MAAN AUR GEET-DO JADUGAR UPDATED PT 17 PG 22

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maaneet0887

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Posted: 13 years ago

#31

PART 9

Maan lay in his dark basement mch later,wishing he had a watch.He didn't know what time it was & he couldn't be sure the Junejas were asleep yet.Until they were,he couldn't risk sneaking to the kitchen for some food.

He'd lived with Junejas almost 10 yrs,10 miserable yrs,as long as he could remember,ever since he's been a baby & his parents had died in car crash.He couldn't remember being in the car when his parents had died.Sometimes,when he strained his memeory during long hrs in his basement,he came up with a strange vision:a blinding flash of green light & a burning pain on his forehead.

This he supposed,was the crash,though he couldn't imagine where all the green light came from.He couldn't remember his parents at all.His maasi & maasa never spoke abt them, & of course he was forbidden to ask questions.There were no photographs of them in the house.

When he had been younger,Maan had dreamed & dreamed of unknown relation coming to take him away,but it never happened;the junejas were his only family.Yet sometimes he thought(or may be hoped)that strangers in the street seemed to know him.Very strange strangers they were too.

A tiny man in a violet top hat had bowed to him once while out shopping with Pammi maasi & Dhruv.After asking Maan furiously if he knew the man,Pammi maasi had rushed them out of the shop without buying anything.A wild-looking old woman dressed all in green had waved merrily at him once in a bus.A bald man in a very long purple coat had actually shaken his hand in the street the other day & then walked away without a word.The weirdest thing abt all these people was the way they seemed to vanish the second Maan tried to get a closer look.

At school,Maan had no one.Everybody knew that Dhruv's gang hated that odd Maan Khurana in his baggy old clothes & broken glasses, & nobody liked to disgrace with Dhruv's gang.

The escape of the brazilian boa constrictor earned Maan his longest-ever punishment.By the time he was allowed out of the basement again,the summer holidays had started & Dhruv had already broken his new cine camera,crashed his remote control aeroplane & first time one his racing bike,knocked down old Mrs Sharma's as she crossed Janakpuri on her crutches.

Maan was glad school was over,but there was no escaping Dhruv's gang,who visited the house every single day.Vicky,Gautam,Mohan & Girish were all big & stupid,but as Dhruv was the biggest & stupidest of the lot,he was the leader.The rest of them were all quite happy to join Dhruv's favourite sport:Maan-hunting.

Precap-Maan knowing that he's a wizard.

Edited by geetsrir.maan - 13 years ago

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maaneet0887

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Posted: 13 years ago

#32

PART 10

This was why Maan spent as much time as possible out of the house,wandering around thinking abt the end of the holidays,where he could see a tiny ray of hope.When September came he would be going off to secondary school & for the first time in his life,he wouldn't be with Dhruv.Dhruv had a place at Prabath's old school called Ramakrishna Ashram.Vicky Goenka was going there too.Maan on the other hands was going to some local comprehensive.Dhruv thought this was very funny.

'Hum log to sant ban ne jaa rahe hai...lekin tumhaare woh school mein toh koi sant nahi banega...sirf tumhaari tarah anaath banega...!"Maan felt bad hearing Dhruv's words but said smirking,"Sant ka matlab tum jaanthe ho...humein wahan sirf phal khana hoga...tumhaare pizza,hamburger,sweets,chocolates...kuch nahi hoga...!Achcha hai kum se kum wahan par tum big puppy fat toh nahi kehlaoge...!"And he ran from there before Dhruv could work out what he's said.

One day in July,Pammi took Dhruv to Chandni Chowk to buy his new school uniform,leaving Maan at Mrs.Sharma's.Mrs Sharma wasn't bad as usual.It turned out she's broken her leg tripping over one of her cats & she didn't seen quite as fond of them as before.She let Maan watch television & gave him a bit of chocolate cake that tasted as though she's had it several yrs.

That evening,Dhruv paraded around the living room for the family in his brand new uniform.As he looked at Dhruv in that uniform,Prabath said gruffly that it was the proudest moment of his life.Pammi burst into tears & said she couldn't believe it was her laado Dhruv,he looked so handsome & grown-up.Maan didn't trust himself to speak.He thought two of his ribs might already have cracked from trying to laugh.

