Friday, July 29, 2011

Child is the father of man


Scene1: Prachi has placed two of her play horses on the window sill overlooking the garden outside.
Prachi: Amma! Look, where are the horses standing?
Me: Wow gondu they are viewing the garden. May be they are looking at the trees.
Prachi: Or may be they are looking at the pigeons
Me: May be they are wishing they had wings to fly like the pigeons
Prachi: Or may be they are planning to pick the feathers dropped by the pigeon
Prachi: Or may be they are thinking of plucking the leaves
Me: Or may be they are looking at the grass and thinking, “oh wah! Such green grass. We should eat it.”
Prachi: Amma! What are you saying? Don’t you know that they are play horses? They are toys. They do not eat, ok?


Scene 2: HK is engrossed in his laptop.
Prachi (in a sing-a-song tone): Anna, look here.
No response from HK.
Prachi (same tone repeats): Anna, look here.
Prachi (same tone repeats): Anna, look here.
Prachi (same tone repeats): Anna, look here.
No response yet.
Prachi (neutral tone): Anna, look here.
Prachi (slightly annoyed): Annnna…look here at me.
HK (glances at her casually once): Yes baabu, one second, and then I’ll look what you have been up to.
But HK fails to keep his words. He is again staring at the laptop.
Prachi (Totally irritated): Annnnna…What do you have in there? Prachi Kamath?

Scene 3: HK and Prachi have a spat early in the morning, the reason being HK climbed down the bed before Prachi while she wanted to be the first.
Prachi: I am cross at you.
HK: Oooh
Prachi: I am angry at you
HK: Oooh
Prachi: I am really mad at you
HK: Oooh
Prachi: I love you
HK: Oooh
Prachi: But, I won’t care you at all

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