Don’t Blame it on the Dice

It was a simple game of snakes and ladders. Avanya insisted that I join Priya and her and I couldn’t say no. After all she is my darling niece.As the board was placed across the table, I reached out to pick up a red coloured game piece, my obvious choice, when Priya called out from the kitchen.

“ Don’t go for red Gittu. That is Avanya’s favourite.”

Okay. So yes, you need to give in to your five year old’s fancies. The game started and as it progressed I realised that we were playing a new version!! Every time Avanya would be bitten by a snake, my sister would make her jump the number or throw the dice again with a strange excuse, “Hey! We caught the dice cheating!” At a point when I thought I was close to the finishing number, with Avanya two places behind me, the longest snake on the board was purposely made to bite me, even as Priya made her usual “ she is a baby” excuse face at me. Read more...