ONCE UPON A TIME, THERE WERE THREE LITTLE PIGLETS NAMELY-SHEEBU,NANNU AND SUMI. SHEEBU AND NANNU WERE SEPARATED BY A YEAR AND SUMI WAS THE YOUNGEST-SHE WAS THE BABY PIGLET OF THE FAMILY SO TERRIBLY SPOILT.
FIRST I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT THE SPECIAL AND UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP SHARED BY SHEEBU AND NANNU. THEY WERE BEST FRIENDS BUT ALSO BEST ENEMIES. THEY COMPETED ABOUT EVERYTHING-CLOTHES,SHOES,BOOKS,MUSIC AND MOST OF ALL ABOUT THE -YOU GUESSED IT-THE BOY PIGGY WIGGYS!!!!! OH! WHAT FIGHTS OVER THEM!!! "HE LIKES ME" SQUEALED SHEEBU "NO!! HE LIKES ME" GRUNTED NANNU OR "HE LOOKED AT ME" YELPED NANNU OR "NO,HE SMILED AT ME" RETORTED SHEEBU WERE COMMON REFRAINS IN THEIR PRETTY CRAZY HOUSEHOLD!!THERE WAS SCREAMING,SHOUTING,YELLING,TEARS ,THROWING OF BOOKS,BREAKING AND SMASHING OF COSMETICS,RIPPING EACH OTHERS FAVE BLOUSES,JEANS ,HIDING OF CRUCIAL TEXT BOOKS ETC AND FRANKLY THE MOTHER PIGLET WAS QUITE FED UP!! SHE WAS SICK OF PLAYING REFEREE AND HAVING ALWAYS TO CALM DOWN THE TWO VERY HYSTERICAL PIGLETS!!! SHE LECTURED OFTEN TO BOTH SHEEBU AND NANNU THAT AS SISTERS THEY WEREN'T IN COMPETITION WITH EACH OTHER AND EACH HAD HER OWN UNIQUE INDIVIDUALITY AND CHARM BUT ALL THE GREAT ADVICE FELL ON DEAF YEARS.
OVER THE YEARS THE PIGLETS CONTINUED WITH THEIR PROTRACTED WARFARE AND ACCUMULATED THEIR RESPECTIVE FRIENDS AND ADMIRERS. BUT THROUGH IT ALL THEY ALSO STOOD STEADFASTLY FOR EACH OTHER. SO WHEN THEY WEREN'T FIGHTING AND ARGUING THEY WERE TALKING , DISCUSSING , HAND HOLDING AND COVERING UP FOR EACH OTHER. THEY WOULD WATCH EACH OTHERS BACKS ALL THE TIME AND CANDIDLY HEAVEN HATH NO FURY IF EITHER PIGLET WAS SCORNED OR WRONGED!!THEY WOULD DEFEND EACH OTHER TO THE LAST DROP OF BLOOD IF REQUIRED (I KNOW THAT SOUNDS VERY MELODRAMATIC BUT THEN WHAT TO DO!! DRAMA RUNS IN MY GENES!).THEY WOULD SHARE EVERY TINY DETAIL OF THEIR LIFE WITH EACH OTHER AND THEIR WERE NO SECRETS (ALMOST!) WITH EACH OTHER. THE PIGLETS HAD HAD IT PRETTY TOUGH WITH THEIR FATHER PASSING AWAY WHEN THEY WERE QUITE YOUNG AND SINCE THE MOTHER PIGLET WAS OUT MOST OF THE TIMES TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET,THEY JUST HAD EACH OTHER FOR COMPANY. SO THEY WOULD BE CONSTANTLY TOGETHER-HELPING EACH OTHER WITH HOMEWORK,DEVISING WAYS TO FOOL THE SCIENCE PRACTICAL TEACHER INTO GIVING A DECENT GRADE,COOKING UP SCHEMES TO BE ABLE TO STAY OUT LATE,FIGHTING EACH OTHERS BATTLES WITH OTHER JEALOUS PIGLETS,COMFORTING EACH OTHER AND WIPING A TEAR WHEN A BREAK UP HAPPENED, GETTING DRESSED TOGETHER TO GO FOR A PARTY AND WAGGING FINGERS AT EACH OTHER AT THE SAME PARTY TO BEHAVE!!! SO ALL IN ALL IT WAS AND STILL IS A GREAT RELATION SHIP AND THEY ARE SISTERS IN THE TRUEST SENSE OF THE WORD!!!
