Operation Pendulum...

Hi Rachel and everyone...
What do you think of the title?? Firstly, let me tell you how I came up with this title...
The other day, I was reading a novel called Five Point Someone. This "Operation Pendulum" is the title for one of the chapters in that book. That chapter describes about three students from IIT who attempt to steal the examination papers. So, I thought that this title would be apt for this post.

We were standing beside the Computer Lab. We got a confirmation from Gopal that noone was coming. He had been there for nearly 10 minutes to check out whether any teacher was coming near to us or not. In fact, it was 6 O' clock in the evening. So, we were sure that no teacher would come there. Murali climbed on to the window and opened the window glass. We could see the box containing the question papers. It was kept on the top of a shelf. He tried to pick up the question papers but his hand was too short. So, we asked Gopal to do that. He carefully picked one question paper from the box and got down. We immediately got that photocopied. We were dancing on the roads when Mohan stopped us and told
" The papers in the box are of a limited number. Even if one copy is missing from the box, the teachers will definetely get a doubt. So, we have to place the copy in that box."
We looked at one another. It was already 7 O'clock and the night watchman would have started his rounds. Murali started crying. We were silent for another 10 minutes. Suddenly, Gopal said,
"Let's do it. We'll place the paper in the box."
Somehow, we got the confidence. In the next minute, we were at the gate. I walked straight into the school and looked for the watchman. He was sleeping at a corner. I picked a stone from the ground and dropped. The stone dropped making a big noise. And, the watchman got up and cried, " Who the hell is that?"
I approached him with a gentle smile and said, " Hey..I forgot one of my notebooks in the class room. Can you please come with me?"
He accepted and accompanied me to the class room. Immediately, my friends, who were watching the entire scene somewhere in the bushes, ran to other side of the building where the Computer Lab was located.
I searched the class room for more than 15 minutes but could not find my book ( actually, it was safe in my house!!!). I said to the watchman that I had misplaced my book somewhere and came out.
At the junction of the road, my friends were standing. I asked them whether they have placed it safely or not.
They all screamed...
" We placed it ra...."
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And do you know what we had done the next day??? We prepared slips( small papers on which the answers are written for an exam) and copied from them. How busy we are????


Satya....
Life is creative...
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