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Oct 26, 2023

Tales and Tales

Tales and tales!!! Some only believe in tales while on the other hand some only narrate tales. Well! The listener has to decide whether to believe or not to believe or the third option. Like Amitabh Bachchan in the serial, ‘Who will become a millionaire’, well, I too am telling a tale . Ha!! Ha!! It is Kaun Banega Crorepati.

Spooky tales or fairy tales or fabricated tales... Just today my son, in Toronto, Canada sent me the pics of The Pumpkin Festival. Oh!! What fun! Some will think after seeing the pics, no-no they are not real. Huge in size but small on which you can hardly rest your bums. Suppose you have to stand on them. Sound like fairy tales, you will have to use a ladder to climb and get down. You stand in the centre, surrounded by pumpkins you will get nauseated. It will look like a maze.

Is it the same in which Arjun was trapped in the Mahabharata? You see a cat sitting with its tail curled in front of her feet. One wonders, is it a statue or a real cat? Now I tell you, if the eyes are open they glitter like the eyes of a tiger or panther. While if it is nodding, you get the feel it is real.

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The other day, I saw a baby boy sitting near a wheel of a four wheeler. I wondered, what happened. The baby boy was uttering meow, meow. He pointed out, I bent down only to see, a kitten was sitting, frightened. It was afraid that if it moved out, this baby would grab it. Well! This me telling you, imagine, the kitten.
Oh! Halloween is late! Not now, it is only mid October. Tales and only tales. Some have a habit of looking for a clue. How the kiddos... Oh !!! Listen to me. Then the fist knocks the forehead, as if trying to remember. Well!!! It is just a pretence! Trying to involve one in the tale. The children have a habit of boasting... you know what happened ?? First listen to me! You know what happened??? Ha!! Ha!! Nothing happened! I was trying to make you a fool. Then comes the fist on the forehead, Main toh khud... hee fool ban gaya. Bye-Bye! Tales... and tales...

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Suman Sharma

Suman Sharma is a retired Professor, Head of Department of English, Government College, Ajmer. She enjoys participating in sports activities, reading, writing, singing and dancing. She aims to give back to the society which has helped her achieve her goals and dreams.

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