When Sujit was in KG or Std. I his teacher asked him,'What does your father do?' Sujit thought that she was enquiring about his grandfather and replied,'He plays cards!' He said this because at that time my father-in-law used to play cards for a few hours every Sunday with some of his retired friends.
The teacher was shocked. Poor child - his father is a wastrel!
In the evening, when Jaya went to the school to pick up Sujit, the teacher asked her,'What does your husband do?' Jaya wondered why she wanted to know about me. The teacher related what Sujit had told her that morning. Jaya assured her that there was no such problem and told her about my stroke.
I don't know what shocked the teacher more - the news that I wasted my time playing cards or the news that I am quadriplegic.
Can imagine the teacher's plight!!
ReplyDeleteYour Sujit has definitely learned how to play his cards well...my kids remember him very often...