Monday, September 16, 2019

Sikharpur days (the hideout-2)

" Its fun,' Lata exclaimed as see was running behind Parvati, ' we should do it more often."
"Yeah, we should," Parvati answered. She was floating in the air and running away from the children while the others are running to catch her.

It all started half an hour back. The children were gossiping as usual, having their breakfast,although a little late. It was almost noon as they spent a lot of their time in making the hideout habitable.

"So, what should we do now?" Lochan asked as he was getting bored from not being part of other's conversation.
"Hmm, lets have some game after we clean up." Lata replied as she went to collect the utensils of the kids who have eaten.
Lochan nodded and went out to wash his hands and mouth. Sambhu followed him outside.

"So Parvati, you got some new skills. Why don't you show us more?" Dhanush teases Parvati. He was impressed by her entry today, which was like she was the wind herself.
"Yeah, I will. I am so excited to show it after all the training I did!" Parvati was elated that her hard work was noticed.
"Why don't we play pakdan pakdai (catch), where we will all try to catch her." Lata suggested.
" Actually it's a great idea." Dhanush said, ' so,what do you say Parvati?"
" Hmm...think again, you all will fail." Parvati said in a menancing voice, and then giggled.
" Don't be so sure about that." Dhanush answered back. He hates to lose and was confident of his new found stamina.

" What are you guying talking about?" Sambhu asked as he returned back.
" We just made the plan for today. Today's game is to catch Parvati and whoever catches her first will get a prize." Dhanush answered.
"What's the prize?" Lochan asked as he was excited by the prospects of a prize.
"That's a surprise !" Parvati smiled mysteriously.

And here we are.

Parvati was passing through the forest with ease. Lata was following her hapahazardly. She was getting tired now as she was the first to take the dash with a hope of catching Parvati early. Alas, it became her own downfall. She sat on a nearby rock to rest and regain her stamina.

" What happened Lata, giving up so early?" Sambu taunted.
" Yeah, yeah, girls are so weak!" Lochan laughed as he went near Sambhu to join the conversation.
" Lochan, you know the plan, right?" Sambhu whispered.
"Yeah, lets ambush her." Lochan answered back.

Parvati was running straight ahead toward's a tree. Actually she was chased to that direction by Sambhu and Dhanush. Apparently, Dhanush too had taken part in their plan. There was a thick bush near the tree, where Lochan had already hidden and was bidding his time. The moment Parvati cam near the bush, Lochan pounced on her, only to fall on ground. Parvati had vanished, and both Sambhu and Dhanush were puzzled.

Here I am, Parvati announced. The boys looked back, and there she was sitting near Lata. Lata was surprised to see Parvati sitting beside her when moment ago she was so far from them. But Lata didn't let the moment waste and hugged her tightly.

" I won, I won!!" Lata laughed.
" Yes, you won." Parvati smiled brightly.

" This is unfair, she let her win." Sambhu protested.
" It's alright Sambhu, we lost." Dhanush said as he admitted defeat, ' Parvati how did you know about the ambush?"
" I could sense people.' Parvati replied, ' I know someone was there in bush."

" Ah, again a new skill of yours." The boys sighed.

" We should do it more often," Lata said recalling Parvati's words.
" Yeah, why don't we plan some new adventures? Parvati  said excitedly.

" Hmm...I too want it!" Sambhu added.

" Then, we will do that. I was also planning some get togethers like this. It was scary when the bandits attacked and the adventure were fun." Dhanush answered,

So, the children decided in the meeting, to plan for some adventures, explorations.






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