സി.എച്ച്.എസ്. എസ്. ചട്ടഞ്ചാൽ/അക്ഷരവൃക്ഷം/ OUT OF ORDER
OUT OF ORDER
Tringg!! The school bell rang loudly for the recess break, it’s 12 o’clock in the noon.Both the teachers and the students rushed out of their classrooms. Some of the students clamoured with outstretched thoughts. The smell of midday meal stuffed up their noses.Boxes were opened, Girls started blabbering their latest gossips. “The story writing competition’s results are going to be announced now” Ria interrupted the discussion. “Ritu is going to be first as always “ The other girls added. “Dub dub!!” The tapping sound of the mic was heard through the tiny holes of the speaker. All the girls stopped abruptly .Their attention was completely to the announcement. “Attention! Here are the results of the story writing competition that was held last week” “Ritu , Congrats! , you are going to be first for sure “ “We know it’s Ritu!” “Why are they making us wait, it’s obviously Ritu” The other girls whispered behind. “Isha from 9C in third place , Anagha from 8 D in second place and finally in first place Mia from 10 A !, Congratulations to all the winners!” “What?!! That’s not right ! What about Ritu? She has been representing our school on story writing for the last 2 years!” “Mia? How?! She can’t even spell a word in English properly! The girls weren’t happy with the results. “Something is wrong somewhere , Ritu...come ,we’ll ask the teacher incharge, You don’t worry you are first, they might have got it mistaken.” Ria comforted Ritu. “I’ll check , you can stay here” Ritu went near the teacher who was in charge of the judging. “Excuse me , Madam...! Can I get the code number list for once if you have no problem with it” “Is there something wrong?” “ No , no I just wanted to know my code number “ Ritu lied even if she knew. When the teacher handed her the paper she was startled to see her code number replaced with Mia’s . She said nothing . She handed the list back and went back to her classroom. She saw Mia , jumping joyfully and happy . She did not wanted to take her happiness back from her. “Congrats Mia, I am happy for you to represent our school” Ritu hugged her . “Thank you so much Ritu! I don’t even know how this happened!” “What happened Ritu?!” Ria pulled her. “Haha, it’s nothing . I remember now , I made a huge mistake while writing ! Maybe next time ?” “But next time it’s our final year at the school!” Ritu rushed to her desk and laid her head . She felt disgusted with everything around . The entire day appeared to be a melodrama of events unpleasant. An inexplicable gloom pervaded her entirety. Precious pearls of tears dropped down thick and fast from her eyes. She couldn’t suppress her engrossing gloom. The sky looked nebulous while returning home. Rain strewn all over like the tear drops falling from her eyes. She could barely sleep that night. The night had almost expired when she got released from the burden given by the curse of nightmares. The faint dawn rays have scattered over the courtyard. A bewildered sparrow peeps in through the tender window gap and has flown away. She got restlessly reposed on her bed, ensnared by an inexplicable drowsiness. “Girl, isn’t it time enough to wake up; You seem to be in a holiday mood! She woke suddenly up with a shudder wondering how fast the needles of the clock runs. I must get ready in a hurry or the school clock will not punch for me. The thoughts of the competition result started pinching her. The thoughts haunted her day by day. Some days have passed. One winter morning, Ritu opened her eyes. She saw tiny snow cotton balls falling over her backyard.It was cold outside.She dressed in a warm sweater layered up with another, her gloves, a scarf and a beanie. It was snowing thickly all around. Ritu started moving along quite exposed to the wind and snow. Some unusual thoughts entered her mind. “I do not see it different from the pang of emotions within me. Maybe I’ll find rest and peace for my mind one day.” Suddenly she saw a robin bird on a tree next to her house chirping beautifully.A light smile blossomed at Ritu’s face and her mind filled with the rays of hope,which gave her an illusion of reality.
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