The capseller and the monkeys!
"Daddy! Tell us a story." said Mugdha (Mu) and Mihika (Mi) "Alright, only one story. And then you go straight to bed. Is that a promise." My daughters laugh and say "We promise". And here I get started hoping they stick to that promise.... "SO, once upon a time, in a village, there lived a capseller." "Daddy! What's a capseller? Have we seen any in Bangalore?" "Look girls - don't interrupt. Let me finish my story, then ask your questions. So, this capseller went from village to village selling caps. He had a large basket on his head in which he kept all his caps - colored ones, white ones, cotton ones, woolen ones etc.etc. He would sell the caps through the day and return to his village by evening. One day, he decided to go to a slightly far away village. To go there he had to pass through a huge forest! So Mu and Mi, what is there in a forest?" Mu being the older one was quick to respond "Animals! Tige...