Thursday, September 9, 2010

......of what use is a pencil?

Dear Readers..........who read my blog .... and who think I'm a little off in the head.

On reading this please do believe that I am not really any more eccentric than I normally am. It's just that my differently-abled mind 'sees' a lot more.

I came back from work this afternoon to find that Chico had once again (for the umpteenth time) pulled down some pencils. Now, in our house pencils are held in high esteem. They are all over the house. Mostly soft leaded pencils. I keep my pencils on my desk, on my bed, on the bedside table, all over the drawing room. The cats have free access to pencils for an occasional chew or to play 'chase and roll' with them. Not one of us mind. Cats will play with pencils. And we are all so used to picking up pencils on coming home.

Today Chico and Iago had got hold of my graphite pencil and it was lying on the drawing room floor. I was getting myself to give me 5 minutes to keep my bag, have a glass of water, and then go pencil-picking. At the back of my mind was the precious graphite pencil. I walked back into the drawing room to see Rampyari's baby (Rampyari is a a squirrel) holding the bright blue Steadtler pencil between his paws and the little squirrel was scribbling away on a piece of brownpaper (also on the floor....thanks to Chico? Iago?). The baby squirrel was intently looking at his work of art on the brown paper and Chico was sitting on the divan watching the squirrel with total amusement.

Now, I do not have a camera. However, I will hold this picture in my mind for a long time to come. A squirrel attempting to write/draw with a pencil....... a cat watching the whole procedure. It is a priceless shot.

Please do believe ...... this writing is NOT a work of fiction. This sort of madness can only happen in the old house by the grave yard.

I do believe in Magic.

4 comments:

Kuntala said...

A beautiful post. ami apnar anekdiner na holeo, kichhudiner purono pathhika. apni aro beshi lekhen na keno?

Nandini Dutta said...

@Kuntala. I write..... occasionally, sometimes. Glad you like to read my scribbles. Is it Ok to ask who you are? Do I know you?

You are always welcome to read my blog page....irrespective of who you are.

Kuntala said...

Na apni amake chenen na. ami actually Sajani-r blog theke apnar blog-e ese pNouchhechhi. Sajani-o amake chene na, tobe Raka amake chene hoyto, internet chena. Raka ki apnar kachhe poRto kokhono.....

ami roj ese ekbar apnar blog-e uNki diye jai. apnar lekha amar khub sukhopathhyo ebong ruchishiil laage. je style ta hoyto ajkal ektu abohelito i......

Nandini Dutta said...

@ Kuntala.
yes, I know Raka (Deepanjana).
I did teach her.

Saradin likhte hoi. Tai ei blog ta lekha-porar baire. Academic blog onek beshi serious. Eta khub halka bhabe lekha. Tomar pachhanda hoichhe jene khusi holam.

Jiboner katha, sob samaje, sob kale ekei theke jaye, tai na?