There was a gentle knock on the classroom door. “Kambli, tell us if it's you?", "Otherwise the door won't open". A loud laughter broke out when someone said this in a classroom of about 15 guys. Another knock and this time someone started making some animal noise. The door kept being knocked and the students in the classroom kept making strange sounds and others kept laughing at the situation.
It was a Saturday in class XIIth science in our school K.V. ONGC Ankleshwar. We used to have a couple of C.C.A (Co-Curricular Activities) periods on every Saturday. We were about 15 boys and 10-12 girls in our class. All the boys hated the C.C.A periods where they forced us to participate in any of the cultural programmers, be it song dance or dramas. We being the senior most students of the school were not easily spared. This particular Saturday we decided to bunk the C.C.A. periods and stay in the class. We planned it in such a way that there were only boys in the classroom and we would lock the classroom from inside for these two periods which would give us about an hour and half of boys only time in our own classroom. Somehow, one of us whom we called Kambli had some urge to go out of the classroom (probably for drinking water or going to the loo). We did not want anyone to know that the whole gang of boys of the class is inside the classroom which is locked. But, Kambli didn't listen and he had to go out. Soon as he left, the mischievous gang of boys had a plan. They wanted to teach Kambli a lesson for breaking the rule. We decided not to open the door when Kambli comes back. So when the door was knocked we did not open it and the whole mockery started. People who were avoiding the C.C.A. period for avoiding being forced to participate in any of the activities on the stage were showing all their mimicry skills by making the noise of whatever animal they knew of whenever the door knocked. We had decided that we would finally open the door only when Kambli says it’s him.
The drama continued for about 15 minutes. Finally Kambli requested to open the door. Having heard Kambli's voice one of the most sincere guys named Dhiraj, opened the door. To our utter surprise in came our class teacher Pandey sir fuming with anger. There was a pin-drop silence in the class. Pandey sir was one of the most feared personalities in K.V. ONGC Ankleshwar. "Slap!!!" He relented his anger furiously on the first person who came in his way after the door was opened. Dhiraj, it was. "Why didn't you open the door?” No one replied. We were all equally responsible for the crime that was committed. The punishment was also equal. Everyone was given the same treatment. A tight slap! After having done his part of hitting everyone, Pandey sir left the class as fast as he had arrived.
It was about 20 seconds of silence after he left and then a unanimous thunder of laughter. People tried to remember what all rubbish they did during the 15 minutes of the drama when Kambli and Pandey sir were standing outside, and the laughter continued throughout the two C.C.A. periods got over. All of us had forgot the slap. People did not repeat any such thing on subsequent Saturdays, but the memory of that incident still brings a big smile to all of us. Whenever any of us get to meet each other we do remember this incident out of all the funny incidents that had happened during our school days.
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