Tuesday 14 September 2004

Fall From The Stairs

The first thought that will come to the minds of the people reading the title would be, "This girl doesn't even know how to spell the word 'stars'!". But the word is not 'stars' but it is actually 'stairs'.

The house, i am currently living in, has two bedrooms on the first floor. To reach there, we have a staircase. It looks more like a steep narrow pipe than a staircase. It is so narrow that i wonder how was all the furniture transferred to those bedrooms. So narrow that i sometimes fear that i might get stuck in the middle while going up. ;) The staircase is very very steep, according to my standards. Seems like, if it was a few inches steeper, it would make a right angle with the floor. ;)

When i climb up, i climb like a cat, using all four of my paws. And while coming down, i carefully plant my heels at the back of each step to have a firm grip on them. So its pretty much a big task going up and coming down the stairs.

Even today i was using my technique fully to come down. But i guess for a split second i lost my concentration and instead of pushing my heel firmly against the back i pushed it against an edge. And that was my downfall, litterally. ;)

I came sliding down the rest of the stairs, which was about 75% of them, and landed with a small 'thud' and an 'ouch' on the ground. In the dead of the night (9 pm actually) both my friends heard the sounds and came out of their rooms.

They were really concerned and worried that i might have hurt myself, but all i was doing was laugh and that too out loud. I couldn't believe what had just happened to me. It was like a scene out of a movie, but only without a real tragedy. Usually people die (in movies, that is), but i survived without even having a scratch, a bruise or a bump. ;)

So i guess it is true when they say, 'Jissay Allah rakhay, ussay kon chakhay'. (If Allah does not wish, nothing can harm a person)