I can do better

Well I have homework to do every week end and it so happened that the weekend got extended because of festival holidays.  Yay...! is what you would think now that there are 5 days of holidays and plenty of time to do the homework. But my ammA wants me to finish it right away.. :(

While walking with me and my my sister to a shop ...
ammA - madhurA, homework aachaa (homework done?)
madhurA - illa

ammA - evalavu dhavara sollanum. mudi homework-a. apparam marandhu poidum. ippo mudiche na adutta 4 days kavalai padavendaam ( How many times should I tell you? Finish it now and you need not worry about it for 4 days)

madhurA - seri (OK)

my sis (in low voice) - Don't worry.. innum 4 days irukku. Nee last day panna kuda porum (There are 4 more days. You can even do it on the last day before school)

my sis - naan onakku last day remind pannaren ( I will will remind you on the last day)

madhura ( in low voice) - Ok. actually ennakku avalavu homework illai. Last day pannalena kuda OK. Schoool bus la porche kuda mudikalaam (I do not have much of home work. Even if I do not finish on the last day, I can finish it in the school bus on the way to school)

my sis (surprised) - wow ! (she learns faster than I thought)

ammA (listening to the hushed conversation) - (Am I even being heard! One tops the other in postponing work1)

I wish...

Among many wishes I have this is one of the very interesting one that I have imaged for sometime

M - ammA, Chocolate saapadalaamaa? (Can I have a chocolate?)
ammA - no.. nee apple-a saapadu (no.. you can have apple)

A little later...
M - Doodle jump onnoda phone la vilaiyaadalaamaa? (Can I play doodle jump on your phone?)
ammA - No.. vera edhaavadhu pannu (no..do something else)

A little later...
M - Ice cream tharayaa?
ammA - Not now.. nee rAthri seekaram saapadu apparam tharen (not now.. finish your dinner fast tonight, then I will give you)

In the evening

M - vilaiyaada polaamaa? (Can I go down to play?)
ammA - po.pAl saaptaparam (Go after drinking milk)

M - ammA sometimes I wish ennakku oru "ok, seri" nnu sollara amma irukkanum nnu (Sometimes I wish I have a mother who will say "ok" all the time)

ammA - ! ! onnakku indha ammA vendAmA? ( you don't want this ammA?)

M ( realizing what she said to ammA now tries to talk her way out ) - ila ila indha ammA dhaan best. ennaku "ok" sollara ammA verum wish dhaan. indha ammA dhaan nalladhu laam solluva (no no. This ammA is the best. Having a mother who will say "ok" is just my wish but this ammA tells me what is best)

ammA (to herself) - good save.... :)

Guilty conscious

To drink milk or not ? This is the BIG question that I have been thinking about for a while.

I have recently learnt that cow's baby (calf) drinks its mother's milk. Milk is it's only food! But we drink cow's milk. I am confused. Then what will the calf have?

Should we stop drinking milk? But my teacher has told me that milk is good for my health. I like curd, cheese and butter more than milk. So, I told ammA that I will not have milk but just have curd, cheese and butter. ammA tells me that curd, cheese and butter come from milk. Really!

We are using all the milk. The calves are all hungry. Why is no one doing anything to help them? I think we should share our food with the calves since they are sharing theirs with us. I suggested to ammA that she should make more saadam (rice) and kaai (vegetable) everyday for the calves.

We eat saadam (rice) and kaai (vegetables) everyday but also drink milk  to stay healthy.

So, here is my plan - "Buy a lot of milk from shops and feed it to the calves"

Now that sounds fair :)

Atlast you understand

Our toy room was a mess. Crayons, clothes, and cards from a game strewn all over the place.

ammA (for the nth time) - pAdukA and madhurA, please room-a clean pannungo (pAdukA and madhurA please clean the room)
pAdukA - avalaiyum panna sollu (ask her (madhurA) to clean up)
madhurA - nAn idhu laam edukalai ( I did not take these things out)
pAdukA - poi sollara ma (she is lying)

The argument continues with a lot of accusation and screaming! No cleaning up was done. The room continues to be the same mess. After about 20 minutes...

ammA - clean pannalai yA innum? (Has this not been cleaned yet?)
ethanai vaatti sollanum (how many times should I tell?)
nAn kitchen velai yai mudikarthukku kulla clean pannanum (You should clean this up before I finish my kitchen work)

After a while.... Seeing nothing has changed in the room

ammA (frustrated) - onga rendu perkitta katthardhukku badhulA nAn clean pannittu poirkalAm eppovo ( Instead of shouting at you two, I should have cleaned it long back)
madhurA - good job ammA
ammA (furious) - nAn nannA clean panna "good job" sollarayA? (Are you saying "good job for cleaning this room well?")
madhurA - no ma. nee ippo dhaan purinjintta.(now you have understood)
ammA - enna (what?)
madhurA - enga kitta katthardhukku badhilA neeya velai pannidalaam. adhu dhaan easy (Instead of shouting at us, you are better off doing the job yourself. It is easy)
ammA - !!!!??!!!