Grownups know best.

“Rani! Where is my wallet?” Raghu yelled to his wife in the kitchen. “Oh wait! I just found it.” He checked inside. “Did you take some money from it?” Rani came out into the hall and shook her head.
"No, I haven’t been near your wallet at all."
Raghu was surprised. He distinctly remembered putting a 100 rupee in it the previous day and now it was gone. It wasn’t about the money. 100 rupees was quite a bit, but not a lot. It was the matter of who took it. Or did he lose it? Raghu hated losing anything. That’s why he always got so mad at his 8 year old daughter Tina, every time she lost one of her toys, shoes, books, anything. She always seemed to be losing stuff. He blamed it on her mom’s genes. “She’s just like you” he would say to his wife every time his daughter came reporting a new loss. Just then Tina came inside, a bright smile on her face which turned to a sort of guilty one as soon as she saw her father. She tried to slip into her room quietly. Raghu noticed this and followed her into her tiny bedroom. He saw her dumping a handful of chocolates on her bed.
“Tina” he began, the child looked at him with wide eyes
"Yes, papa?"
“Who gave you the chocolates?”
“Mani aunty from the 3rd floor gave them to me Papa.”
“Tina, beta, please, don’t lie. Mani aunty does not eat chocolates; she is old and has diabetes. Why would she have chocolates with her? Now tell me the truth,you bought the chocolates by taking the money from my wallet. Didn’t you?”
Tina shook her head.
“Beta, please tell me the truth.’
Tina again shook her head.
“I didn’t take money from your wallet papa”
Raghu sighed, and sat on her bed and took Tina into his lap.
“Look, Tina, I know mummy and I are a little bit strict about you eating chocolates. But we do it for your own good. You aren’t supposed to be eating chocolates, Doctor Sharma told you that remember?”
“But Aashi says it’s okay to eat chocolates!” Tina burst out.
Raghu shook his head. “No Tina. Grownups know best. Chocolates are bad. And about taking money from my wallet, I won’t scold you this time. But it’s a very bad habit beta. You should never touch other’s things without permission. Daddy has important things in his wallet. If you ask I will always give you money. Understand?”
Tina, whose head was bent, nodded to the floor.
“The important thing is that you tell the truth. Lying is a very bad thing. It doesn’t seem like much. But it is, very, very, bad. So next time, don’t do this okay?”
Tina was crying a little
“but papa I didn’t...”
She started to say when raghu hugged her.
“It’s okay, you can eat the chocolates for today. We’ll make sure you brush your teeth extra hard.” He said, and went out of the room.
The next day, when raghu was watching television, a knock was heard. “Tina!” he called his daughter who was also at home that day.
“Tell whoever it is that papa is not home. Go, go fast”
Tina opened the door and came back to Raghu who meanwhile was waiting in the next room
“Daddy” she began, but Raghu cut her off.
“No Tina, whoever it is tell them no one is at home”
Tina obeyed and Raghu went back to watching TV.
After a while Rani who went to the neighbours came back. “Raghu! Where are you? Why didn’t you answer the door a while ago?”
“The door? Why should I answer it? I thought it was some pesky salesman who wouldn’t take no for an answer or old Shantaram from the 5th floor. You know how he always likes to drop and sit ‘casually’ for hours”
“Argh” Rani fumed “It wasn’t a salesman or Shantaram; it was a person from the country club. Remember the entire apartment people went on a picnic? It seems one of us has won a free stay there, but they didn’t know which one. So they decided to randomly select a flat and give it to them. Ours was the first flat they chose and since no grownup was there, or so they were told, they came to old Mrs. Mani’s and gave her the free stay.”
Raghu was stumped.
“Oh” was all he could manage. “And what about the chocolates?” he asked pointing to the chocolates Rani was catching
“Oh these? Mrs. Mani had a nephew visit her yesterday, it seems he didn’t know that she had diabetes and got her all these chocolates. She didn’t know what do with those so she gave a few to everyone. That’s not the point. You should have answered the door Raghu. It was a foolish waste not answering it just because you thought it Shantaram. The poor fellow doesn’t mean any harm”
“Oh” was again all Raghu could mange.
“Whatever. We’re better off not going to snotty country clubs, anyway. Leave me in peace and don’t nag me now” Raghu said and slumped down grumpily on the couch.


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Grownups Know Best.

This was good. I liked the plot, though it was just a tad bit obvious. So far as mechanics go, the only things I really noticed were a few capitalization issues, run-on sentences, and then just starting a new paragraph.

