Ammani in addition to her, by now very popular QuickTale series has taken upon her the responsibility to make us, the less active bloggers and wannabe QT writers, write something. Even crap. In the hope that you improve, the more you write. By giving us a specific opening line and a word limit (and a time limit if we have to be published in her blog). The pilot project is "Sandhu was 13 when she discovered the joys of exaggeration".
Many have written and some of them is enviable good. Here is mine.
Sandhu was 13 when she discovered the joys of exaggeration. Exaggeration, in the words of her know-it-all friend and exaggeration-guru, a certain Ram, is embellishment of truth. The 'great' divide, a thin line between lying and exaggeration until that moment had remained elusive to her puny self. "Amma! I got the first mark in English", when there were at least ten students ahead of her was lying. And that is something she should never utter. In addition to the beatings/scoldings (depending on Appa's mood) there was always God's punishment to be afraid of. Her grandmother had told her many tales where Gods swooped down to earth in their winged vaahanas and blinded one with sharp instruments whenever they lied to their parents. I wonder why it took her all of 13 years to understand the difference between lying and exaggerating.
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