Hues Of Dusk

Chapter 20. The Gift (Part 1)

8 years back

Which one is better? Pokemon or Digimon? Of course Dragon Ball Z is the best. No comparison. Then, I liked Naruto too. Disney princesses! Winx club! I love Pooh too. I won't discriminate.

"Easy there. You only get to choose one of those," Mom told me and I pouted.

"Why can't we buy all of them?"

"You only need one of those. Make up your mind soon or I will leave you here," she scolded.

How could she ask me to make such a difficult decision in a second? After pondering for ten more minutes, I went with Pokemon.

"Aren't they so pretty?" I asked and took the name stickers from the shopkeeper.

My mom paid the money and we left the shop. After buying more stationary, we got to our home.

"I am never taking you to shopping with me," Mom sighed and relaxed on the chair.

"I will still come." I jumped up and down and showed dad the new stickers I bought.

He laughed at me and mom got up to prepare the dinner. Dad went in the kitchen to help her and I left for my room.

I started covering my notebooks with brown and orange paper. It's so time consuming. I took out the name stickers and put them on my books.

Perfect! I admired my workmanship. If there was a competition for applying covers on books, I will get the first prize for sure.

I put the notebooks in my bag as per tomorrow's time table and picked up the trash. After cleaning my room, I went down to have dinner.

"Sandhu want to go for the fair tomorrow?" Dad asked.

"Fair?" My eyes lit up. I love fairs. Of course I would go.

I nodded my head enthusiastically and mom scolded dad for spoiling me too much. He told her he got extra income this month, so he would treat us.

Yay! I love my dad. He is the best.

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"Don't run so fast, kiddo. You will hurt yourself," Dad shouted and I stopped.

I waited for him as I licked my ice-cream. Mom looked exhausted. We have been here for just one hour and she was already tired? She needs to exercise.

"Ferris wheel!" I pulled my dad and mom.

"Breakdance!"

"Rollercoaster!"

"That's enough now," Mom scolded and I turned to dad. I gave him my best puppy eyes and he melted right away. I looked at mom and she shook her head.

Dad always let me do what I wanted but mom was really strict. In the end, we would always convince her to go according to our plans.

I hugged her and she wrapped her arms around me. Dad smiled at the scene and bought us some cotton candies. Yummy!

I continued running here and there and after one more hour, we decided to leave. On our way, dad asked me if I wanted to buy a toy.

I searched the shop and pointed at a small giraffe. Dad paid the money and we started leaving. Suddenly, I stopped.

"What happened, Sandhya?" Mom asked and I went back to that toy shop.

Mom grabbed my arm and I dug my heels in the ground. I pointed at a doll which was lying in a corner.

"That's quite expensive beta," Mom said and I asked dad.