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#2

MONKEYS DON'T SPEAK HINDI

Aaah, summer - that long anticipated stretch of lazy, lingering days, free of responsibility and rife with possibility. It's a time to hunt for insects, master handstands, practice swimming strokes, conquer trees, explore nooks and crannies, and make new friends.     

Summer means happy times and good sunshine. It means going to the beach, going to Disneyland, having fun.      

zen was really reading it loud 

"what makes the internet to interpret summer is beautiful. i mean just look at us, bunch of idiots with watermelon on face.'' he sighed.

''but bro, summer is not that bad, we all get a chance to meet and greet only during summer holidays,'' 

sammy was up to explain and jaanu interrupted him,

''yeah, like hum milenge, goa jayenge, ice cream khayenge, maze karenge... is all just a dream. in reality, we are all here in this no network area. i cant even access my social networks here''

''but jaanu, its our granny's home, and this place is not that bad, just look how cool and calm it is. in fact its a better place to enjoy the summer''   i tried to convey my point.

''ohh nature lover, ye haseen vaadiya.. khulaa asamaan sab ek do din ke liye achche lagte he.. after that we will get bored here.'' zen was back to the conversation.

we all took a sigh and continued eating watermelon.

this time cousins were with granny during summer vacation. after having three full watermelons buddies just laid like lazy cats .

it was time for a lazy nap , slowly our eyes were closing. 

''dhandhandhandhandhan, POOM, THWIFF, Crackle, Shhhhooo and boom''

''bomb bomb bomb'' we all got up and screamed for the sudden noise. 

for a second , nobody understood what was happening there.

''hwaay.. kodaa bandade, horag beelbedi'' gopu informed us.

''ohh okk'' zen sighed 

''ohh.. kodaa.. haa ok ''  i looked at zen .

''kodaa ?" sammy and jaanu were confused.

''haa kodaa.... means...'' i was up to explain and zen interrupted.

''you don't know kodaa ? its really pathetic animal. people are hell scared of it. its a rare species you know. '' he winked at me.

''haa haa... really dangerous one. that's why workers were burning crackers to scare it. otherwise it would have harmed them.''  i accompanied him.

''but you dont get scared haa.. we are here with you '' zen continued to fool them.

''no..nooo... we..we..we..aren't afraid.. mumbai me isse bhi bade jaanvar dekhe he..'' sammy was shivering. 

''haaa.. we even saw gaint reptiles.. this kodaa is nothing in front of them.'' jaanu said with a fearful voice.

 both were pretending like they weren't scared. but their voice and face was clearly expressing the fear.

''camera'' i shouted ''hey, lets go and get some pictures of KODAA no.. i haven't done photography from last few days..'' 

''yeah.. that's great idea. i'll get the camera'', zen rushed to the room.

''are you shh shhu sure aabout it ?'' sammy was nervous.

''kyu ? dar gaye kya ?'' i teased them.

''no.. kon dara ?" chalo bhayya.. we will click pics of KODAA better than these two.'' jaanu supported him.

''arrre.... abhi tak yahi ho... lets go..'' zen ran with the camera.

''abey.. camera  sambhal ke'' i ran behind him.

''humhe chod ke mat jaaoo.. hum bhi aa rahe '' sammy and jaanu joined us.

we went to the farm. it was full of coconut and arecanut trees. and some cashew , banana, almond ,starfruit trees. i love this place. different shades of green.

''there...'' zen screamed. 

''mummy''... jaanu held my hand tightly. and sammy was curious.

''shhhh... slowly... ye le camera pakad.''  zen handed me the camera.. and i tried to focus..

''dhyaan se dekho.. vaha.. '' zen pointed at the banana tree...  sammy and jaanu looked with all curiosity and fear.

and..

and..
''abey.. yeh to bandar he " they both shouted.

yeah... KODAA means monkey.. and these Mumbai ke kids didn't knew that..

