Where are you going?
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Tickler at large | Jan 09, 2009
Jasmine was going to the market to buy vegetables. On the way she met Lily.
“Where are you going?” asked Lily.
“Wherever my legs take me,” replied Jasmine.
Lily pondered over the answer but could not think of anything to say. When she returned home she reported the conversation to her mother who was a teacher. Mother said: “You should have asked her what she would do if she had no legs.”
The next day Lily was thrilled to see Jasmine coming towards her.
“Where are you going?” Lily asked and without waiting for a reply continued, “Wherever your legs take you, I suppose. Well, let me ask you . . .”
“You’re mistaken,” interrupted Jasmine. “Today I’m going wherever the wind blows.”
This answer so confused Lily that she could not think of anything to say.
When she reported the matter to her mother, she said: “You should have asked her what she would do if there were no wind.”
The next day Lily saw Jasmine in the market again and rushed to confront her, confident that this time she would have the last word.
“Where are you going?” Lily asked. “Wherever your legs take you or wherever the wind blows? Well, let me ask you . . . ”
“No, no,” interrupted Jasmine. “Today I’m going to buy vegetables.”
What do you say?
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“Inquisitveness” is sometimes fine but going beyond will mean ‘interference’ and that is probably root of several relationship problems which people so easily get into and then do not know how to get out of it !
Someone should slap the mother