Today I woke up with a headache. I have been waking up with headaches often nowadays. I was a little sad. But I have been feeling sad for a while.
My help came and she told me that a boy was waiting for me at the verandah. With a copper vessel, no less. One of his eyes was green and the other was blue.
I asked her if she knew what he wanted. She shrugged and went to the balcony to get a broom.
So I went to see who the boy with the interesting eyes was.
The interesting thing is that common verandah of my building has a big palm tree growing in the middle of it. It is really weird. We have to move around the tree to get to the respective lift. Sometimes I find delivery guys napping under the tree, leaning against the trunk just outside my flat on the 8th floor.
The boy was there. He was wearing a green suit and was carrying a copper vessel. He couldn't have been more than 10 years old. I asked him what he wanted, was he alone, and if he wanted water.
He just smiled shyly, kept the copper vessel down in front of me and left.
I didn't follow him or stop him because I was really curious about what the vessel contained.
I took it inside and my help was polishing my new steel trunk that I have converted into a 2-seater.
"What is it?", she asked.
It was a blue cabbage sculpture made of smooth, fragile porcelain. It is gorgeous!
Such a strange day.
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