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ðŸP ãŸèù«õ ªîK»‹ â¡ð àìù®ò£è ó£Eˆ«îm ñŸø â™ô£ˆ «îm‚è¬÷»‹ Ý«ô£ê¬ù‚° ܬöˆî¶. One day when Cheetoo was playing in the park, noticed some men near her tree. She heard them saying that they were going to cut the tree and build a water fountain in that place. She got scared of losing her home but later thought there must be a way for sure. She told all bees what she heard. But none of them paid attention. Then she ran to the Queen Bee and told her. As Queen Bee knew about Cheettoo’s intelligence, she called all the bees for a quick discussion. Ý«ô£ê¬ùJ™ Y†ÇM¡ «ò£ê¬ùŠð® àìù®ò£èŠ ¹¶ ñóˆ¬î «î®Š ¹¶ i´ è†ì º®ªõ´ˆî£˜èœ. â™ô£¼‹ Þƒ°‹ ܃°‹ «î®ˆ FK‰î£˜èœ. Ýù£™ Üõ˜èÀ‚° ãŸø Þì‹ êKò£è ܬñòM™¬ô. «ê£èñ£è ó£Eˆ «îmJì‹ ªê¡Á G¡ø£˜èœ. â¡ù ªêŒõ¶ â¡Á «ò£Cˆî«ð£¶ ñÁð®»‹ Y†Ç å¼ «ò£ê¬ù î‰î¶. “ ïñ¶ âÁ‹¹ ï‡ð˜è¬÷»‹ àîM‚° ܬö‚èô£«ñ!” â¡ø¶. As Cheetoo suggested, they all decided to find a new tree and build their new hive as soon as possible. All bees wandered here and there but could not find a suitable place. So all came back to Queen Bee and told that. While all were thinking, Cheetoo suggested again, “Shall we get some help from our Ant friends”? “êKò£ù «ò£ê¬ù”, â¡ø¶ ó£Eˆ «îm. àì«ù âÁ‹¹‚ ÆìˆF¡ ó£ü£Mì‹ àîM «è†ì£˜èœ. ó£ü£, “æ! ÜŠð®ò£, ï£ƒèœ Fùº‹ àí¾‚è£èŠ «ð£°‹ õNJ™ å¼ ªðKò Ýôñó‹ Þ¼‚Aø¶. â¡«ù£´ õ£¼ƒèœ” â¡ø¶. ñA›„Cò£è â™ô£ «îm‚èÀ‹ 94 ´ «ðù£ H®ˆî ï†êˆFóƒèœ

ªê¡øù. âÁ‹¹ 裆®ò ñóˆ¬îŠ 𣘈¶, “Ýý£! Þ‰î ñó‹ âƒèÀ‚°„ êKò£è Þ¼‚°‹, I‚è ï¡P, âÁ‹¹ ó£ü£! ÷ Þó¾ âƒèœ ¹¶ i†®™ M¼‰¶‚° ãŸð£´ ªêŒA«ø£‹, àƒèœ Ã†ìˆ¶ì¡ õ£¼ƒèœ â¡ø¶ ó£Eˆ«îm. “G„êòñ£è”, â¡ø¶ âÁ‹¹ ó£ü£. “Brilliant!!!”, agreed the Queen Bee. They requested Ant King for help, who immediately understood their prob- lem and suggested them a banyan tree, where they regularly moved out for food. All bees were so happy to see that tree and thanked the Ant King. Queen Bee invited him with his army of ants for dinner party the next day at their new place. Ant King gracefully accepted the invitation and left. Þó¾ º¿õ¶‹ ܬùˆ¶ «îm‚èÀ‹ «ê˜‰¶ ¹¶ i´ 膮ù£˜èœ. î£ƒèœ «ê˜ˆ¶ ¬õˆî «î¬ùŠ ðˆFóñ£èŠ ŠóíMè£ ´   95

¹¶ i†´‚° ñ£ŸPù£˜èœ. ñÁ  裬ô ÅKò¡ õó Ýó‹Hˆî¶. «õ¬ô»‹ º®‰î¶. All bees immediately started to build their new hive and shifted all their honey from old home to new home. The new home was ready by the sunrise of the next day. “ÜŠð£ì£”,â¡Á 挾 â´‚è Ýó‹Hˆîù «îm‚èœ. ÜŠ«ð£¶ Y†Ç ªõO«ò 𣘈¶ ªè£‡®¼‰î¶. ܃° õ‰î ó£Eˆ«îm, “â¡ù Y†Ç ðôñ£ù «ò£ê¬ù? Ü â™ô£‹ ï™ôð®ò£è º®‰î«î!” â¡ø¶. Y†Ç, “Ý‹ ó£E, I‚è ñA›„C, Ýù£™ ï‹ ð¬öò i´ â¡ùõ£JŸÁ â¡Á ð£˜‚èˆ «î£¡ÁAø¶”, â¡Á ªê£¡ù¶. “ܶ‚° â¡ù Y†Ç «ð£Œ 𣘂èô£‹ õ£”, â¡ø¶ ó£Eˆ«îm. “Ah, Work Done”, exclaimed all the bees and started to rest. Queen Bee went near the little one, Cheetoo, who was staring at the window; “What Cheetoo, You must be happy now, Right?” “Yes Of course, your majesty! I am happy, Just thinking of our Old Home”, replied Cheetoo. “Oh, Come Let’s go and Check”, said the Queen Bee. ݘõˆ¶ì¡ ðø‰¶ ªê¡Á 𣘈î 裆C - ¶‡´ ¶‡ì£è ªõ†® iêŠð†®¼‰î ñó‹ C™½ C™ô£è à¬ì‰¶ «ð£ù Üõ˜èÀ¬ìò ð¬öò i´. «ê£èñ£è Þ¼‰î£½‹ «êIˆî àí¬õò£õ¶ 裊ð£ˆF«ù£«ñ, ܫ ¹¶ i´‹ A¬ìˆî«î â¡Á G‹ñFò£èŠ ªð¼Í„² M†ìù. Ü¡Á Þó¾, î¡ ¹¶ i†´‚° õ‰î âÁ‹¹ ï‡ð˜èÀ‚° ï¡P ªê£™L, M¼‰¶ ªè£‡ì£® ñA›‰îù «îm‚èœ. ÜŠð®«ò Y†ÇM¡ ¹ˆFê£Lˆîùˆ¬î»‹ º®ªõ´‚°‹ Fø¬ù»‹ ð£ó£†ì£îõ«ó Þ™¬ô. 96 ´ «ðù£ H®ˆî ï†êˆFóƒèœ

Both flew out of curiosity and looked at the scene where the big tree was in pieces and their old hive was completely destroyed. Though felt bad to look what had happened, both were relieved about their new home and food being saved. That night, they celebrated the dinner party to thank the Ant King. Everyone of them appreciated little Cheetoo for her intelligence and choice of decisions. ´´ «ðù£ H®ˆî ï†êˆFóƒèœ ´   97

18 ðò‰î ºò™ The Scared Rabbit ??Madhumitha, Abu Dhabi å ¼ ªðKò, Ü예Fò£ù 裆®™ ºò™ å¡Á õ£›‰¶ ªè£‡´ Þ¼‰î¶.Üöè£è¾‹ ²Á²ÁŠð£è¾‹ Þ¼‰î Ü‰î ºòL¡ ñùF™ ⊫𣶋 å¼ Mîñ£ù ðò‹ °®ªè£‡´ Þ¼‰î¶. ܶ â¡ùªõ¡ø£™ Ü‰î ºò™ â‰î Môƒ¬èŠ 𣘈‹, “Ü„ê„«ê£... ⡬ù ܉î Môƒ° ªè£¡ÁM´‹!” â¡Á â‡E æ® åO‰¶ªè£œÀ‹. ºò™ õ÷ó õ÷ó, Üî¡ ñùF™ Þ¼‰î ðòº‹ «ê˜‰«î õ÷˜‰î¶. Once there lived a rabbit in a large and dense for- est. Though the rabbit was beautiful and brisk, it had a phobia always; When the rabbit saw any animal coming closer, it used to think, “This animal is going to kill me. So, better to escape!” hence, the rabbit would run away from the place to hide. Day by day, the phobia got worse. å¼ ï£œ Ü‰î ºò™, 裆®™ àí¬õˆ «î®‚ªè£‡®¼‰î «ð£¶, å¼ Ã†ìñ£è‚ °F¬óèœ 98 ´ «ðù£ H®ˆî ï†êˆFóƒèœ

æ® õ‰îù; õö‚è‹ «ð£ô, ºò™ Ü‰î‚ °F¬óè¬÷Š 𣘈 ùˆî£¡ ªè£™ô õ¼A¡øù âù â‡E æ® åO‰¶ ªè£‡ì¶. One day, when the rabbit was searching for food, it saw a band of wild horses running towards it. Seeing those horses, the rabbit thought, “These horses are going to kill me” and started running faster and hid itself. «õªø£¼ , Ü‰î ºò™ ªè£…êÉó‹ 殂ªè£‡´ Þ¼‰î«ð£¶ å¼ Cô‰F¬òŠ 𣘈î¶; Cô‰F ºò¬ôŠ 𣘈 ðò‰¶ æ®ò¶. ܬî ð£˜ˆî ºò™ “â¡ù Þ¶?, Þ‰î„ Cô‰F ⡬ùŠ 𣘈¶ æ´Aø«î!” â¡Á ñùF™ G¬ùˆ¶ ªè£‡´ ñÁð®»‹ î¡ ðòíˆ¬î‚ ªî£ìó Ýó‹Hˆî¶. ñ¶Iî£ ´   99

