AS MILLENNIAL CHILDREN, BORN EITHER IN THE YEAR 2000 OR 2001, WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH BOOKS WRITTEN BY J.K. ROWLING, ENID BLYTON, ROALD DAHL, ETC. BUT AS LITERARY ENTHUSIASTS, WE OUGHT TO KNOW HOW STORY BOOKS WERE WRITTEN BEFORE WE CAME INTO THIS WORLD. SO, TO BOOST UP MY FONDNESS FOR ENGLISH LITERATURE, MY MOTHER BOUGHT A WHOLE SET OF MINI STORY BOOKS WRITTEN BY BEATRIX POTTER FROM LONDON. THE SET CONSISTED OF 4 BOOKS, NAMELY SQUIRREL NUTKIN, PETER RABBIT, LITTLE BENJAMIN BUNNY AND THE TAILOR OF GLOUCESTER. AS AN INDIAN KID, I HAD TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING THE VINTAGE BRITISH VOCABULARY AND ALSO SOME NAMES OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, FLOWERS AND ALSO SOME ANIMALS. TO QUOTE AN EXAMPLE, I HAD NO IDEA WHAT A PINE NEEDLE PIN OR A DANDELION WAS. THESE KIND OF NAMES WERE ALIEN TO ME. BUT AS I GREW UP, I STARTED TO DEVELOP A CERTAIN FONDNESS FOR THESE CHARACTERS AND BOOKS, SO MUCH SO, THAT I FORCED MY MOTHER TO BRING ME A SOFT TOY OF PETER RABBIT THE NEXT TIME SHE WENT TO LONDON. THE PICTURE THAT YOU CAN SEE ABOVE IS THE SIGNATURE PICTURE OF THE BOOK 'THE TAILOR OF GLOUCESTER.' IN THAT PICTURE, WE CAN SEE SMALL MICE SCURRYING ABOUT ON A RED COAT. IN THE STORY, THOSE LITTLE MICE HELP AN OLD TAILOR EARN A FORTUNE BY SEWING THE MAYOR'S WEDDING COAT FOR HIM UNDER COMPLETE SECRECY. INITIALLY, EARLIER IN THE STORY, THE TAILOR'S CAT IS SUPPOSED TO DO THE JOB BECAUSE HIS MASTER IS OLD AND FRAIL. BUT THE CAT RUNS AWAY FROM HIS DUTIES SAYING THAT THERE WAS NO 'TWIST' (HERE, INTERESTING PATTERNS OF SEWING) IN THE TAILOR'S WORK AND LEAVES THE COAT UNFINISHED. THAT IS WHEN THE MICE COME TO THE RESCUE. THE ABOVE PICTURE IS HAND DRAWN BY ME AS IT HIGHLIGHTS A DISTINCT MEMORY OF MY CHILDHOOD. WHEN I DREW THAT, IT WAS LIKE ALL THE MEMORIES CAME GUSHING BACK TO ME. AND TODAY, WHEN I WANT TO RELIVE THOSE MOMENTS, I SIT WITH THOSE BOOKS AND READ TO MY HEART'S CONTENT. AND TODAY, AS A 17 YEAR OLD READING THE OLD TAILOR'S STORY, I THINK ABOUT HOW IRONICAL THAT BOOK HAS BEEN THE WHOLE TIME: THE STORY HAS SO MANY TWISTS AND YET THE SIGNATURE IMAGE IS TITLED 'NO MORE TWIST'...
