A
day of positives ...
short story
Munch!
Munch! John was eating quickly to get to his school. He tied his
shoes and slung his backpack over his shoulder. He sprinted to the
stop and was just in time for the school bus.
When he was boarding the bus, the bus driver asked,"Bus pass,
please".
Just
then, John realized that he didn't have it. He pleaded to the bus
driver that he was on the list.
Angrily,
the bus driver muttered, “ Are you positive
that you are on the list ?”
John
panted and said, “Yes.”
The
bus driver said, “Okay, I will allow you to ride the bus today.
But, you must show me your bus pass tomorrow.”
Relieved,
John took a seat on the bus. In 30 minutes he got to his school.
He
walked in and climbed up the steps to his math class. When he walked
into the classroom, he was welcomed by a world of positive
signs. His teacher then announced, “ Today we will be learning
about positive numbers." For the
next 45 minutes, the teacher bombarded the class with whole numbers
including natural numbers. When he walked out, John's mind was drilled
with '+ve' numbers.
He
slowly straddled into his English class next. His English teacher
began discussing about appositives-the
noun or pronoun that immediately follows another noun or pronoun.
John was so packed with positive numbers that he
was confused about appositives.
Now
it was time for the science class. In the Science class, the teacher
began, “Who can explain the positive
polarities of electricity?”
Just
then the word positive struck him like
a bullet. Is it a positive day? Everything
seems to be positive today!
Suddenly,
his teacher's voice seemed fading away. Instead a voice rang near
his ears, “Wake up John, Wake up.”
He
opened his droopy eyes and found his Mom standing in front of him.
For a moment, he did not understand where he was.
He
asked his mom, “ What happened?”
His
mom said, “ What are you talking about, John? It's time for
school, so get up from the bed.”
John
muttered in a low voice, "Oh mom, I really thought I was having
a day of positive at school! Hope my dream
comes true!"
[The
End]
I got the sun in the morning and the moon at night. How about
you?
"Got
no checkbooks, got no banks,
Still I'd like to express my thanks -
I got the sun in the morning
and the moon at night."
-Irving Berlin, "I Got the Sun in the Morning," 1946
* The characters, settings and happenings are fiction only. |