School bunks

How many of you had the opportunity to 'bunk' school and go to the beach ? If I were to ask today's generation I should rephrase my question - how many of you give the beach a miss once a while to seek refuge in a school....

I wasn't that lucky really. Infact, when Robinson Crusoe visited the beach, I didnt even get to meet him. Wont say which beach it was. It didnt matter anyway.

Just that it so happened my school decided to let go people off a bit early. And that too at 10.30 in the morning. My brother's friend, my brother and I being the little musketeer decided to rock the beach. Little did we know that we were still at risk of being closely watched by folks from the school. Damn the uniforms !

Less than 10 minutes into the beach, we realised we had committed the 'cardinal sin'. And my school, in a bid to show off their responsibility, decided to send a messenger to our homes first. I strongly condemn their attitude here. Aint they ought to bring us back from the beach first ? Well such things are for logical thinkers.

Having been noticed by school and having made to realise our sins, we decided to rush to our homes. The messenger was coolly sipping a cup of coffee much to our disgust. And before he left, my mom stashed a tenner into his palm for being prompt and 'caring'.

And the rest is all history as it happens between every dad and son. Some wooden foot long measuring devices were broken in the process. And promptly replaced with anything handy and in the vicinity. With me being the most naughtiest at home and equally response-less, I had to be given more weightage. Lucky brother always managed less than me. Even so this time.

Finally, the storm subsided after crisscrossing the beach several times.

Swollen legs, welled eyes and an extra hour of study (pretension infact) had to follow for a few days hence.

There you go - Robinson Crusoe II never made it to sea again during school and Daniel Defoe still is on the hunt. And if you thought my college exploits were any better - even worse. But that's for a different day.