my childhood again

From Gudur , we were transferred to Tirupathi. On the day of our shifting a dog bit my father. So our journey was stopped temporarily. After few days my brother and sisters left for tirupathi because schools and colleges had started. They stayed in one of our fathers friends house.BY THE TIME WE ACTUALLy left for Tirupathi it was more than a month.Iwas joined in Manchala veedhi school in fifth standard. It was a small house. In our class there were hardly 10 students. An aged person was our head master. Our class teacher was a lady. She was beautiful and married.For prayer we used to sing kamalaku cha chuchuka kunkumatho slokas of lord venkateswara. Soon I made friends with Ambika, Mastan bi and Jamila bi. Her sister was Zeenath and she was very beautiful. they were living adjacent to our house. Ther was municipal park near our school. We used to go there to play. it still is there.

First we joined in a mud house . there scorpions were found every alternate day.I was singing songs even when I went to toilet and every one was laughing at me. But I didnot care. One day when my mother was lying with a saree as apillow, scorpion has hid in to its folds. luckily it did not sting.My father used to get severe stomach ache and severe bouts of asthma. for days together he could not even stand up. Myy mother used to look after him besides readying us for scool and colleges.She used to keep bowl filled with ashes for him to throw flulm from time to time.My brother once was playing with our kali pattilu on the verandah and came insida. thief has taken them away.

Once I got fever and my mother carried me to hospital.I was nearly 10 years old at that time.

I used to take ana or arthana from my mother and go to petty shops nearby to buy veyinchina senagapappulu and kammarakattu. I used to like them very much.