POTATOE

No.....there is no spelling mistake in the post title.

She is riding her Speedy (her bike), zooming away with the wind that blows the few stray trendils that have escaped from her scarf. A helmet she does not wear as its against the trend !!!! "Mamas don't catch us pretty ladies in scarves you see...we make Mumbai lively!!" that is what she always says!!

Ignorant to stares and leers coming her way she zooms past on her Speedy...eager to reach home and soak her weary bones in a tubfull of warm scented water..

She is trying to concentrate on th road and traffic ahead but wandering thoughts make the task difficult.......An induction tomorrow.....mails to be sent....flip presentation's not ready...what will K think bout the questionnaire ive prepared....just 7 more mins and i'l be home :-)

God.....why is this aunty on the bike ahead riding like this?? guess she is a novice...yes she defi is!!! HHHHOOLLLLLLLLYYYYY CCOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

EEEEEEERRRRRRRRRR.....................CCCCCCCCCRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.................

BBBBBAAAAAANNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

baapre giri.....dekho ladki ko.....accident hua accident hua!!!!!!

Madam aap theek ho?? madam?? laga kya??

Wheres my bike????

Madam aap tau theek hona

WHERE IS MY BIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (flip my purse and laptop are on it....hope nobody takes those !!!!)

Don't worry madam bike side mein lagaya hain!!

Side mein??? she tries to get up but her feet are positioned akwardly on the ground....

Madam jyada chote lagi????

Bhaiya......mera dono Shoes toot gaya :-(

(Yeh ladki ko sar pe tau chote nahin lagi na???).....Koi baat nahin madam aap tau thik ho!!!

Several people come to help...finally she gets up minus her shoes which look worse for wear now and looks around.......Eyes everywhere!!!! Concerned....Worried....Sympathic....Curious EYES !!!!

She wrenches the scarf which she is still wearing and wipes away the sweat that has beaded on her forehead...she picks up her shoes...walks towards her Speedywhich looks hurt as well. Shoes in the trunk, she stands beside her bike guarding her laptop and purse.

(why does my toe feel sticky????......... FLIP its bleeding......not just bleeding but bleeding profusely.)

A lady who has rushed forward to help her starts looking comical...as if shes about to FAINT???? HELLOOOOO that should be my ACT na??? Aunty....Aunty!!!! dont worry im alrite..its just bruised not brrrrookkkkeennn (who am I trying to console....her or myself??)

She tries moving her toe...which has by now become the size of a Lemon.....

AAAAAHHHHH....painful but movable all the same....a small smile breaks on her lips. A prayer of thanks escapes her lips, welcoming the pain which makes her feel alive!!! she looks around. A person comes running towards her...(Do I know him...ya he is that Xerox guy...N's dad knows him very well!!)

Don't worry madam...your father is on his way...have called him!!!

FATHER???? how does he know my father??? did my cell fall from my purse??? NO the zip is still closed!!! THEN???? arreee baba whom did you call??

You are B's daughter N na??? NNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOO !!!!!!!!!!!!! N is my friend (N and myself could pass as sisters you see)

GOD what a MESS...................BIG ******** MESS !!!!!!!!!!!

She makes a call to her brother asking him to come asap (I will kill you if you say anything to mom or dad..JUST COME PLEASE :-( ) She then dials N's no. from her cell..but no use :-(......N's mother is coming running from across the street (they stay pretty close from where the accident took place) looking as if even wild horses couldn't stop her...

Sorry Aunty its ME!!!! oh dear I see tears in her eyes.....are they tears of relief??? YES !!! but again concern and fresh grieved tears begin to cloud her eyes...tears for my pain :-(

She's trying to convince aunty when she sees more people coming her way.... N's dad...her bro's fiance....some other relative.....surrounded by all she now begins to feel guilty....

By now her TOE has started looking just like her shoes....WORSE FOR WEAR !!!! the swelling and blood has made it beyond recognition.. (This is how yokozuna's toe must be lookin...haahaha....I have a POTATOE...hahaha). She is smiling to herself thus once again inviting curious glances from all making them wonder once more...HAS SHE????? ;-)

A chemist offers some gauze and tape to stop the blood from her POTATOE...

Some offer water....lemon...lemon sweet..all are very helpful

Their help extends to offering COKE and PEPSI as well !!!!!

Water and lemon is fine but COKE???? PEPSI??????? HELLOOOO ive just had a fall remember???? GOD!!!!

N comes with her husband and I repeat my dramatic fall's stroy...we both have a good laugh over it..the fall, my shoes...and my POTATOE :-) (By now she is feeling much much better...guess being with familiar faces has dne the trick)

Her bro arrives !!!!!!!! ....looks at her and laughs.........LAUGHS??????? YES!!!!

Wov SIS, you are the star of the evening...when I had had a fall there was just a policeman near me and you??? you have almost the whole area with you!!!! gr8

We both smile...and both give each other looks which say something altogether different...no at all humorous. His says "Am glad ur not hurt bad sis" and and Her's, "lets go home..hope u've not told the folks anything"

She thanks almost everyone out there...whether they had helped or not.......she is glad just for their presence and support too!! With several adivses of "do not put your toe in water....go to a doc NOW.....take injection.....go to temple and thank god!!"...she is ready to make the grand exit!!

And off she speeds away once again on her Speedy....this time in the pillion seat :-)

One fall a day is ENOUGH!!!

The story of a girl who has a fall from her bike
Regains her senses....and the first thing that strikes
ohhhh...Both my shoes have broken and wheres my laptop...does anyone know??
All bones are intact but she lands up with a POTATOE!!!!