A few discordant notes turned the bright start into a heavy mid-day and I tried to busy myself with work.
TG 'twas Friday! I couldn't wait to go home. Each moment seemed to drag and I felt heavy...
...till I met my sunshine student! He is 3 and 1/2 and welcomes me with the widest grins and a warm hug at all times. I have never ever seen him not smiling and I wish that he remains blessed with this happiness.
One of our very tall teachers and I stood at the gate seeing the children off when Mr Sunshine walked up with a Badminton racket almost one and a half times his size. His older sister 6 and a half was also with him and both were obviously going to a Badminton session. So our teacher said, "You're going for Badminton, are you? I'm sure you could beat me easy!"
Mr Sunshine, looked in all seriousness at the six feet five teacher; skepticism played in his eyes as he thought for a while. He had obviously made up his mind that he couldn't possibly beat the teacher. He shook his head with his ready smile.
"No?" asked the teacher again.... "Ok, but I am sure you'd be able to beat your sister, eh?"
Mr Sunshine turned to look at his sister, then turned back towards us for confirmation, gave us a brisk nod with confidence, turned back to face his sister, raised his racket and lunged forward......... to beat her up! The sister looked confused for a second but thankfully had the reflexes of a six year old and ran for her life.
The teacher and I looked at each other in sheer surprise, till we realised that Mr Sunshine had taken our word literally and was ready to thrash his sister as his teachers had asked him to!
I stopped him and explained that, that was not what we meant. Confusion reigned in his eyes for a moment as he weighed the conflicting instructions. Trust eventually took over and he decided to follow the last instruction given to him.
Children teach us the most fascinating lessons of life!
- Take words at their face-value. Not everything needs to be analysed to death!
- Listen to those you trust.
- Spread the sunshine smile. You never know whose day it brightens up!
Happy rules for life!
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