THE GREAT INDIAN ROBBERY... :-)

Year-2000

I was in VIII Std. There was a group of mine having 4 members in it in tuitions. I and my friend(name A) were typical nerds. Wearing those glasses, all we used to do was nod to what sir taught us in lecture and try to score good marks. Our other two friends(name C and D) also wore glasses but they were the smart kids. The one who knew how to deal with this merciless world and always upto some tricks. I dont know how, despite having such extreme behaviour, we bonded very well? Perhaps to balance the power.

As days passed, our bond became stronger and stronger. One day, after tuitions,
C: Hey do u want free pens?
I: What? How??
C: Say u want it or not?
I and A: yes. But how? (Our emphasis was more on "HOW" as we were always scared of such kind of things)
D: Arrey its simple yaar. We will steal it from a shop. Very simple. Now that u two will come, we will be able to steal more.
I(shocked): U steal? How do u get away? U dont get caught?
C: ha ha ha. nahi re. uncle kya pakdega. We both go together in shop and point at a thing kept faraway and ask uncle to bring that. Till the time he comes back we take up 2 or 3 pens. Its very simple. Moreover, We r regular customers. so uncle trusts us.
D: Now this sunday, all of us will go. You 2 distract uncle and we will take up the pens. This time we will hit the jackpot. As we will get more time, we will take atleast 10 pens and that too of varieties. Montex, cello and also that cello wala with beautiful smell. Ahh. it will be great.
I: nahi yaar, i dont want to do it. i m not interested in such things.
C: Arrey chal na yaar. wats the problem. Arrey A, tu samjha na. tum sab bahut jaldi dar jaate ho. Arrey cmon its fun.
A: Haan yaar, lets try. Atleast we will come to know how they steal.

Being nerds, we always looked for knowledge in anything and so agreed. But at the same time i must admit it was wrong to do so and i was inclined too for that smell wala cello pen. ;-)

THE NEXT DAY

C: So all set and done. U both r sure with wat u have to do tomorrow(i.e. Sunday)
I: Actually there is a problem.
C: Now what?
I: Arrey yaar i cant stop laughing. Two of my friends stealing in front of me and making that person mamu. I wont be able to control yaar. Look i m laughing already now. This whole situation seems so hillarious to me.
D: Abey yeh faltu ki baatein mat kar. U will come with us tomorrow. We will analyse ur condition at that time and decide what to do with u.

SUNDAY THE D-DAY

After completing our tests, we rode on our cyles like the ones of biker gangs do in movies. With full determination, we reached the destination. Although i was still laughing. Perhaps i had gone mad. Sensing the situation,

C to D: i think we should not take him. He will screw the whole situation. Imagine uncle seeing 3 boys who r serious and one odd man laughing out loud. He will sense something is wrong.
D: Hey A, but u have to come huh.
A(already nervous by my exclusion): Okay but i wont help u. I will just stand there.
C: Okay no problem. We just need moral support. If u guys keep laughing even we would lose our nerves then. Shaival, u just wait here. Kaam mat kar but we will bring superb stuff for u(beaming with pride).

For safety precautions, i myself decided not to go to even the first floor where the shop was located.
After 10 mins, A came out running.

A: Shaival bhag.
I: kyon kya hua.
A: Arrey sab bigad gaya yaar. they both r caught. it got all screwd up. Actually uncle already had doubts on them. so when they askd uncle for something, Uncle just faked it. And soon he caught them redhanded. Both were having 10-10 pens in their hands and both froze when caught. Those greedy fellows. Now wat else does one need for proof. I was standing in the corner and so fled. Chal ab bhaag.

So with full speed that our cycles permitted to us, we ran.

THE NEXT DAY

I met both of them. Yeah C and D. They both were relaxed and smiling.
I: wat happend yesterday.
C: arrey nothing. we said sorry to uncle and pleaded for a very long time. At last he relented. So we left from there. Its bcos of u 2 morons that this thing got screwd. U people brought bad luck to the whole project. Moreover we have decided we wont steal anything from now onwards. But anyways we will make sure u both spoil anyone else's party too.

And with that MY CAREER IN THE CRIMINAL FIELD CAME TO A TRAGIC END......