Empty Bags, Full Drama I Funny Story By Jiyanshi,9,Kolkata

Empty Bags, Full Drama
A Grocery Mission Gone Wrong

One hot summer Sunday morning, I was looking forward to going to my gymnastics class. Just then, my coach sent a message in the WhatsApp group saying that he wouldn’t be coming. That meant my perfectly scheduled Sunday was off to a bad start.

I was sitting in my room, wondering what to do, when I overheard my father saying that he was going to the bazaar. I thought to myself, “Isn’t the bazaar a good idea for a Sunday morning?” When my father was getting his wallet, bag, and other things, I asked him to take me along. He said, “Okay, come with me.”

So I quickly changed out of my gymnastics clothes into a regular pair of pants and a shirt, and then we drove off to the most popular and crowded bazaar in the city of Kolkata – Barabazaar.

Now, Barabazaar, to me, is a world in itself. People come there to buy vegetables and other household items. Many people also come to sell their goods and earn a living.

While my father was parking the car, we could already hear vendors bargaining with customers. The vendors were shouting out their deals—it was one big, loud, cacophonic noise.

My father usually goes only on Sundays to buy fresh fruits and vegetables so that my mother can make delicious, mouth-watering dishes. He went straight to his favorite shop and bought vegetables like potatoes, carrots, beans, broccoli, cauliflower, and eggplants, as well as fruits like apples, bananas, chikoos, pomegranates, and many more.

When the vendor asked for the payment, my father checked his wallet but couldn’t find it. He retraced his steps and checked all the places he had visited, but it was nowhere to be found. We even looked around the nearby area.

Hopeless in this search, he finally came back to the shop. At last, he asked the vendor if he could take all the items and pay next week. The vendor replied, “Not at all! Give me the money, or leave the items.”

So, we had to return home empty-handed. On the way back, my mother called and asked, “Where are you?” I replied, “We’re returning home.” She then asked if we had collected the vegetables. My father answered that we were about to collect them, but my mother cut him off mid-sentence and said, “How will you collect the vegetables when you left your wallet at home? Come home quickly—I’ve already ordered everything I needed on Blinkit!”

My visit to the market was a fun and exciting experience that will be etched in my memory forever.

 Jiyanshi Chopra has been mentored by Bali Sanghvi and team Word Munchers.

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