Dumb Robbers

It happened on one Saturday evening. My mother and I were out for a shopping to buy a gift for my father on his birthday. After giving a lot of though about what to buy, my mother decided on a gold ring.
We went on to the street famous for number of jewelry shops. After checking the gold rate in one of the shops we went inside. The sales assistant greeted us with a friendly smile and showed a variety of gold rings with different designs. My mother was looking with amazement at few of the rings studded with sparkling diamonds. Just as mom was about to ask the cost, two men wearing ski-mask rushed into the shop. They brushed past me, almost pushing me to the side so I shouted angrily, “Hey, are you blind? Don’t you have any manners to say sorry?”
They turned around and said looking at me menacingly; “Shut up or else….”They took out their guns from their hip pocket and pointed at me. I froze to death and said nothing.
“This is a robbery! Everyone except those who are working here stand in a row,” one of the robber said with his arms akimbo.
The other robber closed the entrance of the shop so that nobody could escape out to inform the police. After making sure that the entrance was firmly locked, he placed a brief case on the counter and ordered one of the Sales Assistants to empty all the jewellery into the briefcase. The Sales Assistant was shaking with fear, but quickly obeyed fearing for his life.
Suddenly I notice the red burglar alarm button in one of the corner and not far from me. I slowly inched my way towards the button without catching the eyes of the burglars. After a lot of difficulty I got close to the alarm button. I cautiously lifted my right leg and pressed the button without getting noticed by the robbers. In my mind I was thinking these robbers must be new in the business that’s why they could not see me moving. The alarm started to ring loudly. The robbers were caught unaware and started panicking. One of them snatched the bag from the sales assistant, closed it hurriedly and went to open the door but the door did not budge. They started kicking the door but to no avail.





I was watching the whole scene with much amusement. Finally they realized that the door was locked by them only so they went back to a counter to take the key. I had already started cracking at their stupidity when one of them opened the door. To their horror, they were greeted by none other than a few policemen with guns touting at them. Now it was the robberer’s turn to feel the heat. They quickly got handcuffed and everyone including my mother and I came out from the shop immediately. My mother was still frightened when we reached home. I related the whole story to my father when he returned from the office. While my mother looked pale my father and I were laughing our heads off because of the stupid actions of the dumb robbers. They dug the pit for themselves. I will never forget this humorous incidence.