There was a horrible smell in the kitchen next morning when Maan went in for breakfast.it seemed to be coming from a large metal tub in the sink.He went to have a look.The tub was full of what looked like dirty rags swimming in grey water.

'Yeh kya hai...!'He asked Pammi.Her lips tightened as they always did if he dared to ask a question.
'Tumhaare naaye school ki uniform hai...!'she said.
Maan looked in the bowl again.
'Oh,'he said.'I didn't realise it had to be so wet.'
'Don't be stupid,'snapped Pammi.'I'm dyeing some of Dhruv's old things grey for u.It'll look just like everyone else's when I've finished.'

Maan seriously doubted this,but thought it best not to argue.He sat down at the table & tried not to think abt how he was going to look on his first day at his school-like he was wearing bits of old elephant skin,probably.

Dhruv & Prabath came in,bot with wrinkled noses beocz of the smell from Maan's uniform.Prabath opened his news paper as usual & Dhruv banged his hand demanding for breakfast.They heard the click of letter box & flop of letters on the doormat.

'Get the post Dhruv,'said Prabath from behind his paper.
'Make Maan get it.'
'Get the post,Maan.'
Make Dhruv get it.'
'Give him a strong blow across his head Dhruv.'
Maan dodged Dhruv's hand & went to get the post.Three things lay on the doormat:a postcard from Prabath's sister Navjot,who was holidaying on the Goa,a brown envelope that looked like a bill & - a letter for Maan.

Maan picked it up & stared at it,his heart twanging like giant elastic band.No one ever,in his whole life had written to him.Who would?He had no friends,no other relatives - he didn't belong to the library so he'd never even got rude notes for asking for books back.Yet here it was,a letter,addressed so plainly there could be no mistake:

Mr M.Khurana
The dark basement under the kitchen
4 Janakpuri
Delhi-07

The envelope was thick & heavy,made of yellowish parchment,and the address was written in emerald-green ink.There was no stamp.
Turning the envelope over,his hand trembling,Maan saw a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms;a lion,an eagle,a badger & a snake surrounding a large letter 'G'.
'Hurry up,boy!'shouted Prabath from the kitchen.'What r u doing,checking for letter-bombs?'He chuckled at his own joke.
Maan went back to the kitchen,still staring at his letter.He handed Prabath the bill & the postcard,sat down & slowly began to open the yellow envelope.
Prabath ripped open the bill,snorted in disgust & flipped over the postcard.
'Navjot's ill,'he informed Pammi.'Ate a funny whelk...'
'Dad!said Dhruv suddenly.'Dad,Maan's got something!'
Maan was on the point of unfolding his letter,which was written on the same heavy parchment as the envelope,when it was jerked sharply out of his hand by Prabath.
'Woh mera hai...!'said Maan,trying to snatch it back.
'Kaun likhega tumhe...?"sneered Prabath,shaking the letter open with one hand & glancing at it.His face went from red to green faster that a set of traffic lights.And it didn't stop there.Within seconds it was greyish white of old porridge.
'P-P-Pammi!'he gasped.
Dhruv tried to grab the letter to read it,but Prabath held it high out of his reach.Pammi took it curiously & read the first line.For a moment it looked as though she might fanit.She clutched her throat & made a choking noise.
'Prabath!Hayyo rabba - Prabath!'
They stared at each other,seeming to have forgotten that Maan & Dhruv were still in the room.Dhruv didn't used to being ignored.He gave his father sharp tap on the head from his hand.
'I want to read that letter,'he said loudly.
'I want to read it,'said Maan furiously,'as its mine.'
'Get out,both of u,'croaked Prabath,stuffing the letter back inside its envelope.
Maan didn't move.
'I WANT MY LETTER!'he shouted.
'Let me see it!'demanded Dhruv.
'OUT!'roared Prabath & he took both Maan & Dhruv by the scruffs of their necks & threw them into the hall,slamming the kitchen door behind them.Maan & Dhruv promptly had a furious but silent fight over who would listen at the keyhole;Dhruv won,so Maan,his glasses dangling from one ear,lay flat on his stomach to listen at crack between door & floor.

'Prabath,'Pammi was saying in a quivering voice,'look at the address - how could they possibly know where he sleeps?U don't think they're watching the house?'

'Watching - spying - might be following up,'muttered Prabath wildly.

