The Show
We were already late for
the show. Siam looked at the road map, ‘Bit of
a bad news, we should have turned left at the last crossing.’
‘And I see a road block
up ahead; I was wondering why there was no traffic on this road. Let us turn
back,’ she said mournfully.
As if this was not enough
the kids started their rant, ‘We would be refused entry once the
show begins. Why did we have to start after three? We could have
left at two.’
Without any thought I turned
back; it was enough to provoke the kids, ‘We are late; we are late; we are
late.’
‘Stop this chant,’ she
shouted.
But I was not listening; from
nowhere a mass of people had appeared; they were all running on
the road, straight towards us.
‘What a flow
of the spectators? Must be a great show,’ Siam commented; but I could sense a
fear in his tone.
Soon they were all around
us but they were no longer running; their flow had suddenly stopped.
They surrounded us.
There was something odd
about them. They were all in a trance. But perhaps I was
mistaken.
One of them extended his
hand towards me and said in a strange, ice-cold voice, ‘Welcome to the ghost
town. Let the show begin.’
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A post for Sunday Whirl
Word prompts- mass,
trance, flow, road, map, rant, bit, news, show, chant, after, block.
Word count 220
oooh, I didn't expect that! Great story. I was in that car with them. It brought back memories of 'road trips' with my daughter :) (but luckily no ghost town trips :)).
ReplyDeletethanks Nicola, you never know what may happen if you take a wrong turn
DeleteNeed to call on Scooby Doo and the Ghostbusters too haha
ReplyDeleteshow time for ghost-busters, thanks
DeleteOmg! Scary... I think I would just pass out in such a situation Aroraji! Well done once again :)
ReplyDeletethanks Archana
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