When the rabbit was running some other day, it saw a spider frightened by seeing the rabbit and hid in one place. The rabbit got confused and continued its journey. ºò™ ޡ‹ ªè£…ê Éó‹ ªê¡ø¶‹ âL 塬øŠ 𣘈î¶, ܉î âL»‹ ºò¬ô 𣘈¶ ï´ƒAòð® î¡ õ¬÷‚°œ ªê¡Á ¹°‰¶ªè£‡ì¶. ºò½‚° å¡Á‹ ¹KòM™¬ô â¡ø£½‹ î¡ æ†ìˆ¬îˆ ªî£ì˜‰î¶. After crossing some more distance, on the way the rabbit saw a mouse. Seeing the rabbit, the mouse also got frightened and started running and hid itself in a hole. The rabbit again got confused and continued running. CP¶ ÉóˆF™ å¼ ãK‚è¬óJ™ 䉶 îõ¬÷èœ à†è£˜‰¶ ªè£‡´ Þ¼‰îù. ºò™ æ® õ¼õ¬î‚ 致 ðò‰¶«ð£Œ, 䉶‹ ãK‚°œ °Fˆîù. The rabbit, on the way, saw five frogs near the lake sit- ting. When they saw the rabbit running towards them, frogs jumped into the water and escaped. ÜŠªð£¿¶î£¡ ºò½‚°Š ¹K‰î¶,  ñŸø Môƒ°è¬÷Š 𣘈¶ ðòŠð´õ¶«ð£ô, ñŠ 𣘈¶‹ ðòŠð´A¡ø Cô Môƒ°èÀ‹ Þ‰î‚ è£†®™ àœ÷ù â¡Á ¹K‰¶ ªè£‡ì¶. ܊𮊠¹K‰¶ ªè£‡ì ÞQ«ñ™ â‰î Môƒ¬èŠ 𣘈‹ ðòŠðì‚ Ã죶, ¬îKòñ£è Þ¼‚è «õ‡´‹ â¡Á º®¾ ªêŒî¶. After that only the rabbit was able to realize that when I saw other animals, I got frightened. Likewise, there are also some animals in the forest that get frightened by looking at me. Because of such an understanding, the rabbit decided not to get frightened after seeing any animal. 100 ´ «ðù£ H®ˆî ï†êˆFóƒèœ

ÜŠ Hø°, Ü‰î ºòL¡ ñùF™ ðò‹ ⶾ‹ Þ™¬ô. ñA›„C ñ†´«ñ G¬ø‰¶ Þ¼‰î¶. From that day onwards, the rabbit’s mind never had any phobia, but always was filled with happiness. ´´ ñ¶Iî£ ´   101

19 ®ó£è¡ ¬õó‹ Diamond of the Dragon ??Sharveen Prabhu, Sharjah ê ñ£î£ù¹K â¡ø ¬ì â†K‚ â¡ø ñ¡ù˜ ݇´ õ‰î£˜. Üõ¼¬ìò ñè¡î£¡ Þ¬÷ëù£ù Þ÷õóê¡ ªó‚v. ióˆF™ Cø‰îõù£è ñ†´I¡P ðø¬õèœ «ð²‹ ªñ£N¬ò»‹ ªó‚v ÜP‰F¼‰î£¡. å¼ï£œ «õ†¬ì‚°„ ªê¡ø«ð£¶, Þó‡´ °¼Mèœ «ðC‚ªè£‡®¼‰î¬î‚ «è†ì£¡. ð‚èˆF™ Þ¼‰î ð²¬ñ ®¡ Þ÷õóC M‚«ì£Kò£M¡ Üö¬è»‹ ÜP¬õ»‹ ܬõ ¹è›‰¶ «ðC‚ªè£‡®¼‰îù. King Edric was ruling the Kingdom of Harmony. His son, Prince Rex was young, brave and was having special skills to understand the language of birds. When rex had been to hunting, he overheard two sparrows praising the beauty and the brilliance of young Lady Victoria, who was the princess of the neighboring coun- try, the Green Land. Ü¬î‚ «è†ì ªó‚v î¡ ªðŸ«ø£Kì‹ ªê£™LM†´, Üõ˜èO¡ ÜÂñF»ì¡ ð²¬ñ ®Ÿ°„ ªê¡ø£¡. ܉´ ñ¡ùKì‹ î¡¬ù 102 ´ «ðù£ H®ˆî ï†êˆFóƒèœ

ÜPºèŠð´ˆF‚ ªè£‡´, Þ÷õóC M‚«ì£Kò£¬õ ñ퉶ªè£œ÷ M¼Šð‹ ªîKMˆî£¡. Hearing this, Rex, with the permission from his parents, travelled to the Greenland. There, he met the King of Green- land, introduced himself and expressed his wish to marry the princess Victoria. M‚«ì£Kò£M¡ î, “Þ÷õóê«ù!  ªê£™½‹ Þó‡´ êõ£™èO™ c ªõ¡ÁM†ì£™, â¡ ñè¬÷ ñ퉶ªè£œ÷ô£‹. ºîô£õî£è Yù£M¡ «ü† ñ¬ôJ™ àœ÷ å¼ CõŠ¹ Gø †ó£è¬ù ꇬìJ™ ªõ¡Á, Üî¡ î¬ôJ™ Þ¼‚°‹ ¬õóˆ¬î‚ ªè£‡´ õó«õ‡´‹, Þó‡ì£õî£è, c Þôƒ¬è‚°„ ªê¡Á, ܃° Þ¼‚°‹ ñ‰Fó‚ 裆®™ M¬÷»‹ îƒè Gø ÍL¬è¬ò‚ ªè£‡´ û˜i¡ ´   103

õó «õ‡´‹. Þ¬õ Þó‡¬ì»‹ à¡ù£™ ªêŒò º®»ñ£?” â¡Á «è†ì£˜. The king replied, “Oh Prince! If you can fulfil two of the challenges I propose, you can take the hand of my duaghter. First, you shall go to China and fight with the most dangerous red dragon which lives in the Jade Mountain. After defeating it, you have to bring the precious diamond on its head. The second one is, you shall travel to Srilanka, reach the magic mountain and collect the gold coloured herb from there. Are you prepared to take up my challenges?” ªó‚v ܉î êõ£™è¬÷ ãŸÁ‚ªè£‡ì£¡. å¼ èŠðL™ Cô õEè˜èÀì¡ «ê˜‰¶ ðòí‹ ªêŒ¶, 䉶 èO™ Yù£¬õ ܬì‰î£¡. Ü‰î †ó£è¬ùˆ «î® ܬô‰î«ð£¶ å¼ ã¬ö‚ Aöõ˜ °OK™ ï´ƒ°õ¬î‚ 致, î¡Qì‹ Þ¼‰î å«ó å¼ «ð£˜¬õ¬ò‚ ªè£´ˆî£¡. ñA›‰¶ «ð£ù Aöõ˜, ܃° å¼ ñóŠªð£‰F™  ñ¬øˆ¶ ¬õˆF¼‰î ñ£ò õ£¬÷‚ ªè£´ˆ¶, “Þ¶ à¡Qì‹ Þ¼‚°‹ õ¬ó ꇬìJ™ ࡬ù ò£ó£½‹ ªõ™ô º®ò£¶!” â¡ø£˜. Rex agreed to the challenges; He travelled by ship along with a few merchants and reached China in five days. During his search for the dragon, he met an old man who was shivering in cold. He gave the only shawl he had to that old man, who became very happy and he presented Rex with a magic sword, which he had hidden inside a tree. He told, “Young man, as long as you have this magic sword, none can defeat you!”. «ü† ñ¬ô‚°„ ªê™½‹ õN¬ò‚ AöõKì‹ «è†´ˆ ªîK‰¶ªè£‡ì£¡ ªó‚v. ܉î ñ¬ôe¶ Þó‡´ ï£†è÷£è CóñŠð†´ ãP, CõŠ¹ ®ó£è¡ 104 ´ «ðù£ H®ˆî ï†êˆFóƒèœ

Þ¼‰î °¬è¬ò»‹ 致 H®ˆî£¡. °¬èJ¡ àœ«÷ ðòƒèóñ£è àÁI‚ªè£‡®¼‰î ®ó£è«ù£´ ióñ£è„ ꇬìJ†´, Üî¡ î¬ô¬ò ñ‰Fó õ£÷£™ ªõ†® i›ˆFù£¡. Üî¡ î¬ôJ™ Þ¼‰¶ ¬õóˆ¬îŠ H´ƒA â´ˆ¶ Þ´ŠH™ ªê£¼A‚ ªè£‡ì£¡. Rex learned the way to the mountain Jade, from the old man and climbed up the mountain. After a tiresome travel of two days, he reached the cave where the dragon was residing. He entered the cave and started fighting with that roaring dragon. With the help of the magic sword, he cut its head and seized the diamond. ܃° å¼ «îõ¬î «î£¡Pò¶. “å¼ ºQõK¡ ê£ðˆî£™  ®ó£è¡ à¼õˆF™ ËÁ õ¼ìƒè÷£è û˜i¡ ´   105

