MY FIRST EXPERIENCE IN CLIMBING COCONUT TREE..I WAS IN 4TH STANDARD OR 5TH STANDARD.....I WENT TO OUR RELATIVES HOUSE IN KERALA, A REMOTE AREA THAT TIME, CALLED KARULAI.... IT WAS ALMOST SUNSET AND MY AUNTY SUDDENLY DECLARED!.... I WANT A COCONUT RIGHT NOW ! ....NO ELDERS WERE THERE AT HOME AT THAT TIME TO GO TO SHOP WHICH WAS FAR AWAY AND IT WAS ALMOST DARK . BUT A 10 METER HIGH COCONUT TREE WAS GENTLY STOOD ADJUSENT TO KITCHEN SIDE BEARING ENOUGH COCONUTS...AUNTY ASKED EVERYBODY FOR THEIR IDEA TO GET A COCONUT.. NOBODY COULD GIVE AN ANSWER AND THEY SCRATCHED THEIR HEAD...WITH MY COMPETITION SPIRIT I SLOWLY SAID..I SHALL TRY TO CLIMB UP THIS TREE IF YOU COULD PERMIT....SHE FIRST DISAGREED... BUT BECAUSE OF HER COMPULSION TO FEED US(GUEST) A GOOD CURRY SHE OBLIGED...EARLIER I HAD OBSERVED OTHERS CLIMBING COCONUT TREES.. SO I TOO ROLLED ONE BATHING TOWEL LIKE A ROPE AND TIED IT LIKE A RING..THEN WALKED TOWARDS THE TREE... I PUT MY BOTH LEGS INTO THE RING AND CLIMBED UP WITH A FAST JUMP....CLIMBED UP AND UP..OTHER CHILDREN ENCOURAGED ME(APPUTTAN ,SUNDARAN AND UNNI)..WHEN I REACHED APPROXIMATELY 5 METRES I REALISED THE DIFFICULTY IN MOVING UP....BUT NOT DECIDED TO COME DOWN..MY EGO DID NOT ALLOW ME TO ACCEPT DEFEAT....MOVED UP AND UP..REACHED AT THE TOP AND TOUCHED A COCONUT...BUT I DID NOT KNOW THE TECHNIQUE OF PLUCKING A COCONUT BY PULLING IT AFTER INSERTING FINGERS .. TRIED AND TRIED... FINALLY GOT TWO THREE COCONUTS..BY THAT TIME I WAS TOO TIRED AND DECIDED TO CLIMB DOWN..THE GRAVITATIONAL PULL AND MY TIRED BODY ALLOWED ME TO SLIP THROW THE STEM OF THE TREE..AS A RESULT I LOST MY SKIN AND BLOOD DROPS STARTED COMING OUT...BUT ONLY ONE SATISFACTION...MISSION ACCOMPLISHED....I REACHED MY GOAL..THIS TYPE OF EXPERIENCES HELPED ME TO FACE LIFE BOLDLY IN MANY OCCASIONS LATER.... THIS WAS MY FIRST EXPERIENCE IN COCONUT CLIMBING IN MY LIFE.... (CHILDREN ARE NOT ADVISED TO CLIMB COCONUT TREES AFTER READING IT..IT MAY BE VERY DANGEROUS)
Posted on: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 16:11:58 +0000
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