Toothpicks

When I was younger, my parents took me out for dinner one night.I was so thrilled that I wanted to taste everything on the menu.After a good meal, the waiter brought some rock candies and toothpicks.Thinking toothpicks were also edible and a part of the menu, I began chewing on one.Soon, I was coughing.My parents found this so amusing that even today, when we go out for dinner, my dad teasingly offers me toothpicks.

An Unforgetteble Experience

This happened when I was two years old.My mother left me in the balcony for some time while she went about doing her chores.My brother was away at school and my father had gone to the bank.While playing, I noticed a small round mirror which had fallen off my mother's Saree as it dried on the washing line.I used to put everything in my mouth, the mirror was no exception.While I was chewing the mirror my father returned home and came to play with me in the balcony.When he saw I was chewing something, he asked me to open my mouth.My tongue was bleeding and my mouth was full of broken bits of mirror.My father called the doctor.The doctor told him to wash my mouth and give me two or three bananas.The mirror pieces stuck to the banana and passed out through the stools the next day.

Under The Horse

On a visit to my native place, my family and I decided to tour the mountainside on horseback.We were enjoying the ride when suddenly I slipped from the saddle and landed under the horse.I was lucky that the horse did not kick me and escaped with minor bruises.It was only later that we realized that the horse had been used so much and the horse was almost drained off all of its energy, that it would have been too tired to kick any one.We immediately abandoned our ride to prevent any further cruelty my horse and the other horses.