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A thousand moons –Chapter -IX

My Sunset Years:

I have now settled down to a rhythm of limited activities. No
more long walking tours of the likes of R.L.Stevenson. With
the non co-operationof the right knee, movement has to be
limited to adventures by the kitchen fire!

Luckily for me till 2014 I was fairly active enough to hold the
tiny hand of my grandsons from my daughter , the first born
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16thNovember,2007 and the second on 15 Aug.,2014 .As the
grand daughter from my son was born in the USA in 2013 I was
content with the child’s visit to India along with my son and
daughter in law.

I had the pleasure of taking my daughter and the first grandson
to Mysore and the adjoining places of tourist importance like
Kannambadi dam, Shiva samudram waterfalls, Mysore zoo,etc.
I found I couldn’t keep pace with the little boy and I wished I
was ten years younger! He was so much immersed in Pogo
spawned world of Chhota Bheem and Chutki that when we
were to catch train to Chennai at the end of our holiday my
grandson thought we should all go to the imaginary princely
state of Dholakpur where Chhota Bheem and others lived and
showed their heroics. It took me some efforts to wean him from
Chota Bhim’s world and began our journey to Chennai without
any hitch.

Once when I took him in my car to do some shopping I had to
stop the car just opposite the shop and leaving my 3 year old
kid in the car and after locking the door of the car left for the
shop opposite. But when I after purchasing some sundry stuff
turned back to the car on the other side of the road I was
shocked to see the little boy walking on the road towards me
unmindful of a two wheeler coming towards him. Fortunately

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