One hot afternoon when Tinku came back
from school, he shouted “ mama, bring cold juice its so hot I think
I might melt”. His Dadda ji who was sitting in the lounge laughed “
what over dramatic kid you are.” Tinku smiled and said “ no
really dadda ji it is so hot”. Tinkus mother brought juice and gave
him a glass full. His younger sister munni drank one too. Munni said
“ mama you know guddi is going on th beach this weekend , she would
have so much fun” tinku on hearing this shouted “ we should go
too, it would be so cool and fun”. His mother smiled and said “ I
am sure she would enjoy it but Beta we cant your dad is busy, but I
promise I would take you all in the coming month”. Tinku made a
face and grumpily said “ but it is hot today. How I wish to see the
sea and sand and make sand castles”.
Their mother looked at dadda ji
helplessly. Dada ji smiled and nodded and their mother went back to
kitchen. Dadda ji switched on the TV to discovery channel where co
incidentally they were showing the sea and a beach. Tinku's face lit
up, he smiled and said to his sister “ Munni look how clean the
water is and look at the waves” Munni sighed and replied “ yes
and the sea shells....”
A couple of minutes later dadda ji
noticed a thoughtful expression on tinku's face and asked him the
reason “ why what is wrong tinku, you seem to be in deep thought.”
Tinku replied” dadda ji I was just wondering...” daddaji said “
yes?” tinku said “ look at the foam the waves bring, I was
wondering why the color of the foam of the sea is white?”.
Dadda ji smiled and said “ come here
I would tell you”. So tinku got up and sat beside his dadda ji and
dadda ji told him “foam is made up of so many little bubbles, each
acting as a prism, and refracting the suns rays into their primary
colors. As there are so many prisms, the various rays are so
interlaced and interwoven as to produce white light thus giving the
foam white color.”
tinku jumped excitedly and said “
thank you Dada ji , I would write this in my diary and tell my
friends too.” daddaji smiled at him lovingly and said “ your
welcome beta, now go and change your clothes and lets have dinner.”
