Tuesday, 8 July 2014

Note 26 : it's baking camp, daddy

"Global warming has reached its pinnacle, you can see it around you" she began..

"the entire city is fried - and dont you blame the sun - blame yourself" her argument about how humans were the architects of their own disasters, she was right. A may summers day, school had a vacation summer nature camp - which turned out more like a "it's baking camp, daddy"

Agnes, the outspoken, gave a lecture as the camp ended to the already baked campers.

It really was a wild summer - even adaptable humans found it tough. "so you switch on your ACs and assume everything is ok. The birds, animals and trees cannot do that" she blasted "and my daddy says, no one, no body should face the bad consequences of our actions, then why let them suffer for what we have done"

A list of strict do's and dont's followed.

When she came home she was miffed, she jumped on my lap - head on my chest - arms wrapped around me. As I sat straight to accommodate her and make her more comfortable, I brushed her hair and asked what happened.

She told me the entire deal,

 "I'm worried about the planet papa.. I love my garden"


My kid understands and the world doesn't. I sighed.

"Ag, honey, can we control wat others do?" she gently shook her teddy like little head

"right, but even so - we can do what is right and wait for them to take notice - right ? and then that speech was so good - did u write it or did it just come" I tried to lighten her up -

 "I'm not Lil didi" she poked fun, winking slightly

 " it just came paa" - "it was excellent, well done, am.I not proud of you !! And I hear u scared others my holding a garden snake in your hands"

" hahaha" she leapt out of the lap " they needed a lesson on how wild could the wild get when they get mad at humans"

A lesson well learnt.

Hdk

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