Betty the Bat

Betty the Bat.. or Beta the Bat... or Bat the Betty..

That was such a big confusion. It was just two days to go and Mummy and I could not figure out which would be the right one.

Betty the Bat was one of the night-time creatures that Khushboo Aunty told me at Honeybees. It was all fine in the classroom, but now I had to become one and go to Honeybees. Now how could I be Betty... Betty is a girl no!! And I am a boy!!

That is why Mummy and I were discussing which one was it to be. Finally we left it saying we will consult Dadu and Papa and then take a decision.

By then, I was also struck with some very basic questions. It is one thing to read about night time creatures and another to become one.

I told Mummy - "Mummy, I dont want to become a BAT."

Mummy - "Why Keshav? What is the problem?"

K - "Mummy, I don't want to be a black BAT. It is so dirty. I only want to be a bear!!"

M - "Hmmm.."

K - "Also, I dont want to be hanging upside down in the class. Then I will see everything upside-down."

M - "Don't worry Keshav. Khushboo Aunty will not hang you upside-down"

Finally, it wasn't so bad. Mummy made my BAT dress and I quite enjoyed wearing it. See see...

Mom's and their sense of logic

Early this morning (830 am), Mummy and I had a rather sureal.. ooops.. Papa says its surreal... surreal conversation. Surreal means very very strange!!

I wanted to play with my grape game. In the grape game there is clay of different colours. We use this clay to make many grapes. Then there is some grape crushing machine. We put each grape in a different part of the machine. Then we turn the machine and the grape gets crushed or cut or pulled. I really have a lot of fun making the grapes and then crushing or cutting them.

So this morning, as Papa was setting up the machine for me, Mummy asks me - "Why do you like this game? What is the objective of this game?"

I have her a DUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH look. Objective of the game - What animal is that??? Why do I like this game - Because I like to crush games!!!

Do we need anything more than this!!