I was sipping on my hot cup of tea and enjoying the whiff of aroma rising with the vapours from my mug, the cold breeze woke me up from my trance and amidst all this... I was trying to get a glimpse of the Sunday newspaper my mom was reading. I wouldnt dare read over her shoulder trying to remember my manners! I couldnt wait to get my hands on the paper to read it but had to wait patiently.
I was trying to be busy...My eyes were trying to grasp eveything it saw in one gaze about myself.... garden chairs, shrubs, ashoka trees, flowers on the frangipani tree, the droopy gooseberry tree, the thatch of the gazebo, a koel whose call was so loud that it seemed like it was hooting instead & squirrels running helter skelter in our garden. I slowly got closer to seeing things by me and found our fawn labrador sitting in a very comfortable posture and staring into oblivion. Those beady eyes seemed like they were trying to see something I couldnt. She made me wonder what a dogs life must seem like. One word I think that describes it is "monotonous". Did she know there existed a world where people went to work, had to earn money to get food?
We adopted her from my sister's friend who was going abroad to study. It has been over an year and she seems to be more human than canine. You speak to her in simple english and you will see a host of expressions. In one such instance a couple of days ago...the madame picks up edible trash from the organic pit in the garden and brings it into the house and was caught nibbling on it. Nonetheless she got her share of wise talk and she sulked for a while. Dad came home in the evening and heard of her interesting feat and taunted her. And what would you expect??
She walks away into the bedroom as though she has been defamed and my dad commented... "well if she knew how to do it - she'd have banged the door on our face too!". Ha ha! At times she nods her head from side to side and has wrinkles on her forehead as though she is confused! She surprises me!
Well for starters... She is called "Gia".
I was trying to be busy...My eyes were trying to grasp eveything it saw in one gaze about myself.... garden chairs, shrubs, ashoka trees, flowers on the frangipani tree, the droopy gooseberry tree, the thatch of the gazebo, a koel whose call was so loud that it seemed like it was hooting instead & squirrels running helter skelter in our garden. I slowly got closer to seeing things by me and found our fawn labrador sitting in a very comfortable posture and staring into oblivion. Those beady eyes seemed like they were trying to see something I couldnt. She made me wonder what a dogs life must seem like. One word I think that describes it is "monotonous". Did she know there existed a world where people went to work, had to earn money to get food?
We adopted her from my sister's friend who was going abroad to study. It has been over an year and she seems to be more human than canine. You speak to her in simple english and you will see a host of expressions. In one such instance a couple of days ago...the madame picks up edible trash from the organic pit in the garden and brings it into the house and was caught nibbling on it. Nonetheless she got her share of wise talk and she sulked for a while. Dad came home in the evening and heard of her interesting feat and taunted her. And what would you expect??
She walks away into the bedroom as though she has been defamed and my dad commented... "well if she knew how to do it - she'd have banged the door on our face too!". Ha ha! At times she nods her head from side to side and has wrinkles on her forehead as though she is confused! She surprises me!
Well for starters... She is called "Gia".
1 comment:
Amazing words from a writer who portrays herself to be a beginner. I was more spellbound by the way you described Gia( not Shahrukh or Preety or Rani) . I thought few ppl really see a dog as it is and you are one among them. I had to muster a lot of courage to write this (fear of coming off as indecent i guess) Oh and i dont blog so Sastry.naveen is me on Orkut(cant thank enough the google guys)
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