The Little Monsters.....The Kuttipattalam !!!
We had a gang of friends there at Patoor . I being the eldest was the leader of the gang . Our gang members were Sabari , Manju , Manoj , my sister and myself . We planned our evenings before hand . Under the supervison of 'Pakali Appoppan ' the elderly appoppan next door .... our gang played variety of games everyday !!!
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| small tomatoes like fruits |
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| We used to eat it happily :-) |
Our entertainments varied everyday ........our entertainments were Hide & Seek , pakki pidikal (running all through the weeds and shrubs to catch the butterflies and moths )
making the thumbi carry the small stones , collecting flowers all wild and even the smelly ones :-)
....cooking ....which included making of the furnace with three stones , we collected the twigs and small branches of trees ( we were not allowed to play with fire ) and taking vessels from the kitchen we acted as if we are cooking the flowers and leaves ,and served each other happily .
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....cooking ....which included making of the furnace with three stones , we collected the twigs and small branches of trees ( we were not allowed to play with fire ) and taking vessels from the kitchen we acted as if we are cooking the flowers and leaves ,and served each other happily .
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| the wild kanakambaram |
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| the small mushrooms on the trees |
Another hilarious entertainment of us were burying the dead ants and insects !!!! We used to roam about to get the dead bodies , or sometimes Sabari used to kill a Tumbi or a Pakki .
We then burned them to ashes in a proper way ...... we used to make them lie on a leaf , carry them in twigs to the burial ground . We would arrange twigs and dry leaves and keep the dead insect on them and under the supervision of Sulochana , our maid , who used to burn the "chitha' with a match stick . We cried ,consoled each other .
We then burned them to ashes in a proper way ...... we used to make them lie on a leaf , carry them in twigs to the burial ground . We would arrange twigs and dry leaves and keep the dead insect on them and under the supervision of Sulochana , our maid , who used to burn the "chitha' with a match stick . We cried ,consoled each other .
We never were into indoor games , our territory was always the open spaces ,the ground ,the swing in between the coconut trees
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, and also under the 'Pulinjika Maram "where we used to play 'veedu veedu
, and also under the 'Pulinjika Maram "where we used to play 'veedu veedu
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| the pulinjika plant |
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