We often talk about perspective, about differences in opinions and views. We talk about how life is unfair to fair people sometimes; how luck never favours the unlucky (??!!!); how opportunity knocked, but the butler was on leave; how ‘good’ things seldom seem to happen to good people; how life sometimes…ok ok…stuff like that.
Here’s a story that’ll tell you how your perspective and attitude is what matters in life — and how those are the things that open life’s windows for you into the wide, wide world!
Life through a Window…
I’ve written humourous posts, I’ve written sad posts, I’ve written hate posts, I’ve written despair posts, I’ve written book-review posts, I’ve written nostalgic posts, I’ve written funny love posts (if a tag can be considered π ) and I’ve written some other kind of posts too. I’ve even written a poem (4th grader’s though, it is) but I’ve never written a story! So, here’s one!
(Sakhi, watch out. I might just be a better story-teller than you! π π )
Life through a Window!
Not so long ago (around 4-5 months back), there lived a frog named Yey!. He lived by a patch of grass on a road’s dead end…and in his ‘neighbourhood’ there were a couple of trees, a pile of stones, a pile of bits and pieces of clothes (probably waste from the tailor’s place), screaming people who lived in big houses, 4 dogs and a corner which was always occupied by dog-shit π . The four dogs tried to annoy, irritate and humiliate Yey! all the time — whenever they spotted him, they’d chase him, scratch him, paw him…but never killed him! Yey! never complained. “How ironic”, thought Yey!, “I never feel like my name. Never!”
Yey! had, for some reason, imagined that this was the best place to be! He used to hop around town, searching for bugs and flies and any sort of food — but irrespective of the state of his tummy, by 7.00 he’d always rush back ‘home’. Because, every night, between 8.00 and 11.00 p.m., a girl would come out on to her balcony and stay there, chatting on the phone to God-knows-who (some wanna-be frog?).
Yey! used to hop around her, wondering when she’d come to her senses and kiss him (yeah…too many fairy tales, I know!) In fact, she and her on-the-phone friend had named him ‘Yey!‘ — surely, she wanted him to be happy and feel ‘yey’ all the time, he thought. Yey! yearned to get her love and attention. That never happened, and soon after that, the girl moved out of town too.
Yey! was heartbroken. He began to notice the kind of life he was having…dogs and dog-shit and screamer-at-dogs neighbour and piles of clothes and stones and dust and…and no water! Not even during the rains would a puddle form, where Yey! could swim around in joy! And what was worse, he did not even get the girl who’d given him a name, an identity! Yey! realised he was missing ‘life’ big time. Yey! decided that it was high-time he took some steps. He did.
The steps led him to an electronics shop. He bought a laptop. He decided:
I’ll make friends…
I’ll find a job..
I’ll socialise…
I’ll even blog!
And, my friends, he installed Windows XP! And got a Life through a Window! π π
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P.S.: Today, Yey! is a successful frog. He is happily married to Eeeks, one of the most beautiful females frogkind has ever seen; has 3 kids — Nge, Hain and Wow; works towards eradication of mosquito-borne diseases; blogs at frogspot.com; and has 871 friends in Orkut. Yey! does not believe in fairy tales anymore. His laptop is named ‘Mac-mac’. π
HAHAHAHA!!! π
One of the best posts I’ve read in a long long time! π
When you christened the frog, you never realized he could become so famous, did you??
Frogspot.com!! Mac-mac! π
And that pic! It’s sooooooooo cute!!!! π
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Yey!!! What a wonderful story…
That pic is sooo filmy!!! π
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Hahaha… Where do you get these sort of ideas?? π
Mac Mac and Windows!! How did these two come together!? π
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Yey!! Yey!! Yey!!
Yey! Frenz banata hai,
Yey! Blogging karta hai,
Yey! Jahan jata hai cha jata hai π
The pic really is damn cool π
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π
Sorry to be this pain who finds that odd tweak in your posts; you would wanna bold and ‘exclaim’ here, “where [Yey] could swim” π
Good one… Enjoyed it thoroughly. Neat nomenclature, too! π
Peace.
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Hey
Yeye definitely rocks…..Basically Life thru a window… makes us belive tat’s its in all in our mind!!Yeyye…Yeyye ki jai.Froggy family is too cuute!!Esp Nge
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Oh no, not another story within a story ~X( I am going bald reading these kind !
The foto btw, is cute, and made me hum the lata mangeshkar version of ” Kabhi Khushi, Kabhi Gham ” π
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@Smita
Awesome song!!! π
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the website frogspot.com exists π Lol,i thought the girl and the frog would fall in love,damn π
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This is fun! Wow..
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@Nikhil
Hehe…thanks π
No da, i never realised…if I knew, I’d have called myself Yey! π
The pic’s cute! Of course, yu’d say that !! π
@Aparna
Thanks!!
