A gr8 and a different beginning !!

I have always wanted to have a walk through the misty roads early morning when the bright beast was still asleep . I didnt want it to wake up and ruin the adventure that i had planned for the new year’s first day .

I started early from my home . The streets were just like i wanted them to be , dark , misty and silent . It felt like it was hiding something and it wanted me to play with it to seek that lays beyond . I accepted its request for the game . I just strolled through , with my whole body dancing and my teeth shaking with joy of being out in the cold .

I was playing for a long time and yet didnt find anything . I was just about to accept my failure when i heard footsteps and faint sound of barks and grunt wines . I got my hope back and started moving towards the sound . The mist knowing that i ve come close moved away revealing dark figures of a man and a dog . He too was enjoying the serenity just like me . I went to him and wished him a very happy new year . His calm face lit up and he smiled back .His dog started swaying its tail forcing away the mist . Its amber eyes stared at the new stranger talking to his master . I bent down with a smile and took my hands closer , it bent slowly reaching for my hands . I think it liked me . I combed its dark gentle fur , it licked my hands in return . It felt like it was wishing me a happy year ahead .It felt great . Then i started moving away from them . After a few heartbeats , the dog turned back and barked . I think it meant , we’ll meet again .

The mist that was playing with me for such a long time , started to move away . I was puzzled . Then , with the light that fell on my face , i realized that the bright beast has woken up from its sleep and is now claiming its territory back .

I then walked through strange roads that i havent been before . I heard the repeated Kaaw , kaaw…of the crows . Guess they didnt like a stranger coming in their lands . Crows near my house , just walks into the hall , kaaw’s for something to eat , and my mother who always talks with them , gives them something to eat and they peck and fly away . I think it treated us to be friends . It joins us , whenever we sit to eat .

Then met new people , mostly old ones . Security ppl , auto driver , milk maids and a few working in a plant nursery . The milk maid - a very old lady , got scared when i went close to her with my hands lifted for a hand shake . She stared at me in fear that i would steal something from her . I understood that , and my lips curled for a friendly smile and wished her . She gave a huge sigh of relief and smiled back . I was still laughing about that , when i went by nursery . They were so glad to hear someone wishing them so early and we parted with a hand shake . I then realized that my palm had become a bit rough . I lifted them to see mud and browned all over . I was quite happy about that and remember the ad - “Kara - Nalladhudhan” .

It was a way too different experience to walk the streets in early morning and wishing to strange people and i was glad to have made them smile atleast for a moment . The bright beast then came to its full power and smiled at me , saying playtime’s over . I then returned back home happily to share the experience with my family . A great and a different beginning for a new year :-)