Ding Dong

Unlike both of us, Neil is a creature of habit. He likes to do things in certain order. For example, when we take him to potty, he asks us to switch the light on, close the bathroom door, and also close the sliding door of the bath. Then we are supposed to sit in front of him and sing the song "एक मोठा डोंगर ". Once he is done, he wants to put some toilet paper inside, flush (flushing is his reward), open the door, switch the light off and close the door. He gets irritated if we forget to close the door.
When he comes back from outside there is another set of routines that we have to follow. First, we have to let him ring the bell. He keeps asking "ning nong, ning nong". And he doesn't just ring it, he has to ring it with a ball. His ball is a lemon from our tree. We keep one lemon as long as possible, but often have to get a fresh one. Naturally, once the ringing is done, the ball has to go in its special place. Usually it is the outside corner of the door. But he has never been satisfied with that place. He hands us the lemon and says "baw - tithe" or "thev tithe" pointing to the tree. He wants us to keep the lemon back - on the tree!