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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A series of original short stories written by our student Ehsaas Agarwal.

Ehsass is 9 years old young writer from Hyderabad. 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 Ehsaas for this exemplary true self-expression.

Short Stories Collection #3- By Ehsaas Agarwal

1. “Fate of Tangy, The Lemon”

Imagine a beautiful farm with tons and tons of lemon plants, birds were chirping in joy to eat the seeds of the barn. The soil was as soft as a pillow. In the middle, the farmers had the biggest tree of lemon in the whole world. The taste of the lemon was very tangy!

On that tree, there lived a seed named Tangy. Tangy lived happily with his family. One day he overheard a conversation that struck him with fear. “I think we should sell all the singular seeds,” said one of the farmers. The next day Tangy was sent to the local farm shop. In the lorry, he was weeping. He missed his family. But he could not go back now. When he reached the shop, he felt sad but somewhat proud that he was now usable.

One day later, a gentle little boy named Ehsaas came to the shop and got very happy to see a new type of seed. He had a hobby of planting seeds. He took Tangy and planted him. At first, Tangy was nervous about getting sowed, but then he started to enjoy the soft soil and was getting used to it. After one month, a weird green thing started sticking out of his head. He felt uncomfortable and wanted to get rid of it. He tried to remove it but did not succeed. He called Ehsaas and asked, “What is this? I am not comfortable with this, please help me to remove it”. Ehsaas was surprised to see the stem coming out of Tangy and got delighted. He replied, “This is a stem! Tangy you’ve grown and soon you will become a full-fledged lemon plant. You will be able to bear fruits and flowers after a few days”. Hearing all this Tangy realized that his worth is going to increase a lot now and this made him feel elated.

15 days later, Ehsaas’s mom told him, “We are going to the Philippines next Wednesday for a vacation.” Ehsaas exclaimed “Yay”. The whole week Ehsaas was jumping with joy. He started preparing for his trip. He went to the market and bought funky sunglasses and a hat to carry to the beach. Then Wednesday arrived, and Ehsaas and his parents were ready to leave, just then Ehsaas remembered about his plants, and suddenly all his enthusiasm vanished. He went running to his mother “Mom, I don’t want to go. Who will take care of my plants for the next 15 days? All my plants will die. I can’t leave them. They are my friends. I have worked hard for them to grow well.”

His mother tried to convince him. She said, “let’s keep the plants in our neighbor’s home and request them to take care of our plants for 15 days”. Ehsaas denied it. He said, “I can’t trust anyone for my beloved friends.” His mother gave him many options, but Ehsaas simply refused to go on holiday. Finally, his mom got tired and gave up. Ultimately, they canceled the plan and stayed home.

One fine day, Ehsaas’s mom was cooking his favorite vegetable pasta. Meanwhile, Tangy had become a beautiful plant and started bearing flowers due to all the affection he received from Ehsaas every day. Ehsaas was having leisure in the garden among his plant friends. He saw a lemon on Tangy and plucked it. He rushed to the kitchen and squeezed a dash of his lemon into the pasta. The whole family ate that pasta.

Ehsaas didn’t know that the Tangy, the lemon tree, was a magical one. It possessed powers to bless. After a few days, due to the magic of lemons Tangy, his father became a wealthy man and started living a luxurious life. Ehsaas and his family continued to take care of Tangy always without knowing about its magical powers.

2. “The Jungle of Ghosts”

One day there lived a king named Champaklal. He was a brave and daring king. He was loved by all the people of his Kingdom. One day lots of wild animals mostly carnivorous and scavengers came into the kingdom of Champaklal. They attacked the fields and started eating all the cattle.

The king went to check up on these animals along with his soldiers. While searching they got lost in the forest. Soon it became dark, and the trees started moving without wind around. Some strange screaming sound was heard. Champaklal and his fellowmen started looking here and there. To their astonishment, it was all blank. They were petrified.

Suddenly they noticed one of their soldiers got missing. They started looking for him. One of them in between whispered: “Is he eaten by a carnivorous animal?”

Thunder followed by heavy rains begins. Making it all over more difficult for the king and his crew. One of the soldiers felt moving land beneath his feet, he asked his mates “Do you observe the mud sliding against our feet?”

Quickly they all paid attention and realized what their friend is saying correctly. They started running in the opposite direction. next moment the speed of sliding mud grew stronger, and they all started sweeping away.

Champaklal understood there is a ghost around us. He commanded his soldiers to run along with the sliding land. The land broke from between and all of them got buried inside it. Since then, no one goes into that jungle as everyone believes that ghosts live there.

3. “Attack of the spirit ship”

Once there was a village, it was said that it was peaceful and quiet. Its name was Sohanhalli.

Rajen, a young boy was playing. He lived in Gandhinagar, Gujrat. One day a news spread virally: Two explorers went to Sohanhalli for a month and did not come back. No one knew the reason. Rajen was keen to check it out and dragged his friends Arjun and Amit with him. On the way to the 15 day’s journey, he met a person running. Rajen ran to him and asked, “Where are you going?”

The boy replied, ” to save my father.”

“Where is your father?” asked Rajan.

“In Sohanhalli” the boy replied

“Would you like to join us?” Questioned Rajan

“Yes”, said the boy.

He introduced himself to everyone as Chintu.

The 4 kids embarked on their journey. Soon they saw a structure blocking their path. There was a sign highlighting, “open this chest”. They opened it, and to their utter amazement, they saw a floating map. It was a treasure map. RajEn grabbed it and the 4 friends followed it until the fourteenth day. They found the treasure.

“Wait a second, Its not in a chest” exclaimed Arjun.

“Yes!” said Rajan.

The map brought us straight to Sohanhalli. Everything was deserted. The friends roamed around for some time until it became dark. The sky was cloudless. Suddenly there was a lightning strike and came a ghost ship. The ghost on it shouted “deploy the attack of the spirit ship. Everyone’s blood froze. Rajen’ friends ran at a speed of light. Suddenly Rajen ran and jumped on board, threw the ghosts and fell off the board. Luckily his friends took him back safely. When he got healed, he jumped on board again, ripped a rope and saved the explorers. They came back home. From that day onwards Sohanhalli was banned. Rajen was always fearless.

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