Sunday, 20 January, 2002 1:22 AM

ODI-BEDJA kids magazine N1 ( may 2000 )

The story about HIM

Once they were bathing a child…
As usual, when getting undressed in the bathroom in his Mom's hands, the Tot's little mischievous arms
and legs were struggling to get back to his clothes. But this time his hands gave up quickly .. and now the Tot saw HIM.
No, it wasn't his Dad, who served as his second bath-attendant - it was The Big HIM !
His beard was all in a mess, His cunning eyes were gazing at the Tot.
HE was big, even bigger than Dad !
And when the child touched HIM cautiously, HE rustled.
Tot liked everything that rustled. Sometimes his little hands chanced to get hold of a newspaper or a small bag and
he could rustle them as much as he liked until Dad or Mom took away those nicely rustling things.
When the waves in the bath tube were still, Tot was watching HIM with dismay. Mom and Dad were not afraid of HIM.
This was encouraging. After the bath, wrapped in a towel, Tot, with timidity, touched HIM beard once again.
HE rustled
On his way to the bed Tot gave out a deep sigh - all turned out all right.
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- Hey , you forgot to tuck in the curtain in the bath before we bathed him ! He is trying to put it into his mouth again.
He's just trying to catch it!
- Oh yeah, and he used to be so afraid of that curtain. Growing up, huh ?

© Alexander Babushkin - text, picture, desing 2000 - 2011