On that sunny day, sun was high spitting out the fire and my scooty has its time to
get punctured and what not I had lost my money. horrible!! Definitely not my day.
All I did was parked the vehicle ,With the little money left in my pouch i managed to take a bus and headed home!
My dad keeps warning not to drive harsh and I still keep doing it though.
I had to inform him about this and I made a call to him. He, as usual comforted me that he will manage. It was evening and I was waiting for his return. i was going mad because he usually does unpredictable things like dragging the vehicle all over till home. At last I could see him at the gate and rushed out to ask if he had done such a crazy thing again and to my dismay he hadn’t. He turned to me, I’ve no more strength to do it. Things have changed and I’m getting old!! it seemed easy for him to say this but I was shattered. he’s my superhero and those words just didn’t make him. the standard exclamation at anything preposterous would always be “billions of blue blistering barnacles in a thundering bloody typhoon”. When I learnt how to ride a bicycle, he would be running by my side, guarding my fall and constantly telling me to look straight and to paddle hard. Being particular that I develop a reading habit an ear for music, he would carefully choose the ‘must reads’. He got into my age all these 20 years from sitting beside me in a kindergarten to hilarious parodies that we made out of serious things and coded messages that we exchanged in fluent spoonerism. Now its my time to try getting into his shoes and be wit him in his age. I m giving it a try perhaps I know I can never do the things he did to me
As life moves on its unpredictable path, there remains a feeling of someone always being there and he’s my dad for me!!
ANANYA AJ
