My secret game with Jillu

Anthakshari is when Jillu gets the better of me even though she does not know it herself  :). But then I too play a game with her during the Anthakshari session known only to me, for she does not understand what I am up to yet and I take great delight in the secret game. I am in fact even glee-ful about it :)

Jillu : Amma, Baba black sheep paadu (Ammma sing Baba black sheep)

Me : Jillu Paaduvaa (Jillu will sing)

Jillu : aaaahhhh...(protest) Ammaa paaduvaa (Amma should sing)

Me : Jillu dhaan Paaduvaa 

Jillu : (decibel level of the protest increases to the max ). Amma dhaan paaduvaa..aaaiiihhhhhhhhh

Me : Baabaa black sheep and then a pause..

Jillu : Have u any wool, paadu ma

Me : Have you any wool and then a pause...

Jillu : Yes sir, Yes sir, tee bags sull, paadu ma

Me : Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full and then a pause..

Jillu :(waits for a few seconds to see if i will continue and then ) one sor my master, one sor the dame, paadu ma

Me : One for my master, one for the dame 

Jillu: one sor the little boy oos down the laame..(now doesn't bother to say paadu ma)

Me: And one for the little boy, who lives down the lane..

The day will soon come when she will realize what I am up to :). Till then, I plan to completely enjoy it! 

Make hay while the sun shines !!!

Anthakshari

We, Jillu and I, sing songs before Jillu goes to sleep. Songs are from all categories - Carnatic, Rhymes and Cinema songs. We don't leave anything :) Depending on her tiredness, the session would last from 10 mins to 30 mins or would never end and would go on and on.

For me, even the though the syllabus is well known, I still have to be very alert and  up-to-date as Jillu, without knowing it, plays the very complex round of anthakshari with me. Here is an excerpt out of it..

Jillu : Amma "chubby cheeks"paadu (Amma, Sing "chubby cheeks")

Me : chubby cheeks

Jillu : dimple chin..., she will continue and finish it.. Then

Amma, little lamb paadu

Me : Mary had a little lamb, little la

Jillu : Amma, "Go" paadu

Me : mb, little lamb, Mary had a 

Jillu : Amma, "Go" paadu

Me : little lamb and its face was

Jillu : Amma, "Go" paadu (Its a shout now)

Me : Everywhere that Mary went, Mary went, the lamb was sure to go (and the remaining of the first line remains un-sung)

Jillu : vera yenna paadalaam ? mm?? (What else can we sing ?) Amma, Alai paayaudhe paadu

Me : Alai paayud

Jillu : Mootamathe paadu

Me : (pause..rewind.. think.. now which is this song? Ok.. here it goes..)

"Baja govindham, Baja govindham, govindham bhaja, moodamathe"

Jillu : Amma "Mohana venu gaanam paadu"

Me : (stop, think, ok,) "Yen Ananda Mohana venugaanam adhil, Alai Paayudhe"

Jillu : Broche vaa paadu

Me : (ok..  this is the beginning of the song.. this is straight forward..I can manage)

Broche vaa .... continue and finish the couple of lines..

then it goes on to cine songs and then gain alternates between all 3 and the game/singing continues and then suddenly, comes a out of syllabus request like this

Jillu :Amma, "Docomo" paadu

Me : ?????

And then, I learn the DOCOMO ad music next day and "Tuturu, Tuturu" (thats how the catchy tune goes for the ad) gets added to the syllabus :)

Want to play Anthakshari with Jillu? any takers? She could pick up any word from anywhere of the song and ask you to sing :)