The baby had completed a year and his parents wanted to obviouly mark the occassion with a lot of fanfare. So, a gathering of almost 200-300 people was invited.
The kid obviously had no clue about the whole fuss. He suddenly was surrounded by a large gathering all wanting to be the ‘me-first’ to pull his cheeks to show their love. The kid with his tiny button eyes could see bulbous noses, rotund faces coming towards him to maul his rosy cheeks. Frightened, he started howling, bawling and hid in his mother’s bosom. The mother kept pulling up his face to entertain the crowd.
I was just one of them.
Somewhere else, the little birthday girl in the month of May or June perhaps was getting restless because of her frilly dress.
Her grandmother had shaved off her hair just a couple of days ago. The father was obviously not excited about guests meeting his daughter for the first time with a bald pate.
So, he had dressed her up in a frilly, fairy sort of pink dress and coupled it with some strange lacy hat that stayed on her head with the help of an extremely irritating rubber band stretching under her chin, ear to ear. The kid was obviously losing it and she raised a cry and kicked the cake away.
The birthday party went for a final toss with the father losing his patience and walking out in resignation. The guests disbursed.
I was just one of them.
Happy Birthday babies Obviously it was meant to make you feel special. The court of the jesters ended up making ragged clowns out of you but hey, it was meant to be different than the rest of the days.
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