Copyright -Sandra Crook
Professor Bhaskar was shouting on his wife – “Famous scientist Aryabhatta found the truth of the twelve famous Shiva temples in India. The dome-shaped idols were God’s power generators, kept dormant by an invisible connecting fiber plasma cable. He replaced a decayed connector about to break, unleashing twelve mini Suns on earth.
The connector having life of 1.5 millennia is about to break in a day, and I had the replacement he left on my table. And yes that is why I am leaving tomorrow.”
“You mean the needle inside the glass bottle? I dropped it while using it in the balcony; that tractor carrying the haystacks was passing below. “
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Written for Friday Fictioneers! Challange 28 February 2014
You may also like to have a look at the Weekend Short Story : “The Restaurant Corner Table”
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Abode of Horus 
Love the needle in a haystack punchline, darling. Brilliant.
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thanks Helena !
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I’m just shaking my head and marveling. 🙂
janet
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🙂 thanks Janet !!
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Really good story, with a sharp punchline 🙂
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🙂 thanks for liking it !!
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Uh oh poor Prof! This is a well constructed story and funny too 🙂
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Thanks for liking Riya ! 😀
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oops! amazing story! where will she go btw? twelve mini suns and one full sized one will instantly destroy the planet i presume!
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And so the proverbial search begins! Nice take on the prompt
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🙂 search only…
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Dear Indrajit,
Now there’s a tale that gives new meaning to “needle in the haystack.” Entertaining.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks for liking Rochelle!
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Patricia?
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Extremely Sorry! 😦
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Good story and well written. The old “needle in the haystack” problem.
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🙂 THANKS !
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uh-oh! What was she using it out there for?!
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Oh dear! Great punchline there!
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Thanks Hamish! 🙂
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