April Fool Day

As the month of April is at hand there is a kind of preoccupation in my mind. It may be because of the academic closing of schools which has to be planned with outings and trips or may be due to the change of weather that we experience and many times it forewarns me about the first day of the month. Even by the closing days of March my inner voice begins to warn me, “Beware, April first, the April fool day!”

Day of Indelible Memories

When we were children the teachers used to warn us strictly about this day. They will say, “We will tear off your certificate and send you out. You cannot write your annual examination and you will spoil your whole future!” They will frighten with all their powers and means. But who cares? In spite of all these warnings and punishments our mischievous reactions on this day were on the increase only. Even the first grade boys will have potato seals with the letters “A.F.” which can display impressions on the back of others’ shirts. Some will present chocolates to their friends to see their fooled faces when they open the covers and find a stones inside! As the grades are higher the heroic deeds are more mischievous!

My A. F. Experiences

When I was in the sixth grade, I was searching for a victim on an April fool day. Unfortunately it was a holiday and I could not get any of my friends. I just looked at the daily and got a phone number. It was a rental ad. An advertisement about leasing their house for rent. I dialed the phone and there was a “hello” from the other side. There was a condition in the ad. “House for rent only for those who don’t have children.”

“ I don’t have children .My father and mother are with me. I want to have your house for rent,” I told the lady who was on the phone.

Probably she should be the owner of the house.

“Did you read the condition?” she asked in a serious tone.

“Yes I read,” I replied.

“Sure, but where are you calling from?”

“From Chennai,” I told her the fact since her house was five hundred kilometers away from my place.