A Fairy Tale

A chortle

As the baby left, a small emptiness engulfed the hall...

Lamma: Enna Ulla koteetu po kathir...

He wheeled her to the bed and helped her settle in the cot.

K: Amma..edum venuma..light anaikatuma..

Lamma: edum venam..anachuru..

K: serima...paduthukonga... She noded...

He switched off the light and moved over to the kitchen...and shortly returned back to the hall

Meanwhile Mullai awaited him.....

He saw her sitting near the pillar in the same place..

he sat near her..a little close by..than usual...

Then he handed over a tumbler of milk....

K: Indha kudi...

M: ennanga idhu....

K: Paal dhaan...vaangi kudi

She gets the tumbler...and is surprised..

M: ennanga neenga eduthutu vandhurukeenga...enakagava...

K: ammam...unaku kudutha ...appo unakudhaane...

M: ean nga ...Paal lam

K: ei..chumma kelvi kekama...kudi...

Ellathayum pathu pathu pandra... Una naan dhaane pathukanum..

M: she felt so emotional...despite a small deed...it felt so special...his care and gesture

Oh appudiii ..

K: ammam apdiiii dhaan...

M: eanga neenga kudikala....irunga ungaluku eduthutu varean

K:konjam ukkaru...enaku edhum vendam...venumna eduthutu vandhuruka matena..

M: adhukillanga.....konjam kudingalean

K: edhu idhulerndhu... Idhuvae pathi tumbler dhaan irukku...

Summa kudi..

M: eanga fruits edum eduthutu Vara...

He cut her short...

K: adhellam vendam..pesama ukkaru

She finishes the milk like a good girl she is!!

A few seconds of eyelock and then some silence....

K: thookam varalaya.....

M: illanga...ungalukku thookam varudha...

K: mhmmmm..illa... Ulla poi paduka vendi Thane...rest edukalam illa..

M: illa paravalla..nga... ipdi konja neram pesitu irukalam...Avanga ellam varatum

K: Nalla irukilla....

M: ethunga...

K: ipdi pesitu irukaradhu..

M: ammam....irukadha pinna...she gave a naughty smile...

He concurred....

He couldn't just keep looking at her...her face seemed to glow in the moonlight that painted strokes on her face and body from the grilled ceiling at the top.

She looked like an edited sketch with color splash over her body...

He blinked.. to soak in what he saw....

Those black stripes...they made her look like a beautiful mare!!

A small edit attempt... not a perfect one.....but helps imagine