And yes…Yey! will be a famous actor soon! π
@Varun
I usually get them from the corner store. For this one, had to walk all the way to the super market π
Mac-mac and windows came together in on a Sony (Vaio)…er er…i mean Pony ! π
Thanks, for an unspoken compliment π
@Smita
Lovely song! Let’s put a tune tu it…and ask Vimal tu sing it for us ! π
@Kartz
Thanks for being a pain! π Why?? Why?? π
Well, there was one more place where I could bold and exclaim π ! Can’t believe yu missed it π
Thanks a lot. Glad you enjoyed it π
@Reets
Yey! Thanks π
And you like Nge?? Wow! π
You wont leave a link, huh? Sure? π¦
@Vimmuuu………………..
There’s no story within the story dear! What makes you think so? And bald? You?!! Nooooooo…nahiiiiiiiinnnn…..
Pssst…can yu sing Smita’s song for us? Please?
@Vishesh
I jus saw that! And there’s a blog section in it too!! π
Naah…am not one tu write love stories π but sorry for disappointing yu thr! π
@Pushkar
Welcome to AlphabetWorld! π
Thanks for a ‘wow’ comment! π
Keep visiting π
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Havooooooo ente eeshwaraaa! I have been pulling my hair out reading some stories and the stories that lie within.
and for the song, y not? Come up with some more lyrics and I will compose the music too. I will be dedicating a love song for Nikhil pretty soon.
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LOL π If I’m correct Yey and Hain are some words you or someone else uses frequently in chatting.
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Ah… I noticed it. Forgot to mention it, now that you remind me. π¦
Ah well, that was one pain less… π
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wonderful…liked the concept…
great that you gave yey a life..it was high time that yey realize fairy tales never work in this world of blogs and orkuts..!!
meanwhile what happened with the villains of the story…those street dogs..??
π
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Wonderful Priya, nice to have to back in form. π . loved the post.
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\m/ to yey! π
nice story!
may b u shud send it to tinkle π
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@Vimal
Hehe…thanks! Great, let’s compose, then ! π
@Reema
LOL…spot on, bud! π You cant really expect me to run around christening tadpoles π π
@Kartz
Sorry! Next time, i’ll point it out, let ya correct me, and then change it. Deal? π
@Vinz
Thanks! π
Villains? They’re just some street dogs, da. They never bought a laptop; not even a mobile phone! They still don’t know there are chances of getting a life through a window or even a screen, for that matter π
@Manu
Thanks daaaaa ! And glad to have yu in here tooo! π π π
Thanks!
@AV
Thanks! π
Tinkle! I’d love to π Gimme their address! π
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Very creative indeed!!
The names you picked are WOW!
at one point of time I thought I am Yey!! but then, when he got a laptop I knew I could not be Yey!! and mac mac …never…
What a splendid post π Brought a big big smile on my already smiling face π π
Keep wandering into Story writing…
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π π ha…ha…ha… you HAVe stole my creativity and you are definitely better than me!! π Is this frog “ye ye” of GOD like somebody we know in OUR blog world!! π π
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@Sharad
Welcome to AlphabetWorld! π
Thanks a looot π
Yeah yeah…will surely do! and yu can keep wandering into AlphabetWorld too π
@Sakhi
π Thanks! I’m honoured to hear tht from the story teller!! yipppeeee !!
And no, he’s a very happy frog…haven’t got in touch with that “somebody” yet π π
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Croak! Croak!
π
lovely stwwy π
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Yey!! Nice story with happy ending. Pic is based on something…. may be your future…. π …… have you read my story on dogs? no? go read it now….. here
Now don’t hit me for advertising my story here π
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@Mystiquedew
Welcome to AlphabetWorld! π
Mac Mac! π
Thanks !
@Suda
Thanks! Yippeee!!
Pic based on a frog’s family. I’m not a frog and I dont look like one (i sound llike one ONLY wen i have a sore throat! π )
I work in the advertising industry. Any advertising is good π
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Btw, have you listened to the song- Kalayaanakacheri from Madambi ? Its starts with Yey! yey ! yey ! yey !
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@Vimal
Lol…yeah! You’re right! See..the name’s already catching up ! π
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The song already has tune, no?? I mean I have just used my words for Pappu Can’t dance π
@ Vimal please sing it quickly for us
@ Nikhil, why r u happy with the song??? bolo bolo tell tell….
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Oh! So, who is yey! – you or your friend?
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@Smita
It was menat tu have tht tune? Din’t register π But well, if Vimal wants tu compose, let’s grant him the wish !
@Vimal
Sing maadi…pettanutto… π Namakku duet paadaam π
@Aparna
Ahem…wanna read it once more? Yey! is a frog, dear! π
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Yey! small family… happy family! and Yey! brought back to me the moments when i used to be a mouse in a house of cats. but i dunno if it happened with Yey!, the mouse in my story raised its voice once and ever since, it is living a lion’s life…
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Yey! nice story! Happily ever afters!! π Cute, film postery pic π
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Pinnendaaa!!!
Speaking of duet, you just gave me an idea ! I dont know to what extent its attainable, but its worth a try. Priya onnu manassuvechaaaaaaal(jayan style) π
Will let you know soon.
