Small Story 451.

Small Story 451 The Snack Encounter Swamy came out of his apartment and, on the way, met his friend Krishna. “Hey, how are you?” Krishna nodded. “There is a prediction of heavy rain today because of the neighbouring state’s cyclone effect. If you are going anywhere nearby, come back quickly. I just returned from our friends’ group, and everyone advised me to go home,” he added. “Thank you, buddy,” said Swamy. “Tomorrow my daughter is coming from Davangere. I want to buy some snacks from Ramas and will come back soon.” After that, Swamy left. Suddenly, Swamy got a call from Shreya. “Hey Dad, I just remembered—tomorrow is Ashwin’s school meeting. So I’ve postponed my visit. I’ll inform you later about my arrival,” she said and hung up. Swamy felt relieved because the rain had already started pouring heavily, just as Krishna had warned. Most of the time, predictions are true—both on the news channels and from the Meteorological Department. K. Ragavan 6-12-25