(I have been taking Pahi running these days.)
Papa: okay, get set go... Run, run. You gotta beat me..
(Pahi starts running right behind me and punching my leg. This happens for a few days. And we run again on Monday.....)
Papa: Get set go....run Pahi.... You gotta beat me....
Pahi: Again... You want me to beat you again! (and she starts running behind me and punching again... this time a bit reluctantly.)
Papa: What's that in your hand?
Pahi: Marbles
Papa: Where did you get it?
Pahi: One boy gave it to me in the park yesterday.
Papa: Is he a neighbor?
Pahi: I don't think like he is.
Papa: So, where is he from then? Pahi: India.
Pahi and me stand on the beach. A wave barely touches Pahi's toe)
Pahi: Hey papa, where's the life guard?
Papa: Right next to you in red t-shirt.
Pahi: okay.... (then she screams) Life guard, guard... rescue me, rescue me... Am drowning.... Save me save me...plz!
(life guard looks at us. Pahi's toe is still under water)
(Our neighbour's cat had an operation and now its legs are too weak and the fellow has to literally drag his hind legs. My neighbor was in the elevator with us clutching her pet)
Pahi: Look papa cat!
Papa: Yeah.... He is hurt.
Pahi: Can I touch him?
Neighbour: Yes.... But be a bit careful....
Pahi: oh... he is hurt.......
Papa: Yeah his legs are bad. He is now learning to walk again.
Pahi: He is learning to do catwalk?
Papa: Yes, something like that.
(.....and I have to hold a laugh back)
Papa: okay, get set go... Run, run. You gotta beat me..
(Pahi starts running right behind me and punching my leg. This happens for a few days. And we run again on Monday.....)
Papa: Get set go....run Pahi.... You gotta beat me....
Pahi: Again... You want me to beat you again! (and she starts running behind me and punching again... this time a bit reluctantly.)
Papa: What's that in your hand?
Pahi: Marbles
Papa: Where did you get it?
Pahi: One boy gave it to me in the park yesterday.
Papa: Is he a neighbor?
Pahi: I don't think like he is.
Papa: So, where is he from then? Pahi: India.
Pahi and me stand on the beach. A wave barely touches Pahi's toe)
Pahi: Hey papa, where's the life guard?
Papa: Right next to you in red t-shirt.
Pahi: okay.... (then she screams) Life guard, guard... rescue me, rescue me... Am drowning.... Save me save me...plz!
(life guard looks at us. Pahi's toe is still under water)
(Our neighbour's cat had an operation and now its legs are too weak and the fellow has to literally drag his hind legs. My neighbor was in the elevator with us clutching her pet)
Pahi: Look papa cat!
Papa: Yeah.... He is hurt.
Pahi: Can I touch him?
Neighbour: Yes.... But be a bit careful....
Pahi: oh... he is hurt.......
Papa: Yeah his legs are bad. He is now learning to walk again.
Pahi: He is learning to do catwalk?
Papa: Yes, something like that.
(.....and I have to hold a laugh back)
Papa: ABC as easy as 123....
Pahi: oh... Michael Jackass!
Papa: God! 8eat it, baby! Don't say that...
Pahi: Ok ok... Michael Jackfather! Jackpapa!
Papa: What??! Hahaha...
Pahi: ok ok Jackson, not father!
(My bro was in town. His exchange with Pahi)
Bro: See Pahi, abracadabra, choo mantar...I'm will change this little toy animal into a ....Kitkat chocolate!! (makes hand movements, expertly hides the toy and gives her the Kitkat)
Pahi: Wow! Thank you, uncle!
(After a while, she comes back to my bro with another toy animal)
Pahi: Can you change this one also to a chocolate?
(And we are splits. She gets another chocolate with a look that says: "What's so funny, guys?")
Papa: I am Kowza (that's what Pahi calls her friendly demon)
Pahi: No, you are not. It's the guy who sings 'World is a Vampire...' (she's referring to Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins)
Papa: Okay... then I am your genie who lives in your water bottle.
