One of our most popular writers, Uma Iyer has dreamt of Molu, a mischievous six-year-old for almost a decade now. She shares with the young readers of Unboxed Writers, ‘Meet Molu,’ a yet to be published first book of hopefully what would turn out to be a Molu and Tushka series. Agni, or ‘Molu’ as she is commonly referred to, is a six year old girl whose life revolves around her parents, her friends and her puppy, Tushka. The book is a view of the world around her, through her eyes and consists of 12 chapters.
Main Characters:
Molu: Six-year-old girl. Brown skin, big black eyes that shine and sparkle, curly hair, extremely curious, chatter-box, loves chips, ice-creams, water and Tushka, usually dressed in shorts and t-shirts, occasionally considers wearing summer frocks.
Tushka: Approximately five-month-old puppy, black as the night with brown eyes, of indefinite lineage, tends to cock her head to one side when Molu speaks with her, loves chips, ice-creams, water, balls and Molu, wears a neon green belt around her neck with a bone medallion
Etc. Characters:
Amma: The mother
Appa: The father
Bibi: The maid
Coco: The cat next door
Binny: The boy next door
Meet Molu
Molu means little girl. My name is Agni but everyone calls me Molu because, well, because I am a little girl. My Appa calls me Chikku sometimes. I don’t like it. I think that is why he does it.
I am six-year-old. My birthday was last month, April 15th but we celebrated on 17th because it was a Saturday and I didn’t get to wear my new ‘Monster Kid’ T-shirt because Amma said it did not fit the theme – Sea World. I had chosen the theme because I like the little mermaid, but I don’t like all those frilly skirts. They get in the way all the time. The cake was good, looked like a beach with shells. And we had ice-creams. Vanilla and strawberry and chocolate. I had three bowls. One vanilla and two strawberries and lots of potato chips. We had some games also, but Amma said I couldn’t win all the time because I was the host. I don’t like being the host. It is silly to let others win when you can win a glitter pen set.
My hair is like noodles. I don’t mind it much, but Amma spends a lot of time trying to “tame it.” I tell her it is not a lion or something. She says it is even worse. I like noodles. No vegetables in them please.
I like blue colour and orange colour. I like colouring and drawing. Crayons and water colours are my favourites. I got two new colouring sets for my happy birthday, many books, two new shorts and a cycle. It is an awesome big cycle. It has two extra wheels which Appa will remove once I learn to ride it on my own. And then I can go and buy vegetables and fruits alone, Appa said! I am six-years-old!! I am a big girl!
I go to Sunrise Global School and I am in the second standard. And I am very sleepy. If I don’t sleep now, Bibi will come and scream in my ears and make me cry in the morning. Then I will miss the bus. Then Amma will be upset. Then Appa will drop me to school on his bike.
I think I will not wake up on time. I like Appa best in the world. And Amma also. But Appa bestest.
He sings loudly with me and tickles me when I am sad.
He also buys me jello-bello triple ice cream sundaes with sprinkles. Before dinner. He eats almost half of it, but that is ok.
Goodnight…
Uhm … I forgot to brush my teeth again. Should I just tell yes if Amma asks?
Ok, I should go, brush, or else an army of bacteria will camp in my gums and my teeth will fall out one by one and when I learn to whistle; only air will come out.
To be continued…
Uma Iyer is a writer, a mother and a freelance consultant for marketing communication to several organisations. She was raised in Mumbai and currently lives in Delhi. Her retirement plan includes two dogs, many books and a shack by the sea.
Well…. is there a concept of rpyalty payments on the Internet?…. I hope I still retain the rights for my retirement fund.. Thoroughly happy to see it getting out of Uma’s laptop and in “print”…
very very cute story! When is the next installment coming???
Well,well! surprised and happy to know
Uma the writer. Best wishes
Please please print soon…i am running out stories to tell my son and very cute story I must say. Easy to see where your inspiration is coming from…khudos
@ sri: YOU are my retirement plan.
@ viji: thanks! next installment should happen in a couple of days
@ MR: i was always uma the iyer. uma the writer does not sound half as bad though 🙂
Hi Uma, I was Sriram’s classmate in Cambridge school. Beautifully written.loved it. Looking forward for more. All the best 🙂