Þ¼‰«î¡. â¡Á å¼ ió¡ â¡ î¬ô¬ò ªõ†® i›ˆ¶Aø£«ù£, Ü¡Á ²ò à¼õˆ¬î ܬìõ£Œ â¡Á Üõ˜ ê£ð‹ ªè£´ˆF¼‰î£˜. ió«ù, à¡ù£™ âù‚° e‡´‹ â¡ à¼õ‹ A¬ìˆî¶. Þ«î£, àù‚°Š ðKê£è, G¬ùˆî ÞìˆFŸ° ࡬ù‚ ªè£‡´ ªê™½‹ ñ£ò‚è‹ð÷‹“ â¡Á ªè£´ˆ¶M†´ «îõ¬î ñ¬ø‰î¶. A fairy showed up. “Because of a curse by a sage, I became a dragon since hundred years. As you cut my head, my curse was taken back. As a gift, take this magic carpet, which can fly you wherever you want to go!”, the fairy disappeared. ªó‚v ܉î ñ£ò‚è‹ð÷ˆF™ ãP Üñ˜‰¶ªè£‡´, “Þôƒ¬èJ™ àœ÷ ñ‰Fóñ¬ô‚°œ ñ£ò ÍL¬è Þ¼‚°‹ ÞìˆFŸ°Š «ð£!” â¡Á ݬíJ†ì£¡. Ü‰î‚ è‹ð÷º‹ Üõ¬ù„ ²ñ‰¶ªè£‡´ M¬óõ£èŠ ðø‰¶ ªê¡Á, Üõ¡ °PŠH†ì ÞìˆF™ î¬ó ÞøƒAò¶. ê‚F I°‰î ñ‰Fóõ£÷£™ ܉î ÍL¬è¬ò ªõ†® â´ˆ¶‚ªè£‡´ ð²¬ñ ´ Üó‡ñ¬ùJ¡ àœ«÷ ªê¡Á ÞøƒAù£¡. Rex sat on the carpet and ordered it to go to the magic mountain of srilanka. The carpet flew and landed near the gold coloured herb. He cut the herb with his magic sword and then flew to the palace of Greenland. M¬ôñFŠðŸø ®ó£è¡ ¬õó‹ ñŸÁ‹ ñ£ò ÍL¬è Þó‡¬ì»‹ ñ¡ùKì‹ ÜOˆî£¡. Üõ˜ I辋 ñA›‰¶ «ð£ù£˜. ñÁ Þ÷õóC M‚«ì£Kò£¾‚°‹ Þ÷õóê¡ ªó‚ú§‚°‹ º¬øŠð®ˆ F¼ñíº‹ ªêŒ¶¬õˆî£˜. èŠðL™ ðô ðK²Š ªð£¼œèÀì¡ î¡ ñ¬ùMò£ù M‚«ì£Kò£¬õ ܬöˆ¶‚ªè£‡´ êñ£î£ù¹K ´‚° 106 ´ «ðù£ H®ˆî ï†êˆFóƒèœ

ªó‚v F¼‹Hù£¡. Üõ˜è¬÷‚ 致 ♫ô£¼‹ I°‰î ñA›„C ܬì‰îù˜. Þ¼ èO½‹ ܉î ñA›„C Üî¡H¡ °¬øò«õ Þ™¬ô. The king was very happy to see the precious diamond of dragon and the gold coloured herb. He arranged Vic- toria to marry Rex. With many gifts, Rex returned to his country Harmony along with his wife. Everyone became happy to see them. People from both countries remained happy forever. ´´ û˜i¡ ´   107

20 «õ˜èœ The Roots ??Shree Saivarsha Ravichandran, Oman è£ ˜ ˆ F è £ M ¡ Ü Š ð £ ¾ ‹ C ˆ î Š ð £ ¾ ‹ «õ¬ôJL¼‰¶ F¼‹Hò«ð£¶, °ö‰¬îèœ Ýóõ£ó‹ ªêŒî£˜èœ. MòŠ¹ì¡ î¡ Ü‡íQì‹ â¡ùªõ¡Á «è†ì£˜ 裘ˆFè£M¡ ÜŠð£. °ö‰¬îèœ Þ‰î õ¼ì M´º¬ø‚° ²ŸÁô£ ⃰ «ð£Œ õóô£‹ â¡Á º®¾ ªêŒò àƒè¬÷ âF˜ð£˜ˆ¶‚ªè£‡´ Þ¼‚Aø£˜èœ â¡ø£˜ ªðKòŠð£. “cƒè º®¾ ªê…ê£ êKî£‡í£” â¡Á ªê£¡ù£˜ 裘ˆFè£M¡ ÜŠð£ ï«ó‰Fó¡. When Kartika’s Appa and Chithappa returned from work, the children cheered. Karthika’s father asked his brother in surprise what happened. “The kids are look- ing forward to decide the place for this year’s vacation”, said Periyappa. Karthika’s father Narendra said, “You decide Anna.” “ï‹ñ i†´ô âŠð¾‹ ªêŒòø¶ «ð£ô, â™ô£¼‹ «ê˜‰¶î£¡ º®¾ ⴂ赋! Ü â™ô£¼‹ àƒè¬÷ âF˜ð£ˆ¶A†«ì Þ¼‚«è£‹“ 108 ´ «ðù£ H®ˆî ï†êˆFóƒèœ

â¡Á ªê£¡ù£˜ ªðKòŠð£. ܶ à‡¬ñ. ªðKòŠð£ ºî™ êˆò£ °†® õ¬ó â™ô£¼¬ìò õ£˜ˆ¬î‚°‹ Ü‰î‚ Ã†´‚ °´‹ðˆF™ êññ£ù ñFŠ¹ à‡´. Periyappa said that we are all waiting for you to make decisions together. Everyone from Periyappa to Satya Kutty had an equal value in that family. ªðKòŠð£ îù¶ Þ¼ ê«è£îó˜ °´‹ðƒèÀì¡ å¼ ªðKò ïèóˆF™ Æ´‚ °´‹ðñ£è õCˆ¶ õ¼Aø£˜. 嚪õ£¼ ݇´‹ ðœO M´º¬øJ™ Üõ˜èœ Cô ï£†èœ ²ŸÁô£ ÞìƒèÀ‚° õ¼õ£˜èœ. Þ‰î ݇´ M´º¬ø‚° ⃰ ²ŸÁô£ ªê™õ¶ âù‚ °ö‰¬îèœ ÝÀ‚° å¼ Þìˆ¬î ªê£™ô Ýó‹Hˆî£˜èœ, “ᆮ, õ£™ð£¬ø, ªè£¬ì‚è£ù™, C‹ô£, 죘TLƒ”. ÿ ꣌õ˜û£ ´   109

Periyappa lives with his two siblings as a joint family in a large city. Every year during the school holidays, they would visit different places. The children started pro- posing few places… “Ooty, Valparai, Kodaikanal, Shimla, ­Darjeeling” Ü‹ñ£‚èœ «è£M½‚°Š «ð£èô£‹ â¡Á ºµºµˆîù˜. 䉶 õò¶ êˆò£MìI¼‰¶ “̃ °®” â¡Á °ó™ õ‰î¶. “«ð£èô£‹” “õóM™¬ô” “ï™ô «ò£ê¬ù Þ™¬ô” â¡Á ªõš«õÁ °ó™èœ. °´‹ð i†®Ÿ°„ ªê¡Á‹ c‡ì è÷£AM†ìù. Üîù£™, CˆF¬óˆ F¼Mö£¾‚è£èŠ ̃°®‚° ªê™ô ªðKòŠð£ º®¾ ªêŒî£˜. The mothers murmured about going to Temple. Five-year- old Satya voiced “Poongudi”. “Let’s go” “Not coming” “Not a good idea”, echoed different voices. But Periyappa decided to go to Poongudi for the Chithrai festival and to visit ancestral home as its long time, since their last visit. Üî¡ð®, ♫ô£¼‹ A÷‹H, ðòí‹ ªêŒ¶ ̃°®¬ò ܬì‰îù˜. F¼Mö£ è£óíñ£è, Aó£ñ‹ º¿õ¶‹ ªè£‡ì£†ìˆF™ Þ¼‰î¶. Fùº‹ ªðKòŠð£, °ö‰¬îè¬÷Š ð‡¬íGô‹, ãK ñŸÁ‹ ð‹Š ªè£†ì¬èèÀ‚° ܬöˆ¶„ ªê¡ø£˜. å¼ ï£œ põ£ Ü‡í¡ ªðKòŠð£Mì‹, “ªî¼ ï£ìè‹ ïì‚èŠ «ð£°¶¡Â ªê£™ø£ƒè«÷, ÜŠ®¡ù£ â¡ù?” «è†ì£¡. ” So,the entire family travelled and reached Poongudi. Due to the festival, the whole village was in celebration. Every day Periyappa took the children to the farmland, Lake and pump sheds. One day Jeeva asked Periyappa, “Tell me what is this street play, Periyappa?” 110 ´ «ðù£ H®ˆî ï†êˆFóƒèœ

ªðKòŠð£ M÷‚Aù£˜ “põ£ Þ¶ ï¬ìº¬øJ™ àœ÷ ´Š¹ø è¬ôèO™ ªî¼ ï£ìè‹ ªî¼‚ ȶ Þªî™ô£‹ Þ¼‚°‹. è¬ôë˜èœ ªð£¼ˆîñ£ù ݬìè¬÷ ÜE‰¶ ó£ñ£òí‹ ñŸÁ‹ ñè£ð£óîˆFL¼‰¶ CÁè¬îè¬÷ Ý®Šð£® ﮊð£˜èœ! ïiù è¬îè¬÷»‹ ﮂAø£˜èœ; Þ¶ Þó¾ º¿õ¶‹ ïì‚°‹” Periyappa explained, “Jeeva, Street play is one of the folk arts in practice. Artists will dress up with appropriate cos- tumes and enact short stories from the Ramayana and the Mahabharata whole night and also play modern stories”. Þ¼ð¶ õò² põ£¾‚° ªè£…ê‹ «ð£˜ Ü®Šð¶ «ð£ô Þ¼‰î¶.” Þ‰î Þ¡ì˜ªï† »èˆ¶ô ªî¼ ï£ìè‹ ªî¼‚ ȶ Þªî™ô£‹ ò£˜ ð£˜‚èŠ «ð£Aø£˜èœ?”. ÜŠ ªðKòŠð£ “põ£! ܶ à¡ ¬èèO™” â¡ø£˜. ÿ ꣌õ˜û£ ´   111

