Larkay bahar baare mein apni go-kart (chhoti gaari) par kaam kar rahe thay. Hamari beti unhein raat ke khane ke liye bulane bahar gayi.
Us ne intehai haakimana andaaz mein ilan kiya, "Tum dono foran andar jao, haath munh dho aur raat ke khane ke liye tayyar ho jao. Abhi ke abhi!"
Jab hamari beti akeli ghar laut aayi, to meri biwi ne daryaft kiya, "Kya larkay andar aa rahe hain?"
Us ne kaha, "Main ne unhein bula liya hai," lekin us ke chehre ke taassuraat is baat ki chughli kha rahe thay ke us ne larkon par mahaz apna raub jamane ki nakaam koshish ki thi.
Larkay andar kyun nahin aaye thay? Kyunke yeh un ki behan thi jis ne unhein awaaz di thi, aur woh us ke zaati ikhtiyar ki bunyaad par farmanbardari karne ke liye hargiz tayyar nahin thay.
Woh larki dobara usi paighaam ke saath shed mein gayi aur is baar us ne do intehai taqatwar alfaaz ka izafa kiya:
"Mummy ne kaha hai ke..."
Hamari beti ke paas larkon ko ghar ke andar aane ka hukm dene ka koi zaati ikhtiyar maujood nahin tha. Doosri baar jab us ne larkon ko bulaya, to woh apni maan ki numainda ban kar gayi thi.
Ab larkay achhi tarah jaan gaye thay ke yeh ghar andar aane ka waqt hai.