It all happened one
fine day, when I wanted a library near my home. And surprisingly for me, there it was!
And so, ‘Easy Library, Hyderabad’ made its way into my life. And with it, came
a few options.
Firstly, I realised
that if I ever tire of my writing job; which requires me to receive books and
write reviews or interviews and just about stretch the creative writing bone in
my body, I would now have an extra option.
I can just read, as casually
as I can. And in this library for kids and grown-ups, I do not have to write reviews or do any of the
other stuff, either.
So, ‘Easy Library, Hyderabad’ has made my life easier. So, one fine day, when I visited the
library, the centre head, Richa C Srivastava even offered me another way to
push my creative bone, a little further. I asked her if I could read to the
kids, who came to her library.
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| The Very Busy Spider |
And she said yes, I could. (Many ‘Yiippeeess’ and ‘Yaayyss’, later) I got to read my first two stories. Nervous days led to the day, 12th April, 2015. And there I was, a little nervous, to hold my first ever ‘Story Telling Session’. It was going to be all about Bugs and Farm animals!
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| What the Ladybird Heard |
The stories were Eric Carle’s ‘The Very Busy Spider’ and Julia Donaldson’s ‘What the Ladybird Heard’.
Ooh boy, this would be fun! So, with tips from a school teacher, my ex-boss and
Richa, there I was all set to read out the stories to the little ones.
I do not know how many of
the tips I remembered, but I do recall the busy and naughty kids, who were
all set to listen in. So, together we all found out about the spider’s busyness
and the ladybird’s plans. We also got to find out if the spider managed to
finish her web and the ladybird managed to uncover the mysterious plot,
amidst all the oinks on that Sunday morning at ‘Bug-gy Morning at EasyLib’.
We all sat down and had
fun with the stories, thanks to the help of a cow, a horse, a pig, even a duck
and a goose and an oinking pigs and a maaaing goat, among all the others at the farm.
The kids seemed to
enjoy it, if I am allowed to say that. Best of luck for another day’s set of
stories, both for me and the kids, who sit around me. Not quietly, though, so 'Much
clucking, quaking, woof - woofing and meowing to all of us'. And then, I made my way out, clucking
all the way home…
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