Dinner was over and Meena was in the process of cleaning the
dishes.The children had already finished their dinner and were off to
their cousin’s house which was next door to spend the night.
Suddenly she could hear a frightened shriek.Meena realized that it was
her husband vivek’s voice. Sensing that something was wrong she ran
towards the bedroom . She found vivek in a state of intense agitation
looking towards the ceiling. She looked up to see a bat hanging from
the ceiling.
The creature flapped its wings as if to planning to move . Vivek let
out a shout and ran out of the room closing the door behind him.Meena
could hear his voice from outside .” “Meena , don’t open the door. I
am going to call the emergency numbers to get some help.
I think that bat is going to bite. It looks dangerous “
Meena was not sure what to think or say for some time.In his panic
vivek did not seem to realize that she was inside the room with that
creature and the bedroom door could not be opened from inside even if
she wanted to.
She looked fearfully at the creature which was hanging upside down
from the ceiling.It looked as if he was planning to settle down there
for the night.She started remembering all the horror stories which
invariably included bats in them.
What if this is vampire bat? She thought with a sinking feeling. It
seems that they could drink the blood of the victim human or animal,
without even waking them up from sleep.She had read that they had a
chemical called Draculin in their saliva which prevented the blood
from coagulating.
Is that how Dracula got his name ? or is it the other way round?
Meena decided to rein in her thoughts.She was getting too carried
away. She told herself firmly that there were no vampire bats anywhere
in the world except Latin America.This must be a fruit eating variety
. She tried to call Vivek to tell him this info and calm him down but
he seemed to be out of hearing range.
She was in fact extremely surprised to see vivek’s panicky behaviour.
Of course bats were not very nice creatures to look at but for a
fighter pilot who was used to dangerous flying such a phobia seemed to
be out of place.
Looking at him now , nobody would think that he was a part of many a
high risk bombing missions of the India Air Force and was considered
very capable by his colleagues and peers.
She had often wondered at his courage when he narrated certain
instances where things had gone wrong during the flight. S he in fact
had been very worried when she was newly married but had got used to
it now.
She remembered the incident which had happened two years back.Vivek
and his friend
Colonel Sanjay had been on duty that day.They were flying high and
were approaching the target. They could see the beautiful vales and
streams of Kashmir from where they were. Suddenly the fighter plane
encountered enemy fire was losing height very fast . Both the pilots
had to eject .But Sanjay’s Girdle was struck and he was unable to free
himself .
The plane had hit a mine field by then and set off a mine.The wingtips
caught fire.
Vivek had by then descended .Quickly composing himself he ran towards
he smouldering aircraft even as onlookers warned him that it would
blow up any moment.
After struggling with the pilot’s straps he finally managed to
extricate him from the plane and dragged him to a distance even as the
plane caught fire. Sanjay’s leg had been badly injured and they
managed to get him to the hospital for treatment.
Vivek had been awarded a bravery medal after that incident.
She found herself laughing at the irony of the situation.She would
love to take a photograph of vivek now and put it up in the
drawing room next to all those medals.
She decided to do something about this creature.Ofcourse she could not
be locked in this room till morning.
She looked to see if the window was open.The window on the north side
was indeed open.She looked behind the almirah and found vivek’s golf
kit. She took one stick and slowly and gently raised it towards the
bat. The bat moved to another spot.Meena relentlessly changed it for
some time till the bat went outside the window.
She then banged the door till vivek opened it.
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dishes.The children had already finished their dinner and were off to
their cousin’s house which was next door to spend the night.
Suddenly she could hear a frightened shriek.Meena realized that it was
her husband vivek’s voice. Sensing that something was wrong she ran
towards the bedroom . She found vivek in a state of intense agitation
looking towards the ceiling. She looked up to see a bat hanging from
the ceiling.
The creature flapped its wings as if to planning to move . Vivek let
out a shout and ran out of the room closing the door behind him.Meena
could hear his voice from outside .” “Meena , don’t open the door. I
am going to call the emergency numbers to get some help.
I think that bat is going to bite. It looks dangerous “
Meena was not sure what to think or say for some time.In his panic
vivek did not seem to realize that she was inside the room with that
creature and the bedroom door could not be opened from inside even if
she wanted to.
She looked fearfully at the creature which was hanging upside down
from the ceiling.It looked as if he was planning to settle down there
for the night.She started remembering all the horror stories which
invariably included bats in them.
What if this is vampire bat? She thought with a sinking feeling. It
seems that they could drink the blood of the victim human or animal,
without even waking them up from sleep.She had read that they had a
chemical called Draculin in their saliva which prevented the blood
from coagulating.
Is that how Dracula got his name ? or is it the other way round?
Meena decided to rein in her thoughts.She was getting too carried
away. She told herself firmly that there were no vampire bats anywhere
in the world except Latin America.This must be a fruit eating variety
. She tried to call Vivek to tell him this info and calm him down but
he seemed to be out of hearing range.
She was in fact extremely surprised to see vivek’s panicky behaviour.
Of course bats were not very nice creatures to look at but for a
fighter pilot who was used to dangerous flying such a phobia seemed to
be out of place.
Looking at him now , nobody would think that he was a part of many a
high risk bombing missions of the India Air Force and was considered
very capable by his colleagues and peers.
She had often wondered at his courage when he narrated certain
instances where things had gone wrong during the flight. S he in fact
had been very worried when she was newly married but had got used to
it now.
She remembered the incident which had happened two years back.Vivek
and his friend
Colonel Sanjay had been on duty that day.They were flying high and
were approaching the target. They could see the beautiful vales and
streams of Kashmir from where they were. Suddenly the fighter plane
encountered enemy fire was losing height very fast . Both the pilots
had to eject .But Sanjay’s Girdle was struck and he was unable to free
himself .
The plane had hit a mine field by then and set off a mine.The wingtips
caught fire.
Vivek had by then descended .Quickly composing himself he ran towards
he smouldering aircraft even as onlookers warned him that it would
blow up any moment.
After struggling with the pilot’s straps he finally managed to
extricate him from the plane and dragged him to a distance even as the
plane caught fire. Sanjay’s leg had been badly injured and they
managed to get him to the hospital for treatment.
Vivek had been awarded a bravery medal after that incident.
She found herself laughing at the irony of the situation.She would
love to take a photograph of vivek now and put it up in the
drawing room next to all those medals.
She decided to do something about this creature.Ofcourse she could not
be locked in this room till morning.
She looked to see if the window was open.The window on the north side
was indeed open.She looked behind the almirah and found vivek’s golf
kit. She took one stick and slowly and gently raised it towards the
bat. The bat moved to another spot.Meena relentlessly changed it for
some time till the bat went outside the window.
She then banged the door till vivek opened it.
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