“Which fruit do you like to eat?” I said to a dark colour girl in shabby clothes with dishevelled hair.
Her
face was stern. May be she did not understand my accent!
I
requested the shop vendor to ask her.
“Which
fruit do you want to eat? Apple, Orange or Banana?” He asked in a loud voice
and the words she could get.
She
smiled. She smiled more. She giggled. She giggled more.
“Tell
quickly! What do you like?”
She
laughed uncontrollably.
“Speak
up!” He raised his voice a bit.
In
between her laughs, she said with great difficulty. “Apple.”
I
picked up some fresh apples from the crate and handed over them to the
shopkeeper for weighing.
“1
Kg for Rs. 90/-.” He told.
After
completing my Nav Durga Sadhana, I had to donate the set aside money (Rs. 10/- per
day) for a noble cause for a girl. It was a coincidence that it totalled the
same. I paid the money and turned back. She was still laughing. I handed over
the packet to her. She was laughing and swinging in a rhythmic manner.
Crazy!
“Eat
one.” I asked her. I was not sure whether she would get any apple to munch on
reaching home.
She
took a bite from the reddest one. Now, she was laughing hysterically and
simultaneously trying to chew the bite. She lost her grip on the apple. And it
was on the dusty floor. She laughed. She picked it up. Her hair was frowzled. Her
teeth were shinning white. Her tongue was lolling. Her red lips were beaming.
She looked darker.
She
laughed wildly.
MA
Kali was laughing!
