Ali: (looking at the kitchen floor) “Yaar, look at this! So many ants carrying food into the house. Alhamdulillah, this means good days are coming! Maybe I’ll get that promotion soon!”
Bilal: (laughs) “Promotion because of ants? Bro, you’ve officially started outsourcing your career planning to insects!”
Ali: “Don’t joke, Bilal! My grandmother always said, ‘When ants bring food inside, Rizq barhta hai.’ It’s a sign of prosperity. And if they start leaving, it means some loss is on the way.”
Bilal: “Your grandmother also probably said drinking seven sips of water while facing east will make you lucky, right?”
Ali: “Don’t make fun of our traditions. These beliefs come from experience. Have you ever seen ants leaving a house? Something bad always follows—job loss, health issues… something!”
Bilal: “Ali, listen to yourself. Ants don’t have a bank account in Habib Bank. They’re not fortune tellers; they’re just hungry. You left sugar open, and now they’re having a five-star buffet in your kitchen.”
Ali: “Still, how do you explain that last year when the ants disappeared from my house, I had that big medical expense? Coincidence? I don’t think so.”
Bilal: “Okay, let me explain scientifically. Ants follow food sources and moisture. In summer, when it gets too dry inside, they move out. When there’s food and crumbs around, they come in. It has nothing to do with your salary or hospital bills.”
Ali: “But bro, why do so many people believe this then? Whole families believe it can predict fortune.”
Bilal: “Because humans love patterns. Our brain connects unrelated things. You see ants leaving, then something bad happens, and your mind says, ‘Aha! Ants warned me.’ But you ignore the hundred times nothing happened when ants came or left.”
Ali: (grinning) “So you’re saying these ants are not my financial advisors?”
Bilal: “Exactly. If they were, I’d hire them too! But tell me one thing: when the ants came last month, did your salary double?”
Ali: “No… but I got a free chai from the canteen.”
Bilal: “There you go—prosperity in the form of free chai! Maybe the tradition is half right.”
Ali: (laughing) “Fine, scientist sahab. But I’m still not shooing these ants away. Who knows, maybe they’ll bring a lottery ticket next time.”
Bilal: “Yeah, sure. Just keep the sugar jar closed, or else these ‘lucky ants’ will eat more of your fortune than they bring.”
(Both laugh as Ali starts cleaning up the crumbs, still half-believing in his little insect omens.)
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