Part 1
The year is 1850, it was a hot summer afternoon, a carriage is moving slowly on the winding roads of the hills in Shimla. The occupants of the carriage were a rich influential British man by the name of Henry Wilkinson, his wife and his teenage daughter - Anna Wilkinson. The driver of the carriage was Vijay, a poor Indian.
They were going to the new summer house which Mr.Henry had bought recently. The family members were not talking much with each other but Mr.Henry was occasionally talking to Vijay.
Mr.Henry asked,"Vijay, how long is it still going to take to reach the house."
To this Vijay replied,"Sahib, with this speed we will reach in another two hours."
Then suddenly a tire of the carriage disjointed from its place and the carriage came to a sudden halt.
The Wilkinson family panicked a lot and quickly got down from the carriage.
Mr.Wilkinson asked,"Vijay what happened."
To this Vijay replied,"Sahib,the wheel came from its position,it's going to take some time to fix it."
"Vijay do you expect us to stand in this hot sun while you are fixing it.",asked Mr.Wilkinson angrily.
Vijay sensing anger in his master's voice said humbly,"Sahib don't get angry there are a lot of things that you can see around here- There is a waterfall nearby, even the horses are tired and I need to get some water for them anyway."
Mr.Wilkinson was about to say "NO" but his teen daughter Anna on hearing the word Waterfall was very excited and the little girl who was dormant in her came springing up and said,"Father, I have never seen a waterfall before I would be really happy if we visit."
Even Mrs.Wilkinson said,"Henry, we are all tired by the journey it would really nice if we all take a little break."
Mr.Henry couldn't say "NO" to his two favorite ladies and said,"Vijay lead the way to the waterfall."
Vijay was happy that he made his master happy so he said,"Follow me sahib we should go thorough this forest here." They were walking through the forest which had winding pathways. They walked for sometime and reached the waterfall about which Vijay was telling so much. The waterfall was really a marvelous sight, they all would have been sorry later if they had missed such a beautiful sight.
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
|
Labels:
A Week
|
0 comments:
Post a Comment