This time Sarita woke up very early in the morning as she wanted to play games which had to happen today.
Ram was the last one to wake up. He would have slept one or two hours more if his mother wouldn’t have woken him up. His mother said, “Don’t you want play games which will be organised today.”
“Oh, I have completely forgotten about it.”, said Ram.
“You should be taken into a hospital as you are a dementia patient.”, said Ram’s mother.
“Don’t say that mom. Please help me in getting ready.”, said Ram.
Ram quickly went to the bathroom and had his breakfast and went to the rest of the group. He saw only the girls. Sarala was doing Blah, Blah, Blah to Sarita and Manika. He asked, “Where are Narayan, Abhiram and Venkat? I can’t see them anywhere. Haven’t they came till now.”
Sarala said, “They are playing cricket at the ground at the back side of this house.”
“Thank you for your kind information.”, he mimicked the sound of the customer care lady.
The girls laughed.
Ram went to the back side of the house where he found the boys playing cricket. He said, “I also want to play.”
“Let Venkat do the batting. I will take his wicket in a few balls only.”, said Abhiram.
As Abhiram told Venkat was bowled out on the first ball itself.
They played an individual match. Venkat had to bat first, then Narayan, then Ram and finally Abhiram had to bat.
Venkat this time made 1 run. He was bowled out by Abhiram.
Narayan made 14 runs. Narayan was bowled out in a funny way. Venkat bowled a very slow ball. Narayan wanted to hit huge six. He came running out of the crease and swung his bat hard. As he was a very weak fellow he lost the grip of the bat. The bat went flying to the boundary and the ball had slowly hit the stumps.
Ram was at his best. He scored 49 runs. He was hitting sixes on sixes. When he tried to hit the ball bowled by Abhiram a six he could manage the ball to go to the boundary. Narayan catched the ball very easily.
‘I will take my revenge’ This mantra is followed by Ram very much. When Abhiram was on 10 he threw a fast ball which got forced him to defense. The ball hit the edge of the bat and it went directly to the hands of Ram.
The sun was glowing very hard so they decided not to play another match. They went to Sarala’s house where the girls were playing. The girls were playing UNO cards.
Then only Meera aunty came. She said to the children, “After everybody has lunch all will come to Krishnaya tatagaru’s house. We will start the games for you and also for the elders.”
Sarala said, “Everybody go to their houses and have lunch. We will have to go there as fast as we can.”
They all went to their houses to have lunch.
After half an hour they had assembled near Krishnaya tatagaru’s house. The chairs ordered by Subash uncle had just came in a tractor. The children started assembling them for the audience.
After all was set, people started coming to Krishnaya’s house.
Even the people from Kandikupa started coming. Julu, Santosh, Kannu and Janika akka came.
Then the host of this event Meera Aunty came. She gave a short speech.
The speech had only one line but the line was very meaningful. It was ‘It is not important to win but what is important is to take part in it’.
First Event – Running Race
Age – Under 12
Gender - Both
She announced, “The first event is running race for under 12 children and the participants are Venkat, Manika, Surab from Kandikupa and Sonakshi from Kandikupa. Only three of them will win prizes.”
The four of them lined near the starting line waiting for whistle by Suresh uncle. They had to go straight and touch the wall to win the race.
Suresh uncle gave a loud whistle. The children from Dontikurru shouted ‘Venkat and Manika come 1st and 2nd’ whereas children from Kandikupa shouted ‘Surab and Sonakshi, you can win the race.
Venkat and Surab would have ended up in a tie if Venkat had not touched the wall before Surab did.
Result –
1. Venkat
2. Surab
3. Manika
Second Event – Running Race
Age – Under 16
Gender - Female
Meera aunty announced, “Now the race is for the under 16 girls and the participants are Sarla, Sarita, Janika from Kandikupa and Jeevani from Kandikupa. Only 1st and 2nd will be awarded.”
When the race started everybody shouted “Go Dontikurru rock stars Go.”
Kandikupa gang shouted “Don’t say that. Kandikupa Lions are kings.”
Results –
1. Sarala
2. Jeevani
Third Event – Running Race
Age – Under 16
Gender - Male
“Boys line up for under 16 running race. Participants are Ramkrishna, Abhiram, Narayan, Julu, Santhosh, Kannu. Whoever comes 1st, 2nd and 3rd will win prizes.”
The boys sat in a running position. This time Subash uncle did not whistle. He said Ready… Set… and Go…
The boys started running. Narayan was very poor runner.
Results –
1. Ram
2. Julu
3. Abhiram
2 Like this many events took place. Many games were played for example – Frog Jumping, Potato Race (for all the people of all ages), Pulses Identifing (for old ladies only), etc.
It went on till it was evening. They stopped playing outdoor games and started playing indoor games like Antyakshari, Atlas and Dumb Charades (not for winning prizes).
