Momma jumps in fright as she sees a black creepy thing husking away hastily inside the house as soon as the front door was opened to bid adieu to the dad. The kids amused, look at her and her trampoline jumping act and the dad, clueless, tries to figure out why is she behaving as if she spotted an U.fO! The mom points out at the spider almost the size of the fist, the dad looks for something to kill it, chini bends to take a closer look, and sugar instantaneously chimes in, "the inchy binchy pido went up the water pout!" and amidst all this chaos, the arachnid finds a crack safe enough to hide from the crazy family. The dad and chini are packed off to their respective school and office, while the mom is still alert at her post with a shoe in her hand, ready to smack that creature who dared to enter her house. She shuddered at the thought of that Thing sneaking into the beds of her sleeping princesses.. And then sugar comes to her side, "momma, are you looking for pido?" "yes sugar" "the inchy binchy pido climbed up the water pout...."
And the spider stays on...
Since past couple of months, momma is harassed with the co-existence of the ants in the house. "they are my friends", chini says. "be nice to them." A speck of food grain on the floor is enough to have a cluster of ants in my kitchen. The momma has to sweep the floor after each snack and meal just to avoid inviting chini's friends which means atleast 4 times a day. Even as she rushes out to her school, she gives clear instruction to her mom, "don't kill them. I will play with them after I come back." and this makes me a murderer - a heartless one, on top of it too.. After all, how can a mom even think of getting rid of her angel's playmates. These pals have helped keep sugar busy many-a-times while momma cooked and cleaned furtively. Chini twitches one of them up to place on her palm while sugar cheers her up. While chini gets tickled by the said beings crawling on her, sugar gets all tickled up watching her big 'tister'. They have also helped distracting momma's darlings when they refuse to open their mouth for food. Just show them the ants busy carrying the food or just taking a stroll on the floor and the girls will automatically open their mouths for each bite.
So yes, much that momma detests them, the ants stay on...
"The chipmunks are digging up my bulbs. I don't like them", complains our neighbour(there are at least dozen each of squirrels and chipmunks in our yard). Instantly chini's face drops. She doesn't say anything but the momma can tell that her li'l one didn't like hearing 'bad words' about her friends whom she loves to chase, watch, give acorns, fruits, share left over from her own meals. "squirrels can either be gray or brown", she tells momma. She even names them. For sugar, there are only two kinds -squirrels and baby squirrels. "They are so cute," She says. "I wish I could take them home with me", Chini adds. She gets disappointed that all her attempts to show her good will doesn't convince them to let her come close.
And momma, quietly, thanks the stars...
"the baby chick is calling her mommy!" sugar exclaims as she hears the birds chirping. Chini hops like a bird that she saw on the deck and wonders if the birds ate all of the baby worms in the yard. They mimic their sounds, fly like the birdies, and love spotting different species. They look up to their momma for the names of each kinds, to which she timidly assures them that a book from the library would be the most accurate. " where are their eggs?" chini asks," i never saw a real bird's nest." The mom tries to reason that they are high up on the trees and that's why she doesn't see them. "but what if a storm comes. The eggs will fall down and break. " The mom tries to think of the best answer when luck strikes her and they get distracted.
Another egg- cident:
As momma peels the hard- boiled egg one morning, an observant sugar says," the egg is hatching. I see a baby chick coming out!"
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