The Message! (flash fiction - 300 words)
Word spread like wild fire in the Vindhyacal ranges. The tiny hamlets that peppered the horizontally stretching hills had no communication facilities. The only way to spread the news was by word of mouth.
A villager would stand on top of a hillock, beat his drums & yell loudly his message to be passed on to the next village. The receiver of this message in turn would beat his drums & convey loudly the message to the next village & in no time, using this rudimentary skill, the entire range would be agog with the news of the day.
It was the 5th of February, the morning chill still in the air when Banwari started beating his drums. Banwari was the best messenger in the village & known for his drumming & decibel prowess. The village girls adored him peeping shyly from under their veils.
Back to the story….Banwari conveys his message to his awaiting recipient who’s taken aback by the news. But he has no time to ponder over the details. Time is scarce & a lot needs to be done. He has to immediately route the message to his neighboring village Deolia. There is a call to all the twenty-seven villages to congregate at Pachim Kawariya which is centrally located.
The folks of Deolia are surprised at the news as well & after passing the message across to Muli, the village elders start getting ready to make their journey to Pachim Kawariya. Everyone had to meet there sharp at 6pm to take stock of the next phase of the mass gathering.
By 5pm, everyone started pouring into Pachim Kawariya & once all the Sarpanch’s of the twenty-seven villages assembled, they went up to their Guru Sri Ram Bhagat Sarkar singing “Happy Birthday to you”
Copyright © BuntysBanter 2007
A villager would stand on top of a hillock, beat his drums & yell loudly his message to be passed on to the next village. The receiver of this message in turn would beat his drums & convey loudly the message to the next village & in no time, using this rudimentary skill, the entire range would be agog with the news of the day.
It was the 5th of February, the morning chill still in the air when Banwari started beating his drums. Banwari was the best messenger in the village & known for his drumming & decibel prowess. The village girls adored him peeping shyly from under their veils.
Back to the story….Banwari conveys his message to his awaiting recipient who’s taken aback by the news. But he has no time to ponder over the details. Time is scarce & a lot needs to be done. He has to immediately route the message to his neighboring village Deolia. There is a call to all the twenty-seven villages to congregate at Pachim Kawariya which is centrally located.
The folks of Deolia are surprised at the news as well & after passing the message across to Muli, the village elders start getting ready to make their journey to Pachim Kawariya. Everyone had to meet there sharp at 6pm to take stock of the next phase of the mass gathering.
By 5pm, everyone started pouring into Pachim Kawariya & once all the Sarpanch’s of the twenty-seven villages assembled, they went up to their Guru Sri Ram Bhagat Sarkar singing “Happy Birthday to you”
Copyright © BuntysBanter 2007
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