Rainy thoughts- at 3!

It was raining. I love the rain. Especially when it’s in the afternoon, after ammachi’s tasty lunch and when it’s without thunder and lightening.  I leaned against the cold aramathil, and tried to catch water droplets falling from roof. Oh..its so cold! Near the aramathil, where there was a stretch of narrow dry space, those ants were gathering up. Oh! They are running away from rain. Where would they go, when their hole-homes are filled with water? Emmy had told that when it rains, ants come near the water, to bathe and to do their laundry. Oh! So is that what the big ant is doing, now? Why does it come near water, taste it and then go back? Where are their clothes? I will ask Emmy. Where is she? She is washing the dishes in kitchen. I can hear her talking to ammachi. Let her come, I will ask her, about ants clothes. Where is appooppan? I went to the shop attached to the front room of the house. It opened to the road outside. It was good to see rain from there. But appooppan won’t allow. He will close the shop then. Cheetha appooo!

 

I saw appooppan sleeping in easy chair. Wow! This is the chance. Yesterday Chetan taught me how to scare appoo, when he sleeps, like that. Without making any sound, I took a thin coconut leaf and poked appoo thru the holes behind his easy chair.. “Aareda athu???”  he roared….I ducked behind the chair. Appoo continued his nap. Let chetan come today. I will tell him, how I scared appoo today!!

 

Why isn’t this rain stopping? I want to go out to the outhouse, and see the white lilies near the steps. Emmy told not to pluck them.  Today evening emmy wont water them, so even if I pluck one, she wont see. Where did the chickens go, in this rain? And where’s that poovan kozhi which pecked me that day! I hate him. Tomorrow I will ask appoo to make chicken curry with him for my dinner. After that he will never peck me again. But I don’t want to see him dead. Chetan told me he saw appoo killing a chicken that day. He is not scared, infact he helped appoo, in taking its feathers out. Amma told me, not to watch that.

Why isn’t this rain stopping? I am bored. I want to go outside. Watching ants always is not fun. Ohhhhh! It’s getting darker because of those clouds. Where will that thookanam kuruvi, go, now? Its nest in that coconut tree is swinging violently in the wind! Ayyyo paaavam kuruvi!!!

 

Suddenly there was a flash of white light, and a heart wrenching sound. KABBBOOOOOOOO OOOM!!!!

 Ayyooo , minnal …. Ammmacchiiiii……… Ammmacchiiiii …. Ammmacchiiiii. I screamed and ran towards kitchen.

 

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Aramathil- half wall of veranda

Ammachi- grandma

Emmy- nick name for aunt.

Appoo-short form for appooppan(grand dad)

Chetan-elder brother

Poovan kozhi-rooster

thookanam kuruvi – tailor bird.