A Thin Dream

Papers – Check

Pens – Check

Tiffin Box – Check

Wrist Watch – Check

Books – Check

Wallet – Check

That’s all he had. And that was what he was going to use to breathe life to his dreams.

You see, I was also in class 5 once. I too was impressed by Jurassic Park. But never in my life did I think of running away to US to direct a movie. He did. And he believed he could do it. And he also believed his plan was foolproof. Here.. lets take a look at that plan.

1.                 Running away from school with all your earthly possession and have your best friend tag along.

2.                 Selling those earthly possessions.

3.                 Using that money to rent a room in a motel.

4.             Write a book while staying in that cozy motel. I guess the title was “Jurassic Park 2”. Guess, somebody by the name Michael Crichton was also doing the same thing.

5.                 Sell the book.

6.                 Become rich.

7.                 Fund your US travel.

8.                 Meet Steven Spielberg.

Yeah. It’s that simple. Though am tempted to call him a moron it’s probably not fair. He just wanted to realize his dreams.

Well, he was not that stupid too. He probably had a fair bit of idea that his “get rich quick” scheme might fail. So he had an alternate plan. He had taken a leaf out of the story “Escape from Cuba”. Anyone remember that one? Class 2, English literature book, Gulmohar???  Let me give me you a synopsis of the story anyways. Two guys planned to escape from Cuba. They sneaked into the airport and then when the plane was about to depart they hid themselves in the plane’s wheel panel. The ride was bumpy… too cold.. blah blah blah.. one died, one survived. End of story.

My brother and his friend thought of doing the same. Yes.. hiding in the wheel panel of an airplane to go to US. Alas.. the nearest airport was in Patna. Plus I doubt there were direct flights to US from Patna at that time. I doubt if they even have one now. Which means they would have had to land in Bombay.. oops Mumbai .. and then get a flight to US. Security wouldn’t have been a major issue though. Am sure they would have skirted the excellent and alarmed security that our Airports possess.

And so he went ahead with his plan.

(Part II next week)