"Wake up!" Sarla jolted her husband awake.
"What happened?" he woke up with a jerk as if he got an electrical shock.
"What is that hissing noise? It that a snake?" her eyes were wide as an owl in the night.
After listening attentively, he lay down and pulled a blanket over himself.
"Go to sleep. That's just your son doing various exercises. He has been strengthening his muscles and his core for the big event that's around the corner."
"But why?"
"So that he can carry our overweight daughter-in-law to the finish line and win like every year."
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