Popeye's June Diary

June 1. 1978

My dearest diary,

Today I got up from the bed at 7 o clock and got ready very very fast for the school. Mama got angry but she did not tel me anything. but I know she was very angry. Then when I came home in the evening she had forgotten that I had gotten up so late and troubled her while taking bath also.

So because she had forgottewn it she kissed me and hugged me tight. And I liked it so much.

You know Mama also told me that it is going to rain this month. This month is June. Mama said it rains in June. So I am very happy now because when it will rain I will ask mama to make me a big big boat like papa makes with the newspaper paper. I wilt el her to make twpo boats actually. One I will wear on my head and the other i wil tak out and play with Mahesh near the naale where D souza uncle stands and catches all the fishes.

Now I must realy sleep otherwise mama wil be angry again tomorrow. I wish it will rain today night. If it does I wil sleep with mama holding her tight.

With lots Of Love and kissses
Popeye Mehta

June 4. 1978

Diary,

I am so sorry that I did not even write to you on june 2 and june 3. thats because mama had got very very sick. I did not tell you before about it because I felt very bad talking badly about my mama. But you know mamas stomach has got big and fat and she is telling me everyday and every evening that I wil be having a small sister with long hair and ribbon and frock. But whenever I asked her that mama please tell

me how will sister come out from stomach she does not tell me.

Now mama is calling me. I have to go. She wants me to press her back and apply iodex on the back so that it does not pain more.

I wil tell you what happens later.

With regards,
Popeye Mehta

PS: it has not rained even til now. I wil tell mama that she must find out why it has not rained because I want to play bot and cap with Mahesh.

June 7, 1978

My dear friend Diary,

I cannot even tell you how happy I am. I am so so so happy. I have a sister. I am happy happy happy. That is why I could not tell you anything about what happened.

After I had wrote to you that day, I had gone to sleep with mama. Then my eyes opened and I looked at the cloack. The big hand was on eleven and the small hand was also on eleven only. And mama was trebmling and crying and she was putting on her sari. So I got very worried and aksed her what happened. She said popeye go and tell parthasarthy aunty to come and help your mama because mama has very hard backpain.

So I went running at full speed to parthasarthy auntys house and kept ringing and ringing the bell one hundred times. Then I told aunty what mama had said. And then she came home and tied mamas sari. And parthasarthy uncle drove his creem color fiat full speed. Mama was crying and crying. I was very woreid. I kept very quiet. Because papa one day had told me we should not talk to the driver when he is driving. When we reached on the bridghe the car stopped. That was because there was a traffic jam. Papa says a traffic jam is not like butter and jam. It is when all the cars and trucks and bus come and block the road anfd nothing will go here or there. I did puja to Vishnu because mama said Vishnu has so many avtar like Krishna and ram and all many more. And mama was right because the traffic opened and we went to the hospital.

They did not allow me to even go inside. I sat and played on one uncles scooter that is like papas scooter. It was also blue and white. Then afterwards parthasarthy aunty came and told me that I can go and see my sister who has come out of my mamas tummy. So I went to the other room where they were doing masag of the baby. And I did not like her looks. She was very small and like dirty. And she did not have any ribbons and did not have any frock also. And she was having not even one hairs on her head. That was very sad. But I did not tell mama that. I told mama that sister was wearing everything and had very long hair.

But I am happy now because we have come home. And papa is also going to come home tomorrow from Bombay.

He wil bring me so many things like gun and helicopter.

Now I wil go and sleep with mama. Maybe it wil rain today in the night. My sister wil also like it I am sure.
With lots of love and kisses,

Popeye Mehta

June 10, 1978

Dairy I am very sad. I should not tel you this because I promised mama but i wil. Because you are my best friend. So maani things happened today so I will write them down in points only.

1. papa had come home so he gave me the gun and the helicopter. The helicopter does not fly at all.
2. I was very happy because it rained in the ground and the roof and the naale from morning only. It is now also raining only. Papa made for me the 2 boats. One boat I put on my head and other one I took to play. Mahesh did not come to play but his sister anita came to play. I like anita because she is so pretty with her red frock. I gave her my cap boat. We plaed for much time.
3. when I came hom my mama was sleeping and crying. Papa went to the market for the fruit. Mama is very afraid of the thunder. So whgat I do is that when the light comes in the sky i tel her that there is ligt and now the thunder wil come. And then she puts her head under the pillow and hides. And I then hold her. My mama is very nice. I am sorry that I told her i wil shoot her with papas gun and make hema malini my mummy because hema malini is so beautiful.
4. then mama and papa went to the party of parthasarthy uncle. There they all danced and ate good food and papa drank very very much. Mummy told her not to drink also but he did not listen at al. then when they came home mama was crying and papa was angry. He said bad things to mama. He said mama went and danced with that uncle and that was bad. So he pushed mama and hit her on her head and hand. And now mama cannot move her hand at al.
5. papa is sleeping in the bed. His pant is open and his shirt boton is also open now. Mama is crying in the vbalcony with my sister who has no ribbons. I am very afraid. I do not know what to do. I promise i wil never beat her when I grow big. When I am big I wil mary mama and make her very happy.

Now I must go to mama because I just saw a lightening in the sky and it wil be thunder after this. Bye

Popeye

PS: it is raining so muych that water is coming from the roof and falling in the kitchen.