Day 1.
Today, I, my mother, my sister and my father went to
Thiruvannamalai to attend a short story meeting. Usually, I would get up at 9:30 in the
morning. To get up at 7:30 itself is a
great difficulty for me. Today my mother
woke me up at 5:55 in the morning I got up sleepily. That’s when I remembered that we are going to
Thiruvannamalai today. So, I got up,
brushed my teeth, took a quick bath, wore my dress and combed my hair. To my surprise, my sister woke up at 5:45
a.m! 10 minutes earlier than me. Usually, she would only get up earlier that
me, but this was a greater surprise as it was early in the morning. We started at 6:20 in the morning. We were travelling by car. The road was pieceful as it was early in the
morning. We started the journey. When I was in the car, I was learning Science
as the Quarterly Examinations were nearing.
I learned Science for sometime, read my English proverb book for
sometime and read my ‘School Essay’ book for most of the time. And some of the time, I enjoyed the places we
were travelling.
We stopped at one place to eat our breakfast. I first refused to get down from the car and
eat as the mud was slushy because it rained the previous day. After that, my mother said that she wold give
chocolates only to my sister who ate.
So, I ate only one dosa. After
that, my mother gave me and my sister a packetful of chocolates. After sometime we were nearing
Thiruvannamalai. We were coming to the
meeting place where we saw paddy fields, which were green. My sister said that it was like someone
painted it in light green colour. That
time Bava Chelladurai uncle’s daughter Mansi invited us. It was their farmhouse. First, the place looked unfamiliar. So, I, my sister and my mother sat in a
place. My father straightaway went to
attend the meeting. First one uncle was
talking. That time, I, Mansi and my
sister played hide and seek for sometime.
My mother said Mansi to take her to Mansi’s mother’s
elder sister’s house. So, after eating
the vadas and drinking the hot cup of tea, I, my mother, my sister and Mansi
started off to her house. There was a
wooden swing in which we played for sometime.
Then there were 4 shuttle rackets.
I and Mansi took 1 each and started playing. That time, my sister complained to my mother
that we are not joining her in the game.
So we joined her also.
Time flew and it became noon. All the people who were there, came here to
eat. I first thought to eat and after
that, I thought to eat with Mansi who was serving dishes. After serving everyone, I and Mansi ate
alone. After eating, we again started
playing. After playing for a short
while, we left for the meeting. That
time, S.K.P. Karuna uncle came. I and
Mansi got bored and we again came to the house.
That time, I met one Akka named Gayathri. We collected leaves and flowers to make a
plate. We got sticks by which we can
mend the leaves together. At last we
finished making the plate and decorated it with the flowers. That time, we missed Karuna uncle’s speech
and the hot tea and vadas. After that
Mansi’s mother, Shylaja aunty was speaking.
That time, we played badminton with Mansi’s elder brother Vamsi and
their mother’s elder sister’s son Amara Bharati. So, we missed it also. Then it became around 7:30 p.m when we came
to the house. For a while, I played
shuttle with some men.
After sometime, they served dinner. I ate one puri and kuruma and went to
sleep. Mansi and Gayathri went to their
houses. Some people who came to listen
to the speeches slept in their farm house.
Some slept in S.K.P.Karuna uncle’s college’s guest house. We had a great day today.
