Created & authored by: Anup D.
My 4 inch feet, in the mud and water
Ice-cream in one hand, my yellow umbrella in the other
Grass is green, the wetness of rain
My lunch wrapped in aluminum foil
And this fragrance of soil
Far away across the road
I see the bus stop
Papa of Kitu tying his shoelace
Hanuman ji orange statue behind him have such a grace
I have to walk fast to reach school on time
Caterpillar on the ground has so many legs
Why does it not run?
I don’t know
I’ll ask Amma (Mother) when I get back home
I like Amma when she kiss my forehead every morning
I always smile looking at her
She loves me so much
I like rain and I like green
I like ice cream
Baba is sitting on the roadside he has a long mustache
He is very funny, he always tells me jokes
I love when he plays flute
Sound of it is very very sweet
It makes me happy
This is my favorite road to school
Because I always see Pinky aunties’ house wall
The branches of tree is always full of mangos
I can’t reach them even if I jump
When one day I grow up, I’ll jump and pluck them
I love eating them
But papa always say ‘you waste more than you eat’
Birds far away on the big ‘Neem’ tree are chirping
I can hear them loud
I asked my Rita mam (teacher) once if we could learn their language
She said no one could understand them
But when I grow old I’ll become scientist and learn to talk to them
But I love to one day become a dancer too
I’ll ask Amma what should I become
May be a ‘dancing scientist’
He He He
My friend Neetu tells me that I tell lot of jokes
Then may be I’ll become a ‘dancing joker scientist’
My school bag is getting wet
I can see the gate of school now
Pink and yellow small flowers on grass look so wonderful
Why do flowers have so many colors?
May be someone have put my crayon colors on them
(Enters School )
Teacher> ” Roll call time students”
Aaanvi Sharma
Aaanvi> “Yes mam, present”
Teacher >“Welcome on the first day to the 4th grade, wish you all the best”
P.s: Life and innocence exuberates all around us, just open your yellow umbrella to always be in the state of Joy