Mani aunty does not eat chocolates; she is old and has diabetes why would she have chocolates with her.

I would make the "why..." part it's own sentence, or add a comma or something to smooth it out. Also, the period should be a question mark.

You aren’t supposed to be eating chocolates doctor Sharma told you that remember?

Right before "doctor..." I would add a comma.

Also, whenever someone starts talking, it should be a new paragraph. And as for capitalization, I'm not going to go through and find all of them. I would just suggest reading this over.

After all, "Grownups Know best"

I didn't quite understand why you had that in quotations, unless he was saying it to his wife, which wouldn't make much sense. And where's the punctuation!?

So basically,this was good except for a few grammatical things. I don't know if you proofread your work, but if you don't I would suggest it, even though it is a pain.

Hey there! Irish in da hisouse!

This was a cute story! Lol, I feel bad for poor Raghu, he didn't know any better.

I saw a couple nitpicks though:

“Tina” he began, the child looked at him with wide eyes ‘Yes, papa’

Two things about this, there should be quotations around Yes, papa like "Yes Papa" and it should be in a differnat paragraph if its a differant speaker. But you did that everywhere else so it was probably just a simple typo

Also you didn't capatalize Raghu in a couple places as well as Papa, which may or may not HAVE to be capatalized, I'm not quite sure but I think it looks better if you do.

Also, I have a question. Why does he called her Beta? I thought that was a computer thing

Lol other than those things, this was really good!

Keep up the awesome work!

-Irish

Hey there, Damsel. This is my first time reviewing in an extremely long time, so forgive me if I'm a bit rusty.

I really like quite a few things about this piece, which I'll get to later. First, I'll do my nitpicks on your grammar and minor things which are quick fix ups, and then I'll give you a broader overview.

“Rani Where is my wallet?” Raghu yelled to his wife in the kitchen.

Try, "Rani, where is my wallet?" for the correct punctuation here. Also, I don't know how many people have said this to you, but try showing instead of telling. Instead of explicitly stating that Rani is married to Raghu, try to show through their interactions. It's a good sign if you can show things without explicitly stating them. Some reference to a wedding ring would be a subtler hint, maybe.

Also remember, particularly in your next paragraph, that you need to start a new paragraph every time someone new talks. It's fine if the same character talks a couple of times separately, but for the sake of clarity, it's generally accepted to start a new paragraph with a new character.

Another rule is to use a comma before names, such as you have here:

“Look, Tina, I know mummy and I are a little bit strict about you eating chocolates.

However, in several other places you haven't. Here's an example of one, and I'm sure you can find the rest easily. ^_^ This sentence also needs a period to end it, or an exclamation mark if you prefer.

Tina again shook her head. “I didn’t take money from your wallet papa”

I've just looked over the other reviews, and noticed that the other things I was about to say have been covered. So, I'll stop picking on your story.

I actually did like it. It was simple, and the ending was a little predictable, but you at least presented it well. It wasn't quite as clunky as a lot of moral stories are, and your characters did seem like a typical family, so it did feel like a story, as opposed to just one long moral, as could have easily happened. There wasn't much description, but that would have probably weighed a story like this down needlessly, so you've done well in keeping it uncluttered.

The strong point here is the dialogue. Possibly the weaker one is the punctuation. There are a few rules that we've pointed out that are fairly easy to learn, and I'm sure you'll iron out those problems in no time. Essentially, it's a good story, and the problems are mainly technical, not in the content.

Don't hesitate to PM me if you want something clarified, or if you want a review on anything else. I'd be glad to help you out in nay way.

-Mat

Thanks to everyone for the fantastic pointers and nitpicks! Really appreciate it! I have edited it keeping in mind all your suggestions and I hope you like it better now.
@ Thedelphinater: the "grownups know best" thing was meant to be ironic, just me saying it.. I Guess I just made it confusing!
@irish: 'Beta' is not just a computer thing, but it's the Hindi word for 'child'
@Insomnia: thank you SO much for all the guidelines.. will surely PM you if I have any other doubts!

And about the start a new paragraph when a new person is speaking, I was alwasy confused with it, but I tried to do what I can with the story as of now.

And the story is kind of obvious but I got the idea from a really simple thing. Parents tell us not to lie, but we see them doing the very same thing all along. Even if it is something as small as making someone take a call. So I decided to write a simple story based on it, and here it is, a humble effort.