"What is destiny, Miss?"
"Destiny…? Why did you question this of all things?" she broke out into a beautiful smile.
Pretty.
That was the word that came to the young mind of that child. She stared at her face awestricken. If just her mother could smile this beautifully at her too, she wouldn't have minded eating carrots that much.
"Sister, where are you from?"
She squinted her eyes playfully hearing that little girl's question.
"One question in one time. Don't break the rules," she was into strictly following rules all of a sudden, though the rules were non-existent and made on the spot to begin with.
But the girl did not object. She obediently waited for her to answer either of them.