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
REALLY THE ARTICLES ARE WORTH READING..I LIKED.. THANKS SIR..
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