Skip to main content

The Mysterious Ping Pong Ball – A Thrilling Short Story

READ AT YOUR OWN RISK...


On Tom’s first birthday, his father, Victor gifted a Ping-Pong ball, and the routine continued till his fourth b’day. In the fifth year, Victor gifted a color book, but Tom insisted on Ping-Pong ball. The next year, the father gifted some other toy, but the child still insisted on Ping-Pong ball. Tom’s fondness for the ball continued and Victor had to manage it anyhow to gift him on his son’s birthday ever year. 

Ping pong ballAs Tom was about to turn 18, he demanded Ping-Pong ball yet again, but Victor was adamant this time. He couldn’t stop asking the reason behind his son’s fondness for the Ping-Pong ball. However, Tom didn’t disclose why he was so much in love with the ball. Just few days before his birthday, Tom, who was a young man by now, suffered an unknown disease. He sensed that his last moments are not far away. So on his birthday, he accepted to reveal the reason behind his love for the ball to his father. Unfortunately, before he could start, he died! 

As a silver lining, he left a letter written in Chinese language. Drenched in sorrow, Victor could not control his emotions for his son’s sudden demise. It took him few days to recover from the shock after which he took out that letter but was miffed not to understand the language. He was desperate to know what his son had written during his dying moments. At the same time, he was also curious to know why his young son still wanted Ping-Pong.

Ping pong ball
He tried to consult many people who knew Chinese language, but to no avail. He even asked his Chinese friends, and they suggested him to approach old Chinese people, who would probably be aware of that manuscript. Dejected yet determined, he went to China in the wake of finding at least one senile person who could read out the letter. He showed the letter to the old taxi driver on his way from Airport to the hotel. The driver stopped the taxi instantly, stepped out, stood beside a bus coming at a high speed from the other side, and committed suicide!

Amazed, Victor also stepped out and strolled around to some distance while he found an old monk sitting underneath an old looking tree. Victor requested him to read out the letter for him. The monk took the letter and started reading. He continued to sit in that position till a long time. Finding something suspicious, as Victor touched the monk, he slipped down like a reckless tree. He was Dead! All this was too much to test Victor’s patience level.

Ping pong ball
The other day, Victor was on the rooftop of the 25-storey building of his hotel, admiring the beauty of Beijing. There, he became friends with an aged person who also came there to have a glimpse of the city. Victor believed this old man would definitely help him. But the moment that gentleman saw the letter, he jumped from the roof and died. All this was exaggerating an in fact unbearable, Victor couldn’t keep his calm any more.

Still determined to get the meaning of the letter, he started learning Chinese from the best teacher in China and returned to his country after mastering the language. While few  days passed on, Victor thought to read the letter himself. He came out in the open to go through it amid fresh air. Yet not satisfied, he went to the seashore near his house to read the letter in a tranquil environment. Trying to be some more adventurous, he hired a boat to read the final words of his son in between the sea. While he reached the mid of the sea, he finally decided it as the right time to read the letter.

The moment Victor took out the letter from his pocket and tried to read out, a cool and quick breeze came in and made the letter to fly away from his hands. The mystery remains unsolved yet!

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Asian Games 2023: India's Quest for Gold in the Sporting Extravaganza

The 19th Asian Games, which were postponed last year due to the COVID-19 outbreak, are now set to  take place in Hangzhou, China, from September 28 to October 3. The game will feature a total of 40 sports. The host nation will begin the competition as the all-time leading medalist with 3187 Asian Games medals, including 1473 gold. This year, 45 countries from the Asian continent are participating in this once in a 4-year sports mahakumbh. With the competition growing tough among the athletes, it would be interesting to see which nation bags the maximum gold this time. Indian with a strong delegation of 655 athletes will be contesting against the best teams of Asia in various sports. We hope our team to better its medal tally from the previous editions of the Asian games. Previous Performances While China remained at the top of the medal tally in the Asian Games 2019 held in Indonesia with a mammoth 132 gold, Japan was a distant second with 75 gold and South Korea came third with 49 G

This English Player Won the Best Deal of All Times in IPL 2023 Mini Auction

Image source:  insidesport.in The mini-auction for the IPL 2023 season is out now with Sam Curran from Punjab King becoming the all-time most expensive player for a whopping INR 18.5 crore. The other key players to make it to the costliest auction ever were: Cameron Green sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 17.5 Crore Ben Stokes sold to Chennai Super Kings INR 16.25 crore Nicholas Pooran sold to Lucknow Super Giants for INR 16 crore The auction that took place in Kochi on Dec 23, 2022 sealed the fate of 80 players out of 405, bought by 10 teams for a staggering amount of INR 17 crore. A total of 51 Indian cricketers found takers in the auction as 7 IPL teams finished their respective maximum limit of 25 players. Among the big names that went unsold included: Joe Root (Base Price - INR 1 crore) Shakib al Hasan (Base Price - INR 1.5 crore) Kusal Mendis (Base Price - INR 50 lakh) Tom Banton (Base Price - INR 2 crore) A total of 41 uncapped players out of 51 Indians found bu

हुनरमंद (The Talented Ones)

  लोग जिसे बर्बाद समझते थे आज वह हुनरमंद कहलाता है सीना चौड़ा हो जाता है सबका जब देश का बच्चा मेडल लाता है कुछ तो हालात खुद्दार बना देते हैं कुछ हुनर जोश दिलाता है जी तोड़ मेहनत रंग लाती है तो यही बच्चा देश का गौरव कहलाता है लेकिन कहां रहते हैं यह लोग जब यही बच्चा गरीबी में सो जाता है खाने पीने के लाले होते हैं कोई मदद को सामने नहीं आता है क्यों यह मोहताज है शोहरत का क्यों कोई मदद को नहीं आता है जो चाहे देश की खातिर खेलने को कोई कोई स्पॉन्सर नहीं मिल पाता है कैसी बेशर्मी है यह ,   कैसी बेहयाई है सपोर्ट के नाम पर चिल्लर दिया जाता है जो भूले भटके मिल जाए कामयाबी तो हर नेता क्रेडिट लेने आ जाता है जो मेडल नहीं ला पाया वह भी हुनरमंद है फिर सबका विकास क्यों नहीं किया जाता है सिर्फ मेडल वालों के साथ ही क्यों फोटो सेशन किया जाता है यह सवाल कचोटता है हर आम हिंदुस्तानी को क्यों ऐसा सोतेला सुलूक किया जाता है देश का गौरव मेडल जीतने के बाद ही क्यों खिलाड़ी का सम्मान पहले से क्यों नहीं किया जाता है © Mohammad Atif