A series of original stories written by our student Saurish Singh.

Saurish is 7 years old young writer from Gurgaon. He is passionate about playing football and reading books. We are proud to have him as a student of the Little Writers Program, an Online Creative Writing Program using Applied Storytelling & Theatre tools under the mentorship of Trainer Khusshbo Chokhaani. We congratulate Saurish for this exemplary true self-expression.

Short Stories Collection #4 By Saurish Singh

1. “Joe’s Treasure Hunt”

Once upon a time, a boy named Joe was at his home. He wanted to go to the beach. He requested his mom and dad to take him to the beach. His parents agreed immediately. Joe was on Cloud Nine. His happiness knew no bounds.

When Joe opened his closet to change his clothes, he saw a treasure map. He immediately ran to his mom and dad, asking them to go for the treasure hunt and get the treasure chest. His parents declined immediately. They didn’t go to the beach only.

When it was night, he thought, “maybe I could go to the beach and get the treasure chest now”. He slowly and quietly went outside the house to the beach at night.

He looked at the map, it showed first go straight, so Joe went straight. Then the map showed go right he went right. Then suddenly he heard a voice from the sea. He looked back, it was a sharkkkkkk!!. The shark was about to pull Joe into the sea and eat him. He ran away from the sea.

Then the map showed a U-turn because there was a jungle in front of Joe. He walked forward and took a peek into the jungle; he walked a little forward, but he saw a dead end. Joe wondered why there would be a dead end there. He just stopped and thought about the treasure. He looked at the map and it said after taking a U-Turn go straight and then right, he went straight and then right, then he saw an “X” Sign. He thought “I must dig here”. When he was about to start digging Joe thought, “Did I forget something? Oh no!! I forgot my shovel”. Then he had to dig with his hands. He dug, dug, and dug with his hands. His hands got dirty. He continued to dig. Soon he found the treasure chest! He took it home. He opened the chest and, to his surprise, found books and more maps instead of jewelry and money. He hid the treasure chest underneath his bed with thoughts of reading those books which appeared magical and exploring those maps.

2. “Happy and Sad”

Once upon a time, there were two boys. One was always happy, and one was always sad. Both of them went to a shop. They bought 10 vegetables from the shop.  But the boy who was always happy ate all the fruits and vegetables and felt grateful for such yummy and delicious fruits. The sad boy only criticized and cribbed about the fruits and vegetables. The boy who used to always feel sad felt sadder and sadder. The next day when both the boys came back from school the boy who was always sad felt a little sick. Their mom and dad gave medicines to him but still, he felt sick. The happy boy remained healthy and cheerful always.

The sad boy understood that he is feeling sick continuously because he is never grateful and happy for whatever he gets. He started expressing his gratitude to all things around and he was fit, healthy, and happy just the way the happy boy was.

3. “The Helpful Dinosaur”

Once upon a time, there was a helpful dinosaur named Saurishsaurus. He used to live in a forest. He was a happy living being in the forest. He used to eat grass, wild berries, and all vegetation of the forest. The taste of the food was healthy and fresh. His dream was to make friends in the forest so that he has someone with whom he can play, dance, eat and enjoy.

But he was facing some problems while making friends in the forest. Everybody started running away from him because he appeared scary. But suddenly he got an idea to fix his problems. When any other animal was stuck, he helped them. This way slowly, slowly, he started making friends in the jungle. For any animal who used to be in trouble, Saurishsaurus used to be there to help them. He kept doing this and then soon the whole forest became his friend.

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