Keshav's farmville

Did you know that I have become a farmer? No no.. I am not referring to my farm on farmville that Dadu manages for me. I am talking about being a real farmer!!

You did not?? I am not surprised, considering that even Papa figured it out today only.. duh...

Mummy has been telling me about how plants grow for a long time. In school (not in AVM but in L'ecole Montessori), Muskaan Aunty also taught me a song which goes "एक छोटा बीज ज़मीन के अन्दर था..." and so on. These did give me some idea of farming. Plus, looking at my farm on farmville, I also understood a lot more things about farming.

All this, however, did not translate into anything real till a few days ago. Mummy got home a small plastic glass. She told me that we were going to grow a plant in it. Then we had to wait for a day for Arjun Bhaiya to get some soil for us to put in the glass. Finally we were able to plant a few seeds in the soil.

I have been watering the plant every day for the last few days. 1-2 days ago, I saw one of the seeds turn into a seedling. And then today, I saw the seedling grow a couple of green leaves. Now I am looking forward for the seedling to grow into a plant so that I can harvest it then!!

If only... I had the space for a few trees, some dogs, birds, rabbits, etc. It would have been so much fun to have my own real farmville..

Chhupa Rustam...

The other day, Mummy had come to my school (Arya Vidya Mandir) for a meeting with the teachers. All of us are supposed to act in a play. So the teacher called her to tell her what I was supposed to become.

So Mummy came and met with the teachers. I was in my classroom all the time. I did not see Mummy as the teacher tells us not to look outside the class.

Then Alpa Aunty (Nano-Mika's mummy) told her to look into my class. She said - "I think Keshav is wearing some badge!!"

Mummy got very curious and came to check. And she saw that I was wearing the black Monitor's badge. She was so so surprised that she fell down there itself. All of us kids had to go and pick her up!!

As soon as she got out of school, she called Papa and told him - "Do you know your son is a monitor in class!! I just found out. Now I know why he has all those pin holes in his shirt."

Papa was equally surprised. Fortunately, he was sitting on a chair and hence did not fall down.

That evening, Papa and Mummy asked me so much about when did I become a Monitor, who else is a Monitor, what do i need to do as a Monitor, etc.

I couldnt really understand why my parents were getting so excited about something so small.

After a lot of cajoling, I told them (matter-of-factly) that the teacher put the Monitor badge on my shirt everyday when I reached the school and then took it off when I was leaving school. Besides me, Ayyana was also a Monitor. But I did not tell them what a Monitor is supposed to do. They kept on asking but I did not tell them.

In the evening Dadu came home and Mummy told him that Keshav is a monitor in class. And Dadu said - "छुपा रुस्तम (Chhupa Rustam)!!!"

PS: Mummy did not fall down. I am just pulling her leg.
PPS: I am going to be a bear in the play!!

I will become small then..

Like everynight, Mummy put me to sleep after her dinner. However, unlike other nights, last night Mummy and Papa went out for a movie after putting me to sleep. And they did not tell me about it!!! I even asked Mummy when I saw her wearing outside clothes at night. But she did not say anything.

Then some time after going to bed, I woke up!! I called for Mummy but she did not come. So then I started crying loudly!!! Anita Masi was with me and tried to quieten me. But I continued crying. Then Dadu came, hearing my bawling. I sat with him for a bit and reduced my volume. However, I was still crying. Then I went again to Anita Masi who finally put me to sleep again.

In the morning, I told Mummy and Papa that I was crying last night. I also told them why I cried and what happened.

Then Papa asked me - "Keshav, Why did you cry? You are a big boy now. And you know big boys dont cry!! You should not keep crying like this everytime."

I got really worried - "अगर मैं ऐसे रोऊंगा तो फिर तो मैं छोटा हो जाऊँगा (If I cry like this then I will become small again!!)"

Then Papa told me that he will not let me become smaller. And I breathed a sigh of relief.