My First Day in School...

I don't remember the very first auto journey to school.But I clearly remember my mom in her black and red sari,my tiny cousin in hand waving a bye.

Under the presumption that my mom must have reminded my auto chettan* that I'm new to the school let's start the story.

Tell you more bout my school,its a small one to start with.Just LKG and UKG , a big play ground and a stream behind it.

Pretty picturesque eh??But between the stream and the play ground is a huge wall that reminded us of the central jail walls.

The constant gush of water and occasional glimpses from the top of the slides were the only proofs of the stream running by.

Anyways on this eventful day my auto driver put me into a class the end of the corridor.There were a lot of tiny tots some crying ,some pulling and pushing one another and utter chaos reigned the realm.I sometimes wonder how KG teachers maintain their sanity on such days.

The only person I knew was Vishalam teacher who was supposed to be my class teacher.I was a bit upset that she hadn't even come to meet us that day.

After lunch,much to my annoyance and many others we were asked to lie down and sleep.While many slept,some naughty ones crawled around pulling shoes off the feet off the blissfully sleeping ones and hiding them.

The restless child in me kept tossing around,watching the leaves moving with the breeze..I was bored lying on my back so I thought of lying down on my stomach..

Voila..Vishalam Teacher..I was so excited to see her...I called out.."teacherrrrrrrrrrrrrr.."...And ran towards her...She took me by my arms and gave me a warm smile...

(I would never forget that...She was such a beautiful lady...and with a glowing smile...)

She put me down and turned around to other fellow teachers..."I was searching for this girl from the morning..She is in my class...UKG A...Wonder who put her in LKG...Is that you Mary

who did it??" Mary Teacher gave her a mock retort.."Oh come on as if I kidnapped her..You keep your girl..I guess the auto guy messed up..."

I moved to UKG -"A" without much fuss..Till date it remains an enigma why my auto chettan put me in LKG..Probably he felt I was too small and put me in the lowest possible class owing to my height n weight those days...

P:S:My mom kept me home till I was 4 and put me to UKG...I skipped my LKG... :D

*chettan-elder brother