ܶ âŠð® â¡ð¶«ð£™ Ý„êKòñ£è ♫ô£¼‹ Üõ¬óŠ 𣘈èœ. 20 year old Jeeva got bored and asked “Who is going to watch all this street play in this internet age?” Periyappa said “Jeeva! It is in your hands.” Everyone looked at him in amazement. ªðKòŠð£ «ðCù£˜, “ÜPMò™ ñŸÁ‹ ªî£N™¸†ðˆ¶ì¡ àôè‹ ñ£P‚ªè£‡®¼‰î£½‹, ï‹ «õ˜è¬÷  ñø‰¶Mì‚ Ã죶. Þ‰î ªî¼ ï£ìèƒèœ cƒèœ ðœOJ™ èŸÁ‚ªè£œõ¬î Mì õ£›‚¬è ñFŠ¹è¬÷ èŸH‚A¡øù. ªî£N™¸†ðˆ¬î‚ èŸÁ‚ ªè£œÀƒèœ, Ýù£™  âƒA¼‰¶ õ¼A«ø£‹ â¡ð¬î»‹ ñø‰¶ Mì‚Ã죶”. Periyappa explained “Although the world is changing with science and technology, we must not forget our roots. These street plays teach life values ​m​ ore than your school lessons. Learn the technology, but never forget where we come from. ªî¼ï£ìè‹ ï¡ø£èˆî£¡ Þ¼‰î¶. Ýù£™ É‚è‹ õ‰¶M†ì º¿¶‹ ð£˜‚è º®òM™¬ô, 裘ˆF裾‹ Þ¬ìJ™ å¼ ê‰«î般î â¿ŠHù£œ, “Þ‰îˆ ªî¼‚ȶ,ªî¼ ï£ìèƒèÀ‚°‹, F¼Mö£¾‚°‹ â¡ù ê‹ñ‰î‹?” They watched the street play until sleep. Though it was great, unable to see the whole thing, Karthika asked, “What has this street play got to do with festivals?” ªðKòŠð£ ºèˆF™ å¼ ¹¡ù¬è. “ܼ¬ñò£è‚ «è†ì£Œ 裘ˆFè£! F¼Mö£ ªè£‡ì£´õF™ Ý¡eè‚ è£óíƒèœ ñ†´I™¬ô, è¬ôè¬÷ õ÷˜‚辋, 112 ´ «ðù£ H®ˆî ï†êˆFóƒèœ

è¬ôë˜èO¡ õ£›¾ Cø‚辋 F¼Mö£‚èœ àî¾A¡øù” â¡ø£˜. Periyappa smiled and said “Festivals not only have spiritual reasons for celebrating, but also indirectly help to nurture the arts and brighten the lives of artists.” ªðKòŠð£¾‚«è ͈î î¬ôº¬ø å¡Á Aó£ñˆF™ Þ¼‰î¶. Ü‰îˆ î£ˆî£ ð£†®èOì‹ ²¬õò£ù ðôè£óƒèœ A¬ìˆî¶ ñ†´ñ™ô, ²õ£óvòñ£ù î¬ôº¬ø‚ è¬îè¬÷‚ «è†´‹ °´‹ð ñóˆ¬î õ¬ó‰¶‹ ÞQ¬ñò£è ܉î M´º¬ø èN‰î¶. The family spent the holidays happily with their grandpar- ents tasting delicious food, drawing family tree and listening to generational stories. M´º¬ø º®‰¶, ïèóˆFŸ°ˆ F¼‹Hò¾ì¡, õ£ó M´º¬ø Ü¡Á, ♫ô£¼‹ «ðC‚ ªè£‡®¼‰î«ð£¶. põ£ Ü‡í¡ î¡Â¬ìò ܬô«ðCJ™ ã«î£ 塬ø ♫ô£¼‚°‹ 裆®‚ ªè£‡®¼‰î£¡. When the family was back to city after vacation, on the weekend, Jeeva was showing something to everyone on his mobile phone. ܶ â¡ù â¡Á 𣘈, Þõ˜èœ Aó£ñˆF™ 𣘈î Ü«î ªî¼ ï£ìè‹. Ü¬î º¿‚è Üöè£èŠ ðìªñ´ˆ¶, ⮆ ªêŒ¶ ðô ð°Fè÷£è Î ®ÎH™ põ£î£¡ ðFM†®¼‰î£¡. Üœ ðô˜ Þ¬íòˆF™ 𣘈¶M†´Š ð£ó£†® Þ¼‰îù˜. It was the same street play from Poongudi which was beautifully shot, edited and posted online with several ÿ ꣌õ˜û£ ´   113

parts by Jeeva in his YouTube channel and it was praised by all. ð¬öò ð‡ð£´, ¹Fò ªî£N™¸†ðˆF™ Ü´ˆî è†ìˆFŸ° è‹dóñ£è õ÷˜„C ܬì‰F¼‰î¶. ï‹ «õ˜èœ ñˆ ªî£ì˜A¡øù â¡Á ªðKòŠð£ G¬øõ£èŠ ¹¡ù¬èˆî£˜. The old culture had majestically transformed with new technology. Periyappa smiled thinking pleasantly that our roots follow us. ´´ 114 ´ «ðù£ H®ˆî ï†êˆFóƒèœ

21 ï†H¡ ðô‹ The power of friendship ??S.P. Kamal Shankar, Chengalpat ¹ Oò‹ð†® Aó£ñˆ¶ô Ü¡¹Â å¼ ²†®Š ¬ðò¡ Þ¼‰î£¡. Üõ‚° 䉶 ï‡ð˜èœ Þ¼‰î£˜èœ.Üõƒè «ð¼ Gô£,è‡ñE,èHô¡,ܼœ ñŸÁ‹ Mñ™. Þõƒè â™ô£¼‹ âƒè «ð£ù£½‹ å‡í£î£¡ «ð£õ£ƒè. Anbu was a naughty boy, who lived in a village called Puliyampatti. He had five friends named Nila, Kanmani, Kapilan, Arul and Vimal, who used to roam together everywhere. Üõƒè â™ô£¼‹ ðœO‚Ãì‹ M†´ õ‰î¶‹ Ýôñóˆ¶ Ü®ô è‡í£Í„C M¬÷ò£´ø¶ õö‚è‹. ÜŠð® å¼ ï£œ Üõƒè M¬÷ò£®†´ i†´‚°Š «ð£ŒA†«ì Þ¼‰î£ƒè. ÜŠ«ð£ H¡ù£® õ‰¶†´ Þ¼‰î Mñ™, Gô£ ªó‡´ «ð«ó£ì êˆîˆ¬î«ò è£«í£‹Â F¼‹H 𣘈è. Ýù£, 臵‚° ↮ù õ¬ó‚°‹ ªó‡´ «ð¬ó»‹ è£í¬ô. Everyday after the school hours, they used to play “hide and seek” under a banyan tree. When they were ªê.ð. èñ™êƒè˜ ´   115

on the way back to home after playing, they felt to miss Vimal and Nila, hence they looked back, but could not see those two friends to the best of their sight. “ä«ò£!Gô£¾‹ Mñ½‹ è£«í£‹” è‡ñE Üö Ýó‹H„ê£. ”Üö£î è‡ñE, «î®Š 𣘂èô£‹! 臮Šð£è 致H®„²ìô£‹. c Ü¿î£ âƒèÀ‚°‹ Ü¿¬è õ‰¶´‹. Üö£ñ õ£, «ð£Œˆ «îìô£‹!” ÜŠð®¡Â Ü¡¹ êñ£î£ù‹ ªê£¡ù£¡. “Oh no! We lost them somewhere”, Kanmani started crying. “Dont cry Kanmani. Let us search and find them. If you cry, we also would be upset, come on, let us start our search!”, consoled Anbu. “Ü¡¹, c â™ô£ i†´‚°‹ «ð£Œ îèõ™ ªê£™½! ï£ƒè «ð£Œ «î´«ø£‹” èHô¡ ªê£¡ù£¡. ܶ‚° Ü¡¹ ðF½‚°, “Þ™ô èHô£! c ἂ°œ÷ «ð£Œ†´ ªðKòõƒè¬÷‚ ÊH†´‚A†´ õ£! âù‚°  Þƒè àœ÷ Þìƒèœ ÜFèñ£ ªîK»‹. Üîù£ô, Þõƒè Ãì «ð£Œ «î´«ø¡.” ÜŠ®¡ù£¡. “Anbu, can you go to the village and bring our elders? meantime, we will search here!”, asked Kapilan. But Anbu had another idea, “As I am familiar with this place, let me go with others. Can you go and bring the elders?” èHô‹ êK¡Â ªê£™L†´, ἂ°œ÷ «ð£Œ†ì£¡. Ü¡¹‹ ñˆîõƒèÀ‹ Mñ™, Gô£¬õˆ «î®Š ¹øŠð†ì£ƒè. ÜŠ«ð£ õNJô å¼ °÷ˆ¬î‚ è쉶 «ð£°‹«ð£¶ êˆî‹ «è†´¶, “â¡ù °ö‰¬îè÷£.... ò£¬óˆ «î´lƒè?” Üõƒè â™ô£¼‹ °ó™ õ‰î F¬êò 𣘈è.°÷ñ£ «ð²¶? ”Ýñ£,  °÷‹î£¡ «ðê«ø¡! ªê£™½ƒè â¡ù Ý„²?” Ü¡¹ ïì‰î â™ô£‹ ªê£¡ù£¡. 116 ´ «ðù£ H®ˆî ï†êˆFóƒèœ

Kapilan agreed and went to the village. Anbu and others started the search. On the way, they came across a pond, a voice was heard by everyone, “Whom are you looking for, Kids?”They all looked at one another,“Was the pond talking?” “Yes, its me, the pond speaking. Tell me please! What happened?” Anbu told the pond everything. °÷‹ «è†´„², “å¼ ¬ðò‹ ªð£‡µñ£?” “Ýñ£. cƒè 𣘈bƒè÷£?” “ªê£™½«ø¡. âù‚° ðF½‚° cƒè â¡ù ð‡µiƒè?” “ªê£™½ƒè! â¡ù ð‡íµ‹? 臮Šð£ ªêŒò«ø£‹.” ªê.ð. èñ™êƒè˜ ´   117

