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The Shocking Surprise !

                         I  Celebrated my  eleventh  birthday  on 8^th  November  I had no time to listen to the  News  that day  as  I was  so  elated  as I received calls from my  relatives and my cousins .All  at home were busy with  the guest at home receiving  the guests  and in serving  the  scrumptious dinner . But  something  outside   Bitter had happened   , one of  most  unexpected  spin –off  of the  demonetisation  tale ,When  all the people  were  rushing to the  ATMs  Centres’  across  the city  on Tuesday  night

          It was Wednesday morning as usual thing went on in routine; The Television was switched on, as it was a practice at home for the timings to be managed so we don’t create

bottle necks  . The Head Lines   “Prime Minister” Narendra Modi’s address to the Nation demonetised    Rs 500 and Rs 1000‘s notes, every one stood in attention shocked and surprise! .What to do now?  was the  question raised  by my  mother only two days  back with  had withdrew Rs 10,000  from the  ATMs center . She stood baffled in her depth of despair.  .

               So I will not see them again, I never bid farewell to them, can I see them once again?  I last saw them on 6^th November  2016  when I went along  with my parents to purchase  my Birthday clothes  ,I still remember  my mother paying the bill  with  the notes Rs 500 and Rs 1000  in her hands , I can never still forget them .Their images were  trodden   down  in my heart , with  the thought about them fade  away or will  I still  morn  for them or will  I completely  forget them when  the  new ones  mesmerize me  with  their  vivid  colours ?  I don’t know, I felt that they muttered to me, Darrel you will not see me again.

                                    Went to school I could  only hear   demonetise notes  , the group discussion  was only  Rs 500 and Rs  1000 my friends  updated me  with news that the  there were  huge crowd  in most of the Automated  Teller  Machines  across the cities all over India  on the  announcement  cancelling  legal tender  of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 denomination  notes , Police were also deployed in front of the ATMS as traffic snarls  were witness in many  of the places . I listen to them in silence as I was missing both the brothers Rs 500 and Rs 1000.      But in eager waiting how will the new born look like   ? The colour, the size

I can never forget in my life for two memorable things one my 11 th Birthday  

                       The Death of the Notes.

D.Darrel Hamish

VI B

Montfort School Kattur  Trichy