Story Telling

From the horse's mouth: "appa, aye thumedhaa, Maddu paru. Ajja kaaru patthu, kayyu patthonthu, thumedhaa no no, aLithu, beth maddu paru."

Translation: " Papa said, Aye Sumedha, drink your medicine! Grandpa held my legs and my hands. Sumedhaa said, "No, No" and then Sumedhaa cried. Finally she drank the medicine"

The dailogue came up with all the expressions that you can expect out of a 2 years and a few months old.

The whole story goes like this.

Mickey's Grandpa had come to visit us. In the morning, I got everything ready, including breakfast for all, Mickey's bag, etc. Mickey had caught cold. In a hurry to reach office on time, I left without feeding the medicine and forgot to tell her dad about it too. The day got over. I picked up mickey from her Creche and on our way back asked her if she had taken her medicine in the morning. So she gave me this whole big story. I was thrilled.

This was the moment I had been waiting for. It was just the beginning. The time had come for us share our daily events. It was in this joy that I narrated this to her dad and Grandpa. They were spellbound! Why??? Coz Mickey could narrate this long story (which is actually long for her standards) in such great detail?  No No! Not at all...  This was the beginning of Mickey's Story Telling. There was no fuss at all about anything in the morning and she had drunk all her medicines herself. All this was Mickey's fancy tale. (rofl)

(11/25/2009)