Pahi: Yeah, that makes sense... I think like...
Pahi: Papa, my friend is not my friend always
Papa: Why? But that happens.
Pahi: No, that's because she's a fartoon sometimes.
Papa: What's that now?!Pahi: It's a cartoon that farts...hahaha
Pahi: Can you draw me a girl with long gown?
Papa: Sure. (I start drawing, while drinking my tea. So, the drawing is not so good)
Pahi: DON'T DRINK AND DRAW!
(I couldn't help chuckling because it reminded me of 'Don't drink and drive'.)
Mama: What's your school name, Pahi?
Pahi: Turya
Papa: C'mon, say it in a whole sentence now...Pahi: TUUUU-RRRRRIIIII-YAAAAA!
(How cruel kids can be)
Pahi: My friend's gonna get a little sister. His mama's got a baby in her stomach.
Papa: Wow. I am happy for your friend. But why are you looking so sad?
Pahi: Cos I want a little doggie now.
Papa: I'll get you one soon.
Pahi: You are nonsense. I know you'll get only when Ashy will die.
(Ashy is my oldest companion. She's 13 yrs few months. She's hale and hearty)
Papa: Pahi, why do you like puddles?
Pahi: I like to splash splash 'em (she is jumping on a puddle while saying this)
Papa: Really? But why? Explain.
Pahi: Cos puddles are cool
Papa: Anyway, you like puddles more or chocolate more?Pahi: Ummmm... I like chocolate more... and puddles more. Can I splash now?
(I am talking to a neighbour about tennis at the shop, pahi overhears)
Papa: ....yeah, Djokovic's game was like killing two birds with one stonePahi: Oh no don't kill birds
Pahi: My friend's gonna get a little sister. His mama's got a baby in her stomach.
Papa: Wow. I am happy for your friend. But why are you looking so sad?
Pahi: Cos I want a little doggie now.
Papa: I'll get you one soon.
Pahi: You are nonsense. I know you'll get only when Ashy will die.(Ashy is my oldest companion. She's 13 yrs few months. She's hale and hearty)
Pahi: papa you know the brain sends messages to all of the body.
Papa: oh really how does it do that?
Pahi: its got like a mobile phone
Papa: what's the number?Pahi: no its got like a mobile phone I said!
(Pahi is rolling on the floor, all over the house, with her hands and legs spread out as wide as possible)
Papa: What are you doing baby?
Pahi: Oh... umm...uff.. I am under the sea (and she keeps rolling, speaking with some difficulty)
Papa: And what are you doing in the sea?Pahi: I am just an octopus.
Papa: What did you do in school today?
Pahi: I sang and danced with a boy.
Papa: You got a boyfriend?
Pahi: No, I don't like boys. Teacher made me. I like girls only.
Papa: Why?
Pahi: Cos girls are human beings.
Papa: And boys aren't human beings?Pahi: No. They are man.
Papa: What did you learn in school today?
Pahi: Heart is a machine. It has blood.
Papa: Yeah baby, it gives life.
Pahi: Yeah it makes life.
Papa: You're a baby. What d'you know about life.... So, what's life, you tell me?
Pahi: Life is truth
Papa: WHAT?! HAHAHA! What's truth then?
Pahi: Life
Papa: GOD!....And what is both?Pahi: They are laugh.
Pahi: Papa I expect Pritika teacher
Papa: Oh....Is she coming home to meet mama and me?
Pahi: No she is not. But I expect her. I say 'good morning teacher' to her.
Papa: What??? ummmm... You mean 'respect' her. Haha...
Pahi: Yeah. I expect her.
Papa: Pahi, you got to look at both sides of the road before crossing.
Pahi: Why? The cars don't look?
Papa: Yeah, they don't.
Pahi: Ok, I'll tell teacher.
Pahi: Papa, it's so much rain. I wanna eat soup. With leaves in it.
Papa: But I thought you hate leaves.
