Calvin and Adda

Sometime last week I read this Calvin-Hobbes cartoon strip.. (It was originally published on 13th June, 1989). As all of the others, even this one strikes you with its innocence and the Calvin-attitude..

And this cartoon reminds me of my nephew. One day he was observing an ant very closely, then came to my sis and said:

Adda: Amma, ants very bad. (Mom, ants are very bad.)

My Sis: enduku? (Why?)

Adda: enduku ante adi kinda padinavi ani thintundi. (Because it eats whats fallen on the floor.)

Talking about him, these days he is adamant that he has grown up... The other day I was at their place and was leaving for office and the following conversation took place with him:

Me: Adda, AnniMama office ki velali. (Adda, I have to go to Office).

Adda: Adda kuda office velutadu. (Adda will also go to work).

Me: Adda office enduku veltadu? akada emi undadu. (Why will Adda go for work? There won't be anything there.)

Adda: akada ki velthe, dabbulu istaru. apudu adda bathathu konukuntadu. (When I go there, they will give me money. With that, Adda will buy Chocolates.)

By now, you would already have understood that he has his own style of speaking and also has his own language. He calls Chocolates as bathathu, Aeroplane as Bui

And so bui bathathu refers to the toffees provided in the plane.

appa is water, eeya eeyo refers to Eat Street on Necklace Road, aamaks is IMAX, chental is Central, baggal is Burger, fench fies is French Fries and chauch is Sauce.

Chikkadpally, according to him, isn't an area but just a particular shop - THE shop where he once bought his toy car. Once my Mom and Dad took him to a shop in Chikkadpally to buy him a toy train, but he was stubborn that he would only buy his toys from Chikkadpally (his toy shop). So they took him to that particular shop and he was very happy about it. Then first thing he asked the shop-keeper after going in was:

Adda: Chayya chayya antunde... aa ku unda? (Do you have the train that says Chayya Chayya?)

This was because his old toy train which had broken down would sing "Chal chayya chayya " song when switched on.

There are a couple of very sweet videos of him which I will soon link to this post. Anyone would love them.