Hari Puttar

Hari Puttar
(Note any resemblance to the popular children’s novel Harry Potter is purely intentional and NOT a coincidence!)
            Hari was a simple boy going to an ordinary school.Only thing odd about him was a scar on his forehead and his spectacles.He lived with his uncle and aunt since his parents died when he was a child.They did not love him and used to lock him up in a room.
            One day , a crow came from nowhere and delivered a letter to their house and while going back the crow dirtied his uncle’s head with what crows in India are best known for! The letter read ‘To Hari Puttar’ from ‘Jadoo ka Mantralaya’.Come to our Magic School by Hogwar express on Platform no 6 3/4th.
            “I have heard bout Haridwar express but Hogwar and Platform no 6 3/4th??” ,Hari wondered.He later packed his luggage and his uncle was happy to get rid of him.
            He went to the railway station and asked the T.C, “Bhaisaab,where is platform no 6 3/4th?” T.C. replied visibly agitated ,”Hey kid, stop joking. There is no such platform………….Haan,may be you are talking about Platform no 7 which government promised to complete by 2008 but is only 3/4th complete!!’
            So Hari went to the 7th Platform which was only 3/4th complete.He saw many other weird students of his age.As always the Hogwar Express arrived a full 4 hrs late.Hari got into the train.He settled in a bogie besides a boy and a girl.The boy said,”Hi,I am Ronak and she is Harmoni” “Hi,I am Hari” he replied.
“Hari, Hari Puttar! Hey you how did you get the scar on your head?Are you the one who was attacked by ‘You know who’ in childhood?”, asked Harmoni.
“No yaar, I fell headfirst in an open municipal pothole as a child and got those stitches!!” said Hari. “Oh!” exclaimed Ronak “So YOU are the ‘Boy who lived’(after falling into a pothole!!)
After bout 4 hrs of stopping at each and every small station and the ‘Chai,chai…eeeya’ and ‘copy copy’ guy passed them a hundred times pleading them to buy atleast one cup they finally reached Hogwar.They got down at the station and had buses to carry them to school.
            At school they were divided into 4 houses and school started straight away.On the first day itself,they were taken to a big hall with many brooms lying on the floor. “My first flying lesson!” Hari thought. Madam made each student stand behind each broom.
            “Up,up” Hari shouted expecting the broom to come to life and be grasped in his hand.
            “Hey kid,what are you doing?? Come on everyone pick up your brooms and start cleaning this place! What did you expect you were going to learn to fly??”Madam shouted.The 1st day was spent entirely on cleaning the huge hall with just a broom.
            Just as the 2nd day was about to begin Hari heard a lady’s voice yelling at him,”Hari, Hari . Wake up!!”
Hari woke up to find him in his bed with his favourite novel Harry Potter beneath his pillow and his mom shaking him. “Hari,don’t you have school today? Ronak is waiting for you outside”
            “School!!”Hari exclaimed “No way,Mom” and pulled back his blanket over his head.Never again did he sleep with his favourite novel by his side.

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