Alarm
Author: Dr. K. S. Kang
Electrician departed from the house after giving clear cut instructions that wires in the tank should remain at a particular to enable the water alarm to work properly and effectively. Baser, had put up the alarm to avoid the inconvenience of running upstairs time and again to check whether overhead roof tank has not overflowed causing wastage of water and to put the water pump off. This alarm gave the warning both in English as well as in native language to switch off the water pump as the overhead roof water tank is full. But one day Baser observed that the alarm started blaring in perfect English and native dialect the warning to put off the water pump in just ten minutes after the pump was put on. So Baser put the water pump off at once so as to avoid the inconvenience of listening to the warnings of the alarm repeatedly. As that was holiday and Baser was in relaxing mood so he bathed a little late that day. But to his utter surprise tap stopped giving water as soon as he had applied soap and shampoo on his body. Baser had to come out of the bathroom in the same state looking like a piece of brown cake with the topping of vanilla cream or like a semi ghost. He fetched water in a bucket from underground water tank and completed his bath.
Again electrician was summoned and he ascended the stairs to check the water tank on the roof and found that the wires were lying near the bottom of the tank much below the required level to make the alarm effective and precise. Perhaps some bird must have sit on the wire and when it alighted the cello tape sticking it to that particular level was removed and wires fell nearly to the bottom of the tank. Electrician again restored the wire to the requisite level and stuck it up with tape and checked the alarm and again gave instruction to ensure that wires remain at the required level then only alarm will give timely warning. Electrician departed of course after taking his remuneration.
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