Friday, March 27, 2009

“Romeo” in the Heart of a Bedouin Girl



The unusual noise of bedouins stirred the generally uncomplicated ER. There a man decorated with fragrant leaves brought with him his four wives and a daughter.

Demanding that he need a doctor for his teenaged daughter, my Egyptian friend and I led the group inside a room. Immediately the man narrated that lately his daughter has been acting strange, she would stare blankly on the fields and forget everything about her animal flock. The man continued and said that his daughter is certainly in love.

Firmly, the man demanded an X-ray be done on his daughter’s heart to see the picture of the man that makes the girl act differently. He added that the girls head be X-rayed too. Dr. Ezzat wisely gave in to the man’s request and ordered that the girl be X-rayed.

The result came in and immediately Dr. Ezzat clipped the x-ray film in the viewer and invited the man to see for himself. The man squinted and carefully examined the film, not contented he called his wives so they could also scrutinize for themselves. They all tried to look for a face in the shades and shadows on the film. At last they agreed that their daughter is not hiding a “Romeo” in her heart.

Dr Ezzat however told them that it is not a “Romeo” that is making their child act peculiar, in fact it is a simple case of pneumonia. Medicines were prescribed and the man thanked Dr Ezzat with a tight hug and a kiss on both cheek.



He stood up and walked away chanting a tune, his wives and daughter followed in line.

4 comments:

  1. dear selbon,
    "untold dreams" is my blog, i use it for only poems, thanks for posting the comment there.
    i like writing story type poems more, i thought no one will read it, it is huge. :)
    you and pen proved me wrong, thanks.
    with very best wishes,
    trisha

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  2. What a day to start with your laugh-cracking story. You make my day! Keep on bringing in more laughter. It's potent to my ruffled world. Thank you.

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  3. Hahahaha! :D

    From the first line, never thought this would take such a peculiar turn. Awesome! :)

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