An original story written by our student Avyukt Agarwal.

Avyuk is 8 years old boy from Kolkata. 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 Avyukt for this exemplary true self-expression.

Shelli the River

A long time ago, a river called Shelli. She was as kind as the Ganga River. She was fresh and clean when she was young. Shelli was sweet and cold. The earthy musky river was flowing in the Himachal. Shelli was very grainy and charged with current on the top of the mountains. She was surrounded by luscious towering trees and cold icy mountains. She burbles all through the Himachal region. The hard rigid stones are lying on the riverbank.

One day Shelli saw a garbage truck coming and dumping trash into the river. Shelli was depressed because her fish friends died as the trash harmed them. Shelli was feeling blue and lonely to flow.

After a while, Shelli got angry and said in the river newspaper that from now onwards humans cannot use my water for drinking and bathing. The humans got goosebumps and became very worried. They all ran to the river and instantly apologized for their mistake. They started cleaning the river and promised to never harm her again. They stopped throwing garbage in the river. Shelli started to flow again and gave water to all humans, plants, and animals. Shelli became happy and lived happily ever after in Himachal with her fish friends.

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