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Yey! is a frog, but i read a comment saying you were inspired by real life for the names.. Ummm…
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cute story ..cute pic..nice imagination π apparathe kadayil ninnu vaangiyathaano? ill give u tinkle’s mail id..ok..send it neways
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he he …nice story π
the frogs are so cute ..
i wonder why they dont look like that in real π
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Yep I mean that only but yes I too would love to hear what Vimal composes for us π
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I think I am hitting a blond moment here.. π
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lol,but if you ead nikhil’s blog a lot,you are bound start writing some soon π thats whats happening to me.. π
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morons..!!
they only know to bark, it seems..
i expected toomuch from them…shey..!!
π
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hehehh cute story π
i guess u’re tryin to convey how wonderful life is wid a PC, blog & orkut friends .. !!
nice post.. π
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@Su
Welcome to AlphabetWorld! π
Hehe…that was quite a courageous mouse. But since there no equivalent tu Tom n Jerry featuring frogs and dogs, Yey! just shifted house! π
@Apar
Thanks π
@Vimal
Deal, man!! Yea…lemme kno…am all excited…;)
Vimal paranjaaaaaaal pinnaaeee njaan sammathikkillaaaeee (jayan + achu maman style :D)
@Aparna
Hehe..oh, that way…sheesh! so I’m am the blonde one here π
No no…no friend involved…”nge”, “wow”, “yey”, “eeks” are all common sounds we ‘all’ use while chatting π π
@Indu
Yey! Welcome to WordPress…yu’re one among the elite now π
Thanks thanks thaaaaanks! π
Apparathe kada adachirikkuaa…hehehe…had to walk till the junction!
Tinkle id, pls!
and oh yea! Welcome to AlphabetWorld! π
@Arvind
Thanks π
Well, they are really damn cute…yu jus need tu peer at ’em real close! π
@Smita
Great! He’s suggested something interesting too…let’s see π
@Vishesh
Hehe…Hail Nikhil, The Love Guru! (bowing)
Looking forward tu yur love post! π
@Vinz
Never be disappointed at dogs! You never know which day is theirs π
@Anu
Thanks π
Exactly! π
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You’ve been tagged and awarded here
http://books-life-n-more.blogspot.com/2008/09/of-tags-awards-dev-anand.html
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@Smita
Thanks a ton, sweets, for the award…
but the tag??? Oh damn! WHy why why did i even use the word “Salman”. Priya, yu know yu dont like him…then why even type his name out??! π
Hmm…now, tht’s one tag even Aparna’d given me…but what with questions that go right over my head (i don understand those at all) and Nikhil’s latest definition of TAGS, i’m not too inclined. But well, sigh! a tag is a tag is tag! No escape, i guess! π¦
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Hahaha π
I cant key it here, it would be tooooo long. Would an email do? I would have to dig it from you-know-where !!!
Now Im excited π
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LOL…mail mail! express mail! π dig it up fast from i-don’t-know-where! π
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Yey! Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham π
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@Nick
Looooongtime !
π Yeah! Lol…
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π Yey!
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wonderful and one of the best post i have read π ……i believe i am visiting your blog for the first time and i am not disappointed, so i have added you to my blogroll…..really nice post! cheers! π
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the pic is chooooo cutee…. n so is the story π π π
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@Binu
Yey! Yu’re back! π
@Arpit
Welcome tu AlphabetWorld! π
Thanks a lot! Keep visiting !
I’ll check out yours as soon as I hit ‘submit’ π
@Smrithi
Thankoooo π
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That s good one. So the frog still blogs?
I hope he doesnt give opinions like the ‘frog in the well’
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hi, a very nice funny post π . Picture is so cute. If the frogs and other creatures are also begins to blog then it will be pure fun as there will be some post on human beings π
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@Xylene
Thanks! Great to have you back!
The frog still blogs π Ummm..nope, he isnt too opinionated π
@Kanagu
Thanks! π I know…and well, could try that for my next;) It’s not too tuf tu imagine yu’re a frog…esp if yu hav a bad throat and a running nose (yu’ll be slimy and will croak!) π Ewww!
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Whew! That was come crap.
What’s with you lady? Why do you write you as ‘yu’? what sense does it make? u might as well add an ‘o’ in between or simply keep it as ‘u’
And to becomes tu? THOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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@Priyaa
I usually welcome new comers quite warmly to AlphabetWorld. But I must say, YU AR an insult TU my name and my namesakes!!!
In case YU DIN notice, the correct usage would be “Whew! That was some crap” (not come).
The fact that YU have used both ‘you’ and ‘u’ suggests that YU’re not quite a stable character.
And… public spitting is a grave lack of manners and disregard for other people around YU.
Also, YUR one stinker comment amidst 43 other good comments == YU are a negligible factor in this world — atleast in TH blogworld!. Considering these facts, and in the interest of my other readers, I request YU TU stay out of my blog.
Thank YU!
And yea…please go read this article as well! It’s a universal must-read for people like you.
P.S.: In case YU havent HERD, Commenting is a privilege…not a right! YU’d help a lot of people maintain their cool if only YU adhere TU that.
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@scorpria
I actually quite liked the story..and the best thing about the story is with the simplicity with which it is told…
Did u made up the story for a toddler before u posted it here…I mean it is as good as those fairy tale stories..
Actually it’s not just good but It’s great..
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