WONDERFUL STORY..PLEASE READ IT..

 

 

There was a contest in a MNC software company to write a fictional story for 500  words max which would start with the line:à

 " On a dark and foggy night, a small figure lay huddled  on the railway tracks leading to the Chennai station " 

This  is what a guy wrote for the contest……. and surprisingly, it was adjudged the  best short story :  ))   

On  a dark and foggy night, a small figure lay huddled on the railway tracks leading  to the Chennai station. At once I was held back to see someone in that position  during midnight with no one around. With curiosity taking the front seat, I went  near the body and tried to investigate it. There was blood all over the body  which was lying face down. It seemed that a ruthless blow by the last train  could have caused the end of this body which seemed to be that of a guy of  around my age. Amidst the gory blood flow, I could see a folded white envelope  which was fluttering in the midnight wind. Carefully I took the blood stained  envelope and was surprised to see the phrase "appraisal letter" on it. With curiosity  rising every moment, I wasted no time in opening the envelope to see if I can  find some details about the dead guy. The tag around the body's neck and the  jazzy appraisal cover gave me the hint that he might be a software engineer. I  opened the envelope to find a shining paper on which the appraisal details where  typed in flying colors. Thunders broke into my ears and lightening struck my  heart when I saw the appraisal amount of the dead guy!!!!! My God, it was not  even, as much as the cost of the letter on which the appraisal details were  printed…. My heart poured out for the guy and huge calls were heard inside my  mind saying "no wonder, this guy died such a miserable death"…  As a fellow  worker in the same industry, I thought I should mourn for him for the sake of  respect and stood there with a heavy heart thinking of the shock that he would  have experienced when his manager had placed the appraisal letter in his hand. I  am sure his heart would have stopped and eyes would have gone blank for few  seconds looking at the near to nothing increment in his salary.   

While  I mourned for him, for a second my hands froze to see the employee's name in the  appraisal letter… hey, what a strange co-incidence, this guy's name is same as  mine, including the initials. This was interesting. With some mental strength, I  turned the body upside down and found myself fainted for a second. The guy not  only had my name, but also looked exactly like me. Same looks, same built, same  name…. it was me who was dead there!!!!!!!! While I was lost in that shock, I  felt someone patting on my shoulders. My heart stopped completely, I could not  breathe and sprung in fear to see who was behind……… splash!!! Went the glass of  water on my laptop screen as I came out of my wild dream to see my manager  standing behind my chair patting on my shoulder saying, "wake up man? Come to  meeting room number two. I have your appraisal letter  ready".