A Day When Everything Went Wrong

Some days are very lucky, while some days are such when everything goes wrong despite all precautions. One such day in my life was the last Sunday.

As I had worked hard the previous week, I wanted to make the most of this. So, I planned entertainment for myself, but I never knew that this was going to prove to be a nightmarish experience for me.

I got up at 8 o’clock in the morning and rang up my friend, Hitesh. I wanted to go for a picnic to the Gandhi Garden with him. However, he said that he was going outstation with his mother, and could not accompany me. Then I rang up Lokesh, who said that he could accompany me only if I agreed to go to a film. So, I too decided to watch a film in Filmistan cinema.

The show was to start at 12 o’clock and I wanted to reach Filmistan well in time, so I immediately walked into the bathroom for a bath. I wetted myself and made a rich lather. Then, I opened the tap, but to my dismay, there was no water in the tap. My eyes started to burn, and I wiped the lather clean by my towel. I had no other way but to go to the municipal water tap for a bath, where all people jeered at me.

I wore my clothes and looked for my leather shoes. Then only I remembered that my leather shoes had been borrowed by Hitesh. I rang him up immediately only to find that he had already left for the railway station. Hopelessly, I wore my sleepers and headed for Lokesh's house. I hired a three-wheeler, and when I got down at Lokesh's house, I found that I had forgotten my purse in my room. I had to go back and fetch my purse; and this caused a lot of expenditure.

Lokesh and I reached Filmistan at 11:30. I stood in the queue for tickets. To my utter disappointment, the house was full as soon as I put my hand into the booking window. Lokesh suggested that we go for a picnic, but by now, I was fully dismayed, so I decided to return home.

When I reached home, I found that I had lost the key somewhere. I felt sorry for myself as I picked up a stone to break open the lock. After that, I lay down on the bed, not to get up that day any more.     

Word Meanings : nightmarish : very unpleasant : ogKeer keâjves Jeeuee; lather : white bubbles : Peeie; dismay : disappointment : efvejeMee; jeer at : to laugh at : nBmeer GÌ[evee; fetch : to go and bring : peekeâj ueevee~