Elevation of Life

FIRE IN MY GRANNY'S BELLY

So, I sat down to apt an anecdote, which took place between me and my granny after publishing my first dear book, 'Elevation of life'.

After a couple of days of release of my book, I found my granny awake the whole night. And this followed for the next several days.

I didn't get, why a retired Biology professor of one of the best universities was burning fuel the whole night.

Nor, I could ask her!

Once, during the dawn while I was still asleep, some kind of hubbub was going on in my house. I heard my parents and my grandpa calling and looking for my granny.

I woke up and went to them.

"Hello!" as I said everyone turned towards me, "What's happening? What's the matter? You all look so worried."

"Dear, we're looking for your granny. She is missing from early in the morning," said my grandpa. Then it was my voice which said, "You must know, she goes for her walk everyday. Or forgotten?"

Everyone began gazing at me with narrowed lids. I couldn't stop myself to laugh, so I triggered laughing so loudly that my little pet also woke up and began barking.

"Yeah! My son, she goes for a walk but, not so early. Not before the dawn. Not with her phone. Not by the car," explained my mummy to me.

My papa then telephoned the granny's number but no response. Merely the bell rang.

Everyone got upset, even I and my pet too.

Papa went out in her search with mummy. I sat with my grandpa and my pet in the parlour room waiting for her. Grandpa was gaping out of the window and noticing every vehicle which trespassed through our garden, though a placard was put out in the garden saying, "Trespassing not allowed."

After a couple of hours, the pet started pouncing and capering at the noise of a vehicle. It depicted, he was jolly. He was the first one who recognized that the approaching vehicle was of our granny.

I had goose bumps on to the arrival of the benevolent lady. All of us raced towards the entrance. Meanwhile, my parents too arrived. When she came in, a session began, all of several questions and answers.

And at the end of it, they discovered that granny had gone to take a view of sun-rise to her best buddy's house; Dr. Suzzen, who was the owner of the same university.

At the same night, after finishing up with the supper while I was sitting at the terrace granny came and sat beside me. She spoke nothing for some time. She rather looked sentimental. As I was to ask what the matter was, she immediately spoke, "It had been a sombre morning today."

"Why granny? Is all well?"

"Indeed, I didn't go to Dr Suzzen's house today."

My heart palpitated. I thought so why would have granny lied?

"So, you lied?" asked I.

"Not thought to, actually I was had to. I had to lie in front of everyone for I never want to count my chicken before they're hatched. Thus, I never want to flaunt until I approach my destiny. I went very far..... to 'The Writer's Bureau Publication', hence by my car.

"Publication? To publish what granny?"

"My creativities!"

"Your creativities?" I asked being surprised.

"Exactly dear. After getting your book published, I was glad for you and even got inspired by you and your writings. So, I braced myself and I too began writing which was one of my hobbies of childhood.

But when I went to the publication department, the publisher refused to read my writings. And ...."

"And....?"

"And the publisher was my own son, other son. Your father's elder brother. He had quarreled over your grandpa 4 years ago for a sort of money. Your grandpa was once engulfed in the trap of debt just because of your uncle, yet .... yet he quarreled."

My feelings got on fire.

"Oh! Come on granny. Don't be so sentimental. There are several publications in our country. Rather in our own town. Why don't you prefer the same one which I did?"

Granny nodded and lent me her journal. Granny's eyes depicted she had fire in her belly to reach her destination.

I put my eyes into the journal and couldn't even raise them up until and unless I finished reading as they were so catchy.

I was amazed as they were jaw dropping. They even elevated my mind. They contained pun.

The very next day, I consulted the same publication for granny which I consulted for myself. They too found them fascinating & agreed to publish in the form of a book.

She became so jolly and embraced me.