Pappa has become a pro at making calls. She knows my number by heart and calls me for all and sundry. Yesterday she was alone at home with the maid as her athai had gone with thambi to a friend’s house. She called me and the first thing she told was “Why did someone else answer your phone?”. She had mis-dailled earlier 
After a while she causually tells me that she had spoken with her Daddy, mama and athai after her attempt to call me. This surprised me as she knew only my number. The clever little girl had noted down the numbers of all the others in a little notebook before her athai left in the morning. I was simply amazed by this.
