That old manor between the two rivers is the most beautiful house I have ever seen. The memories of grabbing an umbrella during the rains, walking between those weeds filled pathways, getting stuck in the muddy grounds, grandma teaching me to make paper boats in those cloudy days. Cloudy days always made me happier than sunny days, Of course, cloudy days usually meant no school! Well, those were the days of happiness and innocence. It was one of those days when my mother got me something that introduced me to the magical world of Harry Potter. The first book of the series: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. I was in 6th then and like every other kid I was just engrossed in it. While watching the rain drops fall, I could just picture Harry eating those warm, tasty sausages in the great hall at Hogwarts. It rained very heavily that day and I couldn't take my usual strolls around the house( It is a very big house with lots of rooms, moreover there isn't another house for 500 meters!! Yeah, Very scary at night ;) )
So the next morning, I took my umbrella (it hadn't started raining yet!!) and went out to check the water level of the river in front of our house (aka, the old manor). The river was just 50 feet from the house, it had rained heavily the previous evening and the river was very much prone to occasional flooding. Me being the quite enthusiastic cutlet I was, wanted to know if the waterline had reached the road. What I didn't worry was about an unexpected surprise that waited for me in the road. I didn't need to have worried about the flood, there was something else bigger, first I thought it might be Fluffy (the three headed dog in Harry Potter of course!!) but how can it be?? I live in the muggle world. There are no three headed dogs here. Well, It turned out to be a very large buffalo (larger than usual), Oh!!! I thought, there was no need for me to panic. It's just a herbivore. It wouldn't attack me for no reason. So, the idiot I was, I made faces at it (that's what I usually do when someone annoys me - and this creature was depriving me of my solitude with the river!!) Now, even that wouldn't have been a problem unless, I realised a jolt later, I hadn't been wearing a red dress. Alas!! but that wasn't the case!! I was indeed wearing my favourite red frock!! Just as this thought escaped my mind!! Oh Lord!! The ghastly beast charged at me. I'm honest to the moot here when I'm saying if I ever ran like that for the Olympics, I would have probably won the gold medal. The silver would obviously go to the bull.
I ran like a maniac to my house, the 'thing' just behind me. I somehow managed to reach the steps, climbed it. The bull just watched me, and even though it's an animal I could see its fury. So anyway, after doing my victory dance and again displaying some of my 'navarasams' at the animal, I thought to myself, which idiot would ever leave it's bull free on the road on a rainy day with the river just meters from reaching the road level? Well that is my village!! Beautiful and full of surprises!!
And that was the day I believed that red clothes actually provoked buffaloes!!!
P.S: I would be back with more tales of my childhood mishapes!!
So the next morning, I took my umbrella (it hadn't started raining yet!!) and went out to check the water level of the river in front of our house (aka, the old manor). The river was just 50 feet from the house, it had rained heavily the previous evening and the river was very much prone to occasional flooding. Me being the quite enthusiastic cutlet I was, wanted to know if the waterline had reached the road. What I didn't worry was about an unexpected surprise that waited for me in the road. I didn't need to have worried about the flood, there was something else bigger, first I thought it might be Fluffy (the three headed dog in Harry Potter of course!!) but how can it be?? I live in the muggle world. There are no three headed dogs here. Well, It turned out to be a very large buffalo (larger than usual), Oh!!! I thought, there was no need for me to panic. It's just a herbivore. It wouldn't attack me for no reason. So, the idiot I was, I made faces at it (that's what I usually do when someone annoys me - and this creature was depriving me of my solitude with the river!!) Now, even that wouldn't have been a problem unless, I realised a jolt later, I hadn't been wearing a red dress. Alas!! but that wasn't the case!! I was indeed wearing my favourite red frock!! Just as this thought escaped my mind!! Oh Lord!! The ghastly beast charged at me. I'm honest to the moot here when I'm saying if I ever ran like that for the Olympics, I would have probably won the gold medal. The silver would obviously go to the bull.
I ran like a maniac to my house, the 'thing' just behind me. I somehow managed to reach the steps, climbed it. The bull just watched me, and even though it's an animal I could see its fury. So anyway, after doing my victory dance and again displaying some of my 'navarasams' at the animal, I thought to myself, which idiot would ever leave it's bull free on the road on a rainy day with the river just meters from reaching the road level? Well that is my village!! Beautiful and full of surprises!!
And that was the day I believed that red clothes actually provoked buffaloes!!!
P.S: I would be back with more tales of my childhood mishapes!!
Good one jag park ;-)
ReplyDeleteLoved d buffalo story! :p
N so so so goddamn true about seeing harry potter stuff everywhere around you!
thanks Namita!! ;)
ReplyDeleteI know right!! :P