Somin was listening to a new Noddy story sitting in my lap. As I turned page 3, he poked the page and said, "Wait, pause, I have to switch on the fan," before getting up to do the needful. "Tape aa chha pause toh kare?" I asked. "Ha, tape hi aa," he said.

After his afternoon siesta he got up and went to the loo. "Did you wash your hands," asked his big nani. "I washed my face, so my hands got washed automatically," was his instant reply.