A nightmare pot

Normally people call it exam fever and I believe I was haunted by the feeling of falling ill while the examination was on.. I pretexted as though I had to prepare for the examination, bu

A nightmare

I was seriously preparing for my school examination

Normally people call it exam fever and I believe I was

haunted by the feeling of falling ill while the examination

was on But I was able to banish such fears and

concentrate on my studies But this fear crept into my

subconscious mind and it played havoc on me I have now

the consolation that it was all a dream

On November 16, my birthday was arranged to be

celebrated in a colorful manner There was a small party

that my father arranged for my friends I spent the whole

evening enjoying myself while my parents were busy

watching television I pretexted as though I had to prepare

for the examination, but I was cheating myself with the

thought that I would wake up early in the morning and

make up the lost time While in bed, sleep seemed to

elude me and the bug of falling ill during the examination

began to harass me However after sometime I slept

If Alice’s experiences in the wonderland were bizarre,

mine was shocking To my subconscious mind the bogey

of illness during the examination was true I felt a sudden

irritation in both my eyes and what started as an irritation

became an unbearable pain I started shouting and my

parents rushing into my room They consoled me, more

than that they could do nothing It was ten at night My

mind became agitated that, I thought that I might not be

able to sit for my English and Mathematics examinations

My father soon realized the problem I was facing, “The

Exam Fever” He made me stand against the wall and by

understanding my agony, he carried me downstairs He

then put me in his car and drove me to a nearby hospital

On the way he was consoling me about the examination

and trying his level best to make me relax I explained that

I was having an irritation in my eyes as though thousands

of needles had pricked On arrival at the hospital, the

doctor performed many tests and finally told my father

that, due to nervous feeling of examination, I had spoiled

my brain which had affected my eyes I could not sit for

the examination, and he would issue a medical certificate

to be produced to the authorities

My father was undaunted by the doctors’ decision In total

desperation he put me back in his car and drove to

another hospital He explained to a doctor about my case

but not the real situation The doctor had diagnosed

correctly at the first sight itself Before he applied ay

medicine he asked me to open my eyes slowly I said that

I could open, but the doctor insisted By the time tears

started rolling down my cheeks and, with the tears forming

between my eyelids, I could open my eyes The room was

dark but for a small lamp There was no doctor Where

had my father gone? I still felt the tears rolling down my

cheeks All I saw was the clock on the wall opposite my

bed Now I realized! Oh! It’s a dream Soon I overcame

myself and was happy to realize my folly I am really

happy because it was just a dream