The Rotten Egg

28th September, 2010

Adrian De La Cruz for The Rotten Egg

Reporting from,

Andheri, Mumbai, India.



The city witnessed violent lightning storms for two hours this evening. It seemed pretty clear that the Almighty wanted to have the earthlings a preview of his/her wicked Lazer show. The scare tactics worked and people rushed to hide under large trees or ran through the streets talking to their dear ones on their cell-phones. The wild streaks across the sky also ruffled a lot of feathers at the Good Shepherd Church in Four Bungalows market locality of Mumbai’s Andheri suburb.

As the last of the parishioners stayed back waiting for the storm to pass, the Church’s rather healthy flock of chickens had nowhere to hide. For nearly half an hour they beat their wings in utter terror and flash upon flash illuminated the night. They clearly expected to be claimed any second and their piteous cries could be heard all over the market road. The owner of the corner chicken shop was also present at the scene. There was no sign of relief for the traumatized birds until the Church Guard finally saw sense and managed to round them up and drive them all the way up to the roof. His stroke of genius clearly worked, for fifteen minutes later, all was quiet once again. It is learnt that the Church trust will now build a permanent wooden shack for the flock to take shelter in during future lightning storms.



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