A casual chat over hot tea with colleagues Rasheed and Mariecar, turned scorching because of the subject — Snake."Do you know I have been bitten by a viper and had a near-death experience?" asked Rasheed. Meriecar and I reacted in shock.
"Tell us."
He explained:"It was a monsoon evening 10 years ago. I was walking to our village library in Kerala. It was drizzling. I had almost reached the library when it happened. A viper was injecting venom in my body. It bit the second finger of my right leg.
The pain cannot be explained in words.The sudden injection of pain turned my world upside down. I did not realise it was a snake. The immediate impulse was to pick up the aggressor and tear it apart. When I lifted my leg, I was horrified to see a viper hanging. In an instant, I picked it up and threw it away. Later my friends managed to catch it.
After half an hour, I fell unconscious. And was rushed to local hospital. I was in hospital for two weeks, four days in the ICU, with 24 anti-venom drips being administered in the first 24 hours."
At this point, Manila-born Mariecar added her input. "My mom was shellshocked one day to see my toddler sister sitting next to a cobra.In Philippines, we blind the snakes before we kill them. Snakes have this revenge steak and it's better to blind them."
I looked at her and asked: "What is crawling near our table? Hope it's not a snake."
"Whatttt?" she screamed, looking down in fear and spilling the tea before throwing a book on me for telling a lie.
haha,that was nice. boss, you are very creative and highly prolific. thats a deadly combo. Keep it up.:))
ReplyDeleteCan u charm snakes?? haha I hope you can :)
ReplyDeletePS: it was just a poem, I'm not depressed
once my mom picked a snake thinking that it was my bro's school belt.....was it Mallika Sherawat hissing under the table?...once again cool post..one more thing...you are most welcome to visit NE.
ReplyDeleteheheh...when i read your posts you sounds like you have a cheeky 10 years old trapped inside you who is set free when your fingers fly over the keyboard! Stay young as I thoroughly enjoy these tit bits!
ReplyDeleteYou are so funny. I love your stories. Namaste
ReplyDeleteI am very scared of snakes too, infact all things that creep and crawl..and the last part was very mean indeed, did she pour that tea on you?
ReplyDeleteYikes!!I hate snakes....She only threw a book???
ReplyDeletewe used to hear such stories too, about blinding the snake so that others may not see the killer in the eyes of the dead snake and kill them... call it overdose of bollywood, jennifer lynch is about to take the trend to hollywood to... with her malikka sherawat starred Hisss...
ReplyDeleteugh!!!! no comments here. not one of my fav. creations.
ReplyDeleteYou managed to mix fear with humour :)
ReplyDeleteReally very funny at the end when you said - "What is crawling near our table? Hope it's not a snake." - your spontaneous ideas are appreciable :)
Very well written.I liked all your stories as they are different and very interesting.
ReplyDeleteOh Man! its so scary...
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