(Just read the story first and then cross your eyes if it really demands)
The man: Well one more peg and I will go and have my bath…
(15 more minutes and one peg was finished)
The man: Umm….just one more, then a cool bath…sure…sure
(Ok, we could wait till he finished another peg)
The man: It’s time, my bath…it’s time
(So the man came out from his room and went towards the pond beside his house to have his bath. It was 12 noon then)
The man: (looking up)…why it’s so cloudy today?..... (Mumbling to himself) No sun no warmth…. No sun no warmth
(By then he reached to the pond. He dipped his feet into water)
The man: Eeeeeehh!…..it’s cold…sun, where are you?… come out, right now
(He sat on the submerged stair dipping himself up to his neck into water)
The man: You cold…you scare me?....huh!...my sun will save me…sun, come out. Kill those clouds and come out
(It was cloudy since the morning and the sun wasn’t seen till then. It was 12.45 pm then. The man was still 3/4th dipped into water and talking to sun)
The man: But dear sun, I just took a resolution. If you don’t show up, I won’t go out of water, even it kills me today. I know you will come up to save me….I know, my dear sun
(This went on for another 30 minutes…..and then his wife began to worry…and she came to take him out of this shit!)
The wife: Oh dear, sun won’t come out today. Please finish your bath and come out.
The man: No way, sun will come to see me…I must wait here
The wife: This is absurd. Nobody saw the sun since the morning; See, the sky is all covered with dense dark cloud. It may rain anytime. Please dear, come out. We are late for our lunch. The children are waiting
The man: Noh! No bath, no lunch until sun comes out
The Wife: Please, don’t do that, you will fall sick
The man: Care not. You go and have your lunch.
(His children appeared into the scene)
Daughter: Papa, please come out or you will catch a bad cold
The man: I will beta, but only when the sun shows up.
Son: Too much. Papa, come out or I will get down and fetch you out
The man: No no, then I will slip into deeper water, he he…you wont be able to catch me..ha ha ha
Son: Papa please
The man: Please, until sun comes out
Son: (anxiously) but it won’t
The man: It has to
(The drama went on for quite a long time….meaning a pretty long time. The wife and his children kept on requesting him on regular intervals but were unable to bring him out of water. As hours passed, the cloud changed its density on the sky, sometimes became lighter and then again denser, but no sign of sun to show up. The man’s determination didn’t seem to melt either. He was still inside water and kept on demanding the sun to come out of cloud).
The man: May I die today, but I won’t go out. You sun, you pigheaded…..you can’t fool me. If you don’t come out, I will sit down here till night….or till my death…hik…whichever comes first
(The family gave in, and decided to wait till the effect of alcohol died down and the man got his sense back. It was nearly 5 pm, time for sun set, than a miraculous thing happened. A thin layer of cloud over the sun seemed to back off uncovering a part of the sun)
The man: (yelling)..Rupa..Rupa….see the sun….see the sun…..it shows up
(At his yelling, his wife and children came running to the pond and looked up at the sky. To their greatest astonishment they noticed that the cloud moved away revealing a setting sun on the horizon. Soft sun rays filled the sky before the sun said good bye to its all admirers. The clouds around took that fade red colour and looked wonderful. The man was happy like a child. He yelled, waved, danced and did every bit to express his joy. And after almost 5 hours of that waterlogged drama, he came out of water.)
The piece is based on a true story.
Moral of the story:
Even mighty nature gives in to the determination of a drunkard!
Inference:
# 1 Alcohol boosts up our will power
# 2 Alcohol boosts up our confidence level
# 3 Alcohol helps bring sun light on cloudy days thereby helps in the physical/ professional activities that require direct sunlight, e.g. a solar cooker can seek help from alcohol for its proper function on cloudy days
# 4 Alcohol helps in keeping our body warm and protects us from catching cold
# 5 Alcohol helps us to demonstrate our children how to stick to an idea and chase it till the end.
# 6 Alcohol brings innocent joy to our life
# 7 There is a huge scope for trying on supernatural things with a few shots of…….
Conclusion:
Well, up to this, I think all of you know the right conclusion…..but do I really need to write that here?.. Everything is so open here…may be….may be….Gee! I lack confidence….ohh!...I think I need a booster……..
Disclaimer:
Nobody should blame me for popularizing alcohol!....I actually don’t. I just drew some inferences which were quite evident, from the above story. The story is as true as you are with your blood and flesh. If you don’t believe me, you can talk to my friend who told me the story. She lives in a village near Namkhana, South 24 Parganas, where the incident took place.
Statutory warning: Consumption of liquor is injurious to health!
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