Computer Days'out

Sweat beaded on his face. Willy anxiously watched his computer screen waiting for the result.

Hi!called out a cheerful squeaky voice, breaking the silence. Willy jumped at the sound and looked around Who's that? he called back.

Hey Willy! Can't you see me? I am your computer Hmm human brain does feel good.My computer! he stood rooted to the ground in disbelief. This was an exaggerated effect of what he had expected.

See this Willy! I am sprouting arms and legs.Oh! It is such a funny wriggly feeling it went on joyfully. Willy thumped his fist in the air and gasped.It's wonderful! It's incredible! With such a wonderful computer he saw a large earning for himself.

Willy was a genius chiphead and a computer wizard whose success at various computer experiments encouraged him to come up with weird but fantastic ideas. Once on a spur of moment he planted some human brain cells in his computer and the result was miraculous.

In the following days he befriended his humanized computer Max. They spent their time in fun-filled activities. They chatted, they joked, they danced to music, they played and they hogged on junk food. Now Max and Wily were constant companions to each other. They went out to department stores, parks, stadiums and theatres. People on the streets were shocked and amazed to see a walking, talking and giggling computer. They assumed it to be a robot in the shape of a computer. Willy and Max enjoyed this attention to the hilt.

Though Max enjoyed Willy's company, he felt that he was the only one of his type on the streets whereas all his friends were confined to their desks. Humans had so much for fun whereas computers only had to only obey their commands and work and work. So, he secretly passed the effect of human brain cells to his friends and established a network and control over them. The other computers owners sensed something weird but couldn't figure out what it was.

Max just wanted to frolic but Willy expected him to work. This was the bone of contention between them. Max grew indignant and craved for the human pleasures. It's not fair Willy, that I got to work all day ,it finally fumed one day. Keep quiet and continue your work,it was snapped back.

When Willy reached for the keyboard to give a command, Max gave him an electric shock enough to topple Willy over his chair and make him unconscious.I have had enough! Max announced furiously as he stormed away, out of the house. Out in the streets he commanded his fellow computers to come and join him.

BOOM! BANG! CRASH! PLOD! PLOD! THUMP! THUMP!

The computers rushed to the city square to join their leader. People were shocked and terrified. There was a lot of chaos and frenzy.

Max led them to his choicest department store. The customers and the salespeople felt invaded. They were taken hostage by Max and his team. The electronic security system of the store conked out. The computers pounced on food and drinks. They loved crunching chips and munching chocolates. The fizz of the fizzy drinks thrilled them. They hogged food until their CPUs burped and speakers farted. The frightened and shocked hostages had no choice but to helplessly watch computers having fun. By now they were so heavy with food that they swayed from side to side as they plodded through the corridors merrily wagging their tails (mouse).

Next they examined the mannequins dressed in colourful clothes and accessories with amusement. They yanked out clothes of all sorts of sizes, colours and shapes from the clothes rack. Some of them simply hung them on while some draped them all over themselves. They complimented and enjoyed their new look. They looked perfect rollicking dragqueens.

Then on, they took fancy to playing football in a nearby stadium. Taking their hostages with them they marched to the football stadium. It looked like some carnival festival of computers on the street. At the stadium they seated the hostages in spectators' seats. They took to playing with more than one ball at a time. All the rules of the game lay forgotten. They were unruly and were kicking balls anyway and anywhere. They forced the hostage spectators to cheer and applaud them all the time.

Meanwhile the human beings were in despair. Their most boastful and indispensible invention had turned their backs on them. Their day-to-day life was in utter chaos. Some computer wizards and chipheads formed a committee to look for a solution to the problem. By now they were aware of their computers' weakness was their choicest department store. They simulated a similar department store equipped with eatables of their choice as a bait to trap them in a highly electrocuted area and finish them off. Willy was also a part of the committee, but he personally did not agree with the idea because he felt that there was always a way out of such situations without causing destruction. As he could not think of any other solution he had to comply with the decision of the committee.

By now the computers were the boss and the hostages had to work for them. At the simulated store, the computers seated themselves comfortably in the cafeteria and commanded hostages to get them food and drinks. Due to this, the committee's plan to electrocute computers fell apart. The committee members were left scratching their heads.

Gradually the computers grew tired of human pleasures. They had been used to disciplined and a commanded life. So, now they felt weary and lost. Max and Willy were both in turmoil. Max bored of human pleasures and not knowing what to do further, while Willy felt responsible for the present mess and was frustrated at his inability to find a solution to it. The city garden was a place of respite for Willy and Max.

One evening in the garden while Willy was strolling, thinking hard for the solution, Max bumped into him. Forgetting their differences they hugged each other. Tears welled up in Willy's eyes as he hugged Max, but he did not let his emotions completely take over him. Using his presence of mind he unplugged the source of the human brain cells. Immediately Max as well as other computers lost their human features. They turned into their usual old selves. Willy always had the strong feeling that always there was a better way than destruction. Computers' day out had come to an end.

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