It is getting very cold with each day. Everything is freezing cold. The problem with me is that I catch cold very fast and once I catch it- it takes atleast twenty days for me to get rid of it. I am telling you- a blocked nose is the most irritating thing in this world. My nose often gets blocked and then I feel miserable.

Over the years, I have learnt to take strict precautions against cold. I wrap myself in many layers of cloth and almost always wear a cap. That is a must because my ears catch cold the first thing in my body. That is the reason why I always keep them covered.

My wife scoffs at me. She says that I look like a monkey in my cap. She and kids are hell bent on me wearing a scarf or a trendy hat. Frankly speaking- none of them do justice to me. I love my good, old cap. I have been wearing for so long now that I feel it is almost a part of me. But how should explain this to my family. I feel my cap looks good enough.

In any case, a monkey cap is much better than a blocked nose or a sore throat any day. It is too less a pain. I even tried to convince my kids but they don’t listen to me. They wear nothing on their head. It is not good at all. They catch cold but still go about the same way.

It is difficult to make kids do the right thing nowadays. When I was young, I always listened to my mom. I don’t remember ever answering her back. But it is not like that now. My daughter has been sneezing from yesterday. I told her that this is a warning signal by the body.

Well- but nobody listens to me. Let me take your leave now. Please take care. Bye.

The ‘common man’ found his daughter sitting and crying in her room. She had very high fever and a sore throat. The common man immediately took her to the doctor. In the next days, the common man watched over his daughter. She drank the soup, took medicine and also wore a monkey cup. She was happy and smiling now.