by the accident and made fun the whole day. My first reaction after the accident was –“Chotu , ball uttha (pick the ball) 😜 ”.

   At last, “ Jab we met, I wished “we” should never meet again.”                                            - GG



(And chotu was not a kid then 👦)

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