A Little North Of Normality

"My voice is very loud exclaimed the monitor, Who asked me not to take his name But the students shouted even louder ----------- to decrease their leader's fame. The chalks were finished writing the names and cutting them off the board ---------- But the class was never quiet and shouted even more................... Back in the benches the students sat Far from the monitor's reach, his voice was like a grain of sand amidst the sandy beach. All day long the monitor cried, "Oh shut up naughty boys" But the boys were never quiet and never ceased the noise. "Wait for me and I'll tell sir and he ll give you pain" Quite suddenly the class went quiet and promised never to talk again. But lo oh! god the damage was done and the teacher had got the scent, He looked here and there and Soham and Rahul A solitary confinement. They of course protested much but it was all in vain. Whether they had made a noise the teacher did not want to gain. Soh

A duck once met a porcupine ; they formed a corporation Which called itself a Porcuduck ( a beastly conjugation ! ). A stork to a turtle said, "Let's put my head upon your torso ; We who are so pretty now, as Stortle would be more so !" The lizard with the parrot's head thought : taking to the chilli After years of eating worms is absolutely silly. A prancing goat - one wonders why - was driven by a need To bequeath its upper portion ta a crawling centipede. The giraffe with grasshopper's limbs reflected : Why should I Go for walks in grassy fields, now that I can fly ? The nice contented cow will doubtless get a frightful shock On finding that its lower lombs belong to a fighting cock. It's obvious the Whalephant is not a happy notion : The head goes for the jungle, while the tail turns to the ocean, The lion's lack of horns distressed him greatly, so He teamed up with a dear - now watch his antlers grow ! Translated by Satyajit Ray. The Bengali version i

A small cloud of smoke surrounded me last day in the bus.I got choked and finally was relieved after several bouts of severe coughing. I realized it was just that a man sitting beside me had excreted his cigarette's unabsorbed waste products.I was quite amazed to find people smoking with so much frolic and thinking it to be a symbol of charisma .They seem absolutely oblivious about it's ill effects .Though practically all efforts to stop smoking has been in vain new efforts are made every single day.The main problem is that people who smoke not only harm or practically murder their lungs also have a great hand in stabbing or injuring others lungs by passive smoking.The banning of cigarettes in Bollywwood Industry has been put forward by the government so that nobody imitates or tries to take the example of film stars.But modern day youth believes in setting examples rather than following pre-existing ones.Cancers can be kept at bay, Asthma literally wiped out,hea