Pari: A devilish angel!
Pari has, like any other person in the world, a mixture of qualities (some good, some bad, as per the societal norms). She is possessive about her stuff, wants everything to her and needs a lot of convincing to share. She only shares with people she really likes. She is a little short-tempered and somewhat jealous too. All this has come naturally to her, inherited mostly from her mother. An attention-seeker, but not adventure-loving, she hates to take risks. All these bundled and wrapped in her innocence makes her a sweet little devil sometimes. Most of her quarrels are with the people she is closest to; Aaji being the first in the line, gets to hear the music more. Mummy and Daddy are seen less, so are adored more.
The other day for some mischief she was scolded by Baba, so she declared that he is bad, she doesn't like him and he should be thrown away. (Throwing people away, to pigs, is the best way of getting rid of them). Aaji said to her, "If Baba is bad, so is your Daddy. I dont't like him." To this Pari protested, and said that her Daddy is good and Aaji shouldn't say anything about him. Aaji replied, "Your Daddy is not good and I won't let him enter my hoose when he comes next time". Pari then declared that she would build a new house for Daddy, a green coloured house, and a new house for Mummy too, yellow in colour. She probably thinks that her Mummy and Daddy are going to need separate houses always.
Most of the time she is scolded, she is threatened that it will be reported to her Mummy and Daddy. In Marathi or Hindi, its usually like "Wait, I will tell your name to your parents". She doesn't want this to happen. But when people do not behave the way she wants them to, she uses the same dialogue that she has learned from the elders, "to tell the name to ....". Once while on conference call she was also standing on her book, for which Mummy told her not to. She responded by, "I will give you a dishoom!". That day Kapil Mama (Mummy's elder cousin and Palak and Chahak's father) was with Mummy. So Mummy said, "I'll tell your name to my Kapil Dada". Pari: "In that case I will also tell your name to my Athak Dada and Joy Annayya Dada!" (Joy is her paternal uncle's son, three years elder. She doesn't know Annayya in Telegu is Dada in Marathi.). Yesterday, for being rude to Aaji, it was decided that she would be punished by being made to sleep alone in the living room. If her bad behaviour still persists the next day then on Mummy's orders she will be sent out of the house. She was pretty excited about the punishment and asked whether her bed would be sent out too!
Recently she saw some old pics. One of them was hers when she was 5 months old. She was a chubby baby then. Since Aaji told her that baby Pari was far better than Pari and always did what Aaji told her to, she thinks that in order to become like the little version of hers she needs to just put two 'laddoos' in her cheeks! Her passport size photo was taken last year. The frock that she wore then is been worn at home now. So her complain is that Aaji took her in old clothes to get the picture clicked. When she saw an old passposrt-size photo of Mummy in school-uniform, she thought its Pari, but wondered when she had such uniform. Her Mummy, being a tom-boy used to wear shirts and pants in her younger days. Pari's reaction to those pics is that those are of Daddy.
Yesterday Pari asked Mummy: "Mummy, were you Pari initially, then you studied well and so you grew up and became Pari's Mummy?"
The other day for some mischief she was scolded by Baba, so she declared that he is bad, she doesn't like him and he should be thrown away. (Throwing people away, to pigs, is the best way of getting rid of them). Aaji said to her, "If Baba is bad, so is your Daddy. I dont't like him." To this Pari protested, and said that her Daddy is good and Aaji shouldn't say anything about him. Aaji replied, "Your Daddy is not good and I won't let him enter my hoose when he comes next time". Pari then declared that she would build a new house for Daddy, a green coloured house, and a new house for Mummy too, yellow in colour. She probably thinks that her Mummy and Daddy are going to need separate houses always.
Most of the time she is scolded, she is threatened that it will be reported to her Mummy and Daddy. In Marathi or Hindi, its usually like "Wait, I will tell your name to your parents". She doesn't want this to happen. But when people do not behave the way she wants them to, she uses the same dialogue that she has learned from the elders, "to tell the name to ....". Once while on conference call she was also standing on her book, for which Mummy told her not to. She responded by, "I will give you a dishoom!". That day Kapil Mama (Mummy's elder cousin and Palak and Chahak's father) was with Mummy. So Mummy said, "I'll tell your name to my Kapil Dada". Pari: "In that case I will also tell your name to my Athak Dada and Joy Annayya Dada!" (Joy is her paternal uncle's son, three years elder. She doesn't know Annayya in Telegu is Dada in Marathi.). Yesterday, for being rude to Aaji, it was decided that she would be punished by being made to sleep alone in the living room. If her bad behaviour still persists the next day then on Mummy's orders she will be sent out of the house. She was pretty excited about the punishment and asked whether her bed would be sent out too!
Recently she saw some old pics. One of them was hers when she was 5 months old. She was a chubby baby then. Since Aaji told her that baby Pari was far better than Pari and always did what Aaji told her to, she thinks that in order to become like the little version of hers she needs to just put two 'laddoos' in her cheeks! Her passport size photo was taken last year. The frock that she wore then is been worn at home now. So her complain is that Aaji took her in old clothes to get the picture clicked. When she saw an old passposrt-size photo of Mummy in school-uniform, she thought its Pari, but wondered when she had such uniform. Her Mummy, being a tom-boy used to wear shirts and pants in her younger days. Pari's reaction to those pics is that those are of Daddy.
Yesterday Pari asked Mummy: "Mummy, were you Pari initially, then you studied well and so you grew up and became Pari's Mummy?"
Aww
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