EAST OR WEST, PURPLE IS THE BEST.

EAST OR WEST, PURPLE IS THE BEST.

I love purple,
What about you ?
It keeps me happy
And pleasant too.
A purple flower is so sweet,
A purple brinjal is good to eat.
Purple grape juice is so nice,
I love to have it with lots of ice.
Blue is cool and red is hot
But purple is the best of the lot.

By Dhrithi

Monster & Me!

MONSTER AND ME!
What’s that thing -------------------------------- What’s that thing

Under my bed? --------------------------------- Above the bed?

It’s large and scary --------------------------------- It has two eyes
And has a big head --------------------------------- And a small little head.

It sits under my bed --------------------------------- It sleeps on the bed
All through the night --------------------------------- All through the night.

I think it wants violent fight! --------------------I think I am right,

------------------------------------------------------It wants a violent fight!

It has ten eyes ------------------------------------------ It has pearly teeth
That look like mice. ------------------------------And neatly cut claws.

It has sharp fangs, --------------------------------------- It has a clean,
And dirty claws, ------------------------------------And nice little jaw.
And has spikes, On his jaws.

Then we stared into each others eyes!
And this story is not lies.
“I think you will be a nice friend!”
“And this is final!”
And that’s the end.

By Dhrithi

My Little Sister

My Little Sister
My sister’s so nice,
She’s made of sugar and spice.
She is small and she is pretty
And her name is Dhrithi.
She’s beautiful and good
Especially in her good mood.
She can dance and skip,
And do hoola – hoop on her hip.
She runs very fast
And never comes last.
Her friends are Harini
And Arushi too,
And you, and you, and you and you!
She’s my sister, that’s who she is.
She’s just like I mentioned in this.

By Dhrithi (her interpretation of what Akash thinks of her!)

AMAZING ELEPHANTS OF ANDAMAN!

My family and I went to Andamans during our holidays. At Andamans we stayed in a cottage at a small resort called Bare Foot. In the resort there was an elephant named Rajan. Next to the resort there was a beach. Once when we went to the beach we saw Rajan swimming in the sea. His head was inside the water and his trunk was out so that he could breathe. It was amazing to see him splash his trunk in the waves. Later in the evening we thought we could feed Rajan. But Rajan was not well and had stepped on a thorn. We could see tears come down his eyes. The person who looked after him said that we could not feed him for he has to eat only leaves to get better. The next day we went to an elephant show in a beach. There a person said we could feed them. But when I fed the baby elephant the big elephant pushed his trunk forward to get the banana from me. I held the banana and walked away, and the elephant ran behind me to get the banana. When the elephant man took out the chains the elephants rushed and jumped into the water. The mummy elephant fetched water by her trunk and sprayed it on the baby elephant. We saw an elephant take a stick and brush his teeth. I rode on an elephant and I felt scared and excited I was really really scared and felt as if I was sliding down his back when the elephant knelt and then sat down .I jumped down and patted the elephant’s back. I did not know that elephants were so smart. They actually made me think they are smarter than me.

By Dhrithi

TIGER

This picture has been moved to an earlier post called SAVE ME!

THE FROG AND ME !

I SAW A FROG
SITTING ON A LOG.
I SAID CROAK!
THEN IT AWOKE.
IT SAID CROAK ,
AND THAT WAS THE JOKE!
WE BECAME FRIENDS,
AND THAT IS THE END.

By Dhrithi

SAVE ME!

WHY DO YOU KILL ME ?
WHAT HAVE I DONE ?
WHY DON’T YOU LET ME JUST HAVE SOME FUN ?
YOU HUNT ME ALL MORNING,
YOU HUNT ME ALL NIGHT;
I DON’T WANT TO HAVE A FIGHT!

By Dhrithi (This is an anguished cry by the tiger)

WHO IS THE FIFTEENTH ONE?

Dhruv’s birth day party was on Sunday. He told his mother that there were going to be fifteen friends in the party.
Mother gave fifteen invites to Dhruv and said, “Dhruv give these invites to your friends.”
“Ok mummy.” said Dhruv and took all the invites to school.
On the party day mother had put up lots of decorations and she had made yummy snacks.
The birth day cake had the picture of Mickey mouse and seven candles on it.
Mother served fifteen plates and one for the birth day boy.
After playing games everyone took a plate filled with snacks. But there was no one to take the last plate.
Mother looked around, but every one had their plates. Mother asked Dhruv, “Where is the fifteenth friend Dhruv?”
Dhruv counted all of them and said, “Mother, there are fifteen friends.”
Mother wondered.. “Where is the fifteenth friend?”
“I am the fifteenth one mother! How could you forget ME- the birth day boy?”
Mother laughed and said “Happy birth day my smart son!”

By Dhrithi

THE THREE GODFATHERS

“CRASH”! The window pane shattered to a zillion pieces! Chirag had struck again ! “Out, out I say. You are not fit to be inside the house!” shouted his mom! “Why can’t you stay for a day without destroying anything? Come home only when you decide not to break anything.”

