The class of almost five year olds and five year olds are watching the animated version of " Charlotte's Web". So Charlotte the Spider grows old and eventually dies. Sigh!!!
In the classroom the four-five year olds question their teacher - " Are you old?"
The teacher replies "yes , everyone grows up and grow old eventually".
The kids - "hmm... that means you will die , just like Charlotte".
The teacher - " he hehe ... who liked the movie?? tomorrow we will learn about metals".
Cut back to a saturday at home in the evening. It's been a long Saturday. Having taken Achyuta to his swim lesson, weekly grocery shopping, then to a birthday party and now back giving him a scrub. It's the pizza saturday for Achyuta so it is ordered for take away on the phone and i request Govi to walk the block and pick up the pizza while i clean up our son. This because my feet were killing me....
Achyuta to me " Amma you go and get the pizza pls. i want appa to give me my bath".
Me - " Please let your appa go, i am tired".
Achyuta - " that's ok, its not far. You go please".
Me - " My legs are hurting".
Achyuta - " Are you getting old amma"?
Me - " yes raja".
Achyuta - " so your legs are going to fall off?"
Ok so i dont have the emoticons function here otherwise i would have potrayed the look on my face....
Achyuta and I have been bonding since the last four days at home. He had the viral fever so had to stay home and Govi was travelling so were glued to each other.
I was reading a book and Achyuta was playing near me when he came upto me and asked
" Amma, is your tummy big? Bigger than my tummy?"
Me- "Yes Achyuta my tummy is bigger than yours".
Achyuta - " Oh so is there a baby in the tummy?"
Me - " No Raja...."
Achyuta - " then why do you have a big tummy?"
Do i need to say anything more?....
It's a strange association of events & little minds.... why did Charlotte the spider have to die???
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