Elders are elders after-all. Part 2.

 ..Contd. from part 1.......

After a day, as per the chalked out plan, Morris and his friends set out on the scheduled journey. But, this time he skipped meeting his grandfather, as he knew that he would again abstain him from going to the Waterfall. They reached the spot within two hours as it was not too far off from their dwelling. They parked the Jeep at a safe place and took out their trekking kits and got ready to be on board. There was a piece of warning on the notice board , which they overlooked. It said ‘the rocks are slippery, avoid trekking’. However the advice of his grandfather echoed in his mind when he passed by that notice board. The young blood is too adventurous especially when it comes to a challenge.

  Morris started to climb the last, only after his three friends already started on the journey. Suddenly he heard a loud scream of his friend, who had climbed up to the height of about 50 feet’s on the rock. He was falling like a broken star from such a height.  They all got frightened imagining that as soon as he hits the ground, he would be broken to pieces like a glass, because of the altitude. To his good luck and by god’s grace beneath was the pool of deep water in which the waterfall fell. He went straight into that pool of water and got immersed very deep, then after a minute he came out screaming and awe struck. He couldn’t believe that he was alive, neither his friends could.

  Immediately, they dropped the plan to further the trip and started to pack their belongings and fled away from that place. They drove away at a lightning speed  and no one talked during the entire two hours as they were not only frightened but also surprised that no mishap took place. As soon as he reached home, Morris went to his grand father and narrated the entire episode to him. He also deeply apologized overlooking his advice and caught in feet in reverence. His grandfather was moved by his gesture, and patted his back forgiving him. He only uttered a single sentence ‘ We have passed your age,  thus we have experience’.

  Morris got the deep meaning in those words and gave a hug to his grandfather and had tears in his eyes.

 

Author                                              Prityarth.