An original story written by our student Sanvika Venkat.

Sanvika is 8 years old young orator and writer from Noida. We are proud to have her as a student of the Level 1 Little Kathakar Program, an Online Creative Writing & Public Speaking Program using Applied Storytelling & Theatre tools under the mentorship of Trainer Khusshbo Chokhaani. We congratulate Sanvika for this exemplary true self-expression.

Camp Evergreen

Once upon a time there was a girl named Ashi. She loved her family even though her sister Neena was kind of annoying. She loved swimming and camping the most. She was natural at baking and loved to make craft or do art. Even her sister loved art. She used to share art tricks with Ashi.

There was one secret that Ashi and her sister Neena shared. At night since they slept together, they used to creep under the bed and make a giant poster of art with pop up crafts. They knew lots of tricks [in art] as they saw them on YouTube in their free time. They also named their project SPA [special arts].

As Ashi’s birthday was creeping closer, her parents and Neena were planning a surprise for Ashi [it was camping!]. Finally, her birthday was here! Since it was Sunday, Ashi was planning to wake up late but she didn’t know that her parents and Neena were going to wake her up with the wishes of “Happy Birthday’’ and throw balloons on her. “Ahhhhhh!!!”. Ashi felt a burst of energy after eating breakfast [pancakes with maple syrup].

It was time to tell Ashi it’s time to pack bags and leave for Evergreen camp. Ashi was thrilled when her parents told her the surprise. Even though Ashi loved camping She was worried about SPA she ran to her room and told Neena to come with her. She asked her what about SPA and Neena said that “we are going to leave it in my special things drawer.” “Splendid”, said Ashi.

Two Hours later…….

“Finally we reached”, said Ashi. There where lush green wet trees covered with moss like stuff. There was a vast field of poppy’s.  Strangely at the far point of the field there was a bright light shining. Ashi felt it was majestic but felt something is wrong but she ignored it. She saw enchanting Sal trees, weird heart shaped leaves and grand tents on the opposite side of the field. At the back of the forest there was a profound forest but there was a large gate with a heavy lock so no harm was caused. There was a mysterious key that was tied to one of the bars on the gate. There were abundant sun flowers that sprung up near the gate. A stunning Middlemists red flower was tied on the gate know to show a unique gate. There was a picture of the Gharial on the gate too which looked quite scary.

Soon mist started coming and Ashi got scared she forgot how relaxed she was but her parents confronted her. [One day later] their fun filled adventure was over. They went home but suddenly when they got home they heard a scream. Ashi went and saw Neena screaming after seeing PIECES OF THEIR SPA MISSING!…….

To Be Continued…

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