Xclamator !!

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                                   A blue colored Bajaj Chetak sounding “brrrrrrrr” sped through the main gate of Elena Bettini School. Sitting on it and propelling it was Vittal. Anyone who cleared the main gate could see the mammoth building risen above the ground. One could see a huge oak tree standing in front of the building. This tree was encircled by a small and colorful circular garden. A sculpture of Mother Mary was installed in the shade and it made the entire garden look picturesque.

Vittal pulled-in his vehicle at one side of the school and walked towards the entrance. He barely strode across the exquisitely tiled corridor before Sister Lucy, the headmistress of the school, greeted him.

“ Hello Vittal, good morning ”

“ Good morning Sister Lucy “, acknowledged Vittal.

“ Very rarely do I see children’s fathers walking into this premises ”, smiled Lucy.

“ Yeah, I agree fathers are little lazy ”, responded Vittal with a broad cheer on his face.

“ Is there any purpose for your visit or you just dropped by , Mr.Vittal ? “, inquired the headmistress as she walked along with Vittal towards Class IV.

“ Yeah I will tell you, but you must not hold any impression against Rahul “, sighed Vittal and continued to walk along.

“ I had a longer day at office yesterday and returned home late. Rahul was already busy watching his favorite toon show on television.

 To unwind myself I took control of the television and tuned in a sport show ”, continued Vittal.

“ However Rahul was unhappy and instantly sulked at me for my act. I turned a deaf ear to his request and asked him to do some reading for which he protested.

He even went to the television and operated the buttons manually. I never gave up kidding with Rahul. He wouldn’t stop bugging the TV. So I took advantage of the TV-remote in my hand and used the power of CHILD-LOCK feature that seizes the manual operation.

And this event made him more grumpy and he ran away to his mother ”, heaved Vittal as they reached the mouth of Class-IV.

The kids had completed their lunch and was making most of their lunch-break. From outside, Sister Lucy noticed that the blackboard was filled with something peculiar.

The blackboard had a heading PUNCTUATION MARKS. By the style Lucy could make out that the content was written by Miss Bindu, the teacher dealing with English. Miss Bindu had a unique and fascinating way of teaching.

Lucy could see that the board had the following content.

  . –  Stopper

 ? –  Interrogator

, –  Separator

“ –  Highlighter

She ignored the rest and turned to Vittal.

“I hardly understand why you are talking about all this to me Mr.Vittal ”, confessed Lucy as Rahul took a glance at his father standing at the door.

“Sister Lucy, I thought yesterday I had won over my kid but….“,Vittal gasped heavily.

Sister Lucy who was still confused - dressed her face with an “Interrogator” and was about to talk as she saw Rahul coming close to his father with a TV-Remote in his hand.

Lucy was surprised and hardly knew how to react when she instinctively 
tilted her head towards the board which had one more line  ! –  Xclamator

Conceived and Written By,

Jayanth