It was 8’20 pm. One thing to say about Dontikurru is that, almost all the people are addicted to a weekday serial known as Mogalirekulu. Someone said that it is 8’30pm so all the people started departing quickly. All the children were very upset because of this. They also went to their houses to have their dinner.
At 9’30pm all children called the people to come to Krishnaya tatagaru’s house because they were having tambola. They were happy that they were able to bring much more people than they had expected.
A ticket’s cost was set to Rs.10. Many of them bought 2-2 tickets. Maliya ammamma had bought 5 tickets.
As they started playing many of them did not get the numbers which they wanted. They started shouting that they wanted this number-that number.
At last Narayan had won first housie, then Maliya ammamma won second housie and at last Subash uncle won the third housie.
That completed the activities for the day.. They all went to their houses and said to themselves, “Yes I have won a prize which I am expecting to get tomorrow.”
They slept by dreaming about what kind of prizes there would be given tomorrow.
The world happiness has been found in Dontikurru itself.
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5th Day…
Date: 15th Jan’2011
Everyone woke up before 7’00am waiting to collect the prizes which they will get.
They ran to Subash uncles house.
Subash uncle said, “You all woke up so early in the morning?
“Yeah…” said Narayan.
“Any idea about the prizes?”, said Venkat.
“Not till now.”, said Subash uncle.
Sarala asked, “When will you buy the gifts.”
“I and Teja uncle must plan it. I think we will go at 9’30am.”, said Subash uncle.
Sarala said, “I hope it is a IPod or a PSP or a Mini Laptop.”
“Sarala are you stupid?”, asked Manika.
“Surely not.”, said Sarala.
“Then stop having those stupid thoughts.”, said Manika.
“Oh Sorry.”, said Sarala to Suresh uncle.
“OK. I am going to tell Teja uncle about the gifts OK.”, said Subash uncle and went to Teja uncle’s house.
“What shall we do now?”, asked Ram.
“Why not play UNO cards?”, asked Sarita.
“OK. Bring the cards to Krishnaya tatagaru’s house. We all will be there.”, said Narayan.
Sarita ran in the direction of her house and all the others went to Krishnaya’s house.
After nearly 5 minutes Sarita came running to Krishnaya’s house with the UNO cards.
They played the UNO cards for 2 hours. It was like playing for only half an hour.
Prakash annaya was coming towards them.
Narayan asked, “Hello annaya. Where were you yesterday? I did not see you anywhere.”
“I was in my friend’s house.”, said Prakash annaya.
“You missed lot of things.”, said Ram.
“Did I?”, said Prakash annaya.
“Why are you here?”, asked Sarita.
“Nothing. Well Subash uncle told me to tell you that he had bought the prizes from Katerikona.”, said Prakash annaya.
“Really?”, asked Manika.
“Yes really.”, said Praksh annaya.
“Subash uncle also said that the prize distribution will be held at 2’30pm.”, said Prakash annaya.
“By the way, what is the time now.”, asked Narayan.
“Its 11’30.”, said Prakash annaya.
“What 11’30?”, said Sarala in a shocked manner.
“Yes.”, said Prakash annaya.
The children went back to their houses to wash themselves and to dress up nicely. They had their lunch and then gathered near Krishnaya tatagaru’s house at 2’30pm for the prize distribution.
After 10-15 minutes many people started coming. People from Kandikupa also came after half an hour. At last Meera aunty with Subash uncle and Teja uncle came to Krishnaya tatagaru’s house.
Babji tatagaru, Baba tatagaru and Krishnaya tatagaru were made the prize distributors.
Meera aunty said, “The first category is running race of chldren with age under 12. Baba garu please award Venkat because he came first in running race.”
And like that they awarded everyone who won the other competitions.
The prizes were pencil boxes, magnets, solar flower pots, calculators, key chains, etc.
The prize distribution went on till 6’00 in the evening. After the prize distribution all the children stood up and shouted with full force ‘DONTIKURRU ROCKS, DONTIKURRU ROCK STARS ROCKED IT’.
The children talked for hours and hours till it was 11’00pm. It was the end of their 5 days of enjoyment. As they went to their houses sadly as it was their last day of enjoyment.
They had their dinner and slept with emotions. They all thought “Fun is over. Everybody will return from where they had come to Dontikurru”.
Sad To Part With Each Other…
All woke up early in the morning to say good bye to their friends.
Abhiram was the first one to part.
He said, “Don’t worry. I’ll come in summer holidays then we will have our famous Summer Days.”
After Abhiram it was Narayan’s turn.
Ram said, “When will you come?”
“Surely in Summer we must meet.”, said Narayan.
That way everyone went to their respective cities or villages. Ram was the last one to go. He was thinking, “Hope all will meet at Summer Holidays and have our famous Summer Days like these 5 Days Of Enjoyment.”
