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“Hi everybody! I am Mridul Arora. I study in upper K.G. in St. Mary’s school. I stay with my mom, dad, amma and my sweet doggy Bruno in our bungalow in Mumbai. Ours is a small family. I have heard papa saying so to Sharma uncle. He called it as nucle…. – I didn’t remember the word exactly. Does not really matter for me. I like to play a lot. I play with Bruno other than the school time. I also play with amma a lot. We three are real close friends.

“Papa and I leave the house everyday by 9 o’clock in the morning. We have got two cars – one is big and black, the other one is small and white. Papa usually drives the big one. He drops me at the school gate and then drives off to his work. Mama drives the white one to her work sometimes after that. My school starts at 9:30 in the morning and ends by 1 o’clock in the afternoon. Mama then picks me up and drops me home. She then drives off to her work again. I take my lunch with amma and Bruno and then I go to sleep. When I wake up, I play with both of them.

“Sometimes, amma asks me not to disturb her and even Bruno hides under the sofa too. Then I feel very lonely. I had asked papa a number of times to be my friend, to play games with me. However, he says that he is very busy. Everybody says so. Amma says that papa works at a higher post. I have seen the letters “CEO” written under his name on the top left hand corner of his writing pad. He says that on weekends we will be playing together. But such weekends never comes to me. Sometimes, he flies to other countries in an aeroplane! He brings so many chocolates and toys for me. But I want him to play with me. Rohan’s papa plays with him. Even Rakhi told me that her papa is her best friend. Then, why not my papa becomes my best friend?

“My teacher told me that if anyone prays to God daily then He listens to the prayer. Earlier, I used to pray to God once a day. Believe me, now I pray twice a day. Still then, nothing happens. So, next time I pray to him, I will surely tell him to get his ears checked by doctor uncle.

“Mama also says that she is busy. She returns home everyday by 9 o’clock at night, takes her dinner with amma and me and goes to bed. She hardly reads me a story. Amma also falls asleep soon after that. But I stay awake. Sometimes, I get out of my bed and look through the pictures of “Robin Hood”. However, I cannot read it. Amma does not all this, nor does mama. Sometimes, I talk to Bruno about all this. He listens to me and licks me. I love Bruno a lot.

“The other day I heard mama telling to Sharma aunty that she and papa are quite “successful”. I asked her the meaning of it. She said that when I get what I want, I become successful. Perhaps, papa gets what he wants and so he is successful. So is mama. However, I neither get to play with my papa nor get to listen to bedtime stories from mama. So you see, I am not successful. May be next time that I pray to God, I will keep my prayer short by asking Him to make me successful. Or can you all suggest me something? Please help me out folks, as I too want to become successful like mama and papa.”