It was really a dark night. I was trotting on footpath toward my home. I had brought a milk packet, a sugar packet and off course a packet of fine quality of tea. I had eaten my dinner in one of the finest restaurants of the nearby locality. I was stepping closer and closer to my home. The road was straight for about 400 metres ahead. I took right turn leading to a small width street just ahead of a bookstore on the road. It was really a small street. On both sides, there were independent houses and cars, motorcycles and scooters parked outside them. In this locality no one bother about building dedicated parking area in their homes. They just parked their vehicles in front of main gate on the streets leading to congention. Here I was strolling in this small widht street. Street lights on both side of street at small intervals were glowing. As I was about to take my next turn in other small street, those street lights stopped emanating lights. They were off simultaneously. It was stark darkness all around. I took my phone from pocket and turned on flash light of it. Slowly and steadily I was once again going to my home. After 2 more turns I entered into my street. My home was fifth home in that streat. There was darkness in that street also. I came in front of my home and knocked at main gate. Then I remembered that there are no one in my home and I took key from my pocket and opened the main gate. As I opened the main gate I stood frozen what I saw inside. All the stuff of my home were laying on floor all around as if someone has plundered my whole home. I entered into home closed the main door. I put milk, and things I bought in refrigerator. Using flash light of mobile I searched all around and also looked in almirah for valuables. Nothing was missing. In my bed room I saw a small space ship like object on floor. It was almost the size of small stool. Beside that on a small table, there lied a cake over which was written in red letter 'to explore the universe eat me, to continue the mundane and boring life ignore me'.
I became extremely curious seeing this. After thinking for some time I decided to eat the cake. After eating the cake, a strange sensation flew all around my body and everything all around me grew bigger. After carefully analysing all around I understood that I have shrunk down. Space ship had a big gate and now I was smaller than that gate. After few minutes space ship became lively and it's exterior was glittering with different types of lights. Gate of space ship opened and a squirrel, wearing a strange hat came outside. After seeing him I realised that I had shrunk to the size of a squirrel. Few more squirrels accompanied him. He came near me
"Hello good sir," these were the words that came out from his mouth and these were the words, I heard before fainting seeing a talking squirrel of my hieght.
© Salahuddin Ayyubi