Magic eraser

6th September 2011

Manu kept pestering me for a magic eraser for a few days. I thought it was a name given to an eraser by kids and couldn't understand what he actually wanted. One day we went to the market and at the stationery shop he asked for it once again "Papa, can we get the magic eraser"? I asked the shopkeeper if he had the "magic eraser" and to my surprise, he did. So what is the magic? You strike it on a smooth surface like a table top and it leaves a thin trail of rubber which you can later pick up. This image is a collection of those thin trails that Manu made. No wonder this eraser is not allowed in his school.