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Have there been any visitors today, asked my husband even as he
was having his dinner. Well, yes, I had a couple of them, but
they were not visitors, I said.
What do you mean by saying they are not "visitors", he said
perplexed.
Yes, they are not "visitors", I repeated.
Anyone who visits us is a visitor, he
affirmed.
May be, but these two who came cannot
certainly be called "visitors," I reiterated.
O.K. Without trying my patience anymore, why
don't you tell me who this couple is. Anyone I know, he asked.
Yes, you know them very well, in fact you are
very fond of them, I said.
You mean Ganesh and his wife, he
said.(Ganeshs were his best friends).
No, not the Ganeshs. By the way, when I said
I had a couple of them as "visitors" I didn't mean a husband and
wife, I said.
Then probably they must be your friends, he
stated.
No again, and I don't have such young friends
who are a quarter of my age, I said.
Instead of quizzing why don't you come out
with a proper answer to a simple question I asked, he said
sounding exasperated.
Well, until they came I didn't realise there
was such a day, I said.
Until who came and what day are you referring
to, he asked puzzled.
Preethi and Shashank had come to greet us as
today appears to be 'Grandparents Day'. Both were extremely
disappointed not to find you home, I said.
That's news to me too. Why do you deny that
they are "visitors?" In fact , they are our "annual visitors",
quipped my husband. I knew his disappointed was even greater.
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