Champaklal Speaks

Champaklal does not Understand

Once my maternal uncle complained to my mother, “When Champak comes to our house he refuses to eat, even if we insist!” So she told me not to refuse in future.

Unexpectedly, the very next morning an occasion arose and I was sent on an errand to Uncle's house. He asked me to have my lunch there. Now, that very day both our families had been invited for dinner to some other place, and, as is usual in such circumstances, my aunt had not cooked a regular lunch. But not knowing any of that, I promptly accepted and my aunt was forced to serve whatever was available.

Back home, when I related this to my mother she exclaimed, “But this evening we are all going out for dinner!” I replied, “Well, Uncle asked me to eat, so I are.” Everyone laughed.

The next day when Uncle came to our house, he told my mother, “Champak does not understand anything! Yesterday nothing was cooked because we were all going out for dinner, but the moment I asked him merely out of courtesy, he promptly sat down to eat! He does not understand anything!”