dare to bite the rite ?

years n years ago when i was around 4 or 5 YRS old i was one hell of a brat !!!

apart from being a kid who used to cry during "paatu class" until my paatu master actually went ballistic n gave up on me ... i also used to also be super scared of everything n everyone !

we used to live in a cute lil appartment building back then ...
we used to live on the 2nd floor.. n i had a balcony in my room (just like rupunzil :) )....

back then pvj= scared lil rabbit
i used to be scared of everything ... the dark, old people,cockroaches,eesal(tht flying poochi tht comes during the rainy season),escalators,boys !!, my hindi teacher,the lion king cartoon(uncle scar was one scary dude), ... even my own shadow!
u get the picture rite?

so anyways, my mom used love scary movies... but there was no way in hell she could watch one when scared lil rabbit(i.e, me) was around.
so every afternoon when it was my nap time, she used watch scary movies on video( back then it was vcr not dvd players)
n since i was quite a brat i used to sneak outta my room n go investigate wat mom was watching on tv..!
i particularly remember hiding behind the door n cathing glimpses of a "VAMPIRE" movie...
n u can imagine how scared tht wud ve made me !.... vampires scare me even now, imagine back then na!
and i cud nt talk to my mom abt my vampire-fear cause i wasnt supposed to be sneaking outta my room in the first place !

so i did the nxt best thing.. i told my 4yr old best friend !
so my intelligent-bold-brave-comforting-all knowing best friend gave me ADVICE

she was like "of course vampires exist . how could u not know about them !... they drink the blood of humans to survive. they attack ppl every nite only. n only a silver bullet frm a silver gun can kill it.."

by then i was in tears ..literally scared shitless... where cud i find a silver gun????

so then she said " ok ok pri dont worry .. i know a trick ..."

n so i listened to her with wide eyed innocence ...

she said " vampires bite ppl only when they are sleeping. n they ll bite only on the left side of their necks !... so when u sleep, u must sleep in a sideways position , on ur left side so only the right side of ur neck is exposed to the vampires "

brilliant plan na !

so then practically for the next 6 or 7 years i actually slept only on my left side !
and i finally told my mom n dad abt it because i wanted them also to "safe" frm vampire bites in the nite !
they laughed so so so much :D
n finally talked me out of it !