Saturday, May 26, 2012

Eden's Apple

In addition to the earlier post Intellectual this is one more short story from Harishankar Parsai.......this is bit shorter and much lighter.......only a pint of sarcasm in it, still witty and thoughtful. The context also is known to most.

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Millions of year ago God, who is also known by many different names, started a garden of Apples. This garden was called 'Eden Garden'. There used to be good apple crop, selling of which produced good money for God. About Eden garden God has fueled strange rumors which made the garden mysterious. He spread the rumor that in garden at apple trees there lives a poisonous and large snake. Due to this very rumor the children from the secondary school nearby didn't use to get inside the garden neither their teacher used to tell them to bring apples.

One year due to some unknown reason there was a bad apple crop. Though the quantity of apples were much but all of them were tasteless and rotten from inside. God tried a lot but no one really got ready to buy them. A few customer who took it returned in an hour or so with complains. God was really worried. All the crops were useless and he didn't has the hope of selling them.

One day 'Eve' came to God. Eve was a supremely beautiful lady. She was intelligent too. This rarely happens. It was the same Eve who started the 'Eve's weekly' magazine which is still circulating. In east so old magazine is only the one started by Lord Shiva 'Shankar weekly'.

The whole locality was attracted to Eve. Just to watch her there used to be a crowd. Eve asked God the reason of his worry. God replied "Whole crop of apple has gone bad. No one is ready to take them even for free".

Eve said "I can make all of your apple sell". God smiled and said "You shouldn't be so proud of your beauty. It stays for few days only. Its momentary".

Eve said "Your philosophy won't work, the problem is to how to sell these useless apples which would be rotten in a week. I can do this miracle".

God said "Alright, If you can do then try".

Eve plucked an apple and took that to a photographer. She smilingly kept the apple in her mouth and got photo shot. God made the block of that picture. Eve went to a newspaper agency and published an advertisement in which Eve is smilingly eating the apple and beneath that it's written - "beautiful Eve says - I always eat apples from Eden garden. They are tasty and effective. My skin has become soft and shiny by eating this"

From the next day the advertisement started coming in the newspaper. The bill of the same advertisement were stick on walls everywhere.

The first victim of the advertisement was 'Adam'. Adam was the hero of the locality. He was crazy for Eve. he came close to Eve and asked "These apples are really so good? You like them?"

Eve sarcastically replied "Yes, am I lying?"

Adam said "then I too would eat, Let's buy an apple and we eat that together".

Adam bought an apple; half he gave to Eve, half he ate himself. This incident was known to everyone.

The effect of advertisement started. men anyway were ready to accept Eve's request. When women looked at the advertisement initially due to jealousy they said "Okay, the bitch got her picture in newspaper too!" then looked at the last sentence - "My skin has become soft and shiny by eating this" so called their husbands "Listen!! I am telling that while returning from office bring one kilo of Eden apple".

After a month Eve returned to God and said "Tell me, God".

God said "All sold out!".


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