Sunday, June 29, 2008

Aikaa Magic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is a story of a little kid named Chandu. He loved being taken out to parks, eateries, bakeries and restaurants. This was a day as normal as any other day and the kid was all set to go out and enjoy the evening. The weather was perfect with a few clouds hovering above and leaves and small branches of trees dancing to the tunes of the breezy wind. Chandu had worn blue peddle pushers and his favorite bubble gummer (read Velcro) shoes. It was Mr. R's turn to take Chandu out this evening. Chandu had three uncles and Mr. R was the youngest of them all. The kid loved Mr. R more than anyone else. He would always look forward to going out with Mr. R.
Mr. R came out of his room and called to Chandu "Baa ma hogona" (come lets go). Chandu wished his grand mom a bye and started off with Mr. R. They walked all the way till the bus stop holding hands and swinging it. Mr. R asked Chandu where he'd like to go. Pat came the reply "Ulity building" (read Utility building). Chandu liked hotel Ulaas the best and he would always order a plain dosa. Ulaas was located on the first floor of the 24 floors tall Utility building. Even the waiters had gotten bored serving the kid plain dosa almost every time he went there.
It was 10 minutes now at the bus stop and Mr. R had started getting impatient. By the time he could get any more impatient they saw a bus arriving. To Chandu's disappointed it was not a double decker. He always preferred traveling by a double decker standing at the front glass window of the top deck. He told Mr. R "double decker al hogona" (let’s go in the double decker). Mr. R didn’t trust the frequency of the double decker buses and carried Chandu onto the crowded bus. They moved away from the entrance and settled down somewhere at the middle of the bus near a pole. Since Chandu couldn’t reach the handles at the top, the pole would help him stand without being pushed around or thrown onto the floor in the crowded bus. He held the pole with both his hands and started looking around. He found two beautiful ladies seated just next to him. A cute stare got him a little seating place in between the young women. Chandu looked up at Mr. R and Mr. R gave Chandu a reassuring smile. Chandu put aside Mr. R for a while and started enjoying the view outside & the wind blowing onto his face. He would have preferred the place at the corner, but both the women wanted him. So he had to settle down away from the window and in between the two of them. About 4-5 stops went by and it was time to get down. Chandu waved both the ladies a bye and in return got both his cheeks pulled and a kiss planted on his forehead. In spite of it being a crowded bus and it not being a double decker, Chandu had enjoyed the ride and was now looking forward to eating plain dosa at Ulaas. He held Mr. R's hand and crossed the road towards Utility building hopping in happiness. They reached the stairs to Ulaas but Mr. R didn’t take it. Chandu asked his uncle why they were not taking the stairs. Mr. R said "Olge solpa kelsa ide, adh mugsi plain dose thinoke hogona". (I have some work inside, let’s finish that and then go to eat plain dosa). They got inside and Mr. R pressed a button on the wall. In a few seconds a door to a room opened and both Chandu and Mr. R got in. It was a small room that could hold about 8-10 people. There was a person standing towards the right hand side corner. Mr. R paid him Rs 2/- and settled down at the other end. The door closed and Chandu was wondering what they were unto. Before Chandu could go ahead and ask Mr. R why they were standing there silently, the doors to the room opened. Mr. R walked the kid out of the room and towards the large window right opposite the room. As they walked towards the window Chandu could see a clear sky with streaks of orange and grey. It looked more like a photo frame with a beautiful painting in it. They got closer and Chandu peeked out the window holding the window with his tiny hands and standing on his heels. What Chandu witnessed was something that he had never seen before. The world outside the window was full of toys. Not the lame GI Joes and cars and trucks you had to push around with your hands. These were GI Joes, cars, buses, bikes etc. moving on the realistic looking roads without any push required from anybody. Chandu was awestruck. It was like the world had transformed into something that he had always wished for. A world full of toys. Toys that would move around in perfect harmony, Toys that wouldn’t require Chandu to push. Chandu turned around with amazement and smiled at Mr. R with his twinkling eyes full of questions. Mr. R smiled back at Chandu as if to say "see what I have got you". Chandu looked out of the window again trying to gulp in everything. He kept staring out the window to his heart's content and then said "aikaaa, Magic. henge neen ellanu ist chikadh maadbitte?" (wow, magic. how did you turn everything into such tiny objects?). Mr. R laughed slightly and said nothing. Mr. R was very happy with the amazed, excited look on Chandu's face. He let Chandu enjoy the toyworld for some more time before he took him to Ulaas for a hot plain dosa.

This is a true story. The room was a lift and both Chandu and Mr. R had climbed to the top most floor of Utility building. If Mr. R had explained Chandu about the functioning of a lift beforehand, Chandu would never have experienced the MAGIC!!!!!!

3 comments:

Ranjani said...

very cute post and i think I know who this Mr. R is? :-) Let me know if I am right? Keep writing...

Unknown said...

Who is this chandu? and Mr. R?

Vandana said...

good one :) Yeah, its better not to introduce kiddos to reality... they should get to enjoy their dreams for a while, as much as they can :)