વાડી પરનાં વહાલાં Vadi Parna Vahala (The Dear Ones on the Farm)

વાડી માત્ર ખેતર નહીં, પણ પંખી-પ્રાણીઓથી ભરેલી એક જીવંત દુનિયા છે.

The writer sees the farm not as a mere field for crops but as a whole living world. Here countless creatures - birds, animals, insects - live linked to one another. Season after season this little world takes on new colours, and to the writer it feels full and rich.

ખિસકોલી, પંખી, સાપ, નોળિયા - દરેક જીવને લેખક પ્રેમથી પોતાનાં વહાલાં ગણે છે.

On the farm squirrels scamper, birds build nests, snakes and mongooses hide, and many other creatures live their own lives. The writer counts them all as his 'dear ones' and watches them lovingly. Each creature has its own behaviour, its own habits and its own place.

દરેક ઋતુ વાડી પર નવો રંગ અને નવો 'પદાર્થપાઠ' લાવે છે.

Each season brings its own lesson to the farm. The world of creatures changes its colour with the season - some build nests, some hide, some sing. The day's clamour and the night's deep stillness give the farm two different faces. To the writer all this feels like a living, hands-on lesson.

વાડીનાં વહાલાં અને માણસોની હળવાશ જ ખેતીના કામને રસભર્યું બનાવે છે.

The writer says that where people work together on the farm, jest, banter and laughter are served up; without this joy the unavoidable tasks of farming would become a burden. It is this affection for nature and its creatures that makes the farm's work light, rich and full of life.