Beware of Kids

Today evening after office as usual I was going to my gym. As I was parking my bike outside the gym,I saw there were a few kids playing with their moms I guess..but I dint pay much attention to them...
then all of a sudden a cute kid started calling me.. "Maama".."maama"...then her mom pulled the kid close to herself and was telling to another lady..that the kid always thinks whoever comes by bike is her maama...
and yea I heard that...[that was actually for me]..I was all smiles..and went into the gym...


But this reminded me of an embarrassing incident which happened some time during 2005, while I was in Hyderabad..

One fine day I was going to office..all neatly dressed..and the bus by which I was going to office was very crowded,which was quite usual...I was standing for sometime..and at one of the stops..the person sitting on the seat in front of me got up..and before someone grabbed it..I jumped on to it..[now who knows what was in store there for me...]
Then there was this kid..should be about 2-3yrs old..sitting on his mom's lap...the kid seemed to be very annoying one..cos the mom was really struggling to keep him at one place...
Then this kid turns back and discovers me...I gave a broad smile [not that I love kids a lot..and pls dont think am a pedophile]..just cos he seemed to be one annoying one..I was trying to socialize myself with my smile..[who knows that the smile turns out to be a fatal one for me..]

The kid stared at me for a while..and then all of sudden jumped on to me..shouting "Daddy".so loud that I heard the echo from behind.....and I was like.."what ? :O..." the people around were all looking at this whole drama...am sure half of them would have really thought that I was his dad...The lady pulled the kid towards her and told..it is not daddy..it is uncle...now that didnt seem to have bettered the situation for me.. infact it has worsened the situation..with all suspicious looks around..I felt it is not worth the luxury of having a seat so I got up...and went to the rear end of the bus..so that the kid could not even smell my presence...