An incident to which I was a witness a few days back....
Rahul (real name not known ) is a bank staffer. His little
son about seven to eight years years old had accompanied him to the bank on
that day .The cute little boy with chubby dimpled cheeks was a bundle of energy.He could not sit in one place and dad Rahul was behind
him all the time ,till a senior officer decided to intervene and keep the
little boy engaged in conversation.
Here I reproduce an excerpt of the conversation that lasted
maybe not more than 5 minutes after which the officer permitted Rahul to leave.
Officer : "What is your name ?"
Little boy :" Appa I am hungry."
Rahul : "Behave properly.Uncle is asking you a
question.Please answer."
Boy : Appa ! You promised that you would buy pizza and then take me to a movie "
Officer :(Trying hard to control his laughter).."Ok !
Ok ! Appa will get you a pizza and also take you to the movie.First tell us your name."
Boy :" Appa ! If I tell my name,can we leave then ?"
Rahul : (embarassed) "Sir ! Since the school is closed
today,I had to bring him here and then looking sternly at his son
said..."Please look at uncle and tell him your name clearly."
Boy : (turned around and facing his back towards us said rather indifferently)..."Aditya
"..." Appa !Can we go now?"
The staff were in no mood to let him go...
Next the officer asked him..."When you grow up what
would you like to be ?"
Little Boy was silent for a few seconds .
All of a sudden,he turned around and replied in good English
" you mean to ask what I would like
to do when I grow up ?"
The officer was thrilled.He had got the boy to speak at
last.So he said ,"Yes Aditya ! Ofcourse that's what I meant.When you grow
up what would you like to do ?"
With a beaming smile, Aditya replied immediately..."I
would like to fix nuts and bolts."
Officer : "So you want to become a Mechanical engineer
? Right ?"
Aditya : "No ! Absolutely not !"
Officer : (Perplexed)..."Civil Engineer ????"
Aditya : (Grinning) ..."NO !"
A visibly confused officer looked at his dad Rahul who
seemed to be bubbling with pride.
The officer asked again..."Aditya ! Do you want to become an
Engineer ?"
Aditya : "No !"
That was the limit.The officer was getting impatient while
the others were enjoying thoroughly..
He went close to him and asked him yet again..."Dear
Aditya ! What do you wish to do when you grow up ?"
Aditya :" I told you.I would like to fix bolts and
nuts."
His nerves were being tested and the officer was getting
restless.The imp was bubbling with enthusiasm though..Mustering up strength to
combat the little boy,he continued with the conversation..
Officer :" Yes dear but where would you like to fix
them ?"
Aditya : "You should have asked me clearly like
this...Uncle ! I would like to fix bolts and nuts in bones.I want to become an
orthopedic surgeon like my uncle."
The officer was rendered speechless and we were stumped....Clean Bowled !
