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Month: August 2022

The Delhi Horse Show 2022 I Harshvardhan Singh Shekhawat I Little Writers Program

By admin in Bullying Stories, Original Stories on August 4, 2022

An original story on bullying written by our student Harshvardhan Singh Shekhawat.

Harshvardhan is 13 years old young writer from New Delhi. He is enthusiastic about sports, and music. We are proud to have him as a student of the Little Writers Program, an Online Creative Writing Program using Applied Storytelling & Applied Theatre tools under the mentorship of Trainer Khusshbo Chokhaani. We congratulate Harshvardhan for this exemplary true self-expression.

The Delhi Horse Show 2022

Imagine your friends turning their back on you. How would you feel? You may feel disappointed or sad about losing the company of friends. I was heartbroken. My heart burst into a million pieces because I was all alone.

This happened to me at the Delhi Horse Show 2022 (One of the biggest horse-riding competitions in India). Suddenly, all my friends became foes. They turned into bullies. They bullied me every time they got a chance. All the bullies made sure I come late to practice in some way or the other. They made me feel left out. I wished I wouldn’t be selected so I wouldn’t be hated so much. I started doubting and rejecting myself.

Everybody started sabotaging my goodwill and took advantage of me every time they could for their benefit. The worst was I let all this happen despite knowing the reality. Because of these people, their abuses, and discouraging words I got discouraged. No matter how much I tried to be good to them,  they were nasty and mean. They showed they were my friend and made me believe their lies by hiding their cruel plans. Getting discouraged at this tournament was a very bad scenario because many senior journalists and trainers came to watch. This is a competition in which people get a great opportunity to build a career in riding and makes your resume credible. This was the reason why it all became a problem for me to get a good position and get noticed by senior trainers.

To solve this I knew that I had to ignore these kids. But that wasn’t very easy considering their room was right next to mine and they were supposedly my roommates’ best friends.  Such kids can never be anyone’s friends. Slowly, Slowly I learnt to put up a strong face. I learnt to take a stand for myself. I started being more adamant and didn’t listen to their lies. I found two other kids who were against their irritable ways too and I started hanging out with those kids more.

I thought now they would let me be, but this just made them more into making me look like a fool or as they said. “Ignoring us will not work kiddo.” Every day they saw me, the evil look on their faces made chills run down my spine. I didn’t eat and my stomach ache got bad. My mom came to pick me up. I told her all about this and my dad made me realize that they were scaring me because they knew I was the only person who would get scared of something like that. My parent’s words motivated me. I vowed that I will face my fears. One day I went up to them and told them, “You know what paying attention or being scared of people like you is not worth. You just concentrate on the weak link, but I’m not going to pay heed anymore so good luck finding in someone else.”

The next day was my first event. I acted ignorantly and responded confidently to their threats and their teases because none of them had the guts to even come near me or my buddies anymore. I secured silver in my first event. I was so happy and loved the miserable look on their faces. After this, I never felt sad when someone bullied me but became more confident, brave, courageous, and street-smart.

I made a lot of new friends and genuinely good friends. I hoped I would have become more confident sooner. This event changed me and how I lived life. It made me stronger, confident, and an all-around much better version of myself.

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Short Stories Collection #2 by Isha Gupta I Little Writers Program

By admin in Original Stories, Short Stories on August 3, 2022

Original Short Stories written by Student Isha Gupta.

Isha is 9 years old young writer from Jaipur. Performance is her passion. We are proud to have her as a student of the Little Writers Program, an Online Creative Writing Program using Applied Storytelling & Theatre tools under the mentorship of Trainer Khusshbo Chokhaani. We congratulate Isha for this exemplary true self-expression.

Forest Of The Dead-Short Story #1

Once upon a time, there was a forest. It was the great Amazon forest. It is said that some people also called it the forest of the dead. There were hundreds of Piranha (a deep-bodied South American freshwater fish that typically lives on shoals and has very sharp teeth that are used to tear flesh from prey. It has a reputation as a fearsome predator) in the forest’s lake but it was a myth. One day an explorer came to the forest to debunk the myth. The jungle was beautiful. There were fresh fruits, beautiful flowers, and clean water. He went to the lake. Wore his scuba diving costume and jumped in. The lake was also gorgeous. With beautiful and colorful fishes. He didn’t see any piranhas or sharks or dangerous water animals. When he came to the land, something touched his leg and it went back to the lake. He thought something was wrong. He once again jumped in. There was nothing. He came back to the land but then he saw the fin of the shark. He saw that it was a man. He told him not to be scared. They both were in the land and they started to discuss. The other person said that I was stuck here so I started to scare people and they all ran away. They all weren’t brave. Both went to the ship and escaped from there. The myth was debunked and everyone called him the bravest. After some years he was one of the most famous explorers of the world.

 

Kindness Wins Rudeness-Short Story #2

Once upon a time, there was a park. There was a girl in the park. Her name was Nina. She was very rude and mean. She always played alone in the park. Swinging on the swings alone. Seeing kids playing together. She was sad about all of this. One day a boy asked her to play. She said “yes”. The boy did not play with her because she played horribly. She laughed at him, pushed and hurt him, and called him a loser. The boy did not get angry as he was a kind-hearted brave boy. After some days they both became best friends and they both said sorry to each other and they all played together.

Nita The Super Girl-Short Story #3

Once there was a super girl who lived under a bridge. Her name was Nikita. She was known as the great super girl in the world of Cricene. Her dream was to help everyone and get them what they wanted but she had lots of work to do because she had a job as a doctor. She asked other superheroes to help her but everyone declined. She felt sad but when she checked her mail the next day, everyone was ready. They helped each other and she also gave them what they wanted.  She was proud of all the superheroes and herself.

Cucu The Super Hero-Short Story #4

Once there was a kingdom Liliput. It was known as the kingdom of food because all the cuisines, fruits and vegetables lived there. This kingdom also had mermaids, unicorns, etc.

There lived a cucumber king and a queen and their son Cucu. He was a very kind cucumber. His father would always say that one day he will become the king. Cucu would say ok and leave.

Cucu had a dream since childhood. He wanted to fly. He wanted to be a superhero like his friend Juju the mango. He didn’t want to be the king but his father was very strict and rude. He knew he would never say yes to flying.

One day there was an attack on the kingdom by the pizza family. Cucu fought the monster with the powers that he was hiding from everybody. The monster died and his father came and hugged Cucu. He said that you can do whatever you want. After a few months, Cucu and Juju became the most powerful superheroes in the world. Cucu was very proud of himself.

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