“Wow! This is such a wonderful novel! You know, Lucky? I have read hundreds of books so far. But this book’s plot still sticks in my mind. Lucky, you must give it a read. It will be worth your time!”
“Oh? Is it so?”
“Yeah, it is a page-turner. If you start reading it today, you can’t sleep until you finish it.”
“Okay, let me order it now, then.”
“Sure. It’s available on Amazon.”
“You seem happy like hell. What’s the reason?”
“Yes, this is the first book for the author. If this sells well, she will be motivated to write the next, won’t she be?”
“Maybe.”
“Maybe? She will surely be, Lucky.”
“Could you, please, stop calling me Lucky? My name is Lakshmi.”
“Okay, Lakshmi Amma. I won’t call you lucky any more.”
“Hey, Joice! Look at this! Its price is 450 rupees!”
“So what? The author has spent her four years writing this, Lucky! Oh, I am sorry. Miss Lakshmi. Four hundred and fifty rupees is her four-year salary.”
“Are you a marketer or what?”
“Excuse me, Lakshmi! You have misjudged me. As your bosom friend, I just recommend to you the book I read. If you don’t like to buy it, I won’t have any objections at all. ”
“What’s this? Bosom means breast, doesn’t it?”
“This clearly shows you have to read a lot.”
“Joice, look at here! This intimate area lightening cream is only 1499 rupees. ”
“What? Why should we lighten intimate parts? Do you think 1500 rupees is less, but?”
“Not 1500, it costs just 1499 rupees.”
“Okay, stay cool! Do you think this cream will lighten all of your intimate parts?”
“Of course.”
“Oh? Is it so? Then, place the order now. Let’s see if this can lighten your important, intimate part?”
“My important, intimate part? What do you mean by this phrase?”
“Your mind. It is full of myths, Lakshmi. It certainly needs to be lightened.”
THE END
Note: The title of this flash fiction has been inspired by Ernest Hemingway’s six-word short story ‘For sale: baby shoes, never worn’.
