My Niece

Myself & my niece are best of friends. I would like to narrate some incidents, which I have shared with her.
             She has grown up now & is very caring & loving.
          When she was a very small kid, we were inseparable.
                       She is my sister's daughter & my brother-in law is a doctor. Whenever there was a get together, she was more than willing to sit on my lap. As soon as she used to come with her parents at our place, she used to jump with excitement in her father's lap.One could see a cheerful expression on her face, particularly, after seeing me at the front door.
                                                                Later, when my niece had started walking, (which was very early) she used to move from one place to another real fast. She was very observant & used to get curious about many things lying in the kitchen & in the living room. Like a typical child, she used to make an imaginative tea  & used to insist that we should all have it. We, in return, like proper good guests, used to appreciate it  & say that it is very nice.
                                   She is still a 'joy' of our life. But since, we are talking about her childhood, I must tell you that she was an 'apple of everybody's eye'. She was pampered thoroughly, whether she was in maternal or paternal house.
                                 As we are very fond of each other, I have to narrate this sweet incident. One day, my sister was feeding pancake to her. At that very moment, her paternal grandfather's brother came with his wife. As chance would have it, I also dropped in for some work, at that very moment. As soon as my niece saw me, she looked at her guests & made a cute gesture, with excitement, indicating my presence.You can very well imagine, as to, how I must have swelled with happiness.
                                                                   The best part about our relationship is that when my sister & brother- in- law were in Halwara, near Ludhiana, myself & my mother used to visit them quite often & stay there for few days. And when it was time to leave their place & as soon as, I used to sit in the car, my niece used to start crying. With a heavy heart, I used to get down & hold her tightly. After sometime, when we used to leave from their place, stealthily, without her knowledge, I used to literally sob for quite some time & later on, ring up my sister to find out about my niece's welfare.
                                                                                Now, too, she is full of antics. She is very fond of jumping about in the whole house & often gets hurt. Once, she managed to break the most beautiful glass round table of the living room in her house. We were all there & we could not get angry with her because she was herself feeling very bad about it. Thank God ! She didn't get hurt.
                                               She is very fond of acting on the stage & thus she has participated in number of plays in her school. She has lots of friends & is a complete extrovert personality. Her teachers & even the Principal of her school are very fond of her.
                                                                In the end, I would like to conclude that she really knows as to how to wrap everybody around her little finger, with her sweet & endearing nature.
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