A Mulberry tree swing

Kerala of the 1980s was very different from what it is now. There were no concrete roads, less cars and much more interaction among people. It was all play time for kids in the primary section. Two of them were Nandu and meera. They were siblings and were in pre-primary respectively. Living in a small neighbourhood, they could go anywhere around till they returned before 7 pm.

It Was a sunny Sunday and both of them were walking around the neighborhood.  They observed a mulberry tree which had one of these branches perfect for a swing. And that was what they decided to do, tie a swing ! They found a rope which was used to tie a cow and threw it around the swing. They used a thin wooden plank for them to sit. 

And the swing was successfully ready!

Meera chose to sit first. Nandu pushed her from behind. Both of them were having great fun. But sadly, they did not know physics; the rope constantly moving back and forth had caused wear and tear to occur. The branch fell down but more than that, Meera fell down unconsciously. Nandu was shocked. Being a small boy, he didn't know what to do. He went home and told his two elder sisters about it. They rushed with Nandu to the spot. The eldest sister, in shock, let out a scream and suddenly, most of the villagers had surrounded them. 

Water was brought and sprinkled on Meera’s face and people were swinging leaf fans above her head. Poor little Nandu , suddenly he felt scared and guilty, being a small kid, little did he know that none was his fault. His parents were at their shop, he went to them and told them what happened. 

Nandu expected a good beating but they checked out what happened with Nandu .When they reached, all the people there were saying ‘ look at little Nandu , he is small, but when his sister fell down, he didn't panic but called the adults and inform them. What a smart boy !’ For Nandu , this was surprising because he had thought that Meera fell down due to him pushing her sown the swing. Meera recovered soon and soon, they were playing on another swing, a proper one tied on a big banyan tree. The only thing that had changed was that Nandu did not trust himself to push Meera on the swing. Silly little Nandu !

Based on real incident, names changed.