Man of word (standard:humor, 1453 words)
Author: Lincoln	Added: Apr 27 2003	Views/Reads: 3318/2116	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
He was vexed. Clearly cannot accept that anybody underestimated his words of refund.

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I was on the top of the world. In the next morning I had decided to try
my hand in horse riding. With the help of my cousins I had managed to 
sit on the horses back. Then every body let loose the horse. I was 
sitting on the horse alone. But alas! The horse was not moving. It was 
standing still. Everybody advised me to kick the horse's belly and 
loosen the bridle. I was excited and very afraid. Slowly I kicked the 
horse's belly and loosen the bridle. But there was no reaction from the 
horse. I was wondering what was wrong with the horse? 

Then suddenly the horse gave a huge neigh. I became unstable on the
back. The horse started jumping on his hooves. Everybody ran away, and 
took shelter. I was very afraid. I grabbed the mane of the horse with 
my two hands and leapt the horse with my legs. All on a sudden the 
horse started to run. It was running away from my house. I could feel 
the violent wind in my ears. My body was jumping on and off the horse's 
back. Only god knew where it was going. 

For first few seconds I could hear hue and cry around me. After some
time the sounds vanished behind my back. I was trying heart and soul 
not to let lose my arms or legs. I was trying best to stay on the 
horse's back. The horse was running through the streets. People in the 
street were looking at the horse in disbelieve and was running away for 
safety. 

The horse took a turn and was now running through a rural road. A man on
a bicycle was so surprised that he just went straight to a pond with 
the bicycle. The situation became worse when some stray dogs started 
shouting at the horse while running with it for some time. I was so 
frightened that I nearly missed my heartbeat. Then suddenly the horse 
entered into a house and just stopped. It gave a sudden frightening cry 
and tried to stand on its back feet, clearly to let me off from its 
back. I wanted to take this opportunity to leap off from the horse. As 
I was trying to slip off from the back, the horse quickly jumped on its 
fore feet and gave me a sudden back kick. I flew through the sky like a 
football. When I was again down on the earth, I had certainly lost my 
senses for a few seconds. 

When I opened my eyes, I could see one annoyed face looking at me
angrily. At first I could not recognize him. But the words from his 
mouth helped me to gain my senses. He was no other than the horse 
trader!! He was very annoyed. He was shouting at the top of his voice. 
He was telling me, “You really did not need to come to my house to 
return back the horse!! You could just send me a messenger. I could 
have gone to your house at anytime to pay you back and take back my 
horse. You should have shown faith in my words.” 

I was confused. I wanted to tell him that I was not happy either to give
him a surprise visit. The horrible horse had taken me to his house 
without my permission. But no sound came out from my mouth. I was 
groining in pain. 

No body was listening to me either. The horse trader was continuing, ‘I
am a man of word. I keep my promises. All you needed to do was to send 
me a messenger. You were not required to come personally..........” 


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