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Weekly Contest #143
It sounded like the drone of an airplane overhead. Kiran pricked up her ears and sat up along with her sleeping bag. She looked at the huddled figure next to her in the cramped tent. He stirred, and peeped out with a question mark on his face. His head and neck were wrapped in a woolen cap and a muffler. He had ignored her advice that he does not need them inside the sleeping bag. And then, they heard what sounded like gunshots - “khat-khat-khat” - followed by a rumbling of the earth underneath. She knew what it was and unzipped her sleeping...
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