On the way, under a small tree
An Old man, A guava seller
60 rupees per kg, he says with his soft voice.
I am a regular buyer, I guess his favorite too
For more than six months, I am buying guava from you.
One Sunday, i pulled my little joy to choose guavas, which is her favorite too
He let her play with the entire basket and pick the ones, one by one
Its tough to satisfy a three year old.
Patiently they spoke, "this one kaka! that one is too big"
I was surprised, as my little one is not easy to talk
This transaction was 10 min long.
Finally with her favorite color guavas, we came home!
The next visit was two weeks later!
I got caught up with odd and even
As I arrived, he asked
"How is your baby? You didn't come two weeks didi?"
Made an excuse, and bought one kg which carries 6 guavas in one go
He waited and added four more!
It was getting dark. I thought he is finishing his stock.
"Need only a Kg", said I
........."This is for the gudiya; Didi and its free...."
I was stone cold!
A old guava seller, under small tree on kharadi main road in Pune.
Must be making 250 rupees a day
Gave four guavas roughly worth 50 rupees for free
For my little one...
World is Crazy!
With endless greed
we miss the point
Of life,
The importance of living under a tree
Happiness is Oh! so fresh and 60 rupees a Kg !!
An Old man, A guava seller
60 rupees per kg, he says with his soft voice.
I am a regular buyer, I guess his favorite too
For more than six months, I am buying guava from you.
One Sunday, i pulled my little joy to choose guavas, which is her favorite too
He let her play with the entire basket and pick the ones, one by one
Its tough to satisfy a three year old.
Patiently they spoke, "this one kaka! that one is too big"
I was surprised, as my little one is not easy to talk
This transaction was 10 min long.
Finally with her favorite color guavas, we came home!
The next visit was two weeks later!
I got caught up with odd and even
As I arrived, he asked
"How is your baby? You didn't come two weeks didi?"
Made an excuse, and bought one kg which carries 6 guavas in one go
He waited and added four more!
It was getting dark. I thought he is finishing his stock.
"Need only a Kg", said I
........."This is for the gudiya; Didi and its free...."
I was stone cold!
A old guava seller, under small tree on kharadi main road in Pune.
Must be making 250 rupees a day
Gave four guavas roughly worth 50 rupees for free
For my little one...
World is Crazy!
With endless greed
we miss the point
Of life,
The importance of living under a tree
Happiness is Oh! so fresh and 60 rupees a Kg !!
Loved it...never knew u r such a lovely story teller
ReplyDeleteThx simmi, you became the first to comment. Special friends just became umbilicals !!
ReplyDeleteVery nicely written and really making me think twice about the happiness ... giving or simplicity or good heart people is happiness.. may be that Guava man can explain us. Or your writing skill. Very well written.
ReplyDeleteThis is a touching piece of writing with such valuable elements about how we live our lives and how we decide what is important to us. You have a gift that the world needs to know of. Keep sharing your living poems and stories.
ReplyDeleteI read some where..small people has big hearts and big people has small hearts..this is one of that instance..! Good one Amrita :)
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