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Teeku was finding it a bit hard to understand what his mum had told him that morning. "You are going to have a younger brother, or a sister soon"! She had said this with a smile, sitting him down on her lap, and looking at him with great affection, but it had come as a shock to Teeku.  Yes, in this house, another child? A brother,  or a younger sister? He was not sure, what she expected him to do in response, was it meant to be a surprise gift?  AS on his birthday, a few months ago, she had told him, that he could choose any toy from the catalogue, and that he had done, yes, his two new trucks,  And just last month, mum had told him that his daddy was going to paint Teeku's play room, and get a new bed for him, as he was a big boy, now, and could sleep in his big room, and that he could choose his favourite colours. And Teeku had told his mum that he wanted blue colour, a bright blue! But today, when she told him about a baby, he didn't know what he could say. She di...

One late afternoon, Teeku was playing with his green truck in the corridor, when he heard his mum yelling,  "Teeku!! Why don't you put away your toys after finishing playing! You are going to slip on one, or one day, I will, and fly away out of the window, into the thin air!! " "Yeh, that could happen! How bad!"  He thought. Teeku didn't always listen to his mum. Though he knew what she always said about his stray toys, "Don't put it down, once you finish, just put it away!"  Well, today again, he hadn't, but soon he forgot all about it!!  After playing for a while, he decided to stop and go inside for a drink. He was thirsty, as it had turned out to be quite a warm day.  He went from the side door to the kitchen to quickly grab a carton of his favourite strawberry milk from the fridge, and came back to finish his game, as he still had quite a few rounds to make, to finish deliveries in his truck. He had a big pile of cards and marbles in o...

Enjoyed a Beautiful day at the Taronga zoo today. It all seemed so normal and usual, humans everywhere, car park full, ques to see animals from up close, to take photos with the koala, or to feed the giraffe, or to admire the elephants.  Or the rush to see the seal show, booked out, ques to get food, coffees, ice cream, children running around, shrieking with happiness at the playful meerkats digging the dirt, or the naughty chimpanzee jumping from the tree to the pit with leafy branches, throwing back at each other.  While the graceful zebra stands alone , the giraffe family is grazing together. And at The tiger walk, tigers basking in the afternoon sun, after a sumptuous lunch, yes, the real ones, and one tiger pacing around going round and round, as if in an orbit, made just for him, and a kid saying "I can watch this the whole day", while another was crying on missing out on seeing the baby spider. Looking at the animals, in captivity, so aloof, graceful, indifferent to t...