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Month: October 2023

The Magnificent Majesty I Sidhak Sethi I Foundation Program in Public Speaking & Creative Writing

By admin in Animal Tales, Nature, Original Stories on October 5, 2023

An original story written by our student Sidhak Sethi.

Sidhak is 9 years old inquisitive boy from Mysore. We are proud to have him as a student of Level 1 – Little Writers Program, an Online Creative Writing Program using Applied Storytelling & Theatre tools under the mentorship of Trainer Khusshbo Chokhaani. We congratulate Sidhak for this exemplary true self-expression.

The Magnificent Majesty

One day, I had gone to the Bandipur forests in Mysore. The forest was strange and quiet. The green leaves were fresh and the forest was wild. We had come to the forest to go camping.

I was relaxing in my tent and suddenly the bright and sunny sun rays started falling on me. Then I went outside the tent and started roaming around. After some time, I reached the wilderness side of the forest and saw a stunning palace located over there.

I went inside the palace and I was surprised to see a majestic king sitting on his throne. I was very tired. So, I asked the king, “Can I get a glass of water please?”.

The king replied, “Yes, you can have some water.”

Sometime later, I had to go back to my tent because it was getting very dark. But I did not know how to reach back to the tent in the dark. I asked the majesty” “Can I please have a bicycle with a torch light?”

He instructed his soldiers, “Give him what he is asking.”

The guards quickly went outside and got a bicycle with a torch for me. I was quite impressed and enchanted that the king gave me whatever I wanted.

Before going back home from my camping area, I went to the palace and gave the majesty a gift and the bicycle back. Suddenly, I opened my eyes and I saw that I was lying on my bed in my house.

Ohhhhhh!…it was a dream!

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The Animals And The Woodcutters I Pratyush Mohile I Online Program-Public Speaking & Creative Writing Through Applied Storytelling & Theatre

By admin in Animal Tales, Nature, Original Stories on October 3, 2023

An original story, written by our student Pratyush Mohile.

Pratyush is 10 years old, a young orator from Mumbai. We are proud to have him as a student of the Little Kathakar Program, an Online Public Speaking through Applied Storytelling & Theatre Program under the mentorship of Trainer Khusshbo Chokhaani. We congratulate Pratyush for this exemplary true self-expression.

The Animals And The Woodcutters

The forest in the ghats was enchanting. Not a crack of light could enter through the dark dense cover. The branches of trees kissed each other, squirrels squeaked, and the leaves made a rustling sound. As the wind whirled around trunks the leaves produced a crackling sound. The birds on the branch – mostly sparrows, chirped endlessly and insects hummed in the night. Animals moaned in the night the rough tree bark had a big hole in which one owl lived and announced that it was night. The dried crumbled falling leaves covered the entire forest. The rotten fruits were falling on the uneven ground and were being ignored by the birds. Shaggy roots underfoot the soil was happy when mild rain came. The rain made the forest floor very slippery; spiders had made their homes on the dead. The wildflowers were extremely poisonous not even a single butterfly would not suck its nectar. The forest floor had an earthy smell.

But near the wildflowers, there was a pair of hummingbirds, new to the forest. They escaped their earlier place as fireworks destroyed it. One day a parakeet was roaming in the forest. She said, “What exquisite weather is this suddenly?”. The parakeet went closer to the hummingbirds and asked “What are you doing here? I
have never seen you before”.

The hummingbirds said, “We just came here last week, we don’t know anything about this forest”.

Suddenly one huge roar came from the west side. The parakeet said, “The lion is calling all of us for a meeting. We must hurry up, otherwise, the lion will eat us. He wants us to reach on time.”

When the birds reached there the lion said, “A few humans have planned to cut our trees, we should stop them from doing so”.

Immediately, a squeaky voice came from the inner crows of animals, it was a mouse that was saying ‘‘Who told this to you?”

The lion roared ‘‘I overheard that from the woodcutters”. The parakeet asked, “Oh no!  What should we do?”

The male hummingbird suggested, “We should leave this forest so simply”.

The parakeet said, “No, we should not do this, this forest now is our home, you don’t know even if you search the whole of India you won’t find a place like this, you can get everything, food, water, a place to make nests. This forest hardly has predators but even if you choose to leave this forest it’s your wish”.

“No, now I agree that we should save this forest. I didn’t pay attention to the resourcefulness of the forest. I am sorry”, replied the male hummingbird.

The next day when the woodcutters were approaching the forest, the lion roared, and the parakeet shifted its nest near the hummingbird’s nest, they heard the lion roar and all the animals again gathered near the lion’s cave, and they made a plan.

When the woodcutters approached the forest, the birds welcomed them by scratching their foreheads. The cat and dog family roared and barked on them, they got shocked tripped upon a porcupine, and screamed and landed on a hedgehog. The mice family almost tore their all clothes. After, some time the woodcutters got petrified and left the forest. They never returned. When the whole world got to know about it nobody dared to come to that forest. The animals, the parakeet, the hummingbirds, and the mighty lion enjoyed their life and lived happily ever after…..

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