NARRATION

A Habitual Money Borrower

It was yet another day to school on a cold December morning. As I walked across the university road to get embark on school van I noticed that a man is following me at a distance of ten feets. First I ignored him for a while but got conscious when the man tried to hide behind a pan shop when I deliberately stopped to confirm my suspicion. First, I got bit confused but got alert and composed to tackle the situation.

I waited for him to reach me and check what he wanted and why he's chasing me. When he was almost at a hand shake distance i could see him, as a nicely attired educated man in his mid twenties. He said hello to me with an innocent smile. I replied and asked him what is his problem, why is he following me, no was his reply, he just wanted to know the route to get to Kemari, the Karachi port by feet. I was bit surprised to know that he is planning to reach Kemari by walking which meant a journey of almost three hours. Why are you going by foot it is along journey i inquired from him. No was the response, please guide me route to Kemari he insisted.

I again tried to convince him to go to Kemari through a coach from this point which will reach Kemari in fifty minutes. Please don't push me i have no money to pay the bus fare just let me know the route to Kemari he insisted. I gave him a fifty rupee note so that he could arrange for his transport fare. He thanked me and walked away. By that time, my bus has reached so i embarked in the bus and tried to look for the stranger from the window but the stranger was gone probably on the bus to Kemari.

It was April and i was waiting for the bus at the bus stop to reach school, I over heard a familiar voice asking some one about the route to Kemari so i turned back to look for this person. Surprisingly, he was the same man i met many months back. The kind man gave him some money for fare to Kemari and the stranger boarded a Sohrab goth bound coach on which he could never reach Kemari.Then I realized that he was a habitual money borrower