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“Kwentong Langgam”
Isang nakakatawa ngunit nakakalungkot na kuwento ang nakita ni Phaw sa peyups.com. Ganito ang panimula:
May nasalubong akong pulang langgam kanina.
“O, saan ka papunta?” tanong ko.
“Dyan lang sa may kanto. Susunduin ko gerpren ko, ” sagot ng langgam.
“Pwede palang magka-gerpren ang tulad mo? Worker ant ka lang di ba? ‘Kala ko yung mga nagkaka-gerpren lang eh yung mga yumayari sa reyna nyo…”
“Aaah, dyan kayo nagkakamali. Kahit naman worker lang ranggo namin, may karapatan rin naman kaming ma-inlab,” mabilis na tugon ng langgam.
“Eh paano mo nalalaman kung sino ang gerpren mo sa daan-daang langgam na nasasalubong mo araw-araw?” muling tanong ko.
“Sus, para kang hindi MBB grad! Shempre, pheromone tsong. Actually, bawat isa sa amin ay may unique na pheromone…’kumbaga sa pabango eh signature scent ba. In fact, I’m wearing a Chanel Pheromone right now!” pa-konyong tugon ni langgam.
“A, ganun ba? Medyo na-sense ko nga. Mukhang naligo ka sa pheromone ah! O, sige, bilisan mo at baka mainip gerpren mo sa paghintay sa ‘yo sa may kanto. Mahaba-haba pa itong lalakarin mo.”
“Kaya nga eh…baka pwedeng maki-hitch sa sapatos mo?”
“No problem. Sige kapit ka lang. Mga ilang hakbang lang naman ito para sa akin eh,” tugon ko.
Kumapit si langgam sa nakalawit na sintas at umakyat sa aking sapatos. Maya-maya ng kaunti ay may natanaw nga akong naghihintay na isa pang langgam sa may kanto. Ito na nga marahil ang gerpren na naghihintay dahil nakita kong sobrang na-excite itong langgam na ngayon ay nakabitin na sa dulo ng sintas ng sapatos at handang bumaging na ala-tarzan sa direksyon ng kasintahang naghihintay.
Napasigaw na lang ako ng “Sandali!!!”, nang biglang umigkas itong si langgam at napailalim sa suwelas ng aking sapatos. Huli na ang lahat at kahit bakas ni langgam ay hindi ko makita sa sementadong kalsada. Ni impit na hiyaw ay hindi nakatakas mula sa naipit na nilalang.
Samantala, ang kasintahang langgam ay nanatiling nakatayo sa tabing kalsada habang ang hangin ay nagsimoy Chanel Pheromone. At nangilid ang luha sa aking mga mata hindi dahil sa tapang ng halimuyak na pumalaot sa hangin kundi dahil sa nasasaksihan kong pagluluksa ng isang pusong naulila.
Tags: peyups
Encounter with Dr. DOOM
“WHat?? Dr. Doom is on the loose?” asked The Thing.
“Yes.” Mr Fantastic answered with a sigh.
The Fantastic 4 has been battling with Dr. Doom for more than a month now. The infamous Dr. Doom was constantly attacking the Fantastic 4’s hideout. But in the recent days, Dr. Doom was dealing with Mr. Fantastic directly.
It all started when the Fantastic 4’s experiment went haywire. The experiment was called ‘Project H’. When Dr. Doom heard that something has gone wrong with the project, he immediately took advantage of the situation.
“I thought we took care of him already?”
“It seems that he is getting his powers from an unknown source of energy. I was not able to contain him at all. As of now, his whereabouts are unknown.”
Invisible Woman and the Human Torch came crashing thru the door.
“We came as soon as we heard the news.” said Invisble Woman. The Human Torch nodded in agreement.
Suddenly, the phone rang. It was 9pm.
“Hello?”
“This is Dr. Doom. We need to talk.”
“What do you want?” Mr Fantastic puts the phone in speaker mode.
“I want you fo fix Project H ASAP. I also want to know why the V Project failed, tell me why right now!”
“Preposterous! That is impossible! Even I still do not know why the V Project failed. I need more than 24 hours!” Mr. Fantastic exclaimed.
The Thing banged his fists on the table, obviously angered by Dr. Doom’s demands. What does Dr. Doom think of us, super-computers? After a few moments though, the Thing came to his senses. He realized that Dr. Doom was heartless.
4 hours has passed since the phone rang and the discussion went in circles. It was 1 am of the next day. The 2 projects obviously were very important to Dr. Doom. It seemed that his life depended on it.
“I’ll be giving you another 48 hours. After that, I will call you back.” said the doctor. “But if you fail me, better be ready to face the consequences…”
Click. The phone was dropped.
“What do we do?” asked Human Torch.
“I guess we can’t do anything much. Let us meet up again at 9 am tomorrow.” said Invisible Woman.
to be continued…
Tags: Fiction