Champaklal Speaks

Two Children

1944-06-17

When Sri Aurobindo used to sit in his sofa for writing we used to place a writing-desk in front. Once while writing he asked for water. As he was drinking, some water was spilt; a little later some more was spilt. He asked me why that was happening.

Since his accident he used a feeding cup for drinking water. These cups have spouts like on jhari [spouted pot] and he put his mouth to the spout when he drank.

I showed him the rim of this cup and said: “You see, this opening is larger than in other feeding cups. When it is tilted too much, water spills over the rim. But if you drink slowly without tilting the cup too much, water will not spill.”

Sri Aurobindo exclaimed, “Oh, oh!” and laughed. Then he followed my directions and the water was not spilt.

Truly he was sometimes like a child—before another child!