“Mommy why does it rain?”
“Because the sky wants us to have water.”
*** Silence ***
“Mommy why do we have to stand in a line?”
“Because the rickshaw wala will only allow the person who arrived first to get a seat first.”
*** Silence ***
“Mommy…”
“Shush… one more word from you and I’m going to make you sit on top of the rickshaw.”
“Ok”
*** In the Rickshaw ***
“Mommy why am I sitting on top of your lap and not on the auto’s roof?”
For those who aren’t familiar, an auto rickshaw (also either known as rickshaw or auto) is a 3-wheeled vehicle. Every morning you’ll have a line of people who wait for ‘share rickshaws’. These kind of rickshaws ply over a fixed distance at a fixed rate instead of using the metre. Passengers get off at the nearest spot to their destination.
https://rochellewisoff.com/2019/09/25/27-september-2019-2/line-naama-yehuda/
The photo prompt has been given by Na’ama Yehuda at the Friday Fictioneers hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields.
Bernadette Braganza 
Now the kid’s doing a wind-up. The mother’s already explained this
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Kids… What can I say?
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Cute. Must drive mum nuts 😀.
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Yup. I wouldn’t want to be in her place.
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He’s going to push his mother too far! 🙂
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I’m afraid of that too (wouldn’t want to be there when that happens).
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Ah, kids and their questions! The patience of the parent 🙂
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I agree!
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I bet that wasn’t the last of it! Nice one.
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For both their sakes I’m hoping it was
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Dear Bernadette,
Children take things so literally. Cute story.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks Rochelle 🙂
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It is hard to tackle a stream of ‘why daddy,’ but I do love that children want to know. Even if sometimes I may tell the rickshaw driver, do leave the child with mummy.🙂
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Thanks for reading 🙂
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Kids and questions and I learned something new. Nicely done
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Thanks Jo 🙂
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Great story… I can just envision the Mom rolling her eyes at all the questions.
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Yep, she was. I was standing right behind them.
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Great piece, i love a rickshaw, brilliant way to travel around India!
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Thanks for stopping by 🙂
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Thanks for the explanation.
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No problem 😉
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Hahah reminds me of waiting in those long queues and you captured the constant banter of a kid really well
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Thanks Akshata.
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I can’t wait till he gets a Rickshaw of his own.
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Why?
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Don’t all children want cars, trains or rickshaws or at least drive them? Great story of an innocent view from a child, they take things on face value…until they realise it is not true.
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Yup. Thanks for reading 🙂
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Sweet story! Great take on the photo prompt.
Susan A Eames at
Travel, Fiction and Photos
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Thanks Susan 🙂
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Kids and their “why” phase!!
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I’m guessing that mother is waiting for her kid to get out of that phase.
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I remember when a new outdoor mall opened years back the had rickshaws and the runners for people who had to park far away. We took them a few times. It was a fun experiences.
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Glad to hear you enjoyed it 🙂
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I’ve had many different experiences with rickshaws. Most drivers are okay but some are downright rude and refuse you unless you’re going a certain distance which isn’t supposed to be the way it goes here. I think my back was injured by them banging through potholes. A cute story, Bernadette. Well done. 🙂 — Suzanne
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Thanks Suzanne.
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Ha! She expected to ride on the roof. That would have been an adventure!
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It certainly would
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