March 19. “Button, Mowgli is a big tease.”

“Why do you say that?”

“When I give her a biscuit or something to nibble on, she takes it in her mouth and looks around to see if Rani is close by. She then drops it on the floor and continues to look at Rani from the corner of her eye and stretches out to wait for Rani to get up. The minute Rani gets up, she swoops down on the biscuit and runs away holding it between her teeth.”

“She’s quite a brat.”

“Seeing her, I remember a game we used to play as kids: There would be two teams of 10 players each. A pair of players from both teams was given an identical number. The referee would put a handkerchief or some object in the centre, equidistant from the two teams. When he blew his whistle and announced a number (for example 8), player number 8 from both teams had to run to the centre and grab the object. The player who grabbed the object first and ran back to her team scored a point.”

“Is it similar to kho kho?”

“Not at all.”