Quivered Meaning for Kids

The Great Bajji Debate

Meera: "Ayyo, look at the dark clouds! Do you think the power will go off again?"

Kabir: "Hope not, I just made my tallest block tower ever."

Meera: "Amma’s making bajjis… if the fan stops, the whole kitchen will turn into a steam room."

Kabir: "I don’t care, as long as I get the first hot bajji."

Meera: "You always take the first one! Last time I had to wait till the plate was almost empty."

Kabir: "Because you keep saying, ‘You go first, Kabir,’ and then you glare at me."

Meera: "That’s called being polite and angry at the same time."

Kabir: "Well, today I’m just hungry."

Amma: "Children, the oil is hot and the chillies are ready. But I’m only giving bajjis to kids who stand in a proper line."

Meera: "See, I came first to the kitchen. I get the first bajji."

Kabir: "No way, I was watching from the doorway like a guard!"

Meera: "Ammaaa, tell him!"

Amma: "Hmm, I see two hungry faces and one small plate. What shall I do?"

Kabir: "Give mine extra big then. I’m growing, no?"

Meera: "My stomach is also growing! Listen to it."

Kabir: "That’s just your fake growl voice."

Meera: "It’s not fake! My tummy just… talks dramatically."

Amma: "Okay, okay. I’ll put the first two bajjis here. You both decide who takes which one."

Kabir: "Dibs on the round one!"

Meera: "Hey! You didn’t even count to three. That’s cheating."

Kabir: "You always get the nicer one in the end anyway."

Meera: "That’s not true. Last Diwali, you grabbed the biggest laddoo."

Kabir: "Because you were staring at the diya like it was a movie."

Meera: "It was pretty, okay? The flame was dancing."

Kabir: "You keep watching things. I keep eating them."

Meera: "Stop being funny. I want the round bajji."

Kabir: "Me too."

Amma: "If you both want the same one, maybe nobody gets it."

Kabir: "What? That’s not fair!"

Meera: "Then who will eat it? Appa?"

Amma: "Maybe I will. It..."