I clicked few pics of monkeys in the mean time.

zen started laughing like idiot and i joined him.

we both hi-fived and started to tease jaanu and sammy

''bhayyaa.. di...'' they both very aggressively embarrassed .

they took a stick and chased us. we started to run like bulls here and there. 

and.............. oh snap.... monkeys caught us.

i think they found our game interesting. so they also joined us. 

now the plot was on fire.. everyone was screaming and running like excited ions. and i was taking pics of the drama. zen tried to scare the monkeys.. but failed.

 jaanu got really scared and  started crying.. ''please leave me. mere bohat sapne he.. plaese kuch mat karna.. mummy daddy....  udhar  bhayya..didi..he unhe pakdo.. jaavo...''

''paagal .. why are you talking  like that with monkeys ?'' zen shouted

''exactly .. these monkeys  don't speak hindi jaanu.'' sammy screamed

me and zen looked at him like ''what???.. tu pagal he? your sister is in danger and you are cracking joke ?''

''ha jaanu.. kannada try kar "  zen laughed and i didn't missed a moment .. everything was getting captured in my camera.

and for a better picture i turned on the flash... 

greatest mistake... it attracted a monkey and now it was behind me..

''bhaaagooooo" i screamed and ran, zen scared the monkeys. sammy and jaanu helped zen.

i hid behind a cashew tree..

i was breating really fast and checked the camera in afraid if an damage.

but thank god.. it was alright. 

''jaana jaye par camera ko kuch na ho" i was relaxing and someone patted me..

"mummy.. mummy...'' i screeched.

''sshhhh.....idiot.. its us" buddies calmed me .

''guys.. i thought its monkeys..thank god'' i yelped again.

''kisi ko kuch hua to nahi naa?'' everyone checked .

 ''no we are alright.'' nobody was harmed.

 ''but ,yaha se kaise nikle ?'' sammy came up with the million dollar question.

''haa guys.. kya kare ab?'' i was worried.

''you dont talk to us, photography ki shok he na tujhe.. now see'' jaanu yelled. 

''achcha ? who satarted screaming and attracted the monkeys?'' i bragged. 

''guys.. dont fight.. we all are equally  responsible for this..just think of any idea" zen was trying to mange the situation.

''aah.. bhayya....'' sammy pointed something with a shaking hand.

oh no.. monkeys caught us.

we were literally like ''achcha chalta hoon.. duao me yaad rakhna''.. we were praying to god to save us. 

then...

''POOM, THWIFF, Crackle, Shhhhoooo, dhandhandhandhandhan. boom"

workers came back with the crackers and drums making loud noise. it scared the monkeys and they ran as quickly as possible. it was  our pathetic scream which made the workers to came back to the farm.

''thank god ,thank you kaka..gopu''

''hwaay.. helidde ala barbedi anta. mattentakke bandaddu neevu.. enadru hechchu kammi agidre yaaaru jabaadari?'' gopu was bit angry.

''sorry.. photo..kodaa.." we tried to explain.

''sari.. sari.. nadeeri manige'' they sent us to home. 

i turned back and took one more pic. 

''abey... chal naa'' zen dragged me.

it was already evening. we all were hell tiered. as soon as we reached the home we fell on the floor like ripened mangoes.

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granny heard the whole story by gopu and zen. she was worried and scolded us not to do such mischief again. we convinced her and left. 

we were in gallery , looking at the clear sky. i was checking the camera and zen was laughing at the pictures.

''sorry guys.. my photography craze put all of us in danger. i' m sorry'' i broke the silence.

''actually....'' jaanu tried to tell something. ''it was amazing. i never thought to have such an amazing experience. kon kehta he summer ka majaa goa me he.. this was not less than any angkor wat guys.and we have such cool pics to upload.''

''yeah that's true.. plus one ,adventurous day it was, all thanks to your camera '' sammy accompanied.

''thanks to kodaa... but we were in great danger guys...'' i sighed

''chalta he.. at least we came to know that nobody is tees maar khaan.. and we can make a picture album... KODAs v/s KODAs'' zen giggled.

''but, monkeys don't speak hindi..'' i said quietly 

we all looked at each other and laughed till our stomach hurt.