Stealing! Stealing them would be a serious crime. If we were caught; we could not imagine the worst. Our parents would be informed and we would be locked up in the cell of the police station.
The temptation was so great that we had to get the fruits come what may. Finally after a long discussion on the pros and cons, we voted to steal them. By using a show of hands, we voted Ravi to do the nasty job. We used the common rhyme “Lai, lai, li, li lai thum, plomp”
He was quick and agile and soon he was over the barbed wire fence and the wooden wall. As agile as a monkey and as quick as lightning, he was up the tall guava tree. Our hearts pounded in union and I bet we could hear the pounding too. Each of us hoped he would not fall and that the owner would not come charging like a bull and shouting. We whispered and urged him on his arduous task of climbing. The fruits were quite high up in the tree. I was sure then that this was the reason why he had not bothered to pluck them. What a waste! I wondered.
Soon he had reached a big and voluptuous one. He plucked and dropped it over the fence. We were able to catch it. Next he move over to another branch and he did the same. From one branch to another he moved. We had not made any mistake in the candidate for this job. Fruit after fruit he plucked and we had quite a number. We whispered and asked him to get down as we already had enough to share among ourselves.
Ravi must have been greedy because he attempted to reach another branch where a huge juicy guava was awaiting him. Then the unexpected happened. Did the owner came and caught us stealing? Read on.
The temptation was so great that we had to get the fruits come what may. Finally after a long discussion on the pros and cons, we voted to steal them. By using a show of hands, we voted Ravi to do the nasty job. We used the common rhyme “Lai, lai, li, li lai thum, plomp”
He was quick and agile and soon he was over the barbed wire fence and the wooden wall. As agile as a monkey and as quick as lightning, he was up the tall guava tree. Our hearts pounded in union and I bet we could hear the pounding too. Each of us hoped he would not fall and that the owner would not come charging like a bull and shouting. We whispered and urged him on his arduous task of climbing. The fruits were quite high up in the tree. I was sure then that this was the reason why he had not bothered to pluck them. What a waste! I wondered.
Soon he had reached a big and voluptuous one. He plucked and dropped it over the fence. We were able to catch it. Next he move over to another branch and he did the same. From one branch to another he moved. We had not made any mistake in the candidate for this job. Fruit after fruit he plucked and we had quite a number. We whispered and asked him to get down as we already had enough to share among ourselves.
Ravi must have been greedy because he attempted to reach another branch where a huge juicy guava was awaiting him. Then the unexpected happened. Did the owner came and caught us stealing? Read on.
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