Few days back I was doing some online research to understand the story(original native version) of our native God's we worship as Clan Deity(Kathayee Amman) in our family. I found the story about another God(Periyachi) though it's not our clan deity but we give the same treatment to that God as well.Once I learnt about it I was trying to explain the story to my kid.
Telling story to my kid is not the linear narration of me telling and she listening with rapt attention.Its more of a Christopher Nolan style narration :).
She will ask me something and we meander somewhere for explaining this and that and try to be back to explaining the story.
Me: Nithila! I have a nice story to tell.
Nithila: Yes appa.Story about what?
Me: it's about the God in our Village temple.
Nithila: Which temple??
Me: Don't you remember.The temple we went to tonsure your head when you were 3 years old.
You cried a lot.
Nithila: Yes Appa.I remember now.
Me: Do you remember the scary looking God in Black dress ??
Nithila: Yes appa.Very scary.
Me: I know the story of that God.
Nithila: Appa wait.
Me: What Nithila??
Nithila: Why do we tonsure our head?
Me: We do that for every kids born in our family once they are born and first time we do that in that temple.
Nithila: But why?
Me: Me scratching my head.
Nithila: What will God do with our hair????
Me: Me scratching my head even more.
Finally she came to her own conclusion.
Nithila: Appa I think God will make Wigs using that hair.
I said 'May be' nodding my head.Though she found an answer.
Now I was the one with a question hanging over my head.
P.S: I never got to tell the story and never proceeded after realising it as it was bit violent for small kid.
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