Modern Reader’s Curiosity

I still recollect my days of childhood when I used to run into the room, and flung myself on the bed beside my grand mother, and said: Grannie, do tell me a story." I had to ask this many times as my grandmother was always busy with different things.If she was busy in talking to my mother I told Mother she could finish her talk to-morrow, but she must let Grannie tell me a story there and then. As soon as ever Mother had given way, I rushed at Grannie. I got hold of her hand, and, dancing with delight, dragged her inside my mosquito curtain on to the bed. I clutched hold of the bolster with both hands in my excitement, and jumped up and down with joy, and used to say: "Now, Grannie, let's have the story!"
My Grandmother then used to tell me the story of a king who had seven sons or of beautiful princess who was in the full bloom of her youth and who sleep on the golden bed of flowers. There was no need for me to know who the king in the story was or what the name of that beautiful princess was. There is an English proverb: "Ask me no questions, and I will tell you no lies." So I used to withhold all my questions, while the story was being told. So the pure and beautiful falsehood of it all remain naked and innocent. I understood all sweet things; and never cared for such useless things as knowledge. I only cared for truth. And my unsophisticated little heart knew well where the Crystal Palace of Truth lay and how to reach it.
Today whenever I steal few moments from my busy life, I always open treasure of my childhood memories and stories. Sometimes I tried to pass those stories to my nine year old daughter but she seems to be always critical and suspicious .She blinks at me through her scientific spectacles, and asks "Which King you are talking of, Mom? What was his name? This irritates me but I assume instead a look of profound learning, and begin: Ok, King’s name was so and so.” Being a modern reader her curiosity, however, is not so easily satisfied. She would ask,”Ok mom tell me which country he was ruling over”? I deeply regret that it is impossible to find, from any trustworthy source, a detailed account of his reign .Then she brings her Encyclopedia of History. It becomes difficult to dissolve her suspicions Finally I give away idea of transferring my precious treasure of stories to her and decided to keep it to my self. But one thing is understood that children of this age like a story that is both improving and instructive. They don’t want to be deluded like us.