A colourful Japanese fan/ Laughter that transforms into tears and sometimes into mouth farts/The patience to eat a whole custard apple or sitaphal/
The lyrics to at least three songs that will become comforting things to go back to when they grow up/Eating a ripe Alphonso mango just plucked from the tree, tearing its warm peel with their teeth and allowing its juice to trickle down their arm/
Acquiring a strategy to play at least one board game and mastering it with aplomb/Fearlessness to gently hold a butterfly/Colouring on a bed sheet sized paper/A pet dog/ a pet cat/ both a pet dog and cat/New colouring books accompanied by shiny fragrant crayons/ A pencil box which has fancy compartments operated by buttons /
The joy of seeing how jelly transforms into its wobbly state/Licking chocolate cake batter off a spoon/ Teeth sticky with peanut chikki and halwa/Jumping in puddle/An umbrella hat/plasters with their favourite cartoon characters/Stickers, lots of stickers/ erasers with their initials on it/gumboots the color of the sun, /befriending dandelions and wildflowers/skipping, hopping, rarely walking/Learning to swim in the sea/building sandcastles/ building shelter for stray dogs and cats with old cardboard boxes/
A blanket that protects them from monsters, and one that becomes a tent/A hint of sass at age seven and a half/a crop of hair that fails to be tamed.Doting grandparents/An older cousin, a role model of sorts/Uncontrollable laughter/Unconditional love/A gentle loss, because life is not always fair/The ability to question what does not feel right./resilience/A belief in magic.
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