Apr 18, 2007

She stood on the bus stop after a day of grueling work at the lab. Unaware of the city and its people, she waited and looked on for her ride back home. The loud conversations, blaring horns, black smoke, hawkers shouting ... everything was irritating.

Suddenly, someone tapped her shoulder.
Someone: "Look thief!"
She: "Uhuh !"
Someone: "She's got a bag and a cellphone !"
She: "Uhuh !"
Someone: "Ma'am, its yours!!"
She: "Ok!....Errr what..."

And then she took off as fast as she could. Chasing the thief to get back her belongings. They weaved in and out little queues, ran around buses, jumped over garbage and finally she caught the thief by her hair, smacked her across her cheek and grabbed her things. The others looked on. She looked at her thief again, the thief had nothing but a look of desperation and a little child in her arms. She let her go. She looked around once more, they just kept looking at her.

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