409 opened the latch. As soon as he opened the door, a gust of wind hit him hard on the face. Unable to counter the sudden attack from the nature, 409 closed his eyes, covered his face and took a deep breadth. Now, he was ready to face wind. He came out of the room, stretched his hands away into the sky. He took an overview of the lobby. Then he noticed 440 standing in front of the room of 441.
“Hey 440, what’s up? What are you doing there?” 409 shouted.
On seeing him, 440 was scared. He didn’t respond. They say that ignorance is bliss. It was bliss for 409.
He went closer to 440 and asked again,” What happened 440?” Then he looked into the room. The light was switched off. A thin shadow was standing on the table. The shadow was groping for something on the wall. 409 went into the room. The shadow whispered ” Keep Silence. Go out.”
“439 what are you doing in the dark” 409 asked.
439 jumped on the floor and went out of the room. 409 and 440 followed.
After sometime, 441 came to 440’s room. He was very angry because the bulb in his room was not conducting electricity. After sometime he left. 409 looked at 440 and 439. All of them laughed in unison. They had replaced a fused bulb with 441’s working bulb. 440 and 439 asked 409 not to tell this to anybody especially to 441. They promised to treat 409 the next day.
Tea, Samosa and one reason to laugh, were the delicacies served during the treat the next day. We used to love every bit of it. Loving something and Miss-ing it later are part of life. What say?
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PS: All the numeric values represent the roll numbers of the students of Department of Electrical Engineering, IT BHU.
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