Short Story 13 : The Last Call

The Last Call

                          - T ABRAHAM

    The cherry blossom trees were harbouring their pink leaves. It was the mid of April. The season of flowers and fruits with their energetic growth. Little Pinky was staying indoors with her new mobile phone. All her friends had invited her for the tea party hosted at Liddy’s house, but she was too busy with her mobile phone and she had totally forgotten about the lovely little tea party which was going to happen that very same day.

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    ‘Pinky… stop scrolling with your mobile phone and help me with some gardening work this evening’, said Mrs. Cephal to little Pinky. ‘Mama I have a tea party this evening at Liddy’s house. I am going there and would be back home by six o’clock’, said Little Pinky to her mother. Mrs. Cephal was happy to know that her daughter will be away from her mobile phone for some time if she is going to spend her time with her friends. ‘Get ready once it is three o’clock and reach the Lydan’s residence by four o’clock. And also, come home before it gets took dark’, said Mrs. Cephal to little Pinky who responded with a nod but her eyes were still glued to her mobile phone.
    It was two o’clock when Mrs. Cephal started to get ready and go to her sister’s house which was located in the Platter City. ‘Pinky… I will be back only by tomorrow evening. After the tea party water all the plants and keep all the lights on until tomorrow morning. You can get some honey and bread from the Talton Supermarket on your way back home’, said Mrs. Cephal to her daughter before going. Little Pinky was still scrolling and was absent-minded at this point of time. She did not even realise it was nearing three o’clock and suddenly she received a call from Little Liddy. ‘Hello Pinky! Are you coming for the tea party?’, asked Little Liddy. ‘Hello! I will come to your house by four o’clock Liddy’, said Little Pinky and ended the conversation with a good bye.
    Little Pinky started to get ready. It was almost half-past three and she had started to walk towards the Lydan’s residence. She has left her mobile phone at the Blossom Cottage and was unable to attend the call from her mother who wanted to remind her daughter about the dinner. Little Pinky reached little Liddy’s home on time. At the tea party all of them were having a good time. It was almost half-past five and little Pinky bid good bye to little Liddy and to all her friends. On her way back home she started to feel hungry and was thinking about the dinner. Suddenly she started to feel words ringing inside her ears.
    ‘Get some honey and bread……. I will be back only by tomorrow……. I called you. This is my last call….. and there is no signal here’, she heard a feeble voice of a woman from within her ears. Little Pinky did not hesitate to do the things mentioned by this voice.
    Finally, after the shopping she reached the Blossom Cottage and noticed the call from her mother. She tried calling Mrs. Cephal but there was no signal from her mother’s side. Little Pinky just followed the instructions given to her by the feeble, but a firm voice. Little Pinky completed all the chores and went to bed.
    The next morning little Pinky did not scroll through her mobile but started to read a book. Little Pinky started to forget about her mobile phone and was totally engrossed with reading. By afternoon she received a call from her mother.
    ‘Did you eat honey and bread for the dinner? Have you watered the plants and also kept the lights on?’, asked Mrs. Cephal to her daughter. ‘Yes mama, I did everything you had asked me to do’, said little Pinky. And she finally remembered the tasks given by the voice. ‘It was mama who had told everything to me before her journey. I was absent-minded, but managed to get those words into my brain unknowingly. Anyways, I have completed all the tasks’, little Pinky said to herself.
    It was the last words spoken by her mother before she had left for the Platter City. Last words are no more considered to be lost words, but they remain forever until the task is accomplished. Little Pinky managed to get her mother’s words and it was her last call for little Pinky to get away from the mobile addiction. Finally the addiction left little Pinky once she had completed all the tasks and also she had realised the power of her mind.