More on Ramlal

This weekend was eventful. Details and photographs of the same will be uploaded soon.
But one of the few things that made it interesting was a whole new series of experiences with Ramlal.

I cleaned Ramlal's tub. Plucking him out for this was an adventure in itself. If only he knew the meaning of "Stay still, you moron!" Nevertheless, the cleaning was achieved without much trouble, and in utter joy he ate four sticks of his dirty, smelly food.

All of you will be pleased to know that two new games have been created for Ramlal's entertainment. They are called "Whirlpool" and "Earthquake" respectively.
In the first one, wind is blown in to his blue tub and the attempt is to simulate a whirlpool. Of course, the entire game is accompanied by appropriate sound effects.
The second game is particularly entertaining, and my personal favorite. The objective of this is to simulate an earthquake, and it is achieved by following three crucial steps:
The first involves walking towards Ramlal's blue tub with heavy steps.
In the second stage, you are to grip the two sides of the tub and shake it mightily all the while ensuring that no water spills out from the tub either on you or on the carpet (failure to ensure so will get you yelled at by Manasi).
In the third and most crucial step, you have to maintain the tempo of the earthquake by making appropriate earthquake-like (!) sounds.

But the bore that Ramlal is, all he does is paddle with all his might or hide under that inverted cup house of his in an attempt to escape. He so did NOT seem to appreciate these innovative games the first time round. But to be fair to him, I think he is gradually getting a hang of them. For today, when Manasi was safely out of the house and I went to play Earthquake, he poked his little ugly green head out of the tub to study me for a while, which is when we played "Who can stare the longest without blinking?" Ramlal won.