THE NIGHT RIDERS -- - - - -
Kya Sir, you can't even scare a 'Dog' off the road.
The Captain and the Major were in good mood. Next day was Sunday, and there was nothing to dampen the spirits. The idea was to go to a good 'Chinese' restaurant after an extended tenure in the Officer's Mess 'Bar'. The Capt had purchased a Royal Enfield 'Bullet' recently, and he took it quite literally. The name Bullet ie.
But today the Major had taken over the bike and the Capt was riding pillion and was most dissatisfied the way the Major was underestimating his beloved 'Bullet'. The Major being the senior felt more responsible, which the Captain was interpreting as 'Old age' even if the difference between the two was only three years.
Sir , aise to, restaurant band ho jaayega.
Shut up, and sit quite. the Major snapped. I will make sure you don't sleep hungry.
It was then that they crossed the 'Dog' sprawled on the road, which refused to budge an inch even as the Major deftly avoided it.
Kya Sir, you can't even scare a 'Dog' off the road.
The unsolicited comment hurt the Major. He was after all the senior. There was no way this 'Kal kaa Baccha' going to teach him any thing. Let alone ride a 'Bullet'.
Chal phir , Dikhaata hoon tujhe;
The bike was reversed and it passed the 'Dog' again which continued to ignore them. After going about hundred meters, the Major reversed the 'Bullet' and took off. The 'Dog' saw the Bullet charging straight at him. Some thing told him, it was different, this time. He saw the headlight coming straight at him and tried to get up in a hurry to save itself.
It was then that the Major and the Captain realized that the thing sprawled on the road was actually a 'Buffalo' and not a 'Dog'. The extended tenure in the Bar had had its effect. And both our soldiers had ample time to ponder over it after the impact.
A few weeks actually.
The 'Bullet' too spent a few weeks in the workshop in the mean time.
The 'Captain', The 'Major' and the 'Bullet' are all fine and rolling full throttle again. The Bar is vibrant again.
The Buffalo too continues to be sprawled on the road assured in belief that it would never be taken for a 'Dog' ever again.
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