The Tired Trishaw Man

The Trishaws in Vietnam.


THE TIRED TRISHAW MAN

Copyright © 2005 May Fam

Unsuspecting things always happen on a wet, windy raining night or a dark moonless night. The people who often experience these happenings are taxi drivers, bus drivers, and trishaw drivers, people who work late or travel late on roads.

This is a story about a trishaw man going home late at night. Some say this is a true story. Because of the rain and wind this man was trying to get home as quick as possible. So he chose a back lane which he normally won’t go. As he peddled his trishaw through , he felt a cold wind and he felt a weight on his passenger seat. Looking down he saw it was empty, but with his peddling he knew it was not empty. Not wanting to dwell on this, he continued on.

At the end of the lane he saw a man with a stall; he was frying noodles by the road side. Feeling hungry and wanting something hot to take home, he stopped and ordered a packet of fried noodles.

Taking the noodles he hurried home as fast as his legs could peddle. Arriving home he opened the packet of noodles and got the shock of his life. Instead of noodles, it was a heap of wriggling earth worms.

Then he knew his invisible passenger was not of this world.
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