“êK... â¡ °÷ˆ¶ô. å«ó °Š¬ð»‹ Ã÷º‹ ñ£²èÀ‹ èô‰¶ Hó„C¬ùò£ Þ¼‚°¶. Üîù£ô ܬî â™ô£‹ c‚A ⡬ù ï™ô£ ²ˆîŠð´ˆ¶ƒè” ÜŠð®Â ªê£™½„² °÷‹. The pond asked, “You mean a boy and girl?” Anbu nodded, “Yes, Did you notice?” The pond spoke, “If I will help you guys to locate your friends, what favour can you revert me?” Kanmani asked at once, “Tell us what do you want? we will do for sure”. The pond told them that it was suffering from various pollutants and garbage loaded on to it and wanted a deep cleaning. “êK! ÷‚° ²ˆî‹ ªêŒò«ø£‹. ÞŠ«ð£ âƒè ï‡ð˜èœ âƒè¡Â ªê£™½.” “Ü«î£ ªîK»«î! å¼ ñ¬ô ܶô å¼ Üó‚è¡ Þ¼‚裡; Üõ¡î£¡ Æ®A†´Š «ð£ù£¡.” “êK ï£ƒè «ð£Œ ð£˜‚A«ø£‹!”, ï¡P ªê£™L†´ è‡ñE, ܼœ, Ü¡¹ ͵ «ð¼‹ ñ¬ôŠð‚è‹ «ð£ù£ƒè. “Sure, we will do the needful. Now please let us know the whereabouts of our friends!”, requested kanmani. The pond replied, “Look at that mountain! There lives a giant, who took away your friends”. Kanmani, Arul and Anbu thanked the pond and started towards the mountain. 118 ´ «ðù£ H®ˆî ï†êˆFóƒèœ

܃è å¼ °¬èõ£êL™ Gô£¾‹, Mñ½‹ Ü¿¾ø êˆî‹ «è†´„². ܃è ð£¬øèÀ‚° ï´«õ Þ¼‰î Þ¬ìªõO õNò£ Üõƒè÷ 𣘈 Ü¡¹. Þó‡´ «ð¬ó»‹ ð£¬øJô 膮«ð£†´†´, ð‚舶ô«ò Üó‚è¡ ÉƒA†´ Þ¼‰î£¡. Üõƒè ͵ «ð¼‹ êˆî‹ «ð£ì£ñ àœ÷ «ð£Œ ªó‡´ «ð¬ó»‹ èJŸ¬ø ÜM›ˆ¶, ÊH†´‚A†´ ªõOò õ‰î£ƒè.ªõO«ò õ‰î¶‹ Üó‚è¡ F¼‹ð õó£ñ Þ¼‚è Ü‰î °¬è¬ò â™ô£¼ñ£ «ê˜‰¶ Í®†ì£ƒè. Approaching the cave on the mountain, they heard a loud cry. When they looked at the gap between the rocks, they saw Nila and Vimal tied to a rock inside and a giant was sleeping by their side. The friends went in silently, freed Nila as well Vimal and brought them outside the cave. They closed the rocks such that the giant could never come out. ªê.ð. èñ™êƒè˜ ´   119

Üõƒè â™ô£¼‹ °÷ˆ¶‚A†ì õó¾‹.èHô¡ â™ô£¬ó»‹ ÊH†´‚A†´ ܃è õó¾‹ êKò£ Þ¼‰¶„².Üõƒè â™ô£¼‚°‹ ðêƒè÷Š 𣘈 ªó£‹ð ꉫî£û‹.Ü¡¹ ïì‰î â™ô£ˆ¬î»‹ ªê£¡ù£¡. â™ô£¼‹ °÷ˆ¶‚° ï¡P ªê£¡ù£ƒè. Once they came out and reached the pond area, they saw Kapilan and the elders coming towards them. Everyone was happy to have all the kids safe. Anbu told everything and all of them thanked the pond for its help. ñÁ 裬ôô Üõƒè ªê£¡ù ñ£FK«ò á¼ô àœ÷ â™ô£¼‹ «ê˜‰¶ Ü‰î‚ °÷ˆ¬î»‹ Ü¬î ²ˆF àœ÷ â™ô£ Þ숬 Üöè£ ñ£ˆF†ì£ƒè.°÷º‹ Üõƒè â™ô£¼‚°‹ ñùñ£ó ï¡P ªê£™Lò¶. ÜŠ¹ø‹ ♫ô£¼«ñ ꉫî£ûñ£ Þ¼‰î£ƒè. The next day, they all joined to deep clean the pond and they made the sorroundings neat and clean. The pond also thanked them. Everyone lived happily thereafter. ´´ 120 ´ «ðù£ H®ˆî ï†êˆFóƒèœ

22 裴‹ ñ¬ô»‹ The Jungle & Mountain ??J.S. Negha, Doha, Qatar å ¼ õùˆFô G¬øò Môƒ°èœ õ£›‰¶ õ‰î£ƒè; ò£¬ù, 迬î, ñ£¡, ïK, Cƒè‹ ޡ‹ ðô Môƒ°èœ Þ¼‰î£ƒè. F¯˜Â å¼ ï£œ “⃫è Cƒèó£ü£ «ð£ù£ƒè?”¡Â ♫ô£¼‹ «î®ù£ƒè, ÜŠ«ð£  ªîK…ê¶ Cƒèó£ü£ ð‚舶 õùˆ¶‚°Š «ð£J¼‰î£¼¡Â. once there were many animals living in a jungle; Elephant, donkey, dear, fox, lion & many more animals were there. Suddenly one day, all the animals were search- ing ‘where did the lion king go?” then only they came to know that lion king had gone to the nearby jungle. ï£ñ â™ô£¼‹ ü£Lò£ Cƒèó£ü£ F¼‹H õ󶂰œ÷ õùˆF™ Þ¼‚°ø ̃裾‚°Š «ð£Œ M¬÷ò£ìô£‹Â Môƒ°èœ â™ô£‹ «ð£ù£ƒè. ã¡ù£ Cƒèó£ü£ õ‰¶†ì£ ò£¬ó»‹ M¬÷ò£ì«õ Mìñ£†ì£ƒè. Môƒ°èœ ð‰¶, êÁ‚è™ M¬÷ò£†´, ÞŠð® M¬÷ò£®†«ì Þ¼‰î£ƒè. J.S. «ïè£ ´   121

Hurray! All animals decided to go to park in the jungle to play happily before the lion king comes back, because after his return, he will not allow the animals to play in the park. Hence, the animals went to the park and were playing ball, ladder etc. F¯˜Â ðòƒèóñ£ù å¼ êˆî‹ «è†´„꣋, “á..! á..!¡Â” 裫î Aö¤»‹ Ü÷¾‚° å¼ êˆî‹ õ‰¶†«ì Þ¼‰¶„꣋. Môƒ°èœ â™ô£‹ ðò‰¶ ï´ƒA†ì£ƒè, ÜŠ«ð£¶ ܃è õ‰î Cƒèó£ü£ “ã¡ ðòŠð´lƒè ? â¡ù Ý„C?”¡Â «è†ì£ƒè”. Môƒ°èœ â™ô£‹ â¡ù ïì‰î¶¡Â ªê£¡ù£ƒè, Cƒèó£ü£ Ü¬î «è†´ “ÜŠð®ò£? ðòŠðì£bƒè !  «ð£ò¢ êˆî‹ âƒA¼‰¶ õ¼¶¡Â 𣈶†´ õ˜«ø¡. cƒè â™ô£¼‹ Üõƒèõƒè i†´‚° «ð£ò¢ Þ¼ƒè” â¡Á ªê£¡ù£ƒè. Suddenly they heard a haunting sound like “ooh..! ooh..! “ they could hear the sound continuously that the noise level was so high like tearing their ears. Animals were afraid and started shivering too. Then the lion king came back. He enquired the animals, “what happened? Why are you guys afraid?”. The animals told the reason for their fear to the lion king. He replied, “I see! let me go and find the reason for that haunting sound, no need to worry about that” and he asked them to go to their houses. ÜŠ¹ø‹ êˆî‹ ⃫èJ¼‰¶ õ¼¶Â Cƒèó£ü£ 致H´„C†ì£ƒè ܉î õùˆF™ å¼ ªðKò ó£†êê ñ¬ô Þ¼‰¶„꣋. ܶ‚° å¼ ªðKò õ£ò£‹; ܶ “á..! á..!”¡Â êˆî‹ «ð£†´î£‹. 122 ´ «ðù£ H®ˆî ï†êˆFóƒèœ

Then the lion king found the source of the sound, it came from the mouth of a monster mountain in that jungle. From that monster only that “ooh..! ooh..!” sound came. ܉î ó£†êê ñ¬ô‚A†ì «ð£Œ Cƒèó£ü£ “ã¡ ÞŠð® êˆî‹ «ð£´ø? âƒè Môƒ°èœ â™ô£‹ ðò‰¶ ï´ƒA†ì£ƒè. ÞQ«ñ ÞŠð® êˆî‹ «ð£†ì, à¡ù Ü®„²¼«õ¡! ü£‚Aó¬î” â¡Á ªê£¡ù£ƒè. The lion king went near the monster mountain and told him, “why you are creating such a haunting sound? Our animals are terrified! If you don’t stop, I will destroy you! Be careful”. Ü¬î «è†´†´ ó£†êê ñ¬ô Cƒèó£ü£ A†ì ñ¡QŠ¹ «è†´„꣋..”ÞQ«ñ™ ÞŠð® êˆî‹ J.S. «ïè£ ´   123

«ð£ìñ£†«ì¡ Cƒèó£ü£ ⡬ù 㶋 ªêŒò£Fƒè!  êˆî‹ «ð£†ì¶‚° â¡«ù£ì Ü‹ñ£  è£óí‹ Üõƒè÷  õ£ƒè ܬöˆ«î¡. Üõƒè õó«õ Þ™ô! Ü Ü‹ñ£õ ÜŠð® êˆî‹ «ð£†´ ÊH†«ì¡” â¡Á ó£†êê ñ¬ô ªê£¡ù¶. Hearing that, monster mountain apologized to the lion king. Further, it told him “Here after I will not make such sound. Please don’t take any action on me for my mistake. Actually, I called my mom but she didn’t turn up immediately that’s why I made sound to call her again.” Cƒèó£ü£ “‹‹! ܉î ðò‹ Þ¼‚膴‹“ â¡Á ó£†êê ñ¬ô A†ì ªê£™L†´ ܃èJ¼‰¶ «ð£Œ†ì£ƒè. 124 ´ «ðù£ H®ˆî ï†êˆFóƒèœ

