Kuttan and a friend A are playing outside in the balcony of our apartment on the 2nd floor. Scooter, a car and cycle are strewn around. A is riding the cycle and kuttan goes up to him after a while and says, 'let's change'. A refuses. An argument breaks out and A sulkily says, 'I won't be your friend.' 'Dont be..whats my problem', says kuttan. 'I am going to go and bring my cycle', says A...'let's see you do it', challenges kuttan, while I silently witness the drama unfolding without wanting to get in.
'See him amma, as though he can carry his cycle all the way. Let me see him do it.', kuttan says to me furiously while A storms off and I wisely bury my head back into the laptop. 5 minutes of silence. I look out to see kuttan missing. 'Kutta', I call out, 'where are you?'. 'I am here', floats a voice from the ground floor. 'Helping A carry his cycle to the 2nd floor'!!!!??!!
7 comments:
AWWW...how sweet! Peaceful conflict resolution 101 :)
Wow! only kids are capable of these things! Lovely.
You did a wise thing by burying your head back into the laptop.
Really sweet! You're so right...this IS the age of innocence. Will be sad to see them grow out of it na?
And welcome back btw. I have been wondering where you've been since your last post in Feb. Glad to have you back to the blogger's world!
Kuttan is so sweet! Only kids can forgive and forget so easily :)
The only time I went down to see Cub play, I noticed an older boy harassing him. Boiling with anger, I hovered closer only to realize that Cub wasn't harassed. He thought the older boy was playing with him, when he blocked his path or not-so-accidentally bumped him. Then I didn't know whether to intervene or just let them figure it out...
The age of innocence is so confusing to us "smart" elders, na? Beautiful post!
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