Pahi: But in soup I eat in Nani house, there leaves. Delicious.
Papa: Really?!
Pahi: Yeah. Yummy to tummy leaves. CHAMPION LEAVES!
Sunday drive
Pankaj: Santanu, the Polo Vento is a great car
Papa: Yes, Polo is one helluva car
Pahi: Nooo, Polo is a chocolate... Mint with a hole!
Pahi: Why it rains, papa?
Papa: Cos baby, the clouds drink too much water and they have to pee a lot.
Pahi: Noooo... nonsense. It's God crying.
Papa: Hahaha... The world we live in, that could be the right explanation. You understand me?
Pahi: No, but God is crying.
Pahi to her Masi (who drives a cool Civic): I can drive only when I am bigger. I think I will be happier when I am big.
Papa: what's it about the sea that you like Pahi?
Pahi: What I like about the sea is the sea.
Pahi (after watching 'Stanley ka Dabba'): Papa, why are they eating all the time? They will get fat. And they are talking and talking.... I want to see a real cartoonwala
Papa: Okay. You didn't like Stanley?
Pahi: He is ok. Cartoon is better.
Pahi: Papa, you are stupid.
Papa: That's not nice. Don't call me stupid.
Pahi: I was joking, stupid!
Papa: Pahi can papa bite your fingers?
Pahi: No he can't
Papa: Why?
Pahi: Pahi's fingers will mind
Another funny conversation with Pahi while coming back from school (happened before the pink dress one:
Pahi: Papa, I wanna climb that mountain
Papa: But baby that is a hill
Pahi: Ok. I wanna climb that hill
Papa: I like the sea. You like sea or hill?
Pahi: I like sea and hill
Papa: But what's your favouritest?
Pahi: Ice cream
(Papa had no comeback to that one)
a funny conversation with Pahi while returning from school:
pahi: where's nani?
papa: She's in hong kong
pahi: she will get me pink dress, na?
papa: she probably will. but darling, there is more to life than pink dress....
pahi: Yeah. There's black dress... and green dress....
papa: ....i am glad you didn't get me
pahi: yeah i know
Mama: Pahi what do you want to be when you grow up?
Pahi: (In a rather serious tone) A Giraffe.
Pahi (writing on the wall): Papa, see what word I wrote.
Papa: Oh, that is M..C...P?? What does that even mean? What word is it?
Pahi: It's garbage.
Papa: Pahi, why do you like puddles?
Pahi: I like to splash splash 'em (she is jumping on a puddle while saying this)
Papa: Really? But why? Explain.
Pahi: Cos puddles are cool
Papa: Anyway, you like puddles more or chocolate more?
Pahi: Ummmm... I like chocolate more... and puddles more. Can I splash now?
Papa: Wow. I am happy for your friend. But why are you looking so sad?
Pahi: Cos I want a little doggie now.
Papa: I'll get you one soon.
Pahi: You are nonsense. I know you'll get only when Ashy will die.(Ashy is my oldest companion. She's 13 yrs few months. She's hale and hearty)
Pahi: papa you know the brain sends messages to all of the body.
Papa: oh really how does it do that?
Pahi: its got like a mobile phone
Papa: what's the number?Pahi: no its got like a mobile phone I said!
(Pahi is rolling on the floor, all over the house, with her hands and legs spread out as wide as possible)
Papa: What are you doing baby?
Pahi: Oh... umm...uff.. I am under the sea (and she keeps rolling, speaking with some difficulty)
Papa: And what are you doing in the sea?Pahi: I am just an octopus.
Papa: What did you do in school today?
Pahi: I sang and danced with a boy.
Papa: You got a boyfriend?
Pahi: No, I don't like boys. Teacher made me. I like girls only.
Papa: Why?
Pahi: Cos girls are human beings.
Papa: And boys aren't human beings?Pahi: No. They are man.
Papa: What did you learn in school today?
Pahi: Heart is a machine. It has blood.
