I stood in front of it; mesmerized by how it functioned without flaw…it looked too right. I kept staring for a while before declaring that it was a trap.
My brother looked at me as if I had lost my mind. He, four years older than me, prided himself with knowledge of technology. Whereas, I at the age of five still wasn’t introduced to the term “Science”.
He looked at me with all the confidence and said “just do it”. Then he took my little hand and made me take a step forward.
Half jumping, really scared, even before I knew it, I was standing on a step and the escalator was safely moving.
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To this day, I hesitate before stepping onto an escalator going down. When I was a child, I had a nightmare about falling down an escalator, and even now I can't quite get rid of that initial hesitation.
ReplyDeleteThank you for visiting Crazy Town in Looney Land
Thanks :) Good to feel am not alone
DeleteSounds like my mom :D She's till afraid of the escalator :) nice one, Sugandha :)
ReplyDelete:D Some of us always are
Deletelike me.. i still have the fear of it! one of the major fear that i've to outgrow staying abroad! :)
ReplyDeletelike me.. i still have the fear of it! one of the major fear that i've to outgrow staying abroad! :)
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a kid I always thought that if I stayed on that thing, it would catch my toes and pull me to the underside. I still hop off before I reach the top or the bottom!
ReplyDeleteIf I let my imagination run, I'd still think that
DeleteYeah, I guided many a frightened relative up and down on an escalator!
ReplyDeleteI know the feeling. It took a long time for my Mom to get used to elevators and escalators.And in malls it is a common scene, every now and then you do see scared people at the either end of the escalator!
ReplyDelete:) yeah
DeleteI'm glad for the online accessibility to books. I used to live in a town with a small library only open Tuesday afternoons. They had four whole rows of books, and that had to include children's books and those for adults, and from fiction to nonfiction to textbook. Choices were very limited. Now we live in a town with a bigger library. I think they have at least 15 rows of books and three computers. :-)
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Delete:) I am still afraid of escalators and avoid it any cost. Only if there are no alternatives, that I step on it
ReplyDeleteIt can get a bit scary
DeleteHehe. Nice twist at the end. I'm a big fan of this genre - twisted tales. Keeps readers glued and there's no way they can predict how the story's going to unfold. I write a lot of such stuff.
ReplyDeleteYeah, escalators can be tricky, especially for kids. They might not be able to judge when to step on and off one - timing is important here.
Well written. Blog rolling you.
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Thank you :) I try to create a bit of suspense although i feel it's not my thing to do.
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