construction-destruction

The untimely thunder-storms/hail/rains have definitely calmed the mercury down. But they have also destroyed a number of the toys that we had laid out to dry. The clay cannot be baked until it is bone dry, but these rainfalls have either destroyed some toys, or not allowed them to dry sufficiently.

The children were a little disappointed, but recovered very very quickly. Infact I am still brooding over the lost work, but the children come everyday with the same amount of enthusiasm. The rains have obviously not dampened their spirits.

The few toys we had protected from the natural disasters were also found broken today. Sonu said he saw some young (bihari) boys hanging around the pump house, trying to open the window. That explains the big rocks that we found thrown on the toys.

The children ofcourse have stopped worrying about the works they made earlier and dive into each evening with a fresh energy, modeling bigger and better each day.

Meanwhile Tulsi and I worry, about when we will get 8 hours of sunshine to light the kiln and fire the toys, we worry about who broke the toys, we worry about how we will store more toys in the already cramped pump house.

I think we are drawing our energy from the children now. It’s contagious!

26th May

Aastha Chauhan