Last night I was reading a story about a ghost. It was already 1:30 am so I decided to sleep. But I was not able to close my eyes,my mind already full with that story. It was not scary,but funny. It was all about a scientist who invented a machine by which he could contact the ghosts. Now,I was wondering if at all,I come across such a situation,what would be my actions. When the sleep came I didn't really realize.
The ghost came to me in my dreams,but not in some scary form. It was a bunch of dead cockroaches, whom I killed immediately after coming back from my parental house. They took shelter in my kitchen cupboard which I didn't like at all. In my dreams I saw them in some opaque or vaporised form. I knew that these are the same cockroaches because they were coming out of my vacuum-cleaner,but in much bigger size. They were speaking our language,which amused me. But their version of communication was not at all friendly.
The biggest one of them,jumped on my microwave which is the highest point of my kitchen and started delivering an animated speech. Most of the phrases were so familiar to me,they almost copied the speech from TMC and Mamata Banerjee,our honourable CM. They were claiming a free land in my kitchen as their dwelling place. They also described how mercilessly humans are cornering them now a days,with all insecticides and cleaning materials. I already lifted a can of spray when I saw all the vegetables from fridge are coming out and joining them. They started supporting the cockroaches and complained about the misbehaviour of humans. Their concern startled me,they protested about being stored in fridge as it robs away most of the nutrients from them. To them,it was a sort of cruelty. When I was thinking about the remedies,suddenly the big fat chicken jumped down from the freezer compartment and chased me angrily. I could make out that it's also in a ghostly form because none of them bothered to open the fridge door and come out,they just "leaked" out,I should say!
The hen's version was even more frightening. It said,human beings increased consumption of chicken and decreased the amount of physical exercise. That resulted various health problems and obesity and as a result,consumption of chicken was "defamed", as it mentioned. But the habit is the guilty one,not the chicken. So it demanded an explanation immediately. I was so confused about how to solve these three different kinds of problems. They gathered around me,and hostility was shown on their vaporised faces. I asked for some more time but they needed an immediate action. At this point,each of them started fighting with others as they needed the solutions first. To save myself from this ghostly battle,I climbed on the microwave and tried to sit on it. But the leader cockroach was already there,it started pushing me away. Deafening chants from every corners of my kitchen made my ears ringing:
"Tanashahi Nahi chalega!"
"Murdakhori Nahin Chalega!"
"Buri Aadat Nahi Chalegi!"
TING TONG!
I thought it's some new form of the slogan.......but soon I realized that it's the doorbell. My hubby's back from office. I got up and opened the door. It was a bright morning and I felt good immediately. I walked to the fridge and removed the vegetables outside. From today onwards I will not store vegetables in fridge,I will buy fresh ones everyday and cook small amount. Also I am going to reduce the chicken consumption and increase exercising. Otherwise the ghosts will haunt me again tonight! But what about the cockroaches? Am I really going to allow them in my kitchen? No way! Let them haunt me in my dreams,I don't want them and I am not scared also! So where is my spraying can?
