Newspaper drive Every month the community centre in our neighbourhood organizes a newspaper drive. A little van sponsored by one of the community members takes us volunteers around the block to collect newspapers from each home in our neighbourhood. Some buildings have many apartments so...
A picnic by the lake The setting sun casts a lovely glow on the waters of lake Saroveer. Mom chose a shady spot behind the lake to sit and we quickly gobbled our snacks. We played Frisbee for a while and then threw some pebbles...
You are grounded! You are grounded! The words rang through the house. It meant that I would have no play time. would be confined to my room and the television connection in my room would be severed. my broadband connection would be cut off. Getting...
Walking in the rain Every year Dad lets us get drenched in the first heavy downpour of the monsoon. We have a beautiful lawn outside the house and it’s an amazing feeling to squish the wet grass with your bare feet. Afterwards we go for...
Learning to cook On mother’s day we decided that we would give Mom a surprise by letting her sleep in late and cooking up breakfast for her. The menu for breakfast was eggs with coffee and sandwiches. Mom likes her eggs ‘sunny side up’ and...
Training the dog We found Maya on our front porch one day and we took her in. By the end of the day, all of us had fallen in love with Maya. When Dad decided to allow us to keep Maya we were ecstatic. Maya...
Saving the drowning cat One day we were trekking past a little pond when we saw a mother cat, standing on a branch hanging over the pond purring because her kitten had fallen into the water. The kitten still held on desperately with one leg...
Getting pushed out of a bus It had been raining heavily that day and the buses were running late. Finally, when the bus arrived people tried to jump the queue. I knew if I stood in the queue, the bus would leave before my turn....
A beautiful dream As I was walking down the beach, I heard the sound of someone crying. I followed the sound and found a mermaid stranded, her tail fin stuck beneath a rock. I couldn’t believe my eyes. She was the most beautiful creature, I...
Ratatouille A skinny rat named Remy dreams of being a great French chef despite being a rodent. He does not have his family’s support. Remy, a local rat with a keen sense of smell, hates garbage and risks death to enter a human kitchen where...
