I am back with some more..
And some more stuff regarding my naughtiest cousin and jungle.
Out of all the cousins, my peddatta's second daughter(Amaleswari atta's daughter, chinnamma) is the
most naughty one. There used to be few wild boars (looks like pigs with horns) in the jungle, though i never
saw one. Chinnamma used to always interpret everything to wild boar, i mean even if there is a rabbit in the
bushes, she used to shout "there is wild boar in the bushes", we used to run like anything till we
reach home. The same thing used to repeat even during night time. Since we used to go to Singampally during
summer,we used to sleep outside frontyard of peddatta's house along with all the cousins , few more friends of my
cousin's also used accompany us. we used tell and listen to chandamama stories and then sleep.
Even in the dark my cousin used to see wild boar in the dark shadows and scare us off.
I don't know why we never thought of complaining to grandpa about this.
Most of the time i used to be around her, and she know to ride the bicycle, i am not.
She used to give me a ride on the bicycle, i remember she always used to put the cycle in the ditches(there used to
be two small canals either side of the road used to feed the fields in rainy season,but dries out in summmer).
Though she alwasy misses the road, never used to miss the ditch.
I am always careful to jump before she puts the cycle in ditch.
I remember once we are carrying milk can to give it to somebody , as usual she did put the cycle to ditch and we
lost almost all the milk, we filled the remaining portion of the can with water and gave it..
Still it is so fresh in my mind.
Some more kaburlu next time..
-Suseela
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