Thursday, April 9, 2015

First day at school

You were just happy to take a new waterbottle and a backpack somewhere.
You happily rode with baba in the car while I tagged you on the bike. He was going to office late so that he didn't miss your first day.
They just took you from your baba before anyone of us could realise what happened. And I could hear you wail my name, and rend my heart. As we four mothers waited outside ears sharp for your voices, you and your friends quietened. And in an hour, you were all out, to each of us mothers, one at a time.
And you kept telling me, how all kids were crying, how you said poems, and saw videos and how Manisha ma'am gave you a puppy toy.
Chhan ahe ani shunder ahe- you tell me about Manisha ma'am.
You like the school, but you are not used to not running to me every fifteen minutes. Plus seeing others cry distresses you. I am hoping all you kids settle down fast and start having tremendous fun.

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