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Kidnapped

Hai readers

Here is a story I wrote for our literary club in school. The topic was given by our teacher.

Kidnapped
It was a bright and sunny day when I set out on foot to my aunt’s house which is about five km away from mine. But just as I had covered about 1 km it grew very windy and suddenly I found myself running because it was raining very heavily. I felt quite relieved when I saw an auto rickshaw at a distance. I put out my hand to stop it and boarded it telling the driver where I had to go. The driver stared at me for a time and then started the auto. But I dismissed it out from my mind.
I had been sitting in the auto rickshaw for a long time wondering why we hadn’t reached my aunt’s home. The rain had slowed down and as it stopped, my heart almost stopped too. We were driving through a deserted unpaved road. I looked at the driver in the side view mirror and he saw my shaken face and sniggered.
He took a cell phone from his pocket and started speaking loudly as if he wanted me to hear him. “Ah! Boss! Yes, I have got that daughter of the bank manager. Now all we’ve to do is ask for the ransom. We are sure to get it from the bank manager in return of his precious daughter!”
I was shocked! I started yelling. But there was no one to hear me. Oh no! Now what will happen? We had entered a little village and I could see small huts in the distance. Suddenly the rickshaw stopped with a jerk. There was a shepherd with his sheep crossing the road. The driver had his head out and was shouting at the shepherd. Now was my chance!
I jumped out and ran yelling all the time. The driver gave out a cry and started to follow me but he was surrounded by the sheep. Soon he was chasing me again but when he saw me entering a hut and coming out behind a giant man, he gave up and went back to the auto rickshaw. How he must have felt. He jumped in and the auto sped away.
I had never felt so relieved in my life. But there was one more problem. How was I to get back home? I was wondering about it when I suddenly saw our milkman, a very honest and kind fellow. I wondered how my mother would feel when she see me coming back home with our milkman.

Hope you enjoyed it.

Bye

-Rupashri Ashok