It was a Friday evening…I was almost in a holiday mood…My dad called me up in the evening, he was stuck up on the way back home, his scooter ran out of fuel. I had to help him. I started off from office and I met him. We transferred some fuel from my bike to his scooter…While we were about to leave, he suggested to buy some tender coconuts for my mom. We went to near by tender coconut shop….
I asked the shop keeper to get two tender coconuts; he was already occupied with a customer. So I had to wait for some time…Then I realized a small boy in the shop was gazing my office identity card tag…He was so curious about it…I thought he wanted to have a interested to see it. So I removed my ID card tag, and handed over it to him…He said…
The kid: Onnum illai anna, indha ID card la irukradhu neenga dhana nu pathain….(Nothing brother, I was checking if it was you in the ID card picture….)
I knew already our ID cards photograph is so pathetic; our admin guys make real ghosts out of us 
Even good looking faces get turned as ghosts !! Then where do I stand 
But I liked the kid, I liked the way he spoke…his presence of mind.
I continued,
Me: Endha school padikura…(which school are you studying??)
The kid: RBI school…
I could not hear his voice…I asked him again…He yelled at me again saying,
The kid: RBI school !!!!!!
I thought I made his mercury level raise, he was playing with some black dot like thing in his small desk. I was wondering what it was, then on touching it I realized it was coat buttons, I asked him
Me: Ennadhu idhu…!! Oh button aa…!! (whats this…!! Oh buttons is it?)
The kid: hmmm amaam…(hmmm..yes !!)
This time his reply was in normal tone…
By now, his father, the shop owner was cutting two tender coconuts, I asked him what the price was, and he answered 30 bucks.
I took 30 bucks (three ten rupee notes) and handed over it to the kid…He asked me,
The kid: Enna anna elanir vangitangala……(What brother, did you get the tender coconuts??..)
Me: Illapa innum vangala..(No not yet..!!)
The kid: Appana vanguna apparam kaasu kuduthu irukalam la…een ippavey kuduthinga…(Then you should have handed over the money after getting it…why did you give it now itself..)
I could not answer that question, I just smiled at him…I could only find his pure heart there which was filled with honesty and moral…His attitude to follow the business etiquette with proper norms…I liked the boy…I thought, I should buy tender coconut in his shop if I am buying it next time.
When everyone is a kid…like him, everyone were pure and good souls, as time passed by, we get into materialistic dominations and forget some basics of living our life…
