"nahi.. Agar daadi ko akele me darr laga toh..? Nahi..she will also sleep with us.." aaru said stubornly..and then turned to dadima.. "Haina.. dadima?? Aap hamare sath yahan soyengi na??" ..he asked ever so cutely that dadima had to smile and nodded, agreeing to her great grandson's cute demand.
So the arrengement was like this.. Aaru in the middle. On his left were maansi & geet.. And on right side were annie & dadima. They really enjoyed sleeping together, having so much fun.. All thanks to aaru..and they had to agree that junior msk can never be wrong just like his papa!
As they settled in their beds.. Aaru demanded geet that he wanted to hear a story! And annie offered to tell him the story..without realising the outcomes of it!
Annie has just started telling the story...when aaru interrupted..
"mujhe pata hai ye wali..its not any story..its tom& jerry cartoon! Dusari wali sunnao.."
so annie tried to remember another one. She smiled on her smartness..as she remembered a fairy tale and decided to tell that one. But soon her smile faded as aaru 3rd time rejected her story..
"ye boring story nahi...dusari sunao..dusari..."
"dusari kaunsii..??" ..annie asked irritated with that constant "dusari".
"wo dusarii..achhiwali.." aaru replied with a cute poute.
Annie was tired by now.. "okk..u only tell, exactly which one u want to hear! Main wahi sunaungi.." ...she was also curious to know which was his fav story after all.
Annie looked at him meaning fully. She should have known it by now.. Everything..everything which falls under the catagary "aaru's favourats"..it ought to be related to his papa only!
Annie was getting frusteded..by this "papa ka diwana"s antics now..
"papa wali..jake apne papa se puchho..mujhe nahi aati.." annie finally accepted her defeat.
"apko..papa wali story nahi aati??" ..aaru asked shocked.
Annie tried to clam her self and ignore his question.
"mere papa ko toh itniii saari stories aati hai...wo bhi badiya wali.." ..aaru said feeling proud of his papa...and streching that "itnii" word.
That was the limit for annie's petience..
"bhabhi..why didnt u send him with his papa..?? ye bhai ke sath hi jyada achha hai.." annie grrited her teeth.
Geet & dadi could only chuckle..seeing annie's plight.
"main toh..papa ke sath ja raha tha na.. bua..but u only said na that how would u go to ur friend's house without me?? Aap bhul gai bua..??" ..aaru reminded her innocently.
Dadi laughed..while geet chuckled.
And annie kept cursing herself..for even opening her mouth!
"kya karenge.?" aaru asked innocently.
Annie & dadi too looked at geet curiously.
"mere shona ko kitni sari pyaari pyaari poems aati haina.." geet said, pulling aaru in her lap. Aaru nodded cutely.
"toh..wont u tell those poems to ur bua & dadima..? Unko bhi toh pata chale na..ke hamara champ kitna smart hai..apne papa ke jaise.." saying that geet kissed his cheeks and ticked him. Aaru gigled..while trying to stop her.."mumma..nahi..mumma.."
Aaru nodded again..and asked... "pehle kaunsi wali sunnau..?"
"koi bhi..jo aaru ko achhi lage...ok.." geet smiled at him.
"mumma..maani ki poem sunaau..??" ..he asked excitedly.
Geet smiled at his excitment..."jaldi sunnao.." geet too replied in same excited tone as his.
"am singing ur poem.. maani.." he told her and maansi giggled crassing his face.
Geet just admired her kids.
And then aaru started singing his poem..
Tim tim taare chamak rahe the..
Mere ghar ke aangan me..
Phoolon ki ladiyan mehaki thii..
Mere ghar ke bagiya me..
Daadi & anni smiled hearing those words in his sweet voice..
Laal chunariya odh rakhi thi..
Hathon me mehandi rachaaye..
Aaru sang each word, smiling brightly, looking at his baby sister..who was enjoying her fav poem from her big brother!
Pyaari dulhan bann baithi thi..
Mann hi mann muskaaye..
Aaru took the end of geets dupatta and kept it on maansi's head..thus making her smile sweetly at him. It was a normal gesture for aaru..whenever he would sing this poem..he would do it..and maansi would gigle!
Dulhe raja sehra baandhe..
Aaye ghodi per sawaar...
Gaaje baaje aur baraati..
Laaye sung pura pariwar..
geet looked proudly at her son..and then hugged maansi who was clapping for aaru!
Dulha aaya..dulha aaya..
Sakhiyan sab chilaaii...
Gudiya rani, dheere dheere darwaje tak aai..
Annie was lost in the poem so much..and dadi too was loving it! And aaru's cute soft voice and him inacting the words.. added to its beauty!
Aao sab mil nacho gaao..
Naach rahe hai..
Dada daadi..
Batti mithaai, dhum dhadakaa...
Meri gudiya ki hai.. Shaadii..
Aaru tittled his head.. looking at maansi when he sang that last line..
Geet, annie and daadi clapped for aaru! And maansi was jumping happily in geets lap.. She loved listening to this poem..it was her fav.
Daadi kissed aaru lovingly... "arre wah..aaru ko toh bahut achhi aur pyaari poem aati hai.."
"thank u daadi.." aaru grrined widely.
"han..hamara champ toh sach me smart hai..bahut achhi poem thi.." ..annie said.
"thank u bua.." aaru cheerped.
"but why did u say it "maani ki poem"..han?" annie asked.
"kyunki..its my maani's fav.." aaru replied instantly.
"achhaa..?" ..annie smiled at his answer.
"han..aur ..pata hai daadi.. Papa said..jab maani dolls se khelegi..aur uski gudiya ki shaadi hogi na..tab main aur maani dono ye wali poem bolenge..uski gudiya ki shaadi me.." ..aaru told them with excitement clear in his voice & on face!
All just chuckled at his innocent and sweet wish!
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