An original story written by our Student Advika Gupta.

Advika is 10 years old young writer from New Delhi. 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 Advika for this exemplary true self-expression.

Rabbi The Rabbit

A girl named Rose lived in a town in a grassland. Her parents had died in a car accident when she was seven years old. She had a grandmother who was very loving and caring. Rose was studying in a government school. She loved rabbits. She had a Rabbit named Rabbi.

The grassland had refreshing weather, flowers were blooming, birds were chirping, and the fragrance of the vibrant flowers spread in every house. The whole town was sun-kissed.

Rabbi had a spring fever. He couldn’t stay in one place. Every day when Rose went to her school, she locked Rabbi in a cage so that he does not go out. After school, she used to play with him. Days went like this in the spring season.

One day when Rose had gone to her school. The teacher announced that after fifteen days they were going on a trip to the hilly areas. Those who wanted to go will have to submit one thousand rupees tomorrow.  Rose was thrilled she wanted to go to the hilly areas. As she always yearned to go and see the beautiful snow-covered mountains.

She knew that her grandmother could not give one thousand rupees. Seeing Rose worried Lily, her best friend asked, “What’s the matter?”

“I would not be able to go on the trip as my grandmother can’t pay one thousand”, said Rose. “I can give you five hundred rupees from my pocket money”, kind Lily suggested.

Rose was speechless. She hugged Lily with tears in her eyes. “Thank you, thank you”, said Rose. “I am your true friend, and true friends always help each other”, said Lily.

Rose was on cloud nine as Lily was giving five hundred and her grandmother could pay the rest of five hundred.

But the story of Rose and Rabbi did not end here, there was a twist. It was when Rose was going and she forgot to lock Rabbi’s cage properly. She was taking Rabbi as pets were allowed on the trip. In hurry, she forgot to lock Rabbi’s cage properly. And when Rabbi saw that the cage was not properly locked, he quickly jumped and went into the nearby park.

When Rose realized that Rabbi was not in his cage she got stressed, she could not believe it! She had Rabbi for two years and had lost him in two seconds. Rose knew that there was no use telling the teacher, as she had warned the children not to complain if they lost anything. Rose decided not to cry over spilled milk, as she cannot change what has happened.

The teacher told the children that next; they were going to a pet shop. There Rose saw the most unbelievable thing. In a different cage but in the same clothes Rabbi was munching a carrot. She was excited. Rose asked the shopkeeper “where did you get that Rabbit from?” The shopkeeper said, “I saw him in a park. I asked every child in the park about the rabbit, but nobody knew who the owner was.”

Rose never knew such a thing would ever in her simple and normal life. First losing her dear pet then discovering it in a pet shop. Seeing Rose deep in thought and speechless the shopkeeper asked, “is the rabbit yours?”

“Yes,” said Rose.

“You can take him back”, said the shopkeeper.

This incident filled Rose with joy and gratitude. She took good care of Rabbi since then.

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