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Sunday 2 March 2014

9 sentence fiction A new sim card


Mary bought a new sim card for her smart phone.

She thought that she would give her husband, David, a 
surprise.


On reaching home she  saw her husband engrossed in reading a
 news paper.

She put her hand into her bag to take out the phone.


Without lifting his eyes from the paper, David, asked her to
 prepare a cup of coffee for him. 


Mary was disappointed, but she proceeded   to the kitchen.


She kept  water for boiling on the gas.


She  then  dialed her husband and said, “Hi, darling, how are
 you?”


David replied in a whisper, “Hi  Honey, I will call you later, that stupid woman is in the kitchen.”






writetribe_festival_words_3 This post is written in response to Write Tribe Festival of Words  3.









52 comments:

  1. Oh my god! What a terrible man. And that poor woman. Usha, you're quite the tale spinner :)

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    1. Thank you Shailaja Glad that you liked it.

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  2. What a shock for Mary! The poor lady was preparing to gift her husband and the carpet is being pulled under her feet. Good that she came to know if his clandestine affair.

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  3. That's sad! A shock in reply of a surprise!

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  4. Oho...thats a double sword :) Who does he think he is talking to, when the phone number itself is new ?? Poor guy, he's mistaken :D :D

    On a serious note, poor Mary, though :( she wanted to surprise him, and she gets a horrible surprise instead.

    Well written, Mam :)

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    1. Thank you Sreeja. I am glad you liked it.

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  5. Yikes! Infidelity is such a solid resource for stories. I feel sorry for the lady!

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    1. Thank you Vidya. Yes, infidelity forms a very common topic for stories .

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  6. I went wow, wow reading your climax mam. Superb.

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    1. Thank you Jini. I am happy you enjoyed reading it.

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  7. Oh no, she must be devastated! :(

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  8. Omg! How can he do this to his loving and gullible wife.But cheating is so common that it no longer shocks others except the victim.

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    1. Thank you KP. You are right. Infidelity is very common these days.

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  9. David is going to be in big trouble and as for Sia, it's time to throw the stupid husband out of her house :) Loved your take on the prompt :)

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    1. Thank you Prasanna Rao. I am very glad you liked it.

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    1. Thank you Dr. Roshan. Glad you liked it.

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  11. So the sim card revealed the real man in him.Nice.

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  12. I like stories with a surprising point at the end- and this one so had --- nicely told:-) Wonder where he sits reading his newspaper and drinking coffee now, huh?:-)

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    1. Thanks Eliz. I am glad you liked the story. Welcome to my site.

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  13. Gosh! That's bad but the wife should play along or was David just troubling her? Awesome one, Usha Ma'am:)

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    1. Thank you Vishal. It is for the readers to predict what happened next.

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  14. Very well written with a nice twist. Loved it

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  15. http://jaishwrites.blogspot.sg/2014/03/write-tribe-festival-day-2-blogs-that-i.html I have mentioned your blog as one that I enjoy Ma'm

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  16. Such a sad thing to happen. And yet it happens so often. :(

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  17. awww poor wife... the husband needs to be taught a lesson

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    1. Thank you Rajlakshmi. You are correct. His wife must teach him a lesson.

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  18. Oh no. She best show him the door I think.

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    1. Yes Suzy A man's. Infidelity is very shocking.

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  19. OMG!! That's so terrible!! :(

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    1. Yes Shilpa these men deserve to be dumped.

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  20. Thank you Tulika. Such men can never adjust in any family.

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  21. Poor lady, she certainly deserved a better husband...

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    1. Yes Reshma, it was a great shock for her.

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  22. well spun story, ma'am. such men should'nt even be classified as humans.

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    1. Yes Asha such men are demons. Glad you liked the story.

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  23. ooops! That wasnt the ending I was expexting

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    1. Thanks Mina. An unexpected ending makes a story interesting.

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  24. :) this reminded me of those jokes we see on marriage and spouse...

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    1. Welcome to my site bluediamond. Thanks for the comments.

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  25. Gosh! What a shock Mary would have got... Pretty common these days...

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    1. Thank you Anita for the visit. Thanks for the comments.

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  26. Thank you Tulika. Poor lady. She never expected such a response.

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