ÜŠ¹ø‹ Môƒ°èœ A†ì ïì‰î¬î â™ô£‹ ªê£™L ðòŠðì «õí£‹Â ªê£¡ù£ƒè. The lion king warned that monster mountain and left the place. Then he informed all the animals about the mountain and not to worry for that sound. â™ô£ Môƒ°èÀ‹ Ü¬î «è†´†´ Cƒèó£ü£¾‚° ï¡P ªê£¡ùƒè. “Cƒèó£ü£ õ£›è! Cƒèó£ü£ õ£›è!¡Â ºö‚èI†ì£ƒè. ܶ‚°ŠHø°, ꉫî£êñ£ õ£›‰¶ õ‰î£ƒè. Hearing the good news, all animals thanked the lion king and praised his glory. Afterwards, all the animals lived happily in the jungle. ´´ J.S. «ïè£ ´   125

23 CÁõ‹ †ó£è‹ The Young Boy and the Dragon ??Vighnesh Senthilkumar, Abu Dhabi ü£ ˜x â¡ø å¼ CÁõ‚°„ ªê£‰îñ£è ªü˜K â¡ø ®ó£è¡ Þ¼‰î¶. Üõ˜èœ 裆®™ ï쉶 ªè£‡®¼‰î£˜èœ. ü£˜x «ê£˜õ£è Þ¼‰î, å¼ ªðKò ñóˆF¡ W› Üñ˜‰¶ ɃAM†ì£¡. CP¶ «ïó‹ èNˆ¶ ⿉î«ð£¶, †ó£è¬ù‚ è£íM™¬ô; ܃A¼‰î å¼ è®îˆ¬î â´ˆ¶‚ ð®ˆî£¡, “àƒèœ ®ó£è¬ùˆ F¼‹ðŠ ªðø M¼‹Hù£™, âù‚° å¼ îƒè ÝŠHœ ªè£‡´ õ£¼ƒèœ ”. There was a young boy named George and he owned a dragon named jerry. They were walking in the forest. As George was tired, he sat under a big tree and fell asleep. When he woke up, he found the dragon was missing. After an extensive search, he found a letter addressed to him, “if you want your dragon back, bring me a golden apple”. ü£˜x èõ¬ôŠð†ì£¡. ÜŠ«ð£¶, ñóˆF¡ H¡ù£™ ã«î£ ð¶ƒAò¶ «ð£L¼‰î¶. ܶ å¼ à¼‡¬ì. 裟P™ Iî‰îð®«ò, «ðêˆ 126 ´ «ðù£ H®ˆî ï†êˆFóƒèœ

ªî£ìƒAò¶, “ c â‰î‚ «èœM¬ò‚ «è†ì£½‹,  Ü ðFôOŠ«ð¡”â¡ø¶. ü£˜x îƒè ÝŠH¬÷ ⃫è 致H®Šð¶ â¡Á «è†ì£¡. ༇¬ì “è‡í£® ñ¬ôJ™” â¡Á ðFôOˆî¶. F¯ªó¡Á ñóˆF™ ã«î£ Þ¼‰î¶ «ð£L¼‰î¶. ü£˜x å¼ Hó‹¬ð â´ˆ¶‚ ªè£‡´, “ò£ó£è Þ¼‰î£½‹ ªõO«ò õ£!” â¡ø£¡. George was worried. By that time, he saw something shying behind the tree. It was an orb which started float- ing in midair and said, “ask me any question I will answer it”. George asked where to find the golden apple. The orb replied “In the glass mountain.” suddenly something was in the tree. George took a stick and yelled, “Whoever you are, come out!”. ü£˜T¡ àœ÷ƒ¬è Ü÷«õ Þ¼‰î å¼ «îõ¬î ªñ¶õ£è ªõO«ò õ‰î£œ. Üõœ, “è‡í£® ñ¬ô‚° â¡ù£™ ࡬ù õNïìˆî º®»‹” â¡ø£œ. ꟫ø ðò‰¶«ð£ù G¬ôJ½‹ ü£˜x 効‚ªè£‡ì£¡. Þ¼õ¼‹ îƒèœ ðòíˆ¬îˆ ªî£ìƒAù˜. ªê™½‹ õNJ™, å¼ CŸÁ‡®‚è£è Üõ˜è¬÷Š ð£¶è£‚è º¡õ‰î Ýè˜ â¡ø å¼ õ½õ£ù M«ù£î Môƒ¬è„ ê‰Fˆîù˜. ü£˜x îù¶ º¶A™ Þ¼‰î ¬ðJL¼‰¶ Ý輂° å¼ ê£‡†M„ ªè£´ˆî£¡, ܬî M¿ƒAM†´ Üõ˜èÀ¬ìò ðòíˆF™ Ý輋 Þ¬í‰î¶. «ê£˜õ¬ì»‹ Ü÷MŸ° ïì‰î Hø°, Üõ˜èœ è‡í£® ñ¬ô¬ò ܬì‰î£˜èœ. Then a fairy came out slowly, who was no bigger than George’s palm. She said, “ I can guide you to the glass moun- tain.” George, half frightened, agreed. Together they started their journey. On the way, they met a strong ogre who offered M‚«ùw .S ´   127

to protect them for a small snack. George gave the ogre a sandwich from his backpack and the creature gulped it down and joined them in their journey. After a tiring walk, they reached the glass mountain. âƒA¼‰«î£ Ýè˜ e¶ å¼ ó£†êú I¼è‹ 𣌉î¶. Ý輋 âF˜ °î½‚°ˆ îò£ó£è«õ Þ¼‰î¶. Üõ˜èœ ꇬìJ™ º‹ºóñ£è Þ¼‰î«ð£¶, ü£˜ü§‹ «îõ¬î»‹ ñ¬ô‚° M¬ó‰îù˜. ܃° ñ¬ô¬ò‚ è£õ™ 裈¶‚ªè£‡®¼‰î å¼ Ìîˆ¬î‚ è‡ì£˜èœ. îù‚° å¼ ðL ªè£´ˆî£™ ü£˜ü§‚° àîM ªêŒòˆ îò£˜ â¡Á Ìî‹ ÃPò¶. Literally out of nowhere a giant beast pounced on the ogre, but the ogre was just as fast to counterattack. While they were busy fighting, George and the fairy rushed to the 128 ´ «ðù£ H®ˆî ï†êˆFóƒèœ

mountain, only to meet with a ghost. He claimed to be the guardian of the mountain and that he would help George in turn for a sacrifice. ðL ªè£´‚è ü£˜Tì‹ â¶¾‹ Þ™ô£î G¬ôJ™, «îõ¬î ù«ò ðLò£èˆ îó º¡õ‰î¶. î¡ «î£N¬ò Þö‚è ü£˜ü§‚° M¼Šð‹ Þ™ô£î«ð£¶‹, ðF½‚è£è 裈F¼‚è£ñ™ «îõ¬î ã«î£ ºµºµˆî¶, àì«ù ܶ, îƒè ꣋ðô£è„ C¬î‰î¶. George had nothing to offer. But the fairy said to George, “Don’t worry, I will give my life for your sake.” Of course, George couldn’t let his friend die. But without waiting for an answer the fairy muttered something and suddenly the fairy disintegrated into golden ash. ²ŸPJ¼‰î ܬùˆ¶‹ ðO„C†ìù. ü£˜x °öŠðñ¬ì‰î£¡. F¯ªó¡Á Üõ¡ º¡¹ ê‰Fˆî ༇¬ì «î£¡P, “c ÜÂðMˆî ⶾ‹ à‡¬ñò£ù¶ Ü™ô. ð c âšõ÷¾ ñF‚Aø£Œ â¡Á  «ê£Fˆ¶‚ ªè£‡®¼‰«î¡. âŠð®J¼‰î£½‹, ÞŠ«ð£¶ c F¼‹H„ ªê™ô «õ‡®ò «ïó‹ õ‰¶M†ì¶” â¡Á ªê£¡ù¶. “Þ™¬ô, Þ™¬ô,  ªê£™õ¬î‚ «èœ” â¡Á ü£˜x èˆF‚ªè£‡´ Þ¼‰î«ð£¶ ༇¬ì ܃A¼‰¶ ñ¬ø‰«î «ð£ù¶. No!!! cried George…Alas! it was too late. Everything around him shimmered and flashed. George was confused. Suddenly the orb which he had met before appeared. It spoke, “Nothing you experienced was real. I was just testing your value for friendship. Anyway, now it’s time for you to go back.” “Listen to me!!!” George shouted, but the orb disap- peared at once. M‚«ùw .S ´   129

“ü£˜x!!!”, Üõ¬ìò Ü‹ñ£ 𴂬èJL¼‰¶ ªñ¶õ£è â¿ŠHù£˜. “â¡ù ðòƒèó èùõ£? êK Y‚Aó‹ îò£ó£A õ£!, Þ™¬ôò¡ø£™ ðœO‚°ˆ î£ñî‹ ÝAM´«ñ!” “George!!!”, called his mom, “was it a nightmare? ­Anyway, it’s time to get ready or you will be late for school” ´´ 130 ´ «ðù£ H®ˆî ï†êˆFóƒèœ

