Monday, March 17, 2008

Aik chota sa imtihan - and my failure

Peechle jumme mere bachhe ne masjid main pehli baar naat shareef parhi to inaam ke tor per main use 'toys R us' le gaya. Junhi hum 'toys R us' se bahir aaye, darwaze pe 20 dollars ke aik bill para nazar aaya. Dil faisla nahi ker paya ke, ise 'Toys R us' ke counter pe wapas jama kerwa diya jaaye, ya rakh liya jaaye? Chor ghalib aa gaya

Main ne 20 dollars utha ker wallet main rukh liye.

Monday ko mere bachhe ne mujh se 'book fair' ke liye 10 dollars maange. 
Main ne 20 dollars ka wahi bill nikal ker wallet se use de diya.

Sham ko main ne poocha: "So which books did you buy?".

"Koi bhi nahi", he replied.

"so do you have 20 dollars?", I asked

"No, I threw it in the trash". He said

"What? Why the hell did you throw 20 dollars in the trash?" - Mujhe gussa aa gaya

"We had  a soccer game, I didn't have pockets and my bag was in classroom. I didn't know where to put it, so I trashed it"

I took a deep breath.

Dil ne khud se kaha - "Toys R Us pe milne wala woh kagaz, 20 dollars ka bill nahi, tumhara imtihan tha - tum fail ho gaye !"


Addendum 8 years later: Fortunately, my son turned out to be more money savvy than myself (04/2016)

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Anonymous said...

Aahh...the life of a 20 dollar bill in the hands of a spoiled kid! Atleast tell him another use of socks. But then who cares. There will be more where it came from.

Abba's wallet zindabad!

Anonymous said...

Aahh...the life of a 20 dollar bill in the hands of a spoiled kid! Atleast tell him another use of socks. But then who cares. There will be more where it came from.

Abba's wallet zindabad!

Anonymous said...

Hahahaha !!

I liked it !! "Atleast tell him another use of socks"....very smart

Anonymous said...

lol hahahah :D bohut maza aya..sadqaye jawaun at your child. and jee..you did fail...but you should be happy that your son passed with brilliant colours :)...jis cheez ki zarorat nahi...jo aisay hi bhoj banti hai...ussay pakar pakar kar rakhna kyon :D..lol....hehe.