The Mystery Muffin Giver!

What would it be this morning --' a telephone call saying that Iam the lucky winner who got an oppurtunity to talk to a celebrity ,or a call saying that he/she is the friend of mine or probably a person with a fake name trying to reach me over phone..??!! '
There is always a warm surprise or two tucked into a white napkin and placed next to the morning newspaper, waiting for me once I open my front door[:)]----kind of pleasant surprises I began to encounter after meeting this Mystery Muffin Giver*.

Who is then the Mystery Muffin Giver?

I always tried to be conscious if I can ever catch him/her in the act so far I've been unsuccessful. But no matter what,I was always unsuccessful and for you ...left a good read to dwell on!

Thanks to one of my collegues,I met this guy..whom I call the mystery muffin giver two months back when I went to a birthday party..so cheerful guy,as simple as I can think of anyone ---probably a guy next door to me..

His friend's circle always use a pet name to call ..and as Iam close to my collegue who actually introduced him to me,I too started calling him with his pet name..and reached a stage when I forgot his actual name and that made all the difference!!

One month later I came to know how even names can deceive us..or probably say confuse us..

Every week we used to meet,me,my collegue ,this mystery muffin giver..and his gang of friends .And ofcourse with their I began to know the meaning of friendship even more deeper than I have ever thought of..!The value they give to friends ,not just going to parties and having fun but much beyond that!

One fine afternoon,my collegue who introdued me to that mystic guy told me that this guy is asking both of us to come to a place far from our office.She also added that he is going to give me a surprise which I can never forget in my life.I never questioned her anytime ,for I knew that whatever she does will give me some kind of pleasant experience and something not ordinary and as usual ,I didnot question her why she wanted me to come to a remote place along with her.I took permission from my boss and left the office with her and we both went to a place where I can see some shooting going on.

Unable to control my anxiety Iasked her "whats all this going on..I guess it is some shooting "

"may be" was her quick short reply

By the time I was thinking of what all the place is about,this guy came from inside with a broad smile on his face

I could see his eyes all monitoring my face

"now ...eh..I guess you recognized me"said he with his smile still broadened

"and you know now what the surprise is..."he added

"yes"I told him not understanding what all is going around

My collegue and the guy exchanged some words eachother

"she still didnot recognize you"said my collegue closing the lift doors

"arey....dont you see any moives"said the guy wondering why I didnot recognize him

Why is the guy asking me like that?Probaby now-a -days movies learn us lot of things..especially how to be tricky giving us timely ideas

"I do see..but only movies that are a big hit"said I thinking deeply what watching movies has to do with his recognition

And then later on he quoted a movie and asked me if I have watched that or not..

"YES "said I ..

"And whos the hero in that movie??????"he asked trying to make me understand something

A big wide smile and then Iam dumbfounded...unable to talk further...,for the guy standing right infront of me is none other than the hero of the film or rather a celebrity ...!!!

For month long I hae never noticed that he is the one whom everybody knew as a child artist when he was small..and even now as a actor ..

Later when we were travelling back to our office,there was a deep silence between me and my collegue.I could not understand why each of them hide from me the fact that he is a celebrity artist.I never questioned my collegue why she didnot tell me the truth,for the evening of that day I got the reply I needed from the guy itself

"I like giving surprises to my friends ...and I hope you well enjoyed this pleasant surprise"told the guy when he met me and my collegue

"yes ,ofcourse"said I not so friendly

"you wanted to know why we hide that before you right?"said he

"hmmm..yeah"replied eagerly

But I was very surprised even when my collegue pretended that even she didnot know anything although both of them are very close friends.And later on, he revealed everything before me..why all of them hide his identity ..and here goes his words straight from heart..

"From my childhood everyone started looking at me as a celebrity rather than a friend.Every one started talking to me only because I am a celebrity and no one treated me as a person by myself.And you know what...you are the one among the few persons who never cared who Iam and who nerver asked me about my background before talking to me and we thought we have a right to hide this infront of you..because we are sure that you will be one among our gang.."

These words swiped all the assumptions I had on them and from that day I began to learn lot of things from them..much deeper meaning of friendship and how even small things can make friends happy ...

And till date, we were always given small pleasant surprises which may include surprise meetings,telephonic calls,small gifts..

"No ,next time we will never get shocked with the things you do..we will in turn give you a pleasant surprise"we all said in chorus many times with him...but all our plans were in vain,for he is the only one in our gang of friends who can give a shocking surprise which one can never dare to forget!