15/06/2020
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐๐, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐๐!
An ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ'๐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ended at ๐ฑ๐๐๐ธ. As he returned home, he met ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ who described this ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ taking place at the Supreme Court.
The Astrologer was curious and so he went there just in time to hear the counsel for the crown say, "๐๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ?" The accused pleaded in defence that he just went to that plot because ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐น was behind him. Then the lawyer laughed and said, "Next he'll say that land was ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ด๐ถ." The accused retorted, "Im not that stupid. And besides this man here is the very same ๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป who has been harrassing ๐ด๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐ in the neighbourhood."
The man who put forward the case replied, "You fool. I saved their lives from the gunshot of ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ!" The accused replied, "Oh well! Your wife wouldn't agree to that. I would tell her of all you did that day but then ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ and I'll be nice and not ruin your marriage"
The astrologer, on hearing all this, sighed, "It's ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐!"
The judge was irritated with the ongoing case and the astrologer's interruption wasn't received well. "And who is that mongoose like ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ธ๐ธ๐ถ ๐ง๐ถ๐ธ๐ธ๐ถ ๐ง๐ฎ๐๐ถ who thinks he's got ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ธ๐ฒ๐'๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ there?" the astrologer was finally asked.
He then looked at the watch. The postmaster was still beside him. Reading the time, he replied, "It's sad for them. Even after ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐'๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ this case still goes on."
Credits Divyanshi Bansal
I need to find 'A Treasure Trove of Short Stories' and read all of them again!
