As I set out to go to
Abids on the last Sunday of April, I had a clear agenda … I was to buy books
for Mamoon … Shruti said Mamoon was getting bored at home … all her friends
were away on vacation and she ended up watching the dreaded Doraemon endlessly
and tirelessly … she seemed interested in Math, Shruti said … (for god’s sake)
… and colouring and painting … and I was to pick up books on elementary Math (1st
standard) and time-pass colouring and activity books … and Abids overflows with
such books and it would be easy to choose a few, so I thought …
That day, I reached
late, and Vinod reached Abids even later, so, it was mid-day by the time we all
started out book search after our customary tea and biscuit … Shruti had given
me a bottle of her summer special mango-vinegar sweet pickle for Vinod, which
was duly delivered and thanks received … then I showed off my HMT Pilot Orange
dial watch (all colour colour HMT Pilots to come in the next post!!) to Uma and
Srikanth …
There were heaps and
heaps of painting, colouring and activity books and even more books on
elementary mathematics … it took me some time to settle my nerves, haunch down,
and start choosing … I decided to stick to one heap and one seller, instead by
moving from heap to heap and getting further confused … and after around 40
minutes of searching and selecting I put together two sets of books …
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| Colour, Craft, Activity books |
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| Math practice books |
It was getting hotter,
and I thought I’d call it a day, but I wanted to see if I could find at least
one book for myself, having come all the way to Abids on a hot Sunday … I couldn’t
concentrate and speed-scanned through the heaps of books … and found The New Yorker Book of Dog Cartoons …
This book appears to
be a gift to somebody called Sarita from Marley, Heidi, and Stella … with an
additional note from somebody called Jefferson, who explains why Sarita ended
up with this book and not some other … very nice … wonder who these people are …
Some months back I had
found The New Yorker Book of Cat
Cartoons at Abids … and this one on Dog cartoons is a welcome addition …
and with this, I quickly concluded my hunt for the day and returned home …
1 comment:
I have a pilot too....full lume one. I know it is hard to resist not showing it of...
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