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Akka,
I am marking all the most delightful questions from the Baby-Babloo duo - in fact from Babloo - in blue. Let me see how many I come up with. And thanks a ton for this diptych treat, with probably one more on its way!
Shyamala
PS: Current count : 7
I am marking all the most delightful questions from the Baby-Babloo duo - in fact from Babloo - in blue. Let me see how many I come up with. And thanks a ton for this diptych treat, with probably one more on its way!
Shyamala
PS: Current count : 7
Originally posted by: karkuzhaliGrandma tells Baby Sarasa and Babloo, EK's fable "Akbar and the Tiger"(It is story time for the kids. Baby Sarasa and Babloo come to the grandma. They want a new story about their 'favrit' Jalal uncle. Grandma tells them the story that she had read somewhere today.)Babloo: Grandma, I want a nice new story today..Baby: Yes grandma..Grandma: Okay, Do you want the story of Krishna?Baby: Noo.. We want a Raja and Rani story..Babloo: Yes.. It should start with 'once upon a time.'Grandma: So tell me about which Raja and Rani you want to listen..Baby: The Raja that we know.Babloo: The Rani also that we know...G'ma: Okay.. mmm...I will tell you a new story about your Jalal uncle and Jodha akka.Baby and Babloo: Yesss!.( Babloo gets ready to listen to the story sucking his thumb)G'ma: Once upon a time there was a King called Akbar...Babloo: Grandma you said that you will tell us the story of Jalal uncle..But you are telling about some one else..Baby: Babloo dear..Jalal is Akbar..Babloo: Ooh.. How did uncle become Akbar suddenly?Baby: Grandma said that an old man gave him this name..Babloo: Is he a priest?
Now this is marvellous! Someone has told Babloo about baptism, perhaps in his school, and so he associates a namakaran with a priest. Or maybe he watched a pandit do a namakaran ceremony at home.Baby:😲❓ Don't know..don't ask questions.. listen to grandma..Grandma: And, when he was Jalal he married Jodha.Babloo: And what did he do with her after he became Akbar?
I would have replied: "He became even more of a joru ka ghulam, if that were possible". This would lead to another series of questions from Babloo about the antecedents of a joru ka ghulam, and comparisons with his papa vs his mama!Baby: Shh... Bablooo...Grandma: One day he went to the forest with Jodha...Baby: Like Rama went to the forest with Sita..Babloo: Yes, like Vikram uncle went with vedal grandpa..G'ma: No you are wrong... Jalal uncle went to the forest to hunt the animals..Babloo: Ooo...It is scary...Baby: Babloo kutty, my teacher said Kings will hunt animals..Babloo: Grandma, did Jalal uncle study in Baby'kka's school?G'ma: 😲❓Baby: No.. Poor uncle he didn't study in school..Babloo: Is it? then why does mommy send me to school.. I will tell her that even Jalal uncle did not go to school...I won't go to school.. I want to become King.G'ma: And he took a gun with him..Babloo: Toy gun, or real gun?Baby: It must be real gun kutty. Kings are very rich.. They will have only real guns...G'ma: Real gun..And Jodha thought that Jalal was cruel to kill animals and so she removed all the bullets from the gun..Babloo:😲Then?G'ma: Then..suddenly a tiger came before them..( Babloo goes and hugs Baby)G'ma: Babloo kanna, don't get scared.. The tiger didn't come to kill him.. but it got scared when it saw the gun and thought Jalal would shoot ...Baby: See Babloo, the tiger is so..o nice...Babloo: And then what happened grandma?G'ma: Then Jodha told Jalal that she removed those bullets..Baby: 😲Then did the tiger attack Jalal uncle?Babloo: and Jodha akka?G'ma: No. kutties. The tiger was very nice.. He told Jodha " you saved my life.. Hereafter you are my friend.." and went away...Baby: Did the tiger speak? In the "Jungle Book " movie all animals speak.. they have names too..Babloo: What is the name of the tiger grandma?G'ma: Mohan!..Babloo: Is it from the Zoo? My daddy took me to the zoo and I saw a tiger called Mohan there..G'ma: ❓❓Karkuzhali.P.S. Shyamala, this is as per your wish...
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