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Updated: May 9, 2025

He was at great pains to prove every day that he was inefficient and helpless as a new-born babe in mixing spices, handling the saucepan, and regulating the heat so as to prevent things getting burnt-and he was duly rewarded with pitiful smiles and scoldings.

Rabindranath Tagore - The Hungry Stones and Other Stories