A child who loved the word "Tata"

This happened many years ago while we were dwelling in a colony, the very first house we came to in bangalore. A tamilian guy who was 3 houses away from ours earned a living selling fruits in a hand cart. With time, he had earned a lot of money and went on to employ atleast 4 to 5 other youngsters and gave a handcard each to them. His family consisted of his mother, wife and 2 kids (a girl and a boy). The girl child was mentally not sharp, a little loss of focus. This kid used to step into our home whenever it went strolling (it was all of 3 years, mind u) with the trademark yellow tamilian cloth bag slung over its shoulders.

Getting this kid out of our home posed the biggest challenge, after it had entered without any invitation. My mom used to lift the child and place it outside our door, and it would start crying like all hell broke loose. Anyone might easily mistake that we had harmed the child badly, such kind of commotion the child used to make. My mom would immediately take the child inside our home, helplessly. It would only go out on its own volition, which we never were sure when it would happen. This kid's ways went onto become my mom's achilles heel. she was quite frustrated. This tiny tot was holding her to ransom.

One day when this girl child entered our home, my mom was fraught with distraught as she was quite busy. There was no way the child would go out. My mom thought of an idea. She waved her hand to the child and said "tata". Voila, it had worked. The child returned the wave and said "tata" and started walking back, homebound. All through the way to home, the child kept smiling and waving its hand. This trick was repeated by my mom quite successfully for infinite times just as the child came near our home. "Tata" became the favourite word for my mom as well as the child. Both were more than happy uttering and hearing the word. It worked wonderfully well, and my mom could return back to her daily chores, not worrying about the child's safety. All it took was a tata.

Ingenuity had won her her day, i mean countless days. :)

(Wait for another story from the same house hold, in my next episode.)