24 åŸÁ¬ñ«ò ðô‹ Unity is Strength ??B.Prabhanjani, Abu Dhabi Þ Šð® å¼ Hó„C¬ù õ¼‹Â ªîK… C¼‰î£, 裆´‚° ó£E ÝJ¼‚è«õ «õí£‹Â «ó£SE G¬ù„C¶. ÞQ«ñ™ õ¼ˆîŠð†´ â¡ù ÝèŠ «ð£°¶? Ýè«õ‡®ò¬îŠ 𣊫ð£‹Â ñù¶‚°œ«÷ å¼ F†ì‹ «ð£†´„². ÜŠð® â¡ù Hó„C¬ù¡Â «ò£C‚Alƒè÷£? “If I had known such a challenge would come, I could have avoided to become the Queen”, Roshni thought. “Well, What is the use of thinking now? Let me plan a way to move forward”, she was exploring options. Hope you think what that challenge was, right? ªó£‹ð õ¼ìƒèÀ‚° º¡ù£ô, å¼ MˆFò£êñ£ù 裴 Þ¼‰¶„². ªð£¶õ£è, 裆´‚° Cƒè‹î£«ù ó£ü£õ£ Þ¼‚°‹? Þ‰î‚ è£†´ô, Cƒè‹, ¹L, ò£¬ù, 裆ªì¼¬ñ àœO†ì ªðKò I¼èƒèœ ⶾ«ñ ó£ü£õ£ õóº®ò£¶, Üõƒè â™ô£‹ Ý«ô£êè˜è÷£è Þ¼Šð£ƒè. ܶ‚° ðFô£, CPò Môƒ°èœ ñ†´‹î£¡ õK¬êò£ ªó‡´ B. Šóð…êQ ´   131

õ¼ûˆ¶‚° 强¬ø ó£ü£õ£ Þ¼Šð£ƒè.! 迬L, 裆´ , õK‚°F¬ó Þªî™ô£‹î£¡ ó£ü£õ£ Þ¶õ¬ó Þ¼‰î£ƒè. ܶô»‹ Þ‰î º¬ø ó£ü£õ£, Þ™ô Þ™ô, ó£Eò£ «î˜‰ªî´‚èŠ ð†ì¶ «ó£SE ÜŠ®ƒèø å¼ ïK. Long ago, there was a jungle, which was different from the other ones. Most of the jungles had Lion as their king. Whereas this jungle had a unique arrangement. All the big- ger animals such as the Lion, Tiger, Elephant, Buffalo were not supposed to be Kings, but advisors. Small animals would get opportunity one by one for two years to rule the jungle. So far, Hyena, Wild Dog, Zebra, etc. animals had ruled and it was the turn for a fox named Roshni to be the Queen of the jungle. 132 ´ «ðù£ H®ˆî ï†êˆFóƒèœ

ó£Eò£ù ñÁõ£ó‹, å¼ Ã†ìˆ¶‚° «ó£SE ãŸð£´ ªê…C¶. Ýù£, ð£FŠ «ð¼ Æ숶‚° õóô. â¡ù è£óíº¡Â Mê£K„ê¶ô, 裆´ô Môƒ°èO™ Þó‡´ HK¾ Þ¼‚°¶, å¼ˆî˜ Ã†ìˆ¶‚° õ‰î£, Þ¡ªù£¼ˆî˜ õó ñ£†ì£ƒè ÜŠ®¡Â ªê£¡ù£ƒè. After becoming the Queen of the jungle, Roshni arranged for a meeting with all animals. But half of them did not show up. Probing further, it was said that there were two major groups among the animals and as one group participated in that meeting, the other one did not. ÞŠð ¹K…Cî£, «ó£SE ó£E Ýù¶‚° ã¡ õ¼ˆîŠð†´„²¡Â? Þ¼‰î£½‹, ͈î Môƒ°èOì‹ Ý«ô£ê¬ù ªê…C†´, Ü´ˆî ÷ å¼ ÜPMŠ¹ ªê…ꣃè. “÷ ñÁ ï‹ñ 裆´ô, ï´õ˜ ò£¬ù º¡Q¬ôJ™ è£™ð‰¶Š «ð£†® ïì‚èŠ «ð£°¶. M¼Šð‹ àœ÷õƒè ªðò˜ ªè£´‚èô£‹“ ÜŠ®¡Â. Do you understand now, why Roshni regretted becoming their Queen? Still, after consulting with the advisors, the Queen made an announcement, “We will have a football match day after tomorrow, those who are interested to participate, may enroll within today” ªð¼‹ð£ô£ù Môƒ°èœ ªðò˜ ªè£´ˆî£ƒè. ã¡ù£ Üõƒè â™ô£¼‚°‹ è£™ð‰¶¡ù£ ªó£‹ð M¼Šð‹. «ð£†®  Ü¡Q‚° â™ô£¼‹ å¼ ¬ñî£ùˆ¶ô îù£ƒè. «ð£†®»‹ Ýó‹H„ê¶. °¬øõ£ù «ïóˆFô A ÜEJù˜  «è£™ «ð£†´†ì£ƒè. Ýù£, B ÜEJù˜ å¼ «è£™ ÃìŠ «ð£ìô. «ð£†® º®…궋,ªõŸP ªðŸø A ÜE‚°‚ «è£Š¬ð¬ò «ó£SE õöƒA†´Š «ðê Ýó‹H„ê¶. B. Šóð…êQ ´   133

Most of the animals enrolled themselves, as they all loved football. On the day of the match, Team A scored four goals, whereas team B could score not even a single goal. After the match, Queen Roshni presented the Cup to Team A and then addressed the gathering. “ï‡ð˜è«÷! àƒè â™ô£¼‚°‹ 裙ð‰¶ô M¼Šðº‹, Fø¬ñ»‹ Þ¼‚°¶. Ýù£, A ÜEò£™ ñ†´‹  «è£™ «ð£ì º®…²¶ âŠð®¡Â ªîK»ñ£?” Môƒ°èœ 弈î¬ó å¼ˆî˜ ð£ˆ¶‚A†ì£ƒè, ò£¼‚°‹ ðF™ ªîKòô. ó£E«ò ªî£ì˜‰¶ «ðCù£ƒè. “Friends! from both of the teams, all of you, were equally curious and competent; However, only the team A could score four goals. Do you know how?” All the animals looked and one another, without any answer. The Queen continued… 134 ´ «ðù£ H®ˆî ï†êˆFóƒèœ

“A ÜEJ™ Þ¼‰î¶, å«ó å¼ HK¬õ„ «ê‰îõƒè ñ†´‹. ÜõƒèÀ‚°œ÷ â‰î ꇬì«ò£, è˜õ«ñ£ Þ™ô! Üî£ô, Üõƒè ð‰¬î 弈° å¼ˆî˜ CøŠð£è ÜŠH, ²ôðñ£ «è£™ «ð£†ì£ƒè. Ýù£, B ÜEJ™, Þó‡´ HK¾ Môƒ°èÀ‹ èô‰¶ Þ¼‰îî£ô, ÜõƒèÀ‚°œ÷ °¿ à혾 Þ™ô. ð‰¬î ò£˜ A†ì ÜŠðµ«ñ£ Üõƒè A†ì ÜŠð£ñ, Üõƒè HK¾ ÝÀ âƒè Þ¼‚裃è¡Â «î®‚A†«ì Þ¼‰îî£ô, Üõƒè÷£ô «è£™ «ð£ì º®òô.” “Team A had all animals from the same group. They did not have enmity or ego, Whereas the Team B had half of them from one group and the remaining half from the other group. Hence this team had more enmity and ego. There was no team work. The ball was not coordinated and passed to the right person, but it was passed to the one who belonged to their own group. Hence they could not achieve the result.” ï£ñ 制¬ñò£ Môƒ°èœ ÜŠð®ƒèø å«ó å¼ Þùñ£î£¡ Þ¼‚赋. HK…C Þ¼‰î£ ïñ‚°î£¡ ܶ Ýðˆ¶.  ªê£™ô«õ‡®ò¬î„ ªê£™L†«ì¡. ܶ‚° «ñô àƒè M¼Šð‹“ ªê£™L†´Š «ð£Œ´„². Môƒ°èœ «ò£C‚è Ýó‹H„C†ì£ƒè. F¼‰î£ñô£ «ð£Œ´õ£ƒè? “If we are united as a single race under the name “ani- mals”, it is good for us. Otherwise it is a big threat for all of us. Its my duty to highlight; Then it is up to you.”, Queen Roshni finished her speech and left. The animals started to think… Won’t they come to their senses? ´´ B. Šóð…êQ ´   135

25 å¼ Ý„êKòñ£ù ðK²! A SURPRISE GIFT ??Sri Oviya Manikandan, Dubai H ø‰î ï£À‚° â¡ù ðK² A¬ì‚°‹? ªð£¶õ£ õ£†„, vÙ «ð‚, «ðù£, ªð£‹¬ñƒè Þªî™ô£‹î£«ù! Ýù£ Þƒè å¼ °†®Šªð‡µ‚° Üõƒè ÜŠð£ Ü‹ñ£ õ£ƒA °´ˆî ðK², «õø ªôõ™! ܶ â¡ù ªîK»ñ£? Usually what do we get to receive as birthday gifts? Watch, School bag, Pen or Toys, right? But, a girl got something extraordinary from her parents as her b­ irthday gift! Do you want to know? õ£Âò˜‰î 膮ìƒèœ G¬ø‰î, Hóðôñ£ù å¼ ²ŸÁô£ ïèó‹. ܃«è ñA›„Cò£ù å¼ °´‹ðˆ¶ô ÿ ÜŠ®¡Â å¼ ªð£‡µ Þ¼‰î£. Üõƒè ÜŠð£ Ü‹ñ£¾‚° Üõ å«ó ªð£‡µ. ÜõƒèÀ‚° Üõ¬÷ ªó£‹ð H®‚°‹. å¼ M‡ªõO ió£ƒè¬ù Ý赋, ªêšõ£Œ Aó舶‚°Š «ð£èµ‹èø¶ ÿ«ò£ì èù¾. ܶ‚è£è, Üõ G¬øò à¬ö‚è «õ‡®J¼‰î¶. 136 ´ «ðù£ H®ˆî ï†êˆFóƒèœ

