Junior Vocab
Anticipation During Diwali
Meera: "Dida, how many minutes till the laddoos are ready?"
Dida: "Arre, Meera, you just asked two minutes ago!"
Ravi: "My stomach is already dancing. I can smell the ghee from the balcony!"
Meera: "Same! My tongue is tingling. Why is waiting so hard during Diwali?"
Dida: "Because good things make you wriggle and wiggle while you wait."
Ravi: "I feel like a firecracker that can’t burst yet. Just shaking inside!"
Meera: "Yesterday in school, I couldn’t even draw straight. I kept thinking of today."
Ravi: "Yeah, and of new clothes… and lights… and laddoos… and fireworks!"
Meera: "My tummy, my brain, my feet—everything is waiting and jumping at once."
Ravi: "Is that what this feeling is called? When you’re waiting but also super-excited?"
Dida: "Hmm, sounds like you’re both full of anticipation."
Meera: "Anticipation is like… when the laddoos are not in my mouth yet, but my mouth is already happy."
Ravi: "And when the sky is still dark, but I can already hear the rockets in my head—that’s anticipation!"
Dida:anticipation?" "Exactly. Now, who wants to light the first diya in all this sweet
Meera: "Me! I want to feel the anticipation glow like the diya flame!"