Perfect boss

There were about 70 scientists working on a very hectic project. All of them were really frustrated due to the pressure of work and the demands of their boss but everyone was loyal to him and did not think of quitting their job.

One day, one scientist came to his boss and told him, "Sir, I have promised my children that I will take them to the exhibition going on in our township so I want to leave the office at 5:30 pm."

His boss replied, "OK, You're permitted to leave the office early today."

The Scientist started working.. He continued his work after lunch. As usual, he got involved to such an extent that he looked at his watch only when he felt he was close to completion. The time was 8.30 PM.

Suddenly he remembered the promise he had made to his children.

He looked for his boss but he was not there. Having told him in the morning himself, he closed everything and left for home. Deep within himself, he was feeling guilty for having disappointed his children. He reached home. The children were not there.

His wife alone was sitting in the hall and reading magazines. The situation was explosive; any talk would boomerang on him. His wife asked him, "Would you like to have coffee or shall I straight away serve dinner if you are hungry?"

The man replied, "If you would like to have coffee, I too will have but what about the children?"

Hi wife replied, "You don't know? Your boss came here at 5.15 PM and has taken the children to the exhibition."

What had really happened was ... The boss who granted him permission was observing him working seriously at 5.00 PM. He thought to himself, this person will not leave the work, but if he has promised his children they should enjoy the visit to exhibition. So he took the lead in taking them to exhibition.

The boss does not have to do it every time. But once it is done, loyalty is established.

That is why all the scientists at Thumba continued to work under their boss even though the stress was tremendous.

By the way, can you hazard a guess as to who the boss was?

He was none other than the mastermind behind India 's successful nuclear weapons and missiles program.

Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, Former President of India .

Warewolf ...by varshu

Hey, guys!

Last Halloween I wrote a story and guess what "It got published".

The book's name is "Kalleidoscope- Writers' Connection 2007-2008", an online creative writing project.

It is a collection of selected stories published from a few schools in Toronto.Mine is on page 97 to 98 of 150 pages.The stories were compiled by Emily Hern and it is 19th edition.

With love,

varshu

Changes for the Worst

“I, Dr. Kelly am a scientist”. An alarm rang and I thought it was a fire. opened my eyes, and then I realized I was in bed. It was 7:45 AM. Then I woke up and had my breakfast. I had pancakes with maple syrup. I grabbed a glass of milk which was on the table and gulped it. I took the plate and the glass and placed them in the dishwasher. Then I walked to the basement.

My assistant was there. His name was Matt Duff. He had spiky hair. Matt said “Good Morning Dr. Kelly,” then he asked “what are we going to do today?” I re-plied “I am going to try making a volcano without vinegar and baking soda”. I asked Matt to give me the test tubes.

I sat on the couch and thinking about the volcano and climbed the climbed the stairs. I went to the hall and went in the backyard. I sat on a chair and then saw a purple liquid in the glass. It was shinning. Then I called “Matt”. He had the test tubes. I said “Matt can I have a tube and then he gave it to me”. Then I took the glass and poured the liquid into the test tube. So I went to my lab. I poured it into my latest device. The device would identify the liquid, but as the liquid in the glass is unknown, the device could not identify it.

So there was only one way to try it. I wanted to test it on Matt. I didn’t want Matt to know about it. Then I got an idea. I poured the chemical in to a glass and gave it to Matt and said “hey, Matt how about some wine”. I gave it to him. He said “thank you” and drank. For a minute it was quiet. Then I saw a yellow light from his back. Then it got brighter and bigger. The he started to rise. I couldn’t believe I was seeing this. It was scary. Then he stared to float in the air. Then we were at the same height. A red light came from Matt’s chest and went in to my chest. Then we fell down and I went unconscious. Then I had no idea what happened. Then I woke up. I saw an orange light. I screamed. When my mouth opened the light went in to my mouth. So I went unconscious again.

When I woke up everything was okay except I had grey hair all over my hands. I ran to the mirror. Then I discovered I was turned in to a Ware wolf. But I still had a big brain. I tried to shout help but all came out my mouth was “aaaaaaaawwwwwwooooooo....” I was really scared. I didn’t know what to do.

I went to the back yard again. I saw some more of it. I tried to grab it but I heard a noise. It was loud. It was Matt with my latest weapon. So I ran until I hit the fence. So then I hit the fence and it broke.

“Wow that was pretty good” I said to my self. So I continued running. I lived in Britain. He chased me all over London. I stopped and “Matt it is me don’t kill me”. Suddenly I felt pain in my body. I dropped on the hard asphalt. I felt rough. Then I had no idea what happened. Then I woke up again I felt evil. I shouted “aaaaaaaaawwwwwwooooooooo…”

So I ran into the woods. I waited for a month. It was very cold. In the day I used to sleep on the leaves. I was awake at night. I heard a big engine noise. It was an airplane in the sky. But I also become a normal wolf. Until I saw two bright lights, they were heading towards me. So I ran and to another tree. It was a car. It crashed in to a tree. I ran to the car. I used my jaws to get the person out. Then I bit him. He screamed. He suddenly shrank and become a wolf. We stayed together. Now there was only a day left to full moon. We spent the day sleeping and when it was night we saw a round moon.

We grew bigger. We shouted “aaaaaawwwwoo…”

We were heading towards London. A car hit the other Ware wolf. I ran to my home as fast as I can. I went in to my back yard. I had the chemical. I floated and even the other Ware wolf did and I found out the other Ware wolf was Matt. We were turned back in to humans and we were happy.

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Compiler's Comments:
Dear Varshu: That was a prolonged and involved adventure"you", Dr. Kelly and your assistant had in London when you turned into werewolves after offering Matt the purple liquid that started your transformations and then caused his when you bit him. What a relief it must have been when "you"finally returned home to the chemical that restored you to a human state. You, Varshu, are clearly a story teller who enjoys marking up characters and creating intricate plots that involve them. I'll enjoy reading more from your fertile mind....Emily