NOW LETS COME TO SUMI!!! SUMI HAPPENED MUCH LATER IN LIFE WHEN THE MOTHER PIGLET REMARRIED!! SHES SEPARATED BY SEVENTEEN YEARS WITH SHEEBU AND THEREFORE SIXTEEN YEARS WITH NANNU!! SHE WAS THE CUTEST PIGLET EVER BORN!! ALL PINK , ROSY, VERY CUDDLY WUDDLY AND HUGE!!! SHE WEIGHED SOME NINE POUNDS AND THE MOTHER PIGLET WAS IN AGONY DELIVERING HER!! SUMI WAS A HAPPY LITTLE PIGLET! WE WOULD JUST FEED HER,BURP HER,SING HER A LULLABY AND SHE WOULD SLEEP FOR HOURS!! AND WHEN SHE WAS UP SHE WAS OUR LITTLE PRINCESS! WE SPOILT HER ROTTEN-WE WOULD MASSAGE HER,BOUNCE HER ON OUR LAP TILL OUR KNEES HURT,TICKLE HER,KISS HER-I THINK SHE WOULD GET KISSED A THOUSAND TIMES A DAY. MAKE HER WEAR THESE CUTE, PINK,LACY,FROCKS AND TIE UP HER JET BLACK HAIR IN RIBBONS OF ALL COLORS AND HUES! IT WAS A HAPPY TIME FOR THE WHOLE PIGGY WIGGY FAMILY!!
THEN SUMI TURNED TWO AND WE FOUND OUT WHY EXACTLY THEY ARE REFERRED TO AS THE "TERRIBLE TWOS"! SHE WAS UNCONTROLLABLE AND A REAL PAIN IN THE ASS!! SHE WAS TANTRUM QUEEN TO THE NTH DEGREE AND WHEN SHE WOULD WAIL AND BAWL THE WHOLE BUILDING IN WHICH THE PIGGY WIGGY FAMILY LIVED WOULD QUIVER AND SHAKE!! OTHER PIGS AND PIGLETS WOULD RUN FOR COVER AND EAR PLUGS!! IF THE BABY PIGLET WANTED SOMETHING SHE WOULD BLOODY WELL GET IT OR HEAVENS HELP!!!!THIS THANKFULLY ONLY CONTINUED FOR A YEAR OR TWO MORE AND THEN SUMI STARTED SCHOOL. WE ALL WERE VERY RELIEVED AND PRAISED THE LORD AGAIN FOR SUCH A GREAT INSTITUTION WHERE AT LEAST YOU COULD GET RID OF THE "BAWLERS" FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS AND COULD GIVE YOUR ACHING HEAD AND EVEN MORE ACHING AND SORE EARS A REST!!
THEN SHEEBU MET HER PRINCE CHARMING AND WAS WHISKED AWAY TO NEVER NEVER LAND!! SHE DIDN'T SEE SO MUCH OF NANNU OR SUMI ANYMORE BUT MISSED THEM A GREAT DEAL. THEY MET AS OFTEN AS THE GREAT INDIAN PIGGY WIGGY JOINT FAMILY SYSTEM PERMITTED (IN SHEEBUS CASE). THEY WOULD GO OUT FOR LUNCH ,SHOPPING AND MOVIES. SUMI NOW JUST GETTING INTO HER TEENS WOULD TURN TO HER ELDER SISTERS FOR ADVICE AND SUCCOUR. WE WOULD ALWAYS TELL HER TO PLAY "HARD TO GET" AND GIVE HER THE LATEST FASHION TIPS AS GARNERED FROM THE "VOGUE" OR 'COSMOPOLITAN'. SHE DEFINITELY HAD AN ADVANTAGE OVER THE OTHER PIGLETS!! SHE HAD THESE TWO,WALKING,TALKING ENCYCLOPEDIAS THAT SHE COULD ALWAYS REFER TO IN TIMES OF STRESS AND NEED. WE ALSO SUPPLEMENTED HER MEAGRE POCKET MONEY AND MADE EXCUSES FOR HER WITH OUR PARENTS. WE INSISTED ON MEETING WITH ALL HER BOY PIGGY WIGGY FRIENDS AND THEN DISSECTED THEM TO DEATH ENUMERATING IN GREAT DETAIL THEIR PROS AND CONS!!!
LIFE CONTINUED LIKE THIS AND NOW SUDDENLY THE LITTLEST PIGGY WIGGY SUMI IS ALL GROWN UP AND MATURE. INSTEAD OF US MOTHERING AND HERDING HER SHE NOW ALONE IS PERFORMING THAT ROLE!! HOW TIME FLIES AND ROLES GET REVERSED!! SO NOW SHES THE ONE WHO'S ADVISING US ,COUNSELLING US AND GIVING US TIPS. WE ARE ALL LAPPING IT UP BECAUSE SHE LEAVES AGAIN NEXT YEAR FOR HIGHER STUDIES ABROAD. EVEN THOUGH SHE IS THIS ALL GROWN UP,MATURE,BEAUTIFUL PIGGY WIGGY, IN OUR MINDS SHE WILL ALWAYS BE THIS PINK BALL OF FLUFF WHO WAS BAWLING ALL THE TIME AND SOILING HER NAPPIES!! ALL THE BEST TO YOU MY DARLING SISTER!! MAY YOU ALWAYS DO WELL ,BE HAPPY AND FIND THE ULTIMATE BOY PIGGY WIGGY WHO CAN TREAT YOU AS THE PRINCESS YOU TRULY ARE!!!!
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