(This story is written for my grand son)
One fine evening when amma went to Vijetha store to purchase paneer etc, and when Pradyu and Jyotir were alone in the house, a bright idea struck Pradyu.
“Jo come here quickly” shouted Pradyu
Jo came running to his brother.
“Jo I have a great idea. Why don’t we make our names entered in Guinness Book Of World Records?” said Prdyu in a thoughtful way.
“How can we make that aniyaa(annayya-elder brother)?” asked Jyotir innocently.
“Either we have to achieve extra ordinary things or we should appear extra ordinary .” said pradyu.
“OK aniyaa let us start doing some extra ordinary things.” said Jyotir happily.
“Hey !doing extra ordinary things is not that easy! We have to think very seriously about them.” Said Pradyu very seriously.
“Ok aniyaa let us think very seriously” said jyotir still seriously.
“For thinking seriously we have to pace up and down at a great speed in this room. You start from that end and I will start from this end.”
“Ok aniyaa I am ready”
So they started pacing up and down at a great speed.
“Thaaaad !” came a sound after few minutes. That was the sound of bumping both of them into each other. And there was a nice round bump on each ones forehead.But they did not bother and continued pacing up and down.
“Idea!” shouted Pradyu after few minutes.
“An idea will change your life” shouted Jyotir.
“Hey don’t utter that sentence whenever I say idea” said Pradyu angrily.
“Ok aniyaa I will not utter that sentence. But what is the Idea?” asked Jyotir eagerly.
“How about growing our nails six feet long?” asked pradyu
“I will make them grow right now ” shouted Jyotir happily.
Pradyu thought deeply for few seconds.
“No! I think this will not work. We have to protect the nails very carefully. More over we cannot scratch our head while doing our home work” said pradyu.
“Yes it will be very difficult for me not to scratch my head when doing home work” agreed Jyotir.
“So let us think another idea.” Said Pradyu.
Pace…..pace….Thaaaaad!
Pace…..pace….Thaaaaad!
This went on again for few minutes.
“Idea!” shouted Pradyu.
“An idea will NOT change your life” shouted Jyotir.
“Hey why do you utter inauspicious things “ shouted Pradyu angrily.
“But you disallowed me from saying ‘an idea will change your life’ “ defended Jyotir.
“That does’nt mean that you can add a NOT to your sentence”
“Ok aniyaa but what is the idea?”
“How about climbing Himalayas in two days? We can make it on Saturday and Sunday so that we will not miss our school”
“Ok aniyaa I will pack my bag right now” said Jyotir jumping.
“But aniyaa I will carry my school bag also. I can complete my home work while climbing up.”
“Wait wait I think this is not a good idea. We have to carry oxygen and food packets also. Carrying school bag along with them will be very difficult” said Pradyu thoughtfully.
“But we will be too tired to do home work after returning from Himalayas” said Jyotir.
“So we will drop this idea” said Pradyu.
Pace…..pace….Thaaaaad!
Pace…..pace….Thaaaaad!
This went on again for few minutes.
“Idea” shouted Pradyu.
“I don’t know if an idea will change your life or not” shouted Jyotir.
Pradyu first looked angrily at Jyotir . But he controlled himself and patiently explained to Jyotir.
“See Jo! You are still small. These ideas changing life etc will only happen in advertisements. Understand?”
“I understand aniyaa. But what is that idea?” demanded Jyotir.
“How about making a cake as big as our building?” said Pradyu.
“It will be wonderful aniyaa. Let us make chocolate vanilla cake” said Jyotir with water in his mouth.
“Hey don’t be very greedy! First let me see the recipe in the internet “ saying this Pradyu walkd into comp room. He returned with a sunken face after few minutes.
“Why are you sad aniyaa? Is cake making very difficult?” asked Jyotir his big eyes still making bigger.
“Jo cake making is not a problem. But the problem is with the toothpick” said paradyu very seriously.
“Toothpick?!” exclaimed Jyotir .
“Yes! While baking the cake we have to insert a toothpick into the cake periodically to check if the cake is properly baked or not. How can we make a toothpick as tall as our building? So we will drop cake making idea” said pradyu.
“Aniyaa please give me five minutes. I will call Amma and tell her to bring me some cup cakes” said Jyotir water still in his mouth.
