5 Days Of Enjoyment
Edida Meher Manish
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Continued…
3rd Day... Part 2
Date: 14 Jan’ 11
Among the boys (not including Venkat) Ram was the first one to wake up. Narayan and Abhiram were still sleeping on their beds till their parents woke them up. They had their lunch and quickly went to the rest of the group.
Narayan was last one to go to his group. Ram said, “Why are you so late?”
“You slept all night. Abhiram and I were the only two who did not sleep.” said Narayan.
“You are lying.” said Abhiram.
“What lie did I tell.” asked Narayan in shock.
“You did not mention the name of Prakash annaya. Did you? Wasn’t he also awake all night with us.” said Abhiram with a cunning smile.
Everybody began to laugh at Narayan. Narayan turned red with anger but he didn’t show his anger before everyone.
Then Subash uncle came. He said, “Narayan and Abhiram, are you tired? “
Narayan said, “No, I am not tired nor is Abhiram. Are you Abhiram?”
“Not at all.”, said Abhiram
Subash uncle said, “We are planning to go either to the light house or to the beach.”
Sarala said, “As per our rule we go alternately to the beach or to the light house. As we went to the light house last year I think we should go to beach this year.”
Manika said, “I also think that way only. Subash uncle, today we shall go to the beach and next year we will go to the light house.”
Subash uncle said, “OK, I will finalize your plans with Teja uncle. I think the people from Kandikupa will also come with us. Will there be any problem?”
Narayan said, “Not at all. I think it will double the enjoyment if the children of Kandikupa also come. That means Jilu, Kannu, Janika akka (big sister) and Santosh will also come.”
“Yes, yes” everybody shouted.
Subash uncle went to Teja uncle’s house to talk about the plans.
After half an hour Subash uncle said, “At 4’00pm we will all leave for the beach. Four, four wheeler autos are coming to take some of us. One taxi is coming for taking the old people. Teja Uncle and I will lead the autos from front.
At 4’00pm there was so much noise in a quite village of Dontikurru. All the autos and taxi had been parked near Teja uncle’s house. Ladies were carrying bags which contained home-made food and extra clothes for the children.
There was so much shouting by the children.
One sad thing happened. It was that all the children could not be in the same auto. Narayan and Ram had to sit in one auto, Abhiram and Venkat in another auto and all the girls in another auto.
All were singing and dancing in the auto after the autos started.
Scene in the auto where Narayan and Ram were sitting
Roo00000rrrr, Roooooooorrrr sounded the auto in which Narayan and Ram were sitting. It went off as soon as Subash and Teja uncle’s bike started. Their auto was the first auto to be started.
The scene of the auto was like this –
Ø The driver was a strong man.
Ø The seats had black leather covers to them.
Ø It was comfortable to sit in the auto.
The members sitting in the auto were –
1. Narayan
2. Ramkrishna
3. Baba Tatagaru
4. Krishnaya Tatagaru
5. Jyoti ammamma
6. Mother of Abhiram – Sweta
7. Mother of Narayan – Meera
They first watched the scenery of Dontikurru and waved hands to other autos in which their friends were sitting.
Then they started to play Atlas (name the place following the last letter of the place). First Narayana started by saying America then Ram said Amalapuram then Sweta aunty said Mumbai then Meera aunty said India and so on… it went.
Everybody was enjoying in the auto where Narayan and Ram were sitting. Would you like to know what happened in other autos too?
Scene in the auto where Abhiram and Venkat were sitting
The auto where Abhiram and Venkat sat, also went with a ROOOOOORRRR. They first waved hands to the auto where the girls were sitting. Then they answered to the hand waves by Narayan and Ram by waving at them.
The scene of the auto was like this –
Ø A tattoo of God Ganesh was pasted at the side of the front window.
Ø The driver was a very thin man.
Ø The auto had soft brown cover for the seats.
Ø It was little congested as 8 members were sitting in the auto.
The members sitting in the auto were –
1. Abhiram
2. Venkat
3. Prakash annaya
4. Maliya ammamma
5. Balaji tatagaru
6. Ayyaparao tatagaru
7. Mother of Abhiram – Durga
8. Mother of Venkat – Varalaxmi
They started to play memory game of fruits.
First Venkat started by saying MANGO.
Then Ram continued by saying mango, PINEAPPLE.
Then Varalaxmi aunty said mango, pineapple, APPLE.
Durga aunty said mango, pineapple, apple, ORANGE. And it went on like that till Venkat got mixed up with the fruit names.
Then Abhiram started to show them how to play PSP in which all were interested except Ayyaparao tatagaru.
Scene in the auto where the girls were sitting.
At last after all the autos started , the auto in which the girls were sitting went off with a ROOOOORRR. They waved hands to the other autos in which the boys were sitting.
The scene of the auto was like this –
Ø The front window was not there at all.
Ø The curtains present in the auto were completely torn and needed to be stitched.
Ø The driver was a very jolly man. He always taped his hands on the steering whenever the girls sang. He told many a tales about his life also. He told that the front window of the auto was broken by a small accident.
Ø It was very comfortable to sit in the auto as only six people were there in the auto.
The members sitting in the auto were –
1. Sarala
2. Saritha
3. Manika
4. Mother of Sarala – Sridevi
5. Mother of Saritha – Sanjulata
6. Mother of Manika – Jaya
They started playing Antakshari. They divided themselves into two groups that were –
Ø Girls Group that consisted Sarala, Saritha and Manika
Ø Adults Group that consisted all the rest of the aunties.
First of all Sarala started it by singing a Manasa nuvunde choote cheppamma from the movie Munna(a telugu movie). After some time all the girls started singing with her. It ended with ma. So Adults Group sang a song which started with ma and it went on like that.
