Baby: Daddy, yayayu?
Mother: She is asking you, “How are you?”
14 years later
Daughter: I have a stomach ache. Can I skip school today?
Mother: Which assignment did you not finish?
Tag: Fiction
Tiny Story: Guilt Trip
Wife: I know the windows of the bus are broken but it is our only choice!
The husband hesitates.
Wife: I don’t think it was in any accident. It was probably vandalised by the mob during last riots.
Husband (hesitating): Do you think the driver will recognise…
Tiny Story: The See-saw
While walking on the road
Me: These car drivers think they own the road. I wish I could teach them a lesson!
While driving a car
Me: These pedestrians just don’t know their place. I wish I could ban them from stepping on the road!
Tiny Story: Returning Home Questionnaire
Brother: Nice wheels! How much did the car cost?
Sister: Great shirt! Gucci?
Father: How’s new job?
Mother: You look thin. Are you alright?
Tiny Story: Insomnia
Mother (on the phone): I stayed up till 3 am waiting for the baby to sleep!
16 years later
Mother (to daughter): I stayed up till 3 am waiting for you to return!
Tiny Story: Paint and Brush
Mother to daughter: Would you stop painting yourself? I just gave you a bath!
16 years later
Mother to daughter: Would you quickly finish painting your nails? We are late for the party!
Tiny Story: Inventing Stories
Mother: The ‘baba’ (old man) outside our door takes away naughty kids…
16 years later
Daughter: A girl at school has invited me to her home for a girl’s night out…
Tiny Story: Face-off
In the face: Oh! What a darling baby! Where did you get this wonderful dress?
Back turned: That dress was so last year! And did you see her pudgy baby?
Tiny Story: Trip to zoo
Aunt: What did you see at the zoo?
Child: I saw a tiger, lion, elephant; and there were so many deer… The bear was black and it was walking on two legs… The monkeys had swings in their cages and they were…
Father: I saw my child laugh!
Tiny Story: Shab e Barat (The Night of Prayers)
He spent the night at his parents’ doorstep wondering how he could ask them to forgive him for turning them out of his house earlier.
They spent the night praying for him to come back to them.
Short Stories | Fish-eye Perspective 