Papa: Yeah baby, it gives life.
Pahi: Yeah it makes life.
Papa: You're a baby. What d'you know about life.... So, what's life, you tell me?
Pahi: Life is truth
Papa: WHAT?! HAHAHA! What's truth then?
Pahi: Life
Papa: GOD!....And what is both?Pahi: They are laugh.
Pahi: Papa I expect Pritika teacher
Papa: Oh....Is she coming home to meet mama and me?
Pahi: No she is not. But I expect her. I say 'good morning teacher' to her.
Papa: What??? ummmm... You mean 'respect' her. Haha...
Pahi: Yeah. I expect her.
Papa: Pahi, you got to look at both sides of the road before crossing.
Pahi: Why? The cars don't look?
Papa: Yeah, they don't.
Pahi: Ok, I'll tell teacher.
Pahi: Papa, it's so much rain. I wanna eat soup. With leaves in it.
Papa: But I thought you hate leaves.
Pahi: But in soup I eat in Nani house, there leaves. Delicious.
Papa: Really?!
Pahi: Yeah. Yummy to tummy leaves. CHAMPION LEAVES!
Sunday drive
Pankaj: Santanu, the Polo Vento is a great car
Papa: Yes, Polo is one helluva car
Pahi: Nooo, Polo is a chocolate... Mint with a hole!
Pahi: Why it rains, papa?
Papa: Cos baby, the clouds drink too much water and they have to pee a lot.
Pahi: Noooo... nonsense. It's God crying.
Papa: Hahaha... The world we live in, that could be the right explanation. You understand me?
Pahi: No, but God is crying.
Pahi to her Masi (who drives a cool Civic): I can drive only when I am bigger. I think I will be happier when I am big.
Papa: what's it about the sea that you like Pahi?
Pahi: What I like about the sea is the sea.
Pahi (after watching 'Stanley ka Dabba'): Papa, why are they eating all the time? They will get fat. And they are talking and talking.... I want to see a real cartoonwala
Papa: Okay. You didn't like Stanley?
Pahi: He is ok. Cartoon is better.
Pahi: Papa, you are stupid.
Papa: That's not nice. Don't call me stupid.
Pahi: I was joking, stupid!
Papa: Pahi can papa bite your fingers?
Pahi: No he can't
Papa: Why?
Pahi: Pahi's fingers will mind
Another funny conversation with Pahi while coming back from school (happened before the pink dress one:
Pahi: Papa, I wanna climb that mountain
Papa: But baby that is a hill
Pahi: Ok. I wanna climb that hill
Papa: I like the sea. You like sea or hill?
Pahi: I like sea and hill
Papa: But what's your favouritest?
Pahi: Ice cream
(Papa had no comeback to that one)
a funny conversation with Pahi while returning from school:
pahi: where's nani?
papa: She's in hong kong
pahi: she will get me pink dress, na?
papa: she probably will. but darling, there is more to life than pink dress....
pahi: Yeah. There's black dress... and green dress....
papa: ....i am glad you didn't get me
pahi: yeah i know
Mama: Pahi what do you want to be when you grow up?
Pahi: (In a rather serious tone) A Giraffe.
Pahi (writing on the wall): Papa, see what word I wrote.
Papa: Oh, that is M..C...P?? What does that even mean? What word is it?
Pahi: It's garbage.
Papa: Pahi, why do you like puddles?
Pahi: I like to splash splash 'em (she is jumping on a puddle while saying this)
Papa: Really? But why? Explain.
Pahi: Cos puddles are cool
Papa: Anyway, you like puddles more or chocolate more?
Pahi: Ummmm... I like chocolate more... and puddles more. Can I splash now?
LOL!!! This is the best post I've read in ages! Loved the 'ice cream' one the most. You have a genius of a daughter! :D Quiet an interesting world I must say!
ReplyDelete:) it is sad that kids grow up fast and lose their innocence... thats why i am keeping a record, going to gift this blog to pahi when she is 18.
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