'But what should we vo,Prabath?Should we write back?Tell them we don't want - '
Maan could see Prabath's shiny black shoes pacing up & down the kitchen.
'No,'he said finally.'No,we'll ignore it.If they don't get any answer...yes,that's best...we won't do anything...'
'But -'
'I'm not having one in the house,Pammi!Didn't we swear when we took him in we'd stamp out that dangerous nonsense?'That evening he got back from work,Prabath did something he would never done before;he visited Maan in the dark basement.
'Where's my letter?'said Maan,the moment Prabath squeezed through the door.Who's writing to me?'
'Koi nahi.Ie was addressed to u by mistake,'said Prabath shortly.'I have burned it.'
'It was not a mistake,'said Maan angrily.'It had my dark basement on it.'
'SILENCE!'yelled Prabath,and a couple of spiders fell from the ceiling.He took a few deep breaths & then forced his face into a smile,which looked quite painful.
'Er - yes,Maan - abt this basement.Your Maasi & I have been thinking...u're really getting a bit big for it...we think it might be nice if u moved into Dhruv's second bedroom.'
'Kyun?'asked Maan.
'Zyaada sawaal mat poocho...!'snapped Prabath.'Take this stuff upstairs,now'.

In Handa Haveli,an owl came squealing & crashed to the dining table with a letter breathing heavily.A boy having light blue brown eyes took the letter from the owl & made it placed it on an wooden plank & gave some water to drink.

On that time Rano came downstairs with Geet & saw the boy & asked,"Adi puttar...kiski chitti hai...?"Adi said seeing the letter & was happy so much,"Maa Gurukul se chitti aayi hai...mujhe is saal se join karna hai!"Rano was happy & said smiling,"Congratulations puttar...tumhaare papa bahut khush ho jaayenge...!"And she saw towards the grandfather clock where had 9 hands the three hands were pointed to work & 6 hands were showing mortal peril.

Rano sighed seeing her clock & saw the clock which now had shown that all the three hands were showing travelling & heard the noise.Rano said,"Aaa rahi hoon ji...!"And she went towards the hall.Adi asked smiling at his little sister,"Tumhe achcha nahi laga ki mein Gurukul jaa raha hoon...bas ek saal aur ruk jao ...aur tum bhi Gurukul pravesh karoge...agle saal...!"But Geet sais sniffing,"Magar mujhe is saal hi join karna hai...!"Adi smiled & patted her head & said,"What abt a game of Quidditch."Geet's face lit up & nodded while Adi called,"Prashanth,Kunal,Sunil...chalo ek game quidditch khelthe hai...!"Geet's brother came outside holding their broomstick & ran towards their field to play.

Precap-Maan knowing that he's wizard.

Edited by geetsrir.maan - 13 years ago

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renjini263

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Posted: 13 years ago

#33

Supperbb update loved it...

plzzz cont soon!!!!

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Posted: 13 years ago

#34

wonderful updates...

Maan got letter...

geet wants to go to Gurukul...

they are also wizards...

thanx for pm...

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maaneet0887

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Posted: 13 years ago

#35

PART 11

THe Junejas house had 4 bedrooms: 1 for Prabath & pammi,1 for visitors(usually Prbath's sister Navjot),1 where Dhruv slept & 1 where Dhruv kept all the toys & things that wouldn't fit into his first bedroom.It only took Maan upstairs to move everything he owned from dark basement to this room.

He sat down on the bed & saw around him.Nearly everything in her was broken.The month old cine camera was lying on top of small,working tank Dhruv had once driven over next door's door;in the corner was Dhruv's first-ever tv set,which he'd put his foot through when his favourite programme had been cancelled;there was a large bird-cage which had once held parrot that Dhruv had swapped at school for a real air-rifle,which was up on a shelf with the end all bent becoz Dhruv had sat on it.

Other shelves were full of books.They were the only things in the room that looked as though they'd never been touched.From downstairs came the sound of Dhruv bawling at mother:'Mein usse apne kamre mein nahi rehne de saktha...I need that room...kaho ki woh wahan se nikle...'

Maan sighed & stretched out on the bed.Yesterday he'd have given anything to be up here.Today he's rather be back in cupboard with the letter than up here without it.

