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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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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