Drumming clouds and dancing drops…(An anecdote)

It was a musical night. Drumming clouds and dancing drops shuffled my childhood memories. It took me less than a minute to reach my school’s playground. That day, we all were playing when suddenly our basketball game was interrupted by an inconsiderate rainstorm. But we decided not to get carried away with the fear of getting drenched and kept playing. Suddenly, the roaring call from our games instructor changed our daring attitude to a humble and obedient one. Within a minute, we all were in front of him, requesting permission to play further. The unexpected denial provoked us to play a trick, and we innocently told him that two of us would not be able to attend school for the next four days, and thus, lack of practice might restrict our team from winning the upcoming tournament. Finally, he agreed. However, his intelligent smile showed he had deduced our prank with no effort. Sometimes, the elders enjoy getting tricked.