I was a perennial problem to my School teachers. My stream of questions never seem to run out of supply. No amount of answers could quench my urge to ask questions. When it had started I was jokingly called the "जिज्ञासु" - one who is curious and asks a lot of questions.
This soon turned into a nightmare for the teachers.
In a class about Earth's Revolution, I asked why Earth revolves? Why Sun doesn't revolve? Once a teacher was explaining L.C.M. of 2,4 is 4 and H.C.F. is 2. I asked if L.C.M. is greater than H.C.F., why the full form of L.C.M. starts with lowest and full form of H.C.F. starts with highest?
My questions were not worth entertaining, it seemed.
After this harrowing experience with my questions, the teachers hatched a plan.
'Sharma Sir, Let's dispatch जिज्ञासु to the well of puzzles' said Mishra Sir.
''Well of puzzles'? That room which is full of questions in the form of puzzles?' asked Sharma Sir.
'Yes, and no one has ever come out of it' confirmed Mishra Sir.
'जिज्ञासु, you remember you wanted to know why Sun doesn't revolve?'
'Yes, Mishra Sir', I replied.
I was then sent to a mysterious room. It was dark. It had one big Welcome button. I pressed it. A big screen of 10 questions popped and to the right a cage became visible.
Inside the cage, there were ~24 people.
"These are the people who couldn't answer my questions", echoed a voice
"What are those questions?" I asked
"You idiot, can't you see the puzzles on your screen?"
"Ok, sir"
"Do you want me to answer them?"
"Duh!"
"Okay, Sir can I ask for clarifications?" I politely inquired.
"Of course"
"These idiots in the cage, never asked for any clarifications. They thought they are too smart. None of them could answer all the puzzles correctly" explained the Voice.
I started reading the puzzles.
I don't remember any puzzle, though.
I started asking for clarifications. The clarifications extended for hours. After every clarification, I used to ask follow-up questions. And, it went for 6-7 hours. It seemed that the Voice really liked talking and no one had ever asked him any questions ever.
The voice (of whomever it was) was extremely relaxed and became pleased with me.
"जिज्ञासु! I am elated after talking to you my child!"
"I would like to give you a boon and I will free you as well from this room"
"What is the boon, Sir?"
"Oh! Come on!"
After that I woke up in my bed. I felt like I was sleeping for days. I woke up and immediately went to my mother.
"Mummy! Why am I in home?"
She looked puzzled.
I changed my clothes and went out for playing with my friends. Everything was like before except for one.
Whenever, I used to ask any question, no one ever had answers to them. To my surprise, few hours later, few days later, I used to find the answers in a mysterious way.
Sometimes I used to find answers, while a flock of birds were flying in the shape of alphabets which formed an answer. One time, I was looking at my plate, the neatly arranged morsels formed an answer.
Other times, the answers were whispered in my ear, while I was sleeping.
So, that was the story of how I got the 'boon of unanswerable questions'. Hmm, not really unanswerable if you ask me!
PS : Work of Fiction, inspired by a mythological anecdote
PPS : Can you guess the mythological reference?
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