1 – Burn calories
Morning alarm rang! He got up for morning jogging. His wife was sleeping next to him, wrapping hands around his chest. She woke up by his movement. She said rubbing her eyes, “Baby, It’s too early for jogging!”
Husband smiled, “Yes, you too get up! Come on! Come on!”
“Noooo, I need a bit more sleep. Please, let me sleep for a while in your warmth comfort… Come na…!” she raised her hand toward him.
“Discipline is discipline, darling! Don’t be a lazy cat. Get up…!”
“But today is Sunday! Can’t you take a break for holiday?”
“To keep health fit and fine, there is no break! I have to burn some calories. Now get up!”
Suddenly she flung out the blanket. In black short nighty, her clean shaved thigh revealed. She turned her body in sedative posture and patted on the bed sheet, “If you really want to burn calories….then I can help you!” she winked with biting her lower lip, “Just stay in bed for 10 minutes…! I think it’d be enough for your morning workout. What do you say, baby?”
And then, she unties her purple lace of nighty. Her seductive body-curve and killer facial expressions were irresistible for him not to get excited! He inhaled heated breath in his lungs…and romantic moment blossomed along with the morning flowers…
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2 – At the Medical store
At the medical store, around sixty or sixty-five years of old uncle asked, ”One condom packet!”
Young fat guy nodded.
Uncle looked back to his wife and mutely done some private gestures, and then asked to the counter guy, “Do you have chocolate flavor!”
Young guy nodded tittering and went in to get it. Few second after he came back with a condom packet.
While paying money, uncle caught him laughing so he frankly asked, “What’s so funny, young man?”
A young guy got serious, shook his head and said, “Nothing... Sir!”
“No, tell me! Is this condom made you laugh or this old guy buying it?” he asked candidly.
“No uncle, nothing like that”, said with a pale face.
“Oh! Is that so! Look, healthy young fellow, we both have knee problems, so we don’t go for jogging. We burn calories from another way around. You should know in most cases sex prevent heart decease. Healthy fat body like yours can betray you anytime you never know! So you got the idea, right?!” uncle gave a witty and scientific answer to shut up his tittering.
That day young lazy fat fellow slid something into his pocket and went home with a throbbing heart to feel young again.
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3 – Ignition of imagination
*At the age 6*
"Now, go to sleep..." said mom, kissing goodnight kiss.
"No Mommy, tell me that wonder boy's story from where you had left, then I'll go to sleep..." she said whining.
"I don't know what gonna happen next, beta. I had just made it up... you tell me..." mom said, igniting her imagination. And then she made up her first fantasyland story...
*At the age 26*
She became bestseller author of children’s Adventure/fantasies novel series. She hadn't found her passion for storytelling, but her mother had.
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4 – True Love
Six years she had been completely unaware of herself and outer world. One fortunate morning she woke up from deep coma sleep. Her seven years old daughter, Nirali astounded to see her mom sitting upright on the bed by herself. She looked around with expressionless face. Everything seemed new and unknown to her.
Nirali slowly walked towards her, “Mommy…!?”
First time ever she heard her calling ‘mommy’. Mom looked at her with pale eyes.
“Mommy… you woke up…!” her voice got humid as she held her hand in her palm, “I knew that one day you will wake up…!”
She was still registering that unknown face to her old memories, but nothing seemed acquainted.
“Mommy, it’s me…! Nirali. Your daughter…!” she said emotionally, helping her to remember.
Mom’s facial expression was lost in deep thoughts; she was still struggling with her memories to reconnect with the present.
Nirali quickly grabbed mobile and called her dad.
“Hello…daddy! Mommy just woke up! She just woke up daddy…! She is looking right at me…! daddy come home as soon as you can…!” her happiness mingled in her humid voice. Without wiping her weepy face, she ran towards her and hugged her skinny body. Mom faintly smiled as memories registered with the present.
As Dad heard her excitedly happy words, he hurriedly ran out from his office and sped up the escalator to the way home. His thirsty eyes were dying to see her moving. He couldn’t hold up his patience anymore. He gears up the engine with its utmost speed. As the car stopped at home gate, he impatiently ran to her room.
Mother and daughter both were hugging emotionally.
He couldn’t hold his tears to see her moving. He kneeled down on the floor. Her daughter helped her mom to walk near him.
In slow motion, both thirsty gazes met. As distance diminished between both hands, quench of six years fulfilled in just one warm touch. In that priceless moment, both longingly heart dived into the ocean of love, once again.
Seeing mommy, daddy and daughter sobbing; misery waved its hand to happiness and went out crying.
Threesome family hug showered with lavishly love.
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5 – Life & Music
I was in my room, listening English songs loudly on my Intex speakers. Uncle entered my room. We both smiled. The song was so damn good that I couldn’t help myself to turn it off.
“Do you understand all the English lyrics??” he asked.
“Well, not all, but almost…” I replied with a smile.
“You don’t understand it fully, then it’s useless to listen” he shook his head in disgust.
“Well uncle, Do you understand life fully?” I asked.
He gave thoughtful expression. And then said, “No, not fully, but…”
“Then should we live life??” I asked and observed his rolling eyeballs here and there and I said, “…Or should we commit suicide because we don’t fully understand life!!?”
His tongue got paralyzed to utter.
“Uncle, I don’t understand fully lyrics, but I am fully enjoying music… likewise same goes for life. Just enjoy the life. Life will introduce itself through the different circumstances.” I said.
He hummed in agreed tone.
“Uncle, enjoy the life… and let’s enjoy the music…” I laughed to break his serious facial expression into joy. And then I held his both hands and our body went with rhythms. That’s brought a wide smile on his face.
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Writer – Parth Toroneel
I have written “Slice of Life: Collection of 51 Micro tales” you can purchase it if you love reading the short tales… E-book is available on Amazon Kindle.
You’ll surely enjoy it…!! :)
