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Sunday 28 July 2013

Tring tring the phone rang.

A  telephone  was a luxury in olden days.Many people could not afford to have a telephone connection . These days a telephone is a necessity.  With the advent of mobile phones the land line phones  have taken the status of great grand parents. It is there in every house but  lying in a corner of a room they, perhaps enjoy their days of past  glory. In our house every one has a mobile phone. The land line is hardly used It is there because   internet connection is through the land line.
 Last week we had gone out for  a marriage ceremony. We reached home late and went to bed at about  1'0 clock. It was 3 a.m. All of us were in deep sleep!! Suddenly the sound 'tring,tring' started. My husband got up with a jolt,"What is the sound?" By then the ringing had stopped. My children heard the commotion and came out from their  room."What happened Papa? Why are you in panic? Are you all right?"  A barrage of questions started. Before I could  say something, tring tring, the phone rang again. My son murmured,'Who can it be at this unholy hour?"I noticed he   took the receiver hesitatingly.The expression on his face was of suspense. The next moment we heard him saying , "No, no. Wrong number, this is not  the Police Station." All of us were rolling in laughter! 



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9 comments:

  1. LOL :D Phones at ungodly hours can be scary. But they are usually wrong numbers or crank calls! :)

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  2. Yes Shilpa Calls at midnight ARE scary.

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  3. What an anti-climax. You had built the suspense so well. Nice piece of writing.

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  4. I could understand the suspense and the anxiety. The odd hour ringing of the phone!!

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    1. At odd hours any unusual sound causes anxiety.

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  5. Phone ringing in the middle of the night can mean either its an emergency or its a wrong number...It sure knows how to chase away the sleep of the entire household...

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    1. Yes Reshma Once if the sleep is disturbed ,it is difficult to sleep.

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  6. Whenever I hear the phone ring at odd hours I sure do panic.

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  7. Yes Rama .Human nature is similar.

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