Yes, Rukku Manni was right taking the side of the children. Because elders are the only ones who can teach them moral values, and they are the only ones to stop children from doing anything bad. Elders should understand the reasons behind the acts of the kids. There may be times when their children might…
Ravi was upset with the elders because he had always been told by them to be kind towards animals, but whenever he had tried to be so, he had received screaming in return. He had found the same elders calling these animal dirty creatures. Rukku Manni had told him about Karna who would give away…
The beggar felt that the ladies of the house were very kind. They had enabled him to survive for a week by giving him food to eat. He called them generous and found it hard to believe that they wanted to send him away.
Rukku Manni was fed up with the beggar coming to her place daily for over a week now. She was tired giving him food and other items. She wanted him to find another house and stop coming to their place. So she asked Ravi to send him away.
Ravi had named the kitten Mahendravarma Pallava Poonai, MP Poonai in short. They were calling him Mahendran. Mridu liked the name because it sounded real to her and was different from the usual cute names kept for cats in general.
Meena looked at the poor and hungry beggar. His bare feet were full of blisters. The sight of peeling blisters brought tears to Meena’s eyes.
Lalli was trying to learn music. She was holding a violin. She was unable to learn much. The sound made by Lalli while learning to play the violin frightened Mahendran.
The beggar came to the narrator’s door. He was poor and hungry. His feet were bare. They bore peeling blisters. His miserable condition aroused pity in the children’s hearts. They got the music master’s pair of chappals and gave them to the beggar.
Mridu felt pity for the poor beggar. She along with other children decided to give him a pair of chappals. While searching the house, Mridu’s eyes fell on the old looking chappals. They were big and dirty. Therefore, they attracted Mridu’s attention.