My own theory about digestive system…

I was too young, had no idea about the functioning of human body. One day all of sudden I came up with question asking my mom “What I eat everyday will be stored in my stomach right then Why do I feel hungry every one hour??? U guys thinking every one hour??? :) Too much right!!! If you have kids, your own or others around you, you will not come up with this doubt at all. Coz they only eat junk that either keeps stomach full or produces essential energy to body. She told me it will get digested. Then my next question was “digested”? How? ….

Trust me kids are exceptionally brilliant in knowing Whys? Where? When? What? My mom ignored me saying you are one mini question bank, even today I ask so many questions till I arrive with valid solution. But the only difference is I am called giant question bank.

Then my next target was Dad, he was quite busy with his farm work he did not have time for me. Uncles- Aunts, Grandpa-Granny no one had time.

Then my last hope was my sister, brother and cousins, though I was sure they may not clear my doubt. They too ignored me saying it’s beyond your understandings. Then I confirmed that day that they don’t have brains at all coz they never answered my questions earlier too.

I began exploring a theoretical fantasy world of my own. May be coz I had such an affinity for the imaginary just because I was so single-mindedly devoted in finding the truth. Where the wild things started cooking up in my petite brain…. :)

Children learn, more or less, by creating theories and then testing them out in the real world but as we grow older, our fantasizing becomes constrained by the practical demands of ordinary life :). It’s certainly an interesting one; coz kid’s imagination is not constrained by probability and practicality.

Stone grinders (huge mortars) and rolling pestles are used to grind the rice and other food items. A mortar is a bowl shaped container made of a hard wood, marble, pottery, or stone. The pestle is a bat shaped tool that is used to grind inside the mortar (bowl) and pulverize grains, herbs, and other food substances as well as medicines.

Wondering why am I giving explanation about stone grinders now?

Finally I came up with my fantasy theory of Digestive system. A lady with stone grinder is sitting in my stomach. She grinds all the food I eat. No worry I didn’t get the doubts of

1. How a lady with stone grinder inside stomach? coz I thought it will be in very tiny size as I was, so that both can embed in my stomach.
2. Why only woman not man? Coz I saw only mom doing kitchen work. :)
Ladies were normally dedicated to kitchen…. No worry gals Not any more…..

I strongly believed in my own theory till I studied Digestive system in my 4th standard.
My teacher Mr. Desai Kumar utterly proved me wrong.

One more fantasy I remember is once I ate grapes along with its seeds. I thought grape tree will cultivate in my stomach and its branches will come out of my head. Oh my god…

When I told about my childhood fantasies to my friends they were laughing their heads off. No one ever fantasized like this it seems. I said they never utilized their brains at all.

Small request to all parents and would-be parents out there, give more or less sensible explanation to your little sweethearts else they will come up with ideas as

“Vidya’s law of digestive system sounds as good as Newton’s laws of motion” right!!