Replacement

In the evening when I was returning home, my puzzle was solved when I met the beautiful lady sitting on the back seat of my car. She said with a smile, ‘Last night when you met the horrible accident and fortunately afterwards when you got your consciousness in the hospital, I was nearby you throughout. I heard, you were talking to the doctor not to inform your daughter unless your condition deteriorates. Then I decided to go to your house to look after your daughter for the night assuming your shape and size in your absence. It was a token of love for you darling.’
‘Thanks for looking after my daughter in the last night in my absence.’ Smiling back, I told her.
As I finished my words, she vanished into the thin air with a lovely smile on her face. I understood why I did not answer to my daughter’s question and only gestured, because I did not know Assamese, my mother tongue for those few hours. Is not it funny!