Introducing Buc...

Buc is a huge bird, so huge and so tall that it's head touches the ceiling of our bedroom. It has big eyes, sharp beak, huge wings that spread out till H's house and purple plumes. Sometimes it changes to white or orange, reflecting Pattu's mood for the day..err, night... This one is nocturnal like the Owl and the Bat. It can carry Amma away if she is typing on her laptop at night when she should ideally be playing/ reading with Pattu!
Pattu dreamed up this bird because I used the 'Owl' occasionally to get her into bed (if she insists on playing even after 11.30 PM). Now the bird has become a reality for Pattu. When asked to name the night birds, Pattu would promptly say, 'Owl, Bat, Buc'

Every action has an equal and opposite reaction - Pattu's reactions sometimes make me laugh. That affirms my 'action' as positive. But through some reactions, I realise the folly of my 'actions'. For instance, what started off as a harmless cajoling by way of, 'let's beat the floor/ wall' when she got hurt has now become Pattu's solution to pretty much everything. If she gets hurt, beat. If the building blocks don't fit/ fall, beat. You get the drift...

Recently,
Pattu: Amma, can we go to A's house tomorrow?
Amma: No Pattu, she is going to Bangalore
Pattu: Nooo... beat Bangalore...

She bit her tongue accidentally and said, 'beat..' and paused.
Amma: Beat your tongue or your teeth Pattu?
Pattu:  *confused*

I've been telling her to not use the B word. She probably thinks I'm unreasonable since I was the one who started using the word in the first place! If only I knew...*SIGH*