2 Short Stories: EarPhones, Cough Syrup & Prank

August 25, 2013 34 Comments


Take 1
It was 2:00 am in night. She gulped almost a bottle of cough syrup and went to her bed. She was restless with her cold and seems sleeps evaded her. She plugged in her earphone and started listening her favorite numbers. Her head was dizzying and soon she went in a deep slumber. Morning, they called her to get ready for school but she didn't wake. It must be another prank to skip the school again, they thought. 

Take 2
The man diluted few spoon of cough syrup in a glass with 1/3rd of water. He went to his wife who was listening old songs on her Walkman. He went near her and took off her ear phone and pretended having drunk rat poison. She looked at him, screamed in fear and fainted on the floor. He was astonished on her reaction and felt guilty on his act. He threw his glass and went down on his knees, explaining his act. He didn't realized that his simple joke could have such an impact on his wife. He took her to bed and tried waking her up. He even massaged her feet and hands to wake her up. He was almost in tears when she half opened her eyes and winked at him. So you think only you can play a prank? She said smiling naughtily towards him.

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34 comments:

  1. SG26 August

    I drink cough syrup so I can pretend I am drunk and then throw the ear phone across room so when someone comes to my help, I can yell "Hey this is a prank".

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    1. ekta khetan26 August

      Ah! That's the perfect take! Kudos.

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  2. Karan Sampat26 August

    Loved the second one...:)
    The first one was kinda sad..:(
    Overall nice..:)

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    1. ekta khetan26 August

      Thanks Sampat. The second one is not sad...pl read again!

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    2. Karan Sampat27 August

      The second one isnt...but the first one is...and I was just talking about that one...
      The second is absolutely hilarious..:)

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    3. ekta khetan02 September

      Ooops...the first one was attempted to made sad or intriguing... Then I realized the latter works better. Glad that you liked it :)

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  3. Shaivi26 August

    The second one is too good Ekta!

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    1. ekta khetan26 August

      Thanks Shaivi! I am glad that you liked it.

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  4. Arvind Passey27 August

    Playing a prank by drinking cough syrup is so like putting on earphones to listen to a God-Man talking of hypocrisies!

    By the way, loved both takes.

    Arvind Passey
    www.passey.info

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    1. ekta khetan28 August

      Thanks so much! And your post on Tamarind Rice is soo cool. Loved it :)

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  5. Rat27 August

    beautiful stories.. loved the second happy one whereas first one made me sad :( overall wonderful take on the prompt :)

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    1. ekta khetan02 September

      Thanks...but why did 2nd one made u sad? I thot it is funny..no? :)

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  6. Diwakar Narayan27 August

    Really a wow, Ekta. Loved the second one more.

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    1. ekta khetan03 September

      Thanks soo much Diwakar. Glad that you liked it. keep reading!

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  7. Unknown27 August

    lol... my gloomy cranky mood certainly changed...
    you really have a style girl... loved your post

    new here, following you :)
    do drop by and say hello sometimes....

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    1. ekta khetan03 September

      That's awesome! Lovely to have made ur day...pl keep witing, Angel!

      Oh yes, will do :)

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  8. How do we know30 August

    wow! how u can use 3 words and create exactly opposite moods? amazing! and 3 perfectly unrelated, ordinary words.

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    1. ekta khetan03 September

      Thank u soo much...It is on the moment gift of God. Glad that you liked it :)

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  9. Akum08 October

    The first one was quite a bummer :

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  10. Anonymous09 October

    Great Composition..The Flow from the first one to the second is simply amazing.. :)

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    1. ekta khetan11 October

      Hey Harsha..Thanks so much. So nice to see you here. keep reading :)

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  11. Sureshkumar09 October

    Second was really nice ! :) first one was good too ! :) Keep up the good work

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    1. ekta khetan12 October

      Thanks Suresh. Glad u liked them. Keep reading :)

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  12. Unknown09 October

    Three common ingredients and two completely different flavors, really nice, short and crisp, emotional and funny too.

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  13. Sneh Asnani09 October

    Nice post

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  14. Blasphemous Aesthete09 October

    Cough syrups might not be fatal, but they do contain a lot of alcohol to make us sleep for hours at length, under the guise of a medicine.
    Heartbreak is a separate issue :D

    Nice post!

    Cheers,
    Blasphemous Aesthete

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    1. ekta khetan12 October

      Yes indeed. They have this soporific properties. And yeah... heartbreak is a big issue :)

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  15. Anita Sabat09 October

    Glad the 2nd story ended on a happy note! Prank played on Prankster:)

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    1. ekta khetan12 October

      Haha... thanks Anita. Sometime playing a prank on prankster falls flat. Some r sporty enough whereas some fades.. thanks for liking it :)

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  16. Shri Ram Ayyangar09 October

    Sometimes pranks prove disastrous.

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