An original story, written by our student Veronica Ghalian.

Veronica Ghallian is 10 years old, a young orator and writer from Mumbai. We are proud to have her 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 Veronica for this exemplary true self-expression…

A Journey

There once was an adventurous girl named Alice. She was a daring girl and a risk taker to explore nature. One day she went to the mountains to explore a place. She was in complete awe when she entered the mountains and couldn’t believe how beautiful the place was. She could see eagles soaring high in the sky. The snow-covered trees were dancing. It was a harsh weather. The snow felt like an oversized pillow full of fluffy cotton.

With joy, she jumped, and the snow and the snow nearly stuffed her in the white snow. After a while, she decides to explore the place. She walked further and noticed a strange house on top of the mountain. She was in complete shock when she realized where she was standing. She, she, she …was standing in a goblin’s territory!

She couldn’t believe it and was confused about what to do. She ran away as far as she could. By mistake, she slipped on the snow and fainted. When she woke up, she found herself in a creepy old house and felt that the house would break any minute. Then she realized that the Goblin had saved her and went to thank him or her. She found the Goblin and he had wrinkles over him, a purple-shaped body, and the look on his face was terrifying. When he spoke, Alice was horrified!

The Goblin’s voice was squeaky, and she realized the goblin was a female. Her voice was just too kind and sweet, and she seemed unharmful. The Goblin said, “Hello whoever you are, if you think I saved you, you are wrong. The only reason I saved you was to eat you. Go in that cage or you will be sorry.”

She pointed to a cage made of wood and it was all creaky. Alice agreed because she thought that it would be easy to break. She sat in the uncomfortable cage and sat quietly and indeed she was right. She waited for the Goblin to go outside. After a while, the Goblin seemed bored and went outside. Alice thought that Goblins were so dumb. Making sure she was gone she used her emergency tool kit hidden in her pocket and found a mini hammer which was enough to break the cage. She took the hammer and started slowly hitting the cage.

The cage opened easily. She slowly crept to the main door. When she opened the door, the Goblin was standing in front of her. Before Alice could hit her something stopped her. The Goblin removed her mask and costume and turns out it was her mother. Before Alice could say a word, her mother said “I am sorry that I lied to you. Long story short I am a monster hunter and I think you could be one too. I will explain everything later at home but right now we have a monster on the loose. In disbelief, Alice started to slowly smile and said “Let’s do this! But later when we get home you have to explain everything and owe me an apology”.

She stood up straight and her mother handed her gears so that she wouldn’t slip in the harsh weather. That day Alice started a new life.

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