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I know. I haven’t been blogging much. And that is because… okay,
so it is a weird sort of a thing that happened. Let me tell you about it in
detail.
I was walking around the block one evening when I came
across a small diversion that I hadn’t noticed earlier. Curious, I took to the
lane and it reached a wall. So a blind lane it was. I turned around to get back
to my usual path but it wasn’t there. No. Seriously. It just wasn’t there. I
just hit a wall again.
Well, obviously, I panicked. I started shouting for help.
HELP! But my voice just echoed in the blocked lane. I frantically started looking
around for something. Something. I do not know what. Anything, like stones or waste
coke cans that I could throw over the wall and get help, or some explosives
that could bring the wall down, or a packet of chips because I was hungry. Well
anything could have helped, but there was nothing.
I sat down exasperated. I wished I had carried my mobile
phone so that I could call someone, or play ‘two dot’ (My current favourite
game) but iguess i just had to wait. After what seemed like hours, I finally heard a slight swishing sound. I
couldn’t figure out what it was. I could only hope it wasn’t cockroaches.
Katasaridaphobia. Any other creature would have been fine. Luckily, it was another
creature.
I realised that the swishing wasn’t coming in from ‘my’
lane. Nope. It was somewhere far away, up in the sky. Initially, I noticed a
tiny speck. But as it flew closer, I was sure, it was IT. It. Was. A.
Hippogriff. Seriously! No kidding.
It landed in ‘my’ lane and before I could understand I was
tossed up in the air and I landed with a thud on its back. I clung on for dear
life as it flew away with me.
The flight on the hippogriff was AMAZING. It’s one experience
that will stay with me forever. Anyway, we flew over oceans and mountains and
lands unheard of. (Mainly because I suck at geography. I am sure, you smart guys,
would have heard of them.) And we finally reached what seemed to be a castle.
And I was excited because I thought I would be expected to
slay dragons and save the handsome prince, but no, that happened only in fairy
tales, apparently.
So I was dropped off, literally, at the gates of the castle
and then escorted by men in helmets, not bike helmets, stupid, but the Viking kind
of helmets. They took me to the guy, who I guessed was the king because they
all bowed down to him. I bowed down too because that seemed appropriate.
He then said in a loud booming voice, “Me, the great Gaster
Nomos, the lord of the Culinary, have heard from the messengers far and wide,
that you, lady, can bake the best caramel, bread pudding ever created. I. NEED.
TO. TASTE. IT.”
And that was it! I was guided to the kitchen that was as
large as the Kolkata maidan and I had to start baking the pudding. It was
ceremonious as music played and people danced around while I was baking it. I
then plated it in a gold plate to serve it to Mr. Nomos. I stood there, tensed,
hungry butterflies fluttering in my stomach, as I saw him scoop a bite and
place it in his mouth. The music stopped, everyone around was quiet. Even the
pins refused to drop, lest they might be heard. My heart stopped beating as he closed
his eyes, tasted the pudding and then swallowed it down. He then opened his
eyes and laughed. A loud wealthy laugh it was. And with him everyone present started laughing too. He called me over and held me warmly in
his arms. The music started… the people danced… there was happiness
everywhere.
The next day was spent teaching the chefs the recipe. And the
next few day I had a holiday of a lifetime in the most beautiful land ever. I
was then flown back on the hippogriff. It was kind to me during our return
flight. And well, here I am. Blogging again.
And yeah, I wish all of that was true and laziness was not
the only reason for me not blogging. But laziness is what it was. And the damn laziness
was so bad that I did not even write a birthday post yesterday. I would kick myself in the butt if I was fit enough to do so.
So well, belated birthday wishes to me. This year will see
more fun posts here on my blog. Promise.
Also one thing in the story up there was true. I do make the
best caramel, bread pudding in the world. :D
See you soon.
iam very excited to read your post after long. nice story.
ReplyDeleteI was excited to write after a long time too. Thanks Alex. :)
DeleteSuper....can't wait to taste the caramel pudding.
ReplyDeleteNext time we meet. Pakka.
DeletePlease remember your promise and write more from now on Diptee ... I wait for your posts like "chatok pakhi" (I'm sure you know what it means)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Anuradha. It's encouraging to know that someone actually waits for my posts. I will remember my promise. I will be back soon. :)
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