Tuesday, 25 March 2014

A Fall




It was a comical sight.
I was going down a slope at full speed on my bicycle day before yesterday. I turned round a corner to find a car parked there. I braked hard, lost my balance, and fell down. 
I fell down in slow motion. Firstly I rested on my right palm, then right elbow, then right arm, and then the right side. 
The bicycle, clueless after losing its rider, decided to fall on top of me.

I dusted my aching behind as I raised myself up after pushing the bicycle aside. 
Then I saw them - a girl and a boy and their parents.
They were supposed to be jogging along the jogging path when they saw me fall. 
When the children saw me, they pointed out and giggled.
When the adults saw me looking at them, they quickly turned around, pulled the children and went their way, pretending that they did not witness my embarrassing fall.   
I am sure they laughed to themselves as they went along. 
I laughed to myself about what had made them laugh.