Next morning at breakfast,everyone was rather quiet.Dhruv was in shock.He'd screamed,whacked his father from his hands.been sick on purpose,kicked his mother & thrown his tortoise thru the greenhouse roof & he still didn't have his room back.Maan was thinking abt this time yesterday & bitterly wishing he's opened the letter in the hall.Prabath & Pammi kept looking at each other darkly.

When the post arrived,Prabath,who seemed to be trying to be nice to Maan,made Dhruv go & get it.They heard him banging things with his hands all the way down the hall.Then he shouted,'There's another one!Mr.M.Khurana,the smallest bedroom,4 Jankpuri - '

With a strangled cry,Prabath leapt from his seat & ran down the hall,Maan right behind him.Prabath had to wrestle Dhruv to the ground to get the letter from him,which was made difficult by the fact that Maan had grabbed Prabath around the neck from behind.After a minute of confused fighting,in which everyone got hit a lot by a tiny but strong fist,Prabath straightened up,gasping for breath,with Maan's letter clutched in his hand.

'Go to ur basement - I mean,ur bedroom,'he wheezed at Maan.'Maan - go - just go.'
Maan walked round & round his new room.Someone knew he had moved out of his basement & they seemed to know he hadn't recieved his first letter.Surely that meant they'd try again?And this time he'd make sure they didn't fail.He had a plan.But his plan had flopped becoz Prabath had slept at night near the letter box & Maan had trodded on him.

Prabath snarled at him & made him to bring his morning tea while the morning post had come & was taken by Prabath.Maan saw that his letters were burnt in the electric fire which Prabath smirked showing the letters to Maan & burning it giving a victorious smile.

The letters started coming in so many numbers but Prabath would snatch that by one or the other & would burn it in the fire he even went & shouted at the postal service management compaining abt this unknown letters coming to his home.

Dhruv asked in amazement to Maan,"Kaun hai jo tumse baat karne ke liye bekaraar hai...?"On that Sunday Prabath was happy becoz there's no post on Sundays but next moment,20- 40 letters came pelting out of the fireplace like bullets.The Junejas ducked,But Maan leapt into the air trying to catch one -
'Out! Out!'
Prabath siezed Maan around the waist & threw him into the hall.When Pammi & Dhruv had run out with their arms over their faces,Prabath slammed the door shut.They could hear those letters still steaming into the room,bouncing off the walls & floor.

'That does it,'said Prabath,trying to speak calmly but pulling great tufts out of his moustache at the same time.'I want u all back here in 5 minutes,ready to leave.We're going away.Just pack some clothes.No arguments!'

Prabath took them in car driving on & on & on not knowing any destination & stopped in a place where they came to know that they had reached Mumbai in very less time & booked a ragged hut across the sea which was perched on a rock.He had bought a long package & some chips.

They went to that ragged hut becoz the storm was coming & he knew that anyone can be stopped by the storm also but he was proved wrong once again.Maan was made slept on the ground while Dhruv slept on the sofa & Prabath & Pammi went to the next cubicle to sleep.

The storn raged more & more ferociously as the night went on.Maan couldn't sleep.He shivered & turned over,trying to get comfortable,his stomach rumbling with hunger.Dhruv's snores were drowned by the rolls of thunder that started near midnight.The lighted dial of Dhruv's watch,which was dangling over the edge of the sofa on his fat wrist,told Maan he'd be 11 in 10 minutes time.He lay & watched his birthday tick nearer,wondering if the Junejas would remember at all,wondering where the letter-writer was now.

Five minutes to go.Maan heard something creak outside.He hoped the roof wasn't going to fall in,although he might be warmer if it did.4 minutes to go.Maybe the house in Janakpuri would be so full of letters when they got back that he'd be able to steal one somehow.

Three minutes to go.Was that the sea,slapping hard on rock like that?And(2 minutes to go) what was that funny crunching noise?Was the rock crumbling into the sea?
1 minute to go & he'd be 11.30 secs...20 secs...10 - 9 - 8 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 -
BOOM
The whole shack shivered & Maan sat bolt upright,staring the door.Someone was outside,knocking to come in.
BOOM.They knocked again.Dhruv jerked awake.
'Where's the cannon?'he said stupidly.
There was a crash behind them & Prabath came skidding into the room.He was holding a rifle in his hands - now they knew what had been in the long,thin package he had brought with them...

Precap-Nakul-Maan u r a wizard!

Edited by geetsrir.maan - 13 years ago