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The Syrup Ice-Cream Man

“You know how much I used to pay for all our syrup ice-
creams?” he asked. “Twenty rupees for the four of us. And
that too, almost every other day.”

“That’s it, Papa?” I asked.

“Yes! And now, the last time we went to the mall, just you
and me and Mummy, I paid three hundred rupees.
Imagine if Vibhu and Pari came with us. I would have to
pay five hundred rupees, just for ice-creams.”

“Ice-cream has gotten so expensive, Papa?” I asked. I was
shocked.

“Yes! And this was just three years ago. Now, to be able to
go to the mall to buy ice-cream, I have to have a full-time
job. I cannot meet your friends anymore either,” he
exclaimed.

“Yes Papa! And there is no ice-cream cart vendor outside
our school either so that we can all have ice-cream there
with Vibhu and my new friends,” I said.

“Why do you think we don’t have ice-cream every day
now, son?” my father asked me.

I thought for while. “Is it because it’s too expensive now,
Papa?” I asked. “And also because you cannot pick me up
from school every day?”

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