SCORCHING
Few villagers caught him and tied him to a tree as the scorching sun blazed in the heat wave; death wasn’t far now he thought seeing one of them lift a handmade revolver at him.
Falling in love and wanting to marry a girl of the same village was a taboo. He had to pay the price like seven other boys before.
“Sirji, let’s kill him quick it’s too hot here and I don’t see this forest too safe to stay longer.” one of them whispered
Breaking news: The leopard of Chandrapur forest is back again, this time claiming lives of 3 villagers surprisingly a man tied to a tree was left untouched.
This post is linked to Five Sentence Fiction (Scorching).
75 Comments
Sad that someone is being so brutally dealt with for falling in love. Love the tiger ending
Yes it is sad but real 🙁 welcome to my blog Dee Dee 🙂
Finally some sense prevailed in the form of a leopard 😀
He is the hero of the story waise 🙂
Short and sweet …. just like my comment hehehehe 😉
Thanks Bhavik 🙂
Yay! Love won 🙂
I love such breaking news & the divine interference 🙂
and I love your comment soul sis 🙂 it’s got a bollywood touch so you like it haha 🙂
Ha ha ..loved it dearie … And Anoop’s comment too.. Sensible beast !
Thank you bestie…hain na…these days beasts are more just than humans 🙂
happy ending story 🙂
Truly…thats a unique way of seeing it 🙂
Lovely read Shweta!
Thanks babe!
Beast chases those who run …Nice concept added in the fiction !
Thanks Uma, long time no see, welcome back 🙂
this is really brilliant piece. I had never thought, this could be the way to tell a story!
Like in 5 sentences 🙂 well I read a story in one word yesterday 🙂 Thank you so much Binod for liking it 🙂
Never mention it. Carry on with style…
Lovely twist and awesome story!
Thank you sirji 🙂
Nice ending! I wish the endings in real life could be similar so that people could have better beginnings.
isn’t it…only if life was so fair to everyone 🙂
Nice story and justifies the five sentence fiction. Loved your creativity. 🙂
Thank you Seema, really happy you liked it 🙂
Surprise ending.
That was the purpose of FSF Arun 🙂
What a twist! Good one 🙂
thank you Arun 🙂
God is everywhere!
Beautiful concept wonderfully presented:) Great work, Shweta:)
thank you Amitji, happy you liked it 🙂
I wish it happened every time someone tried playing God with innocent lives!
Yes I think the same Mridula when I write fiction that wish this could be real.
hehe you are witty 😛
yes I am when it comes to fiction 🙂
Nice ultrashort story. May be leopard appreciated love better than village men.
So agree Abhijitji 🙂
Hehe… no one escape from the cycle of Karma. Great story, Shweta 🙂
rightly said Ravish 🙂
Nice one!!! 🙂
thank you Madhumita 🙂
Nice story. I guess when you feel there is no one for you, there is the almighty extending his hand when you least expect.
absolutely HE never leaves our side 🙂
Sounded like an urban legend.
🙂 and hopefully you liked it too?
good one shweta.. karma always come back to bite us in the backside. 😀
absolutely only man can be blind enough to think no one is watching his deeds 🙂
Lovely! Loved the unexpected ending! Raw and as subtle as a hook on cheek.
happy happy happy you liked it 🙂
Amazing story, Shweta. Loved the ending 🙂
thank you Purba 🙂
Loved the twist. Story that too in 5 lines!!! It needs lot of talent and grip on words.Loved it
Thank you Ranjana…loved your comment too 🙂
Good people who hate LOVE deserve this.. hope the boy managed to get free and find his love
Bikram’s
When God is with them what can stop them 🙂
Boom shlakaaka boom boom, problem solved.
Twist in the tail!!
hahah rightly served sirji 🙂
Hey Shweta… can comment now 🙂 Enjoyed the short fiction very much.
Generally Disqus doesn’t give that much of a problem 🙂 happy you liked it Jyothi 🙂
awesome…..justice served, should I say…?
Rightly so Sunaina 🙂
hahaha! They just got a generous serving of steaming hot karma!
you said it right Hema 🙂
That’s divine interference & justice 🙂
Hope they let the lovers live in peace!
Happy V’Day, soul-sis!
nice one dear…loved the twist in the tale
Beautiful story Shweta, loved the end 🙂
Trust you to come out with such tales with a twist in the end Swetha!
Just love the twist in your tales, Shweta:)
loved the story
The panther was smarter than human, we call ourselves best among 8.4 million species
Yet we call our selves best among all the species exist in this world 😛
Ha ha … loved the ending 🙂
A brilliant piece!! 🙂 Loved reading it!! 🙂
Justice in five sentence…and our courts need volumes and volumes of paperwork.