Just
for Fun!
It
was the first of April and I was late for school. In my hurry, I hadn’t realized
the significance of the date. My teacher looked at me sternly as I entered the
class, but didn’t say anything. In knew that she was angry with me because of
what had happened the previous day in class. Teacher had gone out of class for
a while and Shiva had pinched me, just for fun. I retaliated by tackling him.
He started laughing loudly and begged me to stop. Just then the teacher walked
in and she gave both of us a good piece of her mind. She even threatened to
report us to the headmaster.
During
lunch break, the head boy of the class came up to me and said, “Vasu, the
headmaster wants to see you in the office right away.”
I
was panic-stricken. Would he ask me call for my parents? Would he suspend me
from school? I was terrified.
Trembling
with fear, I went to the office and knocked.
“Come
in,” I heard the sharp voice of the headmaster.
I
walked in diffidently. “Yes, Sir,” I said, my voice shaking nervously, “You
called for me.”
“You’re
Vasu, aren’t you?” I nodded my head. “No, I didn’t call you. Whoever gave you
that idea?”
“But…
but… Anto , the head boy told me…”
“Child,”
his voice rose in anger, “Don’t you know that today is April Fool’s Day? you’ve
been made a fool of. I have good mind to call in Anto and tell him to keep his
April Fool jokes out of my office.”
