An original collection of short stories written, by our online student Yatharth Chaturvedi.

Yatharth is 9 years old, a young orator and writer. We are proud to have him as a student of the Personality Development Program in Jaipur using Applied Storytelling, Public Speaking, Theatre, and Creative Writing tools under the mentorship of Facilitator Khusshbo Chokhaani. We congratulate Yatharth for this exemplary true self-expression.

NJT Short Stories Collection#15

1. Wonka Ignites Fire!

Once upon a time there was a very beautiful and lovely house on the countryside. It had a room full of toys and books. The books were about heroes and adventures with beautiful sunset view. In that room lived a very smart and noisy book named Wonka who spent, half of his time lying in his room or playing music very loudly.  Wonka loved to read adventurous books about heroes and was inspired to celebrate the new year with his parents, his mother’s name was Matila, and his father’s name was Boom and his uncle’s name was The Black Horse. He wanted to start the new year with a new adventure for everyone.

The real challenge for him was that he didn’t know how to ignite a bonfire, but he remembered the camping materials shop nearby.  It was a small local shop which sold good quality camping materials and had colorful lights all around it. Wonka was excited and he went to the local shop in his red luxurious car, which had a peppy engine. When he arrived at the store, he walked from one section to another and finally found the camping material section where he found the manual on the bonfires. The manual had a list of complete items needed to ignite a bonfire; he bought a good quantity of all fresh materials for about twenty-nine dollars. He was pleased with himself. He put the materials in the spacious trunk of his car, then he sat in the driver’s seat of his beautiful red car and drove off home.

He reached home by sunset and as soon as he got to his room he began building the wood chippings. Finally, his dream adventure of a warm fire that he had thought for him and his family was about to happen. Wonka called his father, mother and uncle, and as they all came to his room, they began to celebrate the new year together, roasting potatoes and marshmallows.

2. Pavloovy builds a Car!

Once upon a time, there was a house made of rocks, sand and stones. In the house there was a room full of honey cabinets and it was full of the sweet aroma of honey. The house had yellow and orange lights, like the colors of honey, all around the room which made the room feel like living inside an orange. In the bright and balmy room lived a very young and funny bear named Pavloovy. He spent most of his time lying in this room watching TV and eating fresh honey.  His wish to try the honey from a shop that everyone was talking about on TV.  Pavloovy tried to walk to the store, but it was too far, and his legs began to hurt as he only ate honey and nothing else.

He realized he should build a car to buy the small and big things. Thus, he began to hunt for things he could find around him. He found some old leather seats; some metal and by the end of the day he also found an old broken engine from a car dumped in the city garage. He asked the owner if he could take it, the owner mentioned that it would require a lot of work to fix it. He can happily take it as the mechanics had no use for it. As soon as the sun rose the next day, Pavloovy began fixings it and after a few days of work the engine was close to perfect for use. The next step was beating and bending the iron to take the shape of a car. Once done, he soon put the engine and the body sheets together. Suddenly he realized that the car is incomplete and useless without fuel. He began to think from where he could get some fuel as he needed fuel even to drive to the gas station! He thought and thought and thought and thought, he finally asked his neighbor very politely, “May I please borrow some petrol. I need some from the new car that I am building?” The neighbour was happy to see him build a car on his own and agreed happily.  Pavloovy still wasn’t sure that he had finally built a car, and as soon as he put in the fuel it was ready to be driven. The best thing was he knew how to drive and had a driving license.  He realized he had been too lazy for too long. He sat in the car and enjoyed the warm air and fresh flowers by the road as he drove to the store. He saw chips and sugary drinks, but he only wanted to buy the famous brand of honey. From then he decided that he will eat Honey along with a balanced diet and step out for hard work in the fresh air every day!

3. A Tale from HearTTown!

There was a very special town full of nice people, and some very famous people. Some of the inhabitants of the town were rappers, singers, actors, directors.  It was like a dream town and the name of the town was “HearTTown”.  Citizens from other countries like Russia, India and America came to live in this special town which fought against all challenges to artists. It was a free world. In the town lived an energetic and restless boy named Patrick, with his cute and playful dog called Pilot, who probably just lived to play and eat treats.  Patrick always wanted to take his lovely dog on a dream vacation to a famous amusement park. But as he began to book tickets to the amusement park, he was shocked and saddened to see a bright red huge warning – “Park Is Not Pet Friendly! Leave Your Pets At Home! Patrick was upset but determined, he vowed to take Pilot for an adventurous day out. He decided to take playful Patrick to the local carnival instead because it would have so many rides and all the famous artists would be there too. And the best thing was, people and pets were all allowed, without any discrimination.

The next day Patrick was brimming with excitement; he wanted to wake up early in the morning to prepare for the big day.  When he woke up to the sound of the alarm clock, he noticed the time was 7:00 a.m. e He wanted to wake up at 6 am. He was already an hour late, He thought that he might have been in a deep sleep but suddenly jumped out of his cozy bed and said to himself, “Whatever! Let’s get to work.” He bathed, got ready, took Pilot for a walk and once done with morning chores they were ready to leave. Patrick got the dog in the car and left for the local Carnival. When he arrived both of them were very excited.  All the artists gave Pilot, tasty treats, they sat on many rides together, enjoyed cheesy pizza on the sunny day and made the day full of fun and memories.

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