Kochappan's Evesdropping.

I tiptoed towards the bedroom in which the mother and the daughter of my home

were closeted.I could hear them talking in hushed tone. I kept my ear to the door in an attempt to listen; in vain. I was bit irritated about this secrecy. I mailed to Kochappan about it. I informed about the 'evesdropping' I did.

I have heard of a Professor of English who found a love letter hidden in his daughter's clutch bag. He went through the letter, corrected the spelling and grammar mistakes and returned it to the boy who wrote it, giving an advice not to commit such silly mistakes in his writings in future.

That's what Kochappan did to my mail apprising him of my 'evesdropping'.

'' The spelling is wrong '' He commented.'' Listening to a conversation on the sly is

' eavesdropping' and not 'evesdropping'. ' Eaves' is the underside of a projection of a building.''

'' What has the projection of a building got to do with listening to a conversation?''. I blurted.

'' 'Eavesdrop' originally refers to the water dripping from the eaves of a building or the ground on which it falls. In the medieval times there were legal restrictions on, buildings close to the property lines of another, so that the water does not fall on the ground of neighbours. The word 'eavesdropper' meant about a person who stands on the ' eavesdrop' of a building trying listen to his neighbour.'' He explained at length.

Instead of pacifying me what he gives me is a lesson in eavesdrops. Some times i feel like winding up telling him everything every time.

But then he is like the ' Low neckline ' - something you approve of and look down at the same time !!!

menon ( aniyan )