In a popular city with skyscrapers and amazing tourist places, there was a happy family, having a girl named Sri. She was the only daughter to her parents. They loved her so much. Her dream was to become an astronaut. She wanted to visit Mars ‘Red Planet’. She really needed to work hard to achieve her dream. Üîù£ô Üõ«÷£ì «ïóˆî M‡ªõO¬òŠ ðˆF ð®‚èø¶¬ô»‹ ÜîŠðˆF ªîK…²‚辋 ªêôM†ì£. 𮊬ðˆ îMó, Üõ ñŸø Mûòƒè¬÷ ðˆF»‹ ªîK… ²‚赫ñ ÜŠð®¡Â Üõ ÜŠð£ Ü‹ñ£‚° å«ó èõ¬ôò£ Þ¼‰F„². Þ¶ M¬÷ò£ì«õ‡®ò õò²; Ýù£ Þõ 苊Άì˜ô«ò à†è£˜‰¶ Ý󣌄C ð‡E†´ ÿ æMò£ ´   137

Þ¼‚裫÷. Üîù£ô, ÜõÀ¬ìò ªðŸ«ø£˜èœ Þî ñ£ˆîµ‹Â G¬ù„ꣃè. Üîù£ô Hø‰îï£À‚°Š ðKê£ å¼ Ý„êKòˆ¬î ÜõÀ‚°‚ ªè£´‚è º®¾ ªê…ꣃè. So she used to spend most of her time on studying and exploring the space. While studying, she lost track of time. Her parents were worried that she needed to learn spending her time on other things too. This was the age to have fun but she only sat on her computer and did research. Her parents wanted to change her. So they decided that they will give a surprise on her birthday. Üõƒè G¬ù„ê ñ£FK«ò å¼ ðK² õ£ƒA†´ õ‰î£ƒè. Ý„êKò‹!!! Üõ÷£ô ܉î ðK¬êŠ HK‚èø õ¬ó‚°‹ 裈F¼‚è º®òô. ðK²Šªð†® ÜŠð®«ò ܬêò Ýó‹H„ê¶. F¯ªóù ªð†®‚°œO¼‰¶ å¼ Üöè£ù «ð£ñKò¡ ‚°†® ¶œO‚°Fˆî¶. ܶ ªð£²ªð£²¡Â Üöè£, Ü«î£ì 臵 ÜŠð®«ò ðOƒ° «ð£ô Þ¼‰î¶.ÿ‚° ܉î ‚°†®¬ò ªó£‹ðŠ H®„²¼‰î¶. ܶ‚° å¼ ªðò˜ ¬õ‚è º®¾ ð‡Eù£œ. ݃....... «ó£R¡Â ¬õ‚èô£ñ£ ??? Þ™¬ô!!!! ÏH âŠð® Þ¼‚°.......... Ýñ£! Þ¶ ܼ¬ñò£ Þ¼‚° ÜŠð®¡Â ªê£™L‚A†«ì ܬî ÞÁ‚A ܬ툶‚ ªè£‡ì£œ. On her birthday, they bought a gift they planned. “Sur- prise!!!” She couldn’t wait to unwarp the present. The gift box started to wiggle, a cute little Pomeranian puppy jumped out of the box. It was really fluffy and its eyes were as shining as marbles. She loved the puppy so much. She decided to name it. Ahhh…. Can it be Rosie??? Noo!!! What about Ruby? … Yes that‘s nice and she gave a tight hug to Ruby! 138 ´ «ðù£ H®ˆî ï†êˆFóƒèœ

ÿ, ÏH Ãì M¬÷ò£ìø¬î»‹ Üî èõQ„²‚Aø¬î»‹ 𣘈¶ ÜõÀ¬ìò ÜŠð£ Ü‹ñ£ ñA›„C ܬì‰î£ƒè. ÞŠ«ð£ ÿ ð®‚èø¶ ñ†´‹ Þ™ô£ñ ðŠH Ãì M¬÷ò£ì¾‹ «ïóˆî ªêôM쾋 èŸÁ‚ ªè£‡ì£œ. Üõ ÏH Ãì ÜFèñ£ «ðCù£œ ܶ‚° ¹K»ñ£ ÜŠð®ƒèø¬î ðˆF èõ¬ôŠðì£ñ. Her parents were happy that she started to spend her time on playing with and taking care of the puppy. Now she learned how to manage her time with the puppy and with her studies. She used to talk to ruby so much and didn’t even care if the puppy ever understood it. å¼ï£œ ÿ, ÏHJì‹ «ðC‚A†«ì Þ¼‚°‹«ð£¶ ‘’à¡ù£ô «ðê º®…ê£ âš«÷£ ï™ô£ Þ¼‚°‹? â¡ø£œ. ÿ æMò£ ´   139

‘’â¡ù£™ º®»‹‘’°ó¬ô‚ «è†´, Ϻ‚°œ«÷ ²ˆFºˆFŠ 𣘈; ÏH¬ò îMó ò£¼«ñ Þ™¬ô. ܶ ÏH . “à¡ù£ô º¡ù Þ¼‰«î «ðê º®»ñ£?”â¡Á «è†ì£œ ÿ. “Ýñ£ â¡ù£ô º®»‹“ â¡ø¶! “c ã¡ º¡ù£®«ò ªê£™ô¬ô?” «è†ì£œ ÿ. “c «è†è«õJ™¬ô,  à¡A†ì «ðêô£‹ ÜŠð®¡Â Ýó‹H‚°‹«ð£¶ c àì«ù âù‚° àí¾ î¼õ, Þ™«ô¡ù£ ð®‚èŠ «ð£J´õ; Þƒè 𣼠c ªó£‹ð ô‚A! ô†êˆ¶ô 弈°  Þ‰î ñ£FK «ð²ø ‚°†® A¬ì‚°‹ “â¡ø¶ ÏH. One day when she was talking to Ruby she said “I wish you could talk”. “I can” ! She wondered and looked around the room, nobody was there except Ruby. It indeed was the puppy. She asked, “Were you able to talk before?” “Yes I could”, said the puppy. “Why didn’t you tell me before”? asked Sri. “You never asked me, whenever I was about to reply to your conversations you gave me food or started to study. See, you are a lucky girl. Only one in a million get a chance to adopt a talking puppy” said Ruby. “à‡¬ñ!! âù‚° ªó£‹ð ñA›„Cò£ Þ¼‚°” â¡ø£œ ÿ. Üõƒè ªó‡´ «ð¼‹ Þ‰î Mûòˆ¬î óèCòñ£ 140 ´ «ðù£ H®ˆî ï†êˆFóƒèœ

ªõ„²‚è º®¾ ð‡Eù£ƒè. Ü Hø° Þ¼õ¼‹ ï™ô Hªó‡†ú£ Þ¼‰î£ƒè. ÏH õ‰î¶‚°Š Hø°, ÿ ù ÜF˜wìê£Lò£è¾‹ ¬îKòñ£ùõ÷£è¾‹ à혉. î¡ èù¾è¬÷ Güñ£‚°õîŸè£è ÜFèñ£è à¬ö‚è Ýó‹Hˆî£œ. Ü«î «ïóˆF™, «ð²‹ óèCòˆ «î£N»ì¡ «ê˜‰¶ õ£›‚¬è¬ò óCˆ¶ õ£ö¾‹ Üõœ îõøM™¬ô. “You are right! I am so happy ”, Sri agreed. They decided to keep this as a secret. They became good company for each other. She also felt luckier and more confident after the puppy came. She started to work hard for her dream but she also had fun in daily life with her secret talking friend. ´´ ÿ æMò£ ´   141

26 ªî£¬ôˆî ð튬ð; 自초î 輬í The Lost Wallet and The Found Kindness ??Samhitha, Bahrain Þ ‚‌Sî£ Mñ£ù Þ¼‚¬èJ™ ꣌‰¶, èì‰î 24 ñE «ïóˆF™ ïì‰î¬î G¬ùˆî£œ, G¬ù‚°‹«ð£«î ªñŒ CL˜ˆî¶. ÜŠð£, â¡ù å¼ ÜF˜„Cò£ù,âF˜ð£ó£ ê‹ðõ‹, ÞŠð® â™ô£‹ ïì‚°‹ âù ò£˜ âF˜ð£˜ˆî£˜èœ? Üõ÷¶ G¬ù¾èœ H¡«ù£‚A ï蘉îù. As Ikshitha sat comfortably in her aeroplane seat, her thoughts wandered to the events that had taken place in the past 24 hours. It had been scary and unexpected. “Who thought this could have happened?” She started recalling… Üõ˜èO¡ ñ«ôCò ðòíˆF¡ è¬ìC , «ïŸÁ ñ£¬ô; Üõœ ÜŠð£ Üõ¬÷ Y‚Aó‹ A÷‹¹ñ£Á ªê£¡ù£˜, ܼƒè£†Còè‹ ªê™ô£‹ â¡ø£˜. ÜõÀ‚°Š ªðK M¼Šð‹ Þ™¬ô â¡ø£½‹, 죂CJ™ A÷‹H M†ì£œ. 죂R G¡ø Þìˆ¬îŠ ð£˜ˆî¾ì¡ ñA›„C ÜõÀ‚°!Üõœ ªê™ô «õ‡´‹ â¡Á 142 ´ «ðù£ H®ˆî ï†êˆFóƒèœ

M¼ŠðŠð†ì ‘ä‚Aò£’ è¬ì‚° ÜŠð£ ܬöˆ¶ õ‰î ñA›‰î£œ. It was her last day in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Her trip was so exciting until then. That evening her dad told her to get ready for visiting the museum. Out of all the places, they had to visit museums? This was not her idea of fun. They took a taxi. When she saw the building, she squealed with excitement. It was IKEA, the place she wanted to visit, she was excited at the surprise and fun shopping that was awaiting. ܬùõ¼‹ àœ«÷ ªê¡Á «õ‡®ò¬î õ£ƒA º®‚¬èJ™ ðC õ‰î¶. ñE 𣘈 Þó¾ ðˆ¶. êK, ꣊Hì êóõí ðõ¡ ªê™ôô£‹ âù‚ A÷‹Hù£˜èœ. 죂R õ¼‹ õ¬ó ܃A¼‰î Þ¼‚¬èJ™ Üñ˜‰¶, ê‹Uî£ ´   143