My little Kitty

My little Kitty

Wanted to be DIRTY

Mom put her in the sink

To make her look PRETTY

Little soap

Little shampoo

A gentle scrub 

did the job

Now look at the way she look

Picture perfect isn't it?

Robin Hood and his merry men

Robin and his merry men
lived in a forest where
even the sun dared not to enter...

Robin and his merry men
rode their horses
with wind as their mentor

Robin and his merry men
robbed the lads
with lots of money to spare

Robin and his merry men
gave the riches
to those who needed it bad...

Robin and his merry men
when a maiden in distress
rushed to save her pride

Robin and his merry men
not a disgrace
but a friend in disguise...

Rat - O -Man and his boat

There see the Rat - O – man,
 Paddling his broken boat.
 See the holes! Oh! See the holes
 Do you think, he will come ashore?

 Rat - O - man reached the shore,
 Took his boat to Dr. Jose,
 He told his doctor,
His boat had faltered.

The doctor came
 With his stethoscope,
Heard the boat's
 Heart beat little slow.

"Oh! Rat - O - Man
 Your boat is very sick,
We need to admit
To make him fit.

Come here after two days
 Then your boat will be okay,
 You can take him for a merry round,
Even on a storm or a gale around.”

Wednesday saw Rat - O - Man
 Rush to the hospital on his hands,
 To see his boat looking cross,
With band aids, cotton strips stretched across

 Rat – O – man took his boat
 For a test ride along the shore,
 Watched the boat move with pride,
Through the gales and the storm alight.

For kids

I love kids.  Who doesn't?  I have a knack with kids, though for the first few minutes they would look down their noses at me, they will settle down.  

When Ani was young, I used to coin stories for him.  My dad was my teacher.  All my cousins, friends adore my dad, for he is a good story teller.  From Crime stories, adventures, funny ones he had kept us glued many a days.  His masterpiece is "Kaatilae Deepavalli", on how Animals celebrated Diwali in their jungle.  The way they robbed the Shops for new dresses, how the elephant threatened the tailor to make him new trousers and Shirts.  It used to keep us laughing, my mom used these moments to feed us, stuff us with food :( We love listening to him for hours. He is also a very good artist and he gave shape to his characters and how we used to enjoy.  Those days were sheer heaven. Even today I go sit with him, when he spins his stories to younger ones on how the wooden horse fly carrying the Prince and the princess.

I copied the same tactics, and told Ani stories not just at bed times, whenever we are free.  When Ani turned one, I took a break from work and 7 years I was at home enjoying every spare moment with Ani.  We used to draw, colour, make figurines out of clay, sing, dance.  We used to maintain a scrap book for him, a little different from others.  I used to help him with sketches and he will colour.  I will tell him a story and he used to write them in his words.  I also used to coin puzzles, jigsaws, riddles and keep them ready.  When he is back from School, everyday 2 hours will go on his scrap book.

There were several stories, I made up for him.  The dragon that breathed butterflies and Animal adventures, where all the animals were twins with rhyming names.  These animals takes a trip around the world, various destinations, every destination a new couple (Twins) gets added to the list.  I drew them for him. Planning to scan those sketches and reproduce them here.  

Ani still love these stories and he is behind this idea of publishing in my blog.  This had been there in my mind, for quite some time.  Thought will give it shape.  Will have to wait and see how it goes.

I know this is going to be for a very limited audience.  I am writing this for my Son and my son's son.  The art of telling stories, is sadly neglected.  We don't have time to tell them stories and they opt to watch TV.

Already started to work on my first story for kiddos :)