Weekend vandha enna maari aalungalukku enna panradhune theriyadhu
B’lore-la irundha orey naala shopping-ra perla salary fulla gaali panniduventu I take a detour to Hosur. My aunt lives there. I love this place, the cool weather, cleaner air, aunt’s garden, veetu motta maadi, aunt’s yummy cooking, my 7 year old cousin Tulli; jolly-a time pass agum. Much to the irritation of Tulli’s sister who’s preparing for her 12th board :D
Ennaala mudinja help!
Last weekend was no different from all this. I was in the room minding my own business, reading all the kumudhams and ananda vikatans that I had missed in the past 3-4 months. Tulli was playing next to me, edho Jetix-nu pudusa oru torture medium vandhu irukku…adhula edho oru program paathutu edho unnutha vaangi wrist-la kaatikittu penathi kittu irundhan.
Guess one of his stunts landed him on the edge of the cot; satham pottu azhudha, panra korangu seshtaiku odha pinniduvaanga! So palla kadichittu room-a suthi guthichittu irundan. Me amused;
Me: Ennada aachu
Tulli: adi patruchi ka
Me: enga da? (without bothering to lift my eyes from tht kumudham)
Tulli: Idho inga
I looked up now and saw him pointing to the edge of the cot
Me: dei…enga adi pattuchu da?
Tulli: Idho inga thaan akka (still pointing at the cot)
Me: (hiding a smirk; really I was beginning to enjoy this…!) oye…unna naa enna kekure…ENGA DA ADI PATTUCHU? (I could have very well put it in a better way, but I had to see how far this goes!)
Tulli: Aiyo inga ka…o endha edathulanu kekuriya?
Me: appa…adhe thaan loosu
Tulli: idho konjam sharp-a irukula indha edathula
Me: kizhinjudhu (but that was lost in my loud laughter)
Kid had no clue what was so funny….after some explaining he was so red faced that he told me …’please please…en akka korathi (her name’s karthi, chellama korathi) kitta sollidadha’
Next thing he knew Korathi…oops Karthi was laughing her head off…adhu ennamo kutti pasanga kitta vambu valakanumna; it’s almost irresistible for me ;)

Tulli’s famous stunts include rolling off the road into the ditch during a failed attempt to ride his cycle in full speed to impress the girls, falling on the carom board breaking it right at the center (he was a 3 year old then!...poor baby) and my favorite one is when his swing snapped flinging him off it, on to the floor in the middle of his much loved song ‘dhoom machale’ (he was singing it and mind you he can’t speak a word in hindi!)…quite something when the object flung is quite rotund :)

His stunts are only rivaled in my family by his 6 year old cousin, best friend and rival; Bali. Now if they ever made Problem Child in Tamil, I’d strongly recommend they cast this kid in it!

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