Dad kisses me on my forehead and then softly calls out the nickname he and mom gave to me...(_ _ _ _ _) . I open my eyes reluctantly as I don't want to get out of my bed, its too early maybe 6.30am. Like every other day, he says the magic words... "Ma if you want to come with me, you know you have to get up now". I open my eyes and look at him, smile and then get up as quickly as I can. I love the morning walks with my dad, my favourite part is when...
I freshen up while dad gets my clothes ready for the morning walk and for school. I come into the bedroom and get dressed and put on my socks and shoes, I leave the shoelaces for dad to tie up, I dont know how to do it yet..Well I'm six years old ok !.. and sometimes when you are an only child you dont need to learn these things because someone is always willing to do it for you :p
Mom tries to make me have some breakfast before I leave the house but dad and I both say "not now..when we come back"
These walks last for 30 mins, we walk around the block, past the mosque next to our house, cross the road and turn left. We continue walking for 10 mins and reach the lake where I love going this early in the morning for one particular reason! YES its that time, my favourite time...
The tree looks as beautiful as always. The nice breeze and the sweet fragrance of it's falling flowers make this time of the day so magical and pricelesss. I look up at dad and he smiles. He reaches into his pocket and gets a plastic bag out, which by now is crunched up in the shape of a little table tennis ball. I grab the bag and give it a little shake and open it up. "Shefali phul" is the name of the flower I was going to collect in that bag. The Botanical name for this flower is - Nyctonthes Arbortristis commonly known as the Night Flowering Jasmine, the flowers lose their brightness during the day...
I start picking up the fallen flowers and putting them into the bag, dad does the same. Together we collect these flowers every day, early in the morning.
The bag is almost full now, and it has been almost 25 mins since we left home so we should be going back now otherwise I will be late for school and dad late for work. I give him the bag, hold his hand and we walk back home.
Dad gives me bag of flowers and I show mum...I smell the flowers and then tie up the bag and put it in the refrigerator. I do this so that once I get back hom from school I can make flower necklaces and the flowers wont go bad.
I change into my school clothes and oh no... like other mornings, Im starting to feel sick again. The thought of school makes me feel nauseous...
After a long day at school (I vomitted near the school gate, which is a common occurance for me, I think by now everyone at my school knows this fact!) Im finally home.
Sometime passes and Ive had a little nap and now Im up to making my flower necklaces. My friends will arrive soon to get me, we all go to the park in the afternoon to play and come back around sunset. I have to make the flowers before they come! I gather the thread and needle and start making the necklaces. I have made three, one for myself and two for the other friends...
They are here! I put on my necklace and give them their ones and we are off to the playgrounds!
By T.K
