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When quick thinking saves the day

A Tale of Logic and Survival

By Rohitha LankaPublished 10 months ago 2 min read

When quick thinking saves the day

There were once two women in a country.

One was called Mathewati. The other was named Tarkawati.

Mathewati was well versed with the Mathematics.

Tarkawati had a good power of reasoning.

So, these two were traversing a small forest road without nothing apart from a cloth and a hat.

As they were going like that night fell.

There was quite some distance left to the village.

In the meantime…,

Mathematics:- " You do realize that a man has been tracking us for the past 38 minutes and 30 seconds. What does he want?'"

Tarkawati: - "That makes sense, he wants to do something specilal for lady us.

Mathematics: "Oh no. He'll get to us in 15 minutes if he comes at this speed. What do we do now…?"

Tarkawathi: "The only thing to do now is walk faster."

Mathematics: No. You're wrong…"

Tarkawathi: "Yes, that isn't right… That man did the most sensible thing he could do. He walked faster too."

Mathematics: "Okay…, what do we do now? At this pace, he'll be here in a minute."

Tarkawathi: "All right, the only reasonable step we can take now is to divide and conquer. You go that way. I'll go this way. Logically he can't follow both of us…"

The two women walked on different sides of the road. The man behind started to follow Tarkawathi. Tarkawathi reached home.

She now panicked on Tarkawathi, who hadn't yet come, what would happen to Tarkawathi? Tarkawathi came in after a while.

Math: "Oh my God, you just came. What happened to you?"

Math: "The only rational thing occurred. That guy fell behind us, so he came running after me."

Math: "Okay… okay … What do you do after that?"

Math: "The only thing that made sense happened. I began to run as fast as I could. He ran as fast as he could."

Math: "So…?"

Math: "The only rational thing occurred. He came to me…"

Math: "Oh my God… So what did you do…"

Math: "I did the only logical thing. I lifted my cloth…"

Math: "Oh… what did that guy do?"

Logician: "He has logically done the only thing that can be done. He pulled down his pants…"

Mathematician: "So…, tell me what happened…"

Logician: "Why, logically, don't you know that a woman with her clothes up can run faster than a man with his pants down…

So I came to the girls…"

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  • Marie381Uk 10 months ago

    Wonderful ♦️🖌️♦️

  • Test10 months ago

    This story is a surprisingly funny and clever twist on a potentially scary situation! I genuinely chuckled when I read, "Logically, don't you know that a woman with her clothes up can run faster than a man with his pants down?" so "unexpected and witty. The whole setup with the two women's names and skills made the punchline even better. 🌞

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