Diya does an extempore prayer at our family prayer time while I stick to my routine recitation from the prayer book. She has her list of complaints (predominantly about Mamma being unfair with restricted TV viewing and control on visit to her friends’ flats), which comes after a thanking session for every good thing (in her terms) on that day with display of smiley and star she earned in her notebook, paintings made by her, chocolate wrappers etc. She ends the prayer with ‘Thank you Jesus, Thank you Lord’ and the concluding part more or less remained consistent and predictable.
Yesterday, Diya was in a real good mood to pray after her preparation for catechism exam. The thanking and complaining sessions were lengthier than usual. The surprise came in the end. She concluded the session with ‘Thank you Jesus, Thank you Lord, I love you like an octopus’. Clueless of what she meant of loving like an octopus, I sought instant gratification of my doubt. “Amma, it is because octopus has 3 hearts, and with 3 hearts octopus can love much more than a human being with 1 heart”
Well, that sounded quite reasonable.
