i was travelling on the bus the other day and a little girl with her mother happened to board the bus..she cud barely have been more than 5..and a very curious kid at that too..
once they boarded, the guy opposite me gave up his seat for the little missy and she sat down not so comfortably while her mum stood nearby..
she was one fidgety little kid and i suppose that it was her first trip by bus..
girl : mam, why is the window frosty?
mum : becos it is cold outside..
girl : but why? how does it become like this?
mum : keep quiet, you’re making a lot of noise..( i suppose she didnt know wat to say )
the mother passed the money for the bus fare and the ticket was passed across from the front to the back where we were sitting, which she handed to the kid and asked her to keep..
girl : wats this?
mum : bus ticket..
girl : who gave it to you?
mum : the busdriver..
girl : why?
mum : becos you need to pay to travel by bus..
girl : is it yours?
mum : yes..
girl : where’s the busdriver?
mum : he’s up front..
girl : he has such long arms??
mum : no, he passed it to the passengers and they passed it to us..
girl : he passed it to the passengers?
mum : yes..
i was already choking with laughter by this point, amused by how curious she was about the tiniest of things and her constant badgering of the mum, who was really quite patient in settling all her doubts..just then, the busdriver made an announcement requesting the passengers to pass the busfare to the driver..
girl : who’s spoke?
mum : the busdriver.
girl : wat did he say?
mum : he asked the passengers to pass the money to him.
girl : why?
mum : becos the bus conductor isnt here and you need to pay to travel..
girl : oh..
amusing aint it?? i got down shortly after that..
she’d probably grow up to be a brilliant girl..and a very noisy one at that..
and while i was on the bus today, i was looking outside and absent-mindedly listening to the announcements on the bus ( i like the sound of the fella’s voice ) when there came the part about finding objects without an owner, asking them to be careful becos there may be a “RISK OF AN ACT OF TERRORISM” and i suddenly just snapped awake and went HUH?? terrorist attack risk? the russians themselves are mini-terrorists - they terrorize us foreigners!! plus, who’d wanna attack russia?? i mean, what would they have to gain?? they’d probably be evaporated from the face of the earth by nuclear missiles..
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