The Secret to his Happiness

What's happening there in that vibrant pavilion

Asked her five-year-old son

Kids running here and there on that muddy ground

It was all so alien for him

About which he had never heard or seen

Forget it darling

It's an age-old concept

Going out there doesn't match our standard

Come fast, let's quickly get inside the mall

And buy you some new toys

Before I drop you back home

And be quick baabu

For I don't have much time left

To reach for my kitty party

Said his spiffy hep Mom

The poor child pleased himself by just watching those scenes

And smiling thanked his Mom 

For gifting him a set of latest video games

Back home, he asked his caretaker 

"Shanta baa, What's happening in that big ground

That funfair opposite to Mama's favorite haunt

Are you talking about those t

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ents and fair

She queried

Ba, I saw a big tent

The little child excitingly said

Children were happily running here and there

And all rushed in with their parents.

As the curtains opened

That's a Circus

A circus, "what's a circus", he asked his caretaker

"Wait", I'll explain she said

Not knowing what to do

Some scenes in her mobile, she searched

And all those performances were jovial and sad

She copied and acted to fulfill the child's urge

The boy laughed heartily on seeing her

Teary-eyed Shanta promised to secretly one day take him there

The video game wasn't even opened 

Yet today the child wasn't sad

Surprised, they asked him the reason behind his hearty smile

When his parents returned back 

But it was a well-guarded secret

Between his nanny and the child