Scaring Sources of Sound
We do not fear what we can recognize. We fear the unknown sounds, sights, smells and tastes.
Here everything makes a sound or sings a song - when they are switched ON & OFF.
The garage doors make scary rumbling sound deep from the womb of the earth at midnight -
because they are built underground and you do not know about it, since you are just visiting.
The washing machine sings a short song when the cycle is over. I can lip sync the song with
"Come and get it!" OR "eduththukkO!" OR "mudinchudhu!" OR "katham huvA" or "aai pOyindhi!"
The rice cooker has its own song and so also every other gadget including Roomba. The cat may set it on and you would be blissfully unaware of it but for its song and sound!
In addition to these sweet songs we also have the scary ones. The Fire alarm goes ON at midnight with a false alarm - since the battery had become weak (?)
The security system has the contacts broken duto extreme heat and set false alarm which an be heard over the whole neighbourhood. If I were India the whole colony would have been at my door to investigate the sound! Here we hardly see or know the next door neighbours!
Yesternight the watch alarm set for 10-30 P.M(?) went on giving me a new scare. I thought it was coming from the newly installed Split A.C which had been running continuously in an effort to bring down the inside temp by 25F or more with regard to the exterior temp!
Modern living is as comfortable as it is scary. It can't but remind me of the story of the Country Mouse visiting a City Mouse!
