The trip
The boatman stretched his arm at her. She looked at him arrogantly. “Male chauvinists!” she thought inside. “Always showing off how stronger they are!”
She jumped into the bank, with pure intention of showing off never even imagining she will SKID.
She tried to get up, incensed, fuming to skid again, this time more badly.
The bank did not even looked damp! Damn these trips! She felt the sting of angry tears in her eyes.
An oar stopped right in front of her face.
The boat man stood there with a calm expression on his face. She tried hard to look for traces of laughter or a smirk before grabbing the oar for support.
“Never ask me to visit you again!” she fumed at her friend. “Never!!!!”
Sharmishtha basu
19.5.11
——————————————————————————————————-
WORDS FROM THOM: (It’s not my meme; I have only copy-pasted Thom’s words to save some typing time):
Each week, I post three words. You write something using the words.
Then come back and post a link to the contribution with Mr. Linky (but please, link to the exact post, not your blog, by clicking on the exact post title). As always, there’s no hard-and-fast rule that you have to post on Wednesday.
But I invite everyone to check back often to read and comment on other contributions. This is, after all, a community for writers who clamor for feedback.
This week’s words are:
This week’s words:
Damp; adjective: Slightly wet; noun: Moisture diffused through the air or a solid substance or condensed on a surface, typically with detrimental or unpleasant effects; verb: Make (something) slightly set; control or restrain (a feeling or state of affairs).
Incensed; verb: To make very angry.
Skid; verb: Slide, typically sideways; slip, slide; noun: an act of skidding or sliding; a braking devise consisting of a wood or metal shoe.
Thoughts 
Hi there,
Hope you remember out 1st counter was with the most wisdom renaissance man Rabindranath Tagore. I saw your comment and followed up to here. Thought you to give a personal message but couldn’t find a option (new to this phenomena and specially wordpress). So mentioning here, bit of odd but couldn’t resist to say about your writings, read few and got the very touch of your noble gesture on different aspect. I am even following you and has open a wordpress a/c but sorry to say can’t even publish a blog, still facing problem..lol. If its possible I would like to talk with you on a very matter that can only be discussed in a private. Its on some work I am working on it now. Well you can be a bit surprise for such strange approach by a stranger but your talent and skill on writing impressed me as I am a bit, not ever to your standard but a minor writer, try to bring up few articles on this n that. So here I stand on some huge weight where I need help and so if ever you get time try to knock on this stranger. Best of luck to your writings.
Som6
thanks a lot samiran. i have email addresses but i almost never use them. let me share a trick about wordpress, all first comments by a user are moderated here. so if you want to leave a personal message for me just mention it in the body of the message that you are samiran.
then, use any other email id but your regular email id (you can use an imaginary one), test it, if you see the message that “your comment will have to be moderated” then merrily post the second comment using the same wrong/other/fake email id.
i will be happy to help in any way. well, as you said yourself, you are a fresher, and i have been blogging like an addict for more than four years now. by addict i meant ADDICT. 🙂
you will know that in future and agree with me.
if you love blogging and want to join this world sincerely join our group of fantastic bloggers. you will enjoy it.
I like the double play of meaning in the title.!
thanks a lot. river banks can be really tricky 🙂
Oh very good, this did make me smile, well done!
thanks deborah. i have been missing your funny posts a lot.
Oh, dear … someone’s all about themselves, aren’t they? What a pity, to miss out on your trip (because of a trip, I suppose).
good one. 🙂
loved it.
Sorry Trisha, but she seems a most unpleasant character. I wish she had fallen into the water completely.
ha ha. well, that mud bath was enough i think (those stains stay in the clothes).
I love this story It was very captivating. More please .
i am really happy that you liked it so much. thanks again.
Nice story. 🙂
That’s what happens when you become incensed with a character you’ve prejudged; you lose perspective and skids will follow. A lively story.
What a distasteful, unpleasant girl. And even so, that kind boat man tried to help her.
Many a skid between the boat and the bank!
You really conveyed her anger and frustration