Shame Shame Puppy Shame Uncle

January 4 2011

Pre-note : Be very careful when you have any 7 year old kid around you.

His name is Darshan. He is my neighbor's son. Darshan is just 7 years old and he likes spending time with me on weekends. Darshan would tell me all stories about his heroics in school. I would cook up some stories and fool him too. He never buys my stories but he just acts as if he believes them. He calls me "Prabhu Uncle". It is fun to have a 7 year old kid around you. He makes me feel young. But sometimes his questions can actually be gun shots aimed at my head.

"Prabhu Uncle! Have you kissed a girl?"
"Err.. Nooo Darshan.. I haven't.."
"Shame on you.. I have kissed Shravanthi.."
"Shravanthi! That 5 year old girl who lives next door"
"Yes! She is my girlfriend.."
At times like this, I would walk to the mirror, look at myself and I would see myself controlling my tears. Sometimes I fail to have a grip over my emotional-let-downs.
I sometimes tell Darshan, stories from the Ramayana. It is sometimes easier to tackle questions from an atheist. But Darshan's questions always end up leaving me running for shelter.On one such occasion, he was patiently listening to my story-telling skills.I was really happy that the kid was under my spell for more than 30 minutes.Suddenly he started speaking

"Prabhu Uncle. Does Rama look like Hrithik Roshan?"
"May be. He should have been good looking"
"So he is a good dancer?"
" He might have been a good dancer"

He nodded his head and was silent. I was glad that Darshan was happy with my answers. Suddenly he started speaking again

"Uncle I have found something"
"What is it?"
"Rama has 59 thousand step mom huh?! "
"No Darshan! You haven't paid attention to my story"
" I was. But I lost my concentration when I started imagining you clothed in leaves"

Sometimes it is better not to carry on such conversations. I have paid heavily by replying to such comments. So this time I just ignored his statement. I went into my room to type a post for my Blog.I Logged into my mail account and started checking my mails. Darshan was busy playing in the drawing room. While I was checking my mails, one mail caught my attention. The subject line of the mail was " Never disappoint her again". The mail was sent to me by some girl by the name,"Amirtha". Out of curiosity I opened the mail. It read...

Just one small strip 10 minutes before the fun starts,and the magic begins!

There was a small hyper-link next to it. I thought it must be some great illusion-magic-trick site. My love and interest for magic made me to click the link.A pop-up screen opened up and I was shocked to see the pictures of people in that screen. Suddenly I heard a voice behind me,"Shame Shame Puppy Shame Uncle". It was Darshan. He had seen the pictures too. I immediately switched off the computer. He gave me a sheepish smile and left the room.

The next day, I got ready to catch up with some work. I changed to my casual wear and came out of my house. I met Darshan and his Mom on the corridor. On seeing me Darshan said ," Mommy! Do you know what Prabhu uncle does with his computer?". The next second, I was inside my house. It has been two days and I have not gone out.