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The Banana Tree

Sreenath went quiet. He thought for some time. Veena
aunty was looking at his face. “What happened son?” she
asked.

“Nothing, Veena aunty. I have realized that I am very lazy.
I will not be so anymore. I’ll go and get your buttermilk
from the market right away. Can I have one more banana
mother? I’ll get some more from the market,” he said.

Sreenath’s mother gave him another banana. He peeled it
and ate it slowly. Then he waved at them. “I’ll be off now.
See you!” he said, disappearing once again at the door.

The two women and their friends looked at the door and
then at each other curiously. They smiled and shook their
heads, and started chatting again. Sreenath came back in
half an hour from the market. He entertained his mother
and her friends with some of his jokes. When they left, he
wished his mother good night and asked her to wake him
up early in the morning.

“But it’s Sunday tomorrow,” her mother said, “And you
always sleep late on Sunday.”

“Just wake me up, mummy,” Sreenath said. “I have work
to do,” and went off to sleep. That night, he dreamt of
dozens of yellow, ripe bananas falling from the banana
tree outside his verandah and flooding his house. He woke
up and sat up straight in his bed, hungry. He saw the time

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