Sunday fun day

Vicky and his friends had their day chalked out. A little bit of fun… a little bit of mischief …a large dose of cricket.

December 16, 2013 07:06 pm | Updated 07:06 pm IST - chennai

Illustration by Satheesh Vellinezhi

Illustration by Satheesh Vellinezhi

It was a Sunday, and Vicky woke up early in the morning. On his own! Usually, on weekdays, his wake up routine is something like this — mom tries to wake him up, followed by dad, grandpa, grandma and so it continues. Vicky asks for extra sleep time (which may vary anything between two seconds to two minutes), to everyone who tries to wake him up. Finally, when he wakes up, he barely has time to get ready for school. But on weekends, his wake-up routine is different, naturally, as he looks forward to do his favourite activities.

A plan

Vicky had plans to spend Sunday with his friends. His parents were to attend a wedding and Vicky had a tough time convincing his parents and grandparents to allow him to stay back instead of accompanying them to the wedding. After a lot of coaxing and promising that he and his friends would behave themselves, his parents agreed to let Vicky stay back.

After Vicky and his friends Akash and Varun bade goodbye to Vicky’s parents and grandparents, they planned out the day.

Vicky lives in an independent house, with a well maintained garden. His grand-parents are passionate about the garden. Apart from flowering plants the garden also has coconut trees, mango tree, and lemon tree and so on.

The boys decided to start their day, with some delicious mangoes. Within a few minutes, Akash and Vicky were on the top of the mango tree and Varun was waiting under the tree. Varun’s duty was to tip-off the boys when he sensed danger. One might wonder, what might be dangerous (apart from the obvious one, that the boys have to be careful when climbing up and down and while on the tree) but the fact was that, the boys instead of climbing the mango tree in Vicky’s backyard, were on the mango tree of the neighbour’s house, as the boys were of the opinion that their neighbour’s mangoes tasted sweeter. And the danger was getting caught by the neighbours. when in the act of plucking those mangoes!

The neighbours were an old couple and were not so unkind after all, but the boys had tested their patience with their mischievous acts many a time, that even if they performed a good deed, they might be looked upon suspiciously.

This time, luck was in their favour. The boys took the delicious mangoes and escaped to the safe territory of Vicky’s home, without being caught. After eating the delicious mangoes, the boys started to play cricket. Akash was hitting sixes and fours and one such shot was so powerful that it smashed the window-pane of the neighbour’s house. The boys were stunned and were looking at each other and wondering what to do.

The neighbour came out and waved them to his house. He looked stern. Once they reached the house, the neighbour uncle called out to someone named Krishna, and waited. The suspense was too much and they were surprised that the admonition had not yet started. A 12-year-old boy came into the room. The uncle introduced them to Krishna, his grandson who was visiting after four years. He requested the boys to include him in their game of cricket.

The boys were excited by the turn of the events and thanked their stars for being lucky the second time around. They were happy to welcome their new friend Krishna to their team.

In the evening, when Vicky’s parents and grandparents returned they were surprised that Vicky and friends hadn’t got into any trouble. But grandpa was quick to notice the broken window-pane in the neighbour’s house. He winked mischievously at Vicky.

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