“No! No eating business now! We have to think , think and think that’s all! Come on start pacing up and down the room!” said Pradyu in a firm voice.
“Ok aniyaa” said Jyotir obediently.
Pace…..pace….Thaaaaad!
Pace…..pace….Thaaaaad!
This went on again for few minutes.
“Idea” shouted Pradyu
“An idea will change Abhishek Bachan’s life” shouted Jyotir still loudly.
Pradyu cast a quick angry glance at Jyotir and shouted angrily
“Why do you mention Abhishek’s name before me?”
“Aniyaa you yourself told a few minutes back that changing life will happen only in advertisements, and Abhishek Bachan is always there in this advertisement” said Jyotir innocently.
Controlling himself ,after few seconds, Pradyu went to Jyotir , put both his hands on both his brother’s shoulders and said
“Jo ! you dint see the life as much as I saw! So listen to my words. Don’t mention Abhishek Bachan’s name before me in future. Ok?”
“Ok aniyaa ! but what is the idea?”
“Why don’t we watch TV continuously for hundred hours?”
“Aniyaa this is the best idea of the day !” saying this Jyotir at once made a big leap from the ground to the sofa and grabbed the TV remote before landing on sofa.
“Hey Jo ! wait a minute. We cannot just right away start watching TV. We have to plan so many things.”
“like what aniyaa?”
“We have to decide what channels we have to watch and how much time to devote to each channel and many more things” said Pradyu in a thoughtful way.
“Aniyaa I will watch Doremon” said Jyotir happily.
“And I can watch my favorite science fiction seriel “ said Pradyu.
“So twelve hours for Doremon and twelve hours for science fiction” said Jyotir counting with his tiny fingers.
“No! I don’t think these TV people will telecast these seriels for twelve hours a day. They will be maximum eight hours a day. So we are left with eight more hours”
“What will we do with those eight hours aniyaa?”
“We have to watch either those stupid news channels or boring Sas Bahu seriels”
“But they are really boring aniyaa”
“So let us drop this idea also”
Pace…..pace….Thaaaaad!
Pace…..pace….Thaaaaad!
This went on again for few minutes.
“Idea” shouted Pradyu
“An idea will change Aishwarya Bachan’s life” shouted Jyotir.
Pradyu caught his head with both the hands and started pulling his hair.
“Aniyaa you said not to mention Abhishek Bachan’s name. So I mentioned Aishwarya Bachan’s name” said Jyotir making his eyes very big.
“It is a waste of my time explaining anything to you ! “ said Pradyu.
“But what is the idea aniyaa” asked Jyotir.
“How about each of us drinking a bucket of water?”
“Can I make sussoo after some time?”
“No! we have to wait until Guinness people arrive here and verify the fact”
“It will be very difficult for me to control aniyaa” said Jyotir with small drops of tears in his eyes.
“Ok then we will discard this idea also” said Pradyu
Pace…..pace….Thaaaaad!
Pace…..pace….Thaaaaad!
Pace…..pace….Thaaaaad!
Pace…..pace….Thaaaaad!
Pace…..pace….Thaaaaad!
Pace…..pace….Thaaaaad!
This time this went on for an hour.
No more ideas for pradyu!
Both became exhausted and sunk on two chairs oppositely placed.
After few seconds Pradyu looked at Jyotir’s face and shouted “I found it! “
Jyotir looked at pradyu’s face and shouted “I also found it!”
“Let us call Guinness people” both of them said in chorus.
Both of them googled for the Guinness people’s toll free number and called them over phone.
Within half an hour Guinness people’s representatives in Vizag arrived at their place. They have inspected every thing very carefully and finally said.
“Yes both of you have created a record! Both of your names will appear in our next edition”
They have entered their names in their laptops and left the house.
“Yaaahoooo!” shouted Pradyu happily after they left.
“Goooogle” shouted Jyotir still happily.
In his happy mood Pradyu forgot to scold Jyotir.
Thus ends the story of Pradyu and Jyotir’s Guinness record story.
Moral of the story: If two people want to pace up and down in a room, it is better to pace in the same direction unless they want make/ break Guinness Records.
Now a quiz for everybody:
What is the record made by Pradyu and Jyotir?
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Number of bumps on the head !