Silent Listener's e(mbarrassment)ncounter - Part 2

It was a fine Saturday morning around 7:15 in Bangalore. Silent Listener was up early and got ready for work (IT does not spare Saturdays..!!). She gave a quick glance at the Times of India. The headlines was about India-Australia cricket match which was about to start that day in Bangalore. Silent Listener, though not a very staunch follower of the religion, just skimmed through the information. She then looked at her wrist watch "Oh no! It's late..!!" and in a second or two she was out of the guest house hurrying to board the inter office shuttle at K2.

Silent Listener reached the road and started to walk. Occasionally she turned behind, just to make sure (still the fear of the diabolical figure persisted in her heart which made her more cautious on the road). During one of her cautious look , she caught a sight of (Oh no..!! not again..!!) a diabolical figure. This time it was a white one with sharper horns and twice as huge as our villain of Part 1 (Again I think you might have figured out now, if not, P.S is always there). But today, the White Diabolical Figure was many yards away from our Silent Listener and it also looked like it was glued to that part of the street as it did not show any signs of motion. A sigh of relief immediately struck Silent Listener. She thought silently, "Appa nalla vela..!!" (Good time..!!). She proceeded to her boarding point.

Suddenly, she felt a violent thud of foot step behind her. Within another second, she felt somebody brushing past her causing a violent turbulence of air around her. This was Cric Fantasy. He can be assumed to be in his pre-teens with a white T-shirt and beige colored bermuda. Silent Listener, jerked by Cric Fantasy's running speed, instantaneously thought that the White Diabolical Figure had started to make some kind of parlous movements. Without a second look or losing a second, Silent Listener set out running in full speed following Cric Fantasy.

She ran and ran until Cric Fantasy came to a halt near a petty shop. Silent Listener also dropped down her speed. Only then she thought of looking behind her. She could not find any traces of the White Diabolical Figure or anything obnoxious behind her. Embarrassed by her own action, she slowed down her pace and started to walk. By that time, people in and around the petty shop where already gleaming at her. She heard Cric Fantasy's voice speaking to the shop keeper, "Anna...!! Yaru na toss win pannanga? Indiava Australiava? Radio la enna sonnanga?" (Brother...!! Who won the toss? Is it India or Australia? What did the radio say?). Good that the fellow was speaking in Tamil and not in Kannada, Silent Listener understood what he meant.

Realising her thoughtless action, She chuckled slightly. By then, people on the street and near the shop were still gazing at our Silent Listener. "Oh my God..!! How am I going to overcome this..!!??!!", Silent Listener thought, again silently. Slowly she moved near the petty shop, "Enaku oru Airtel SIM card venum" (I need an Airtel SIM card ), She asked the shop keeper. Shop keeper, who was also gazing at her previous actions, asked her, "Inda SIM card vangarthuku en ma ipdi odi vanthe?" (Did you run frantically for this SIM card?). Our Silent Listener, pretended as though she was in a great hurry and managed by telling, "Office bus pidikanum...late achu adhan..!! Sekiram SIM card kodukareengala..!!" (I need to board the Office bus...I am running pretty late, hence the scurry..!! Can you please give me the SIM card?). Having obtained the SIM card and the change back from the shop keeper, Silent Listener plodded along the side walk towards K2. It was 8:15 by then. There she stood along with fellow ITians, chuckling, waiting for the inter-office shuttle. Thank God..! Bus arrives only by 8:30 during weekends compared to 7:30 during weekdays.

P.S.

White Diabolical Figure A huge white cow probably was in its late stages of pregnancy which gave it the huge appearance.
Inter office shuttle Buses available during weekends for traveling to and fro from offices in the city to EC.