MAAN AUR GEET-DO JADUGAR UPDATED PT 17 PG 22

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Deepa

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Posted: 13 years ago

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part 6
nice part...
Dhruv is a bully...

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Posted: 13 years ago

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finally he is going out to zoo...

continue soon...

thnx for PM...

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Junejas are so bad ...I want to hit them...beat them up to a pulp...

I feel really bad when Maan is in some problem...

interesting update...

now what will happen in a zoo...

thanx for pm...

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mysteriousmilli

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Posted: 13 years ago

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Wonderful update...liked it...
please continue soon...

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maaneet0887

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PART 8

While Prabath drove,he complained to Pammik.He liked to complain abt things:people at work,Maan,the council,Maan,the bank & Maan were just a few of his favourite subjects.This morning,it was motorbikes.

'...roaring along like maniacs,the young hoodlums,'he said,as a motorbike overtook them.
'Mein ek sapne dekha,'said Maan,remembering suddenly.'Woh ud rahi thi.'
Prabath nearly crashed into the car in front.He turned right around in his seat & yelled at Maan,his face like a gigantic beetroot with a moustache,'Motorbikes don't fly!'😡

Dhruv & Vicky sniggered.
'Mujhe pata hai,'said Maan.'Woh sirf ek sapna tha.'
But he wished he hadn't said anything.If there was one thing Junejas hated even more than his asking questions,it was his talking abt anything acting in a way it shouldn't,no matter if it was in a dream or even a cartoon - they seemed to think he might get dangerous ideas.

It was a very sunny saturday & the zoo was crowded with families.The Junejas bought Dhruv & Vicky large chocolate ice creams at the entrance & then,becoz the smiling lady in the van had asked Maan what he wanted before they could hurry him away,they bought him a cheap lemon ice lolly.It wasn't bad either,Maan thought,licking it as they watched a gorrilla scratching it's head & looking remarkably like Dhruv,except that it wasn't blond.

Maan had the best morning he's had in a long time.He was careful to walk a little way apart from Junejas so that Dhruv & Vicky,who were starting to get bored with the animals by lunch time,wouldn't fall back on their favourite hobby of hitting him.They ate in the zoo restaurant & when Dhruv had a tantrum becoz his knickerbocker glory wasn't big enough,Prabath bought him another one & Maan was allowed to finish the first.

Maan felt,afterwards,that he should have known it was all too good to last.

After lunch they went to the reptile house.It was cool dark in here,with lit windows all along the walls.Behind the glass,all sorts of lizards & snakes were crawling & slithering over bits of wood & stone.Dhruv & Vicky wanted to see huge,pisonous cobras & thick,man-crushing pythons.Dhruv quickly found the largest snake in the place.Itcould have wrapped its body twice around Prabath's car & crushed it into a dust-bin- but at the moment it didn't look in the mood.In fact,it was fast asleep.

Dhruv stood with his nose pressed against the glass,staring at the glistening brown coils.
'Make it move,'he whines at his father.Prabath tapped on the glass,but the snake didn't budge.
'Phir se karo,;Dhruv ordered.Prabath rapped the glass smartly with his knuckles,but the snake just snoozed on.
'This is boring,'Dhruv moaned.He shuffled away.

Maan moved in front of the tank & looked intently at the snake.He wouldn't have been surprised if it had died of boredom itself - no company except stupid people drumming their fingers on the glass trying to disturb it all day long.It worse than having a dark basement as a bedroom,where the only visitor was Pammi maasi hammering on the door to wake u up - at least he got to visit the rest of the house.

The snake suddenly opened its beady eyes.Slowly,very slowly,it raised its head until its eyes were on a level with Maan's
It winked.
Maan stared.Then he looked quickly around to see if anyone was watching.they weren't.He looked back at the snake & winked,too.
The snake jerked its head towards Prabath & Dhruv then raised its eyes to the ceiling.It gave Maan a look that said quite plainly:'I get that all the time."
'Mujhe pata hai,"Maan murmured thru the glass,though he wasn't sure the snake could hear him.'It must be really annoying.'
The snake nodded vigorously.
'Kahan se aaye ho tum,anyway?'Maan asked.
The snake jabbed its tail at a little sign next to the glass.Maan peered at it.
Boa Constricter,Brazil.
'Kya wahan sab thik hai?'
The boa constricter jabbed its tail at the sign again & Maan read on:This specimen was bred in the zoo.'Oh,toh tumne - kabhi Brazil gaye hi nahi?"
As the snake shook its head,a deafening shout behind Maan made both of them jump.'Dhruv!MR.JUNEJA! IS SAAP KO DEKHIYE! AAP LOG VISHWAAS NAHI KARENGE KI YEH KYA KAR RAHA HAI!
Dhruv came waddling towards them as fast as he could.
'Out of the way,you,'he said,punching Maan in the ribs.Caught by surprise,Maan fell hard on the concrete floor.Waht came next happened so fast no one saw how it happened - one second,Vicky aur Dhruv were leaning right up close to the glass,the next,they had leapt back with howls of horror.

Maan sat up & gasped;the glass front of the boa constrictor's tank had vanished.The great snake was uncoiling itself rapidly,slithering out on to the floor - people thruout the reptile house screamed & started running fro the exits.

As the snake slid swiftly past him,Maan could have sworn a low,hissing voice said,'Brazil,here I come...thanksss,amigo.'

The keeper of the reptile house was in shock.
'But the glass,'He kept saying,'Where did the glass go?'
The zoo director himself made Pammi a cup of strong sweet tea while he apologised over & over again.Vicky & Dhruv could only gibber.As far as Maan had seen,the snake hadn't done anything except snap playfully at their heels as it passed,but by the time they were all back in Prabath's car,Dhruv was telling them how it had nearly bitten off his leg,while Vicky was swearing it had tried to squeeze him to death.But worst of all for Maan at least,was Vicky calming down enough to say,'Maan usse baath kar raha tha,weren't u Maan?'

Prabath waited until vicky was safely out of the house before starting on Maan.He was so angry he could hadly speak.He managed to say,'Go - basement - stay - no - meals,'before he collapsed into a chair & Pammi had to run & get him a strong tea.

Edited by geetsrir.maan - 13 years ago