CINDERELA .......[short story]

"Hello Kalesh….. how r u man………."
"Who is this stranger with u……… "
"This is my friend…. Cinderalla……….."
" Hi……… I am cinderella………."
"I work here one of the school……. I am a nursery teacher……."
" Nice to meet u….."
"where do u hail from…………. "
"I am from ahemedabad…….."
" And u……… "
"I am kalesh’s friend…….. we are from same palce………"
" May I know your name sir…….."
" yes of course…….. in fact I forgot to introduce me to u…….. I thought kalelsh told u about me…………"
" My name is prakash……… I am the manager of a firm promoting office equipments and we are specialized in systems…………"
" Itz nice I met somebody like u…….."
" in fact we were looking for a person like u… we need some office equipment to our school……… we have about 3000 students……. And I am the coordinator for the PTA…..lots of responsibilities to take care of the children and parents…………"
" We are sick of dispatching mails to the parents…. The most problem area is to have the address printed on the envelopes, seal them and put stamps……… This takes about 15 days…….. before dispatching these mails we have to start processing for the next meetings………"
" Can us suggest mr prakash some methods to ease our problems……….."
"Yes, of course……. There is an advanced postal franking machine, which seals the envelope and it takes hardly 10 minutes for 1000 letters…. The stamp couter to be set according to postal tariff……."
" How much does it costs… can we have a quotation….."
" Of course……. If u could give us your actual requirement, we shall furnish the quotation by telex…… or we shall call on you…… any time……..any where…….. …….."
" prakashettan……….. while introducing my girl friend to you, she is concluding a business with u….. please keep a margin for me and to have good commission………"
" in fact there is no provision to have the commission here……….."
" if that is the case I will tell her not to buy things from u……… "
well……… she is your bird…….. u may do what ever u feel like………"

few days passed…… we had no news from either the bird of kalelsh…… one day I met her accidentally in a casino at baden baden in germany……..
" hi prakash…… what a surprise……… u here???????? Whatz happening……." "I cant just believe………….. What u are doing here little girl………."
" I am sorry ….. I forgot your name……."
" I am cinderalla……….."
" Yes dear….. tell me more about you and let me ask u too what u r doing here…….."

Although I work in Oman, I keep going to UK to meet my in laws……… last week while I was in London……. Friend of mine told me that she has to go to Frankfurt for some thing…. And she wanted me to accompany her…….. then I joined here………
"But how come u are in the casino…….."
" do u know gambling…………."
" Ha ha hhhaaa………… My friend prakash……. What a silly question u are asking me………"
" this is a world of gamblers………."
" I am sorry dear I don’t understand any thing what u say…….. I am totally confused…….."

While we were talking………. Another bird came in between……..

" May I interrupt u sir for a while………"
" Yes, of course….. pls go ahead……… u are most welcome………."
" I am miss. Kreamer friend of Cinderella……….. my would be is working part time in this casino…………"
I see…………
"may I know your name sir…………"
" can I do some thing for u………."

Why don’t we hve a drink together…………….. Yes, I would love to have a drink……. Itz pretty cold outside…….. minus 32 degrees……… Let us move to that blue corner……. U can find some thing spicy there……..

Yeah, cinderalla…. Pls come……….. Who is going to order for us………… Cinderella was looking at me……..

Yeah, of course….. I don’t mind to order……… Cinderalla is fond of “bloody mary”…….
" And whatz your choice or favourite….. kremer………."
" I too hve bloody mary………."
" And I will hve a beer……. I am really fond of german beer……. Itz is slightly bitter than Indian beer….."
" Hi … bearer……. Can u fix up drink for these birds……… 2 bloody mary……."
" What sort of combination u need sir………."
" Vodka + tomato juice and little Tabasco sauce…….."

" Sir, do u like to have some duetch cocktails………"
" no, I am sorry………… this will do at the moment………."

Kreamer was talking like any thing and cinderalla could not ask any thing…..

"Prakash… u did not tell me how u have landed up this place……….."

" Itz a big story…….i cannot tell u that right now…….. some other time……. Now letz enjoy our drink……… "

"How did u reach here from Frankfurt prakash……."

I took a taxi from Frankfurt to Wiesbaden………. I had little work there………. And I came by train from there………. I have a friend here……… I shall be staying with her for a week………

" u mean “she”…… "
"yes, whatz wrong with u……. cinderalla………"
" Let me leave you after few moments…… I have to go out as I have an engagement with a doctor……… Doctor?!.........."
" yes, doctor………… "

"what make u cinderalla…. Every thing surprise………."
" I am not here just to c a doctor…… I hav lot of other things to do………."

Thatz wht I told u …… I shall tell u those later…….. this is not the venue for that………….

" Can I come with u prakash……….."
" no never………."
" You are a guest of kreamer……."
" Go with her…………"
" Where do u stay prakash in “baden baden"
"I shall let u know later.. please leave me your fone number………."
" Can I ask u some thing about the postage franking machine deal we had talked at Muscat………."
" No I am not interested……….. u may buy from some where else………."
" I don’t want to hurt your relation with kalesh………… "
"No ……. Prakash….. there is nothing like that……… we can buy things from where ever we like……….."
" Ok, then we shall re discuss the subject when I go back to Muscat…….. "
"When u are reaching oman……… "
"I cannot tell u those things now…….. Some other time…… Itz time for me to go………… I have a chauffer driven car…….. he has come to take me………."
" C u later……… "
"Have a nice evening……… kreamer and cinderalla………. "


[this story was published earier in my blog "smriti"]