ikshu (complaining about raisins in the breakfast cereal): i don't like kismis in corn flakes
me: yday u complained about idlis and wanted cereals - today i give you cereals and u have something to complain about that too? what will you do if u go to some place where you can't get, say curd?
ikshu goes silent and angry not talking - goes to balcony and stands there staring into space - i coax him to talk finally and the tears start rolling down! how can u say that i will be in a place where i can't get curd!! had to give him stories about arctic / antartic expeditions where you can't get curd to get him to stop crying!!