A B C -Challenge(Me, My Son And The Fish) -Part-1 Poem by Bharati Nayak
A B C -Challenge(Me, My Son And The Fish) -Part-1
A for apple, B for ball, C for Cat-Building up a story with these three alphabets seems more challenging to me than what my little son faced when he was learning the alphabets.Twenty four years have passed since my son then a boy of three years started learning ABCs and counting 1,2,3, —-.Now he has grown enough to start a family for his own and may be teaching his son or daughter ABC within three or four years.Time flies so fast.
The little events associated with my children's growing up stages are etched in my memory. One such incident comes to my mind.My son was only three years then.He loved eating fish.But fish was not available always as we had to depend on the fish vendors. One day my husband purchased one kg fish from the market and handed me with the instruction to cook it nicely for his son before he left for his office.I was cleaning the fish and cutting it into pieces while my son watched.My son was shouting with joy and making unending queries about the fish.Just to stop him I said'Shh—'
'Why Mama? '
'Because the cat may hear.'
If cat hears what will happen?
'The cat will eat away all your fish'-but really I was thinking that our neighbour might overhear the overzealous expressions of my son about fish and might take it as someone who rarely gets to eat fish.
My son started further queries in low hushed voice.
Mama-Does cat love Fish?
re: " ebbed in my memory." Bharati, i think " etched in.." :) YES! Don't let neighbors think a child of 3 is being deprived! ! i like the story, but it doesn't seem very poem-like. and i don't see the connection between A, B, C (letters of the alphabet) and the poem. let me read another, by friend. bri :)
My son started further queries in low hushed voice. Mama-Does cat love Fish? This is a fine and simple and lovely poem dear Bharati. thank you. tony
Regarding 'A B C ' challenge I may say that it was written in response to a Challenge on story writing in the same name. Yes, A B C are the initial letters a child learns.A child's education starts with his every day experience, his interaction with parents and other members of the family.I hope you will read its second part and post your comments.
Thank you Bri Edwards for pointing out the error in the story (poem?) .I have found that in several cases the Poem Hunter does not show the edited version.In many cases the words are clubbed and even if I try to correct those immediately after posting the poem through edits, the errors persist. Yes, it is not a poem.I had posted it on my Blog under wordpress- 'bharatispen' long back.To bring my writings to one fold, I posted it here.
The little events associated with your children with learning and perception is beautifully and brilliantly brought up in this challenge poem. A for apple and B for book and C for can and so on for F is fish. This is an amazing poem of course...10
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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That is how a small brain functions, so many innocent questions. Thanks for sharing this wonderful incidence.10