Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Who say only children ask stupid questions


It was at the most 5.50 am today morning in C.D. Rai Road.  Silence prevails everywhere as if the city is dead. I was on my routine morning-walk. Still shutters and doors in the market were closed, may be due to late night party and Bhaili as it was succeeding day of Laxmi Puja.  Suddenly lovely giggles of a child drag my attention. A boy of hardly 5 years was with his father on the road; must be on morning walk like me.

“Nitin, us ko kya kahete hain?” father asked his son pointing towards a crow busy in collecting food from the garbage.
“Kauwa!” child giggles.
“What you call ‘kauwa’ in English?”
The child ignored his father’s question and almost shouted pointing towards a dog sitting on a parapet - “Dog”.
“Not only dog, you see lot of things here.” He touched a lamp post and asked, “Beta, is ko kya kahete hain?”
“Pata nahin” the boy answered looking towards the dog.
“This is Street light, kya kahete hain? Street light.”

“Wo dur dekh rahe ho? Us ko kya kahete hain?   
“Nitin, edhar dekho, is ko kya kahete hai?”

I crossed them and went ahead when I realized my normal speed of 6 km/hr dropped to 4 km/hr. But I know Nitin is a good boy. He never becomes irritated to his father’s stupid questions.

HAPPY CHILDREN’S DAY - 2012

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