Back to the story…
It was a long journey but the games played by the elders passed the time easily. The sandy region near the sea started to come. The people stopped playing games and started seeing the scenery. At last the sound of the sea had come to their ears. The children started shouting hooooo! hooooo! After a few minutes the people of Dontikurru were able to see the sea. In the auto where Narayan and Ram were sitting someone tried to say ‘She sells sea shells on the sea shore’ but instead he said ‘Sea sells she sells on the sea shore’.
At last the autos stopped near the parking zone where the vehicles were parked. It was a very sandy beach. Subash uncle did not park his bike in the parking zone. Instead he kept on driving the bike on the sand of the beach. He was finding difficulty to move the bike fast. It stopped sometimes in a place where there was more sand than the surroundings. The beach had many holes. By this it is understood that there are many small crabs living near the beach.
For the children, luckily it was a low tide. The boys without any hesitation started running in the direction of the sea water till they were caught by Teja uncle. Teja uncle said, “Be intelligent. If you go too far you may drown.”
Ayyaparao tatagaru went on going into the sea till the water level was to his knee. He said, “You must obey me. You will not go deeper than me. All of you must be behind me.”
Ram did not heed the words of Ayyaparao tatagaru. He went on going more deeper than Ayyaparao tatagaru till he was caught by Teja uncle who pulled him to the shore and gave him a long roasting. Teja uncle said, “What will happen if anything happens to you. This is Pongal. You should celebrate this festivel by enjoying it as much as you can, not risking your life here and there. If you do not heed to my words you will be in a big trouble. Now go but do not go deeper than Ayyaparao tatagaru.
Ram was standing there with his head down with full of shame then after a minute he went back to the water and continued enjoying himself with the rest of the group.
The sea started affecting Narayan’s thin body. As soon as he went into the sea, the waves of the sea threw him to the shore. Venkat was a little afraid of the sea because Sarala had once told him that many deadly sharks, octopus and many other deadly creatures live in the sea. He was also told that the creatures liked to eat small children like him. He did not go into the sea till Sarala said that she had only joked about it to scare him.
After some time the people from Kandikupa came to the beach. As Narayan had said Jilu, Kannu, Janika akka and Santosh had also come with the people of Kandikupa. For half an hour they talked and took a bath in sea.
DONTIKURRU TOP SECRET (Don’t say this to anyone please)
Narayan had put a cricket bat and a rubber ball in the auto when no one saw him. He had planned this with Subash uncle as they both wanted to surprise everyone. (Only Narayan, Subash uncle, I and you know this secret)
After everybody was numb because of the salt water by the sea. Many of them sat on the boats, which had been parked nearby by the fishermen, to dry themselves.
Narayan said, “To dry up by sitting in the sun will take a lot of time.”
Teja uncle said, “Then what will we do?”
“Wait here for a second. I will come just now.” said Narayan.
Subash uncle smiled a little but luckily nobody saw him doing it.
Narayan went towards the direction where the autos were parked. He came quickly with the cricket bat and the rubber ball.
Ram said, “Now at last I have a chance to become Sachin Tendulkar.”
Everybody laughed.
Teja uncle said, “Cricket. I haven’t played cricket for more than 5-6 years.”
Abhiram said, “Thank God. At last because of his blessings you have broken your record.”
Again everybody laughed.
They first formed two teams. One was Dontikurru Rock stars (the idea was given by Venkat) and another was Kandikupa Lions.
They started playing the match of 10 overs. The ball was not bouncing much because of the sandy ground. Ram had a solution for this. He filled a bucket (which was lying nearby) with the salt water of the sea and poured it near the batsman. As the sand absorbed the water it became hard and the ball bounced a little more than it had done previously.
The ladies had other plans too. They decided to play Kabaddi as they decided to take advantage of the sandy beach. But in this the ladies decided to make teams of their own. The teams they made were all jumbled up so they decided to make teams based on their villages only.
I don’t know what to say about old people. They always talk about politics everywhere and every time whenever they are together. They don’t enjoy games much.
They all enjoyed the cricket match but there were minor hiccups. Dontikurru Rock Stars managed to win the game but many of them were injured. While Venkat was bowling he mistakenly threw a full toss. The ball hit Santosh badly on his head. While trying to catch a ball Ram and Abhiram collided with each other with their elbows but then also Abhiram managed to catch the ball. Teja uncle had a pull in his thigh. He said, “I will not thank God as you said Abhiram. Because of this game I have this painful pull in my thigh.
The girls enjoyed the Kabaddi game but like the cricket match it also ended with a few hiccups. Sweta aunty was suffocated when everybody climbed on her. Sarala was thrown 2 metres away from the ground by Jilu. Maniks had hurt her knee.
The old people said, “Do you now understand why we did not want to play these games?”
Everybody admitted that they were wrong.
Narayan said, “Let’s have a last dip in the beach.”
By now the high tide was going on and the beach was also very sandy than before.
As soon as they went into the water their pocket were filled with lots of sand. They quickly got up and went to the adults and said let’s go, this sea in not filled with water now but it is filled with sand.
As they were moving they saw crabs coming out of their holes and going to other holes.
They quickly sat in their respective vehicles. They did not like to sit close to each other as they were covered with sand.
The autos started with a ROOR.
They were too tired to play games now. They wanted to go home, have a nice bath and sleep.
They all reached Dontikurru in an hour. From their autos the children started shouting as much as they can ‘DONTIKURRU ROCKS, DONTIKURRU ROCK STARS AGAIN ROCKED IT’. After they went to their home they had an half an hour bath. After it they had their dinner and went to sleep.
'Tomorrow we are going to have games competition. What fun we will have tomorrow.', everybody dreamed as they went to sleep.
To Be Continued…
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