Wednesday, July 25, 2007

The Station


The railway station master scanned him up & down.The guy looked dejected & he pitied him.He was wearing a blue suit that was drenched in sweat.

"Please have some water sir, the police inspector will be here soon" the station master offered.
"No thanks", he refused politely.

"The world is very corrupted sir, you shouldnt believe anybody..."
"Yes ! I know but he looked like a nice fellow.. though his clothes were bit dirty , he sure looked like an ingenious young lad.."

"How much did you lose sir?"

"Oh dont remind me.. I had my hard earned money in there,I worked really hard to achieve the things .. what will I tell to my ailing mother, Oh god please help me.. " he took out his handkerchief & wiped his face.


"Dont worry sir, our police will surely catch him,its a pity that he ran before you could realise that your belongings were stolen.. "
"Indeed he is such a smart fellow.. "

They were interrupted by loud foot steps. The police inspector entered along with a man who was about to faint any moment.

"Oh dear inspector what have you done to the guy.. "

"It was a child's play..we have caught him red handed before he could escape .. all your belongings are here ..please check them.."

His face brightened & he rushed to check his baggage.

"Thank you so much officer,for making it happen in a real short time..everything is perfect.." "You can make an official complaint here.."

"No sir, I do not want to a spoil a man's life..I think you have already given a good lesson to him.."

"You are such a generous man sir.."

"Haha...I'm so obliged to you sir,this is my visiting card,do come for any help.."

He left cheerfully handing a tip to the station master.

Three hours later,
"Inspector,the man has woken up.. " that was the station master.

"You culprit .. you are a lucky fellow, because of the good man you are free to leave now..."

The culprit started laughing,first slowly and then increased the sound until the rooms rocked wildly with his laughter.

"Are you not interested in leaving" shouted the inspector.

"Why should I ? I'm here to give a complaint, that was my belongings you gave to the crook"

"Huh.."

"
You are welcome to do any tests to confirm the identity"

After a brief consultation and a couple of phone calls, the very intelligent officer said,

"Er..We are very sorry.. its a case of mistaken identity..mm..err..but..but..why didnt you protest??"

"Was there any chance?!" he told touching his bruises.

The police inspector sat in silence.

The station master looked at his tip;he wondered if that was a geniune note.

21 comments:

s4n705h said...

Another to the mark story. Kudos!! loved the story. though i thought of same twist may be too much of archer!!

Liked the phrase
"Was there any chance?!" he told touching his bruises.

ScRiBbLeR said...

@s4n705h
Thank you :)
Looks like I have formed a pattern myself.. !!
I thought that this particular sentence spoke a lot ..glad you liked.!

PurpleHeart said...

ha ha haa !! Great one !!

s4n705h said...

Patterns are actually good. The world comes to know its you. its like you signature!!

I am bit lazy in writing post. so sometimes its weeks before i write!!

chronicwriter said...

i am reminded of the time i was thrown out of satyam movie hall in chennai.. i had this gang of rickwalas sitting with me and they were creating havoc.. the whole row was taken away for interrogation by the satyam bouncers.. poor me had to be taken away too.. cant forget that movie Terminator 3

ScRiBbLeR said...

@chronicwriter
Why were the rickwalas sitting with you??

ScRiBbLeR said...

@s4n705h
Yes thats right..but the problem is sometimes the readers know the pattern too much & they lose interest..
And looking fwd to your next post :)

ScRiBbLeR said...

@PurpleHeart
Thanks :) !!

Honey Bee said...

was there any chance? Good one yaar

Honey Bee said...

hey santosh! nic e to know that you enjoyed that phrase too

ScRiBbLeR said...

@Honey Bee
Thanks!!
Glad you liked it too.. :)

Devil's Advocate said...

Wonderful story..and thanks for giving it a good ending.. nice twist.. keep writing.. :)

ScRiBbLeR said...

Thank you !!
And so this didnt make your bad day :)

vigneswaralu said...

nice story ;) but thanks to my corrupted mind.. i knew waht was coming ;)

ScRiBbLeR said...

@vigneswaralu
Next time I'll ensure it doesnt reach there ;)

JollyRoger said...

gr8 story!

ScRiBbLeR said...

@JollyRoger
Thank u !!

Day Dreamer said...

Great story man!!!

ScRiBbLeR said...

@Day Dreamer
Thanks :)

~*SilverNeurotic*~ said...

Interesting...

can't trust anyone I guess.

Rajagopalan said...

the gradual degradation of the society is brought out in a subtle manner! cheers!