Onki..... as i call him, his name is Onkar, my nephew. He just turned 7 last month and was very anxious about his gift list. I always love talking with him and call him very often, atleast once a week, and we never finish. He is in 2nd standard and had already claimed a few first prizes, eg: patriotic song, clay moulding, painting, craft art and a couple more. Well he is always keen to discuss all his participations, coz it had turned out to be such that, he wins when he takes tips from me.
Well anyways, this year his birthday wish list was very small, only 1 item on the list and that is hotwheels track set. OMG, hotwheels track set, i was totally shocked and thrilled by his attention to find things for his wishlist, and that only 1 single item, too good. And then as always we started discussing, which one does he want to buy.
My sis, did not have any clue whatsoever about its price. So a week earlier she popped into a toy shop with onki to look for hotwheels. Price ranged from Rs. 500 to Rs. 1000. And as we all know onki now, he wanted the biggest and the costliest. What say? My sis saw the demo and wasn ot quite impressed. Its just a stunt track with a crane lifting the vehicle and dropping it down on the track, thats it, fun finished. Rs. 1000 just for a drop and destruction. Not very impressed, she walked out and thought of buying something else, but smart onki had numerous ways to get what he wants.
So they started shopping around to see if there is any other hotwheels set that would make sense with the price. But no, as u know the market union, nothing less than the earlier price and the same stupid stunts, thats it. Totally unimpressed, my sis decided to but him something else, even more expensive, but which would make sense for its value.
At first onki did not understand y my sis didnt buy him that toy, as he never understood what does Rs. 1000 mean. (we havent reached that far in counting numbers at school), so my sis explained him that Rs. 1000 is 10 times 100.
Discussing something else with onki was never an option as by the end on that day, he had already called his dad atleast 5 times on his own, just to tell him how villian his mom is and shed a few croc tears to agree him on his side. And on the other hand told everyone he met that he is getting that hotwheel set for his birthday. How cunning, he thought that will make his mom complel to buy him one.
Finally his Bday, and nothing in the pocket. No hotwheels nor coldwheels. Onki9 has no presents. Adamant onki wants hotwheels or nothing else. So my sis said nothing else. But saying that she bought him a new swimming trunks, cap and goggles, as he not at the age of 7 already has a full swimming pass, which means he can swim unsupervised and knows most of the styles perfectly.
Onki was happy as he got something he needed as he was bored of the old one (which is only 3 months old). But new is good as now he is starting his 3 feet diving training.
So everyone thought, its all good now, but onki's mind was always revolving around some trick on hotwheels, and he knew to get that he needs 10 times 100. So as this year was not very exiting to my family and our relatives, things were always a bit under par with everything.
It was ganesh festival and onki had ganpati @ home. Everyone that came for darshan asked onki about his birthday and he kept telling them the tale all day long, and all kept enjoying it. All his uncles came for ganpati visarjan and then as they all were leaving, like always they gave onki some money instead of gift due to the family reason. Money money money ..... onki started dreaming about his hotwheels again.
So by the end of the day, onki had 4 times 100 in his pocket. So he knew he needed 6 more. Now he thought that he had some bargaining power. So he quitely went to my sis and gave her that 4 times 100 and said, keep this with u, i ll keep adding more, when it reached 10 times 100 tell me, then we ll go and but the hotwheels. Can u believe this .....
Now my dad, his grandpa, left after a couple of days and on his way out just to add to his peggy bank and to add to this hotwheels drama, gave him 2 times 100. So now he had 6, just 4 more to go, he kept saying all night long.
So finally, next day my did added 4 more and surprised him when he returned from school with the Rs.1000 trick track set he dreamed of. Onki played all night long and then when i called him the following sunday, u can imagine how happy he was to tell me about his hotwheels.
So now i sent him 5 new cars for his track. I m sure he ll enjoy.
Ok guys, will catch u ll again very soon......
Cheers!