Chirag got annoyed and left to ride his cycle. Along the way SLAP!SLAP!SLAP! Chirag heard his friend Anuj’s father slapping him. Chirag overheard.

“Sixth time, the sixth time you forgot your book at school! Now how in the world will you do home work?” Shouted Anuj’s father.

“I will borrow Chirag’s book, ”said Anuj.

“Oh no mister,you are not borrowing anyone’s book. Get out of here and come back only when you are responsible for your property!” SLAM! His father slammed the door behind him.

“Hi!” said Chirag to Anuj.

“Hi!” said Anuj in a low voice.

“Why are you feeling sad ?”

“My father...”

“Slapped you because you are irresponsible and left your book at school!!”

said Chirag finishing Anuj”s sentence.

“Ya! How did you know?” asked Anuj puzzled.

“I could not help hearing. Your Dad’s voice is not exactly soft ! Anyway let us go find Bharat!”

Along the way Chirag explained about how and why he got into trouble.

“You know adults stink! They always have to be right about everything! Life would be enjoyable without these pompous adults butting in to our business.”

“You guys are awful!” came Bharat’s tiny voice from his house. “You guys never keep up your promise. You guys never get me what I want. Not even an eraser. I am through with you guys!!!”

“Sorry son,but we just don’t have the time!” said his father without looking up from behind his Business Newspaper.

“Ahhhhhh !” Bharat stomped out of his house.

“That did not go so well. Did id?” asked Chirag.

“NO!” shrieked Bharat. “Lucky, your parents care for you.”

“Leave it. Calm down dude ! Let us go and cycle in the basement.”

Said Anuj.” At least we have each other.”

Along the way Chirag said, “I have a perfect nickname for us!”

“What?” asked Bharat.

“ABC! Awesome Brilliant Companions!!!” said Chirag.

“Swell!” commented Bharat.” Hey! ABC is also Anuj, Bharat and Chirag !”

After an hour, Anuj got bored and wanted to have a fast cycle race.

He said, “Pals, I am getting bored of just cycling round and round in circles. Let us have a fast cycling race!”

“Okay! I am fine with it,” said Chirag calmly.

‘Fine? Just fine? I think it is a really cool idea Anuj!” praised Bharat.

Anuj said, “I will be the referee.”

“Can we go now?” Chirag said.So they took their cycles and went up the drive way slope.

Along the way Bharat asked, “What will the winner get as a prize?”

“That depends on what the winner desires!” said Anuj.

“Yes we will put in our pocket money to buy the winner whatever he wants!” said Chirag.

“Let us begin!” said Anuj.

“Alright then. On your marks, get set, go!!!” cried Anuj.

VRRRRROOOOMMMM! Chirag and Bharat raced down the driveway slope. Chirag was leading. But suddenly ‘SKREEEEECH!” Chirag skid to a halt.

Chirag looked petrified! Anuj and Bharat came running to see what had happened.

“WHAT HAPPENED?” screamed Anuj breathlessly. “BLIMEY! WHY ARE YOU LOOKING PETRIFIED?” shouted Bharat in tension.

“Shhhh! Look!” said Chirag softly. He pointed to a rat-bitten net. “Look beneath it.” There was a sick looking pigeon. It was about to have babies.

But unfortunately a group of rats had surrounded it to eat the eggs! Chirag liked nature .He did not want the rats to kill the pigeon or eat the eggs!

He took a stick and started scaring the rats away. The rats scuttled away but nobody could tell when they would come back.

“Good job man!” commented Anuj.

Bharat remembered that the winner of the fast cycling race should get whatever he desires. The three friends agreed that Chirag was the winner.

So Bharat asked: “ Hey Cheese! (Cheese was Chirag’s nickname), what do you want since you are the winner? I have ten rupees from my pocket money!”

“The only thing I want now is to protect that pigeon and its babies!” Chirag replied.

“Listen, we must help this poor pigeon guys.”

“But what can we do? We cannot be its nanny!” said Bharat.

“Here is a plan. First let us take off that horrible net and give it decent shelter.” They took off the net very gently, so that the pigeon did not get hurt. Then they took a steel grill lying at the back of the basement and decided to use it as a roof.

“Good job!!” said Chirag.” Now we need something for the walls, so that those awful rats cannot hurt the pigeon!”

Anuj and Bharat cycled to the hardware store at the end of the road and bought extra strong steel nets. Chirag stayed and protected the pregnant pigeon..

Anuj and Bharat came back as fast as they could, and they made a fence for the pigeon.

:Excellent work!” said Chirag. Bharat scattered some puffed rice near the bird. The pigeon slowly moved its head and ate them one by one. The three boys saw this and felt elated.

The boys came everyday and fed the bird. One day the pigeon had laid three eggs which looked like spotted pebbles. After a few more days the ABC gang saw that the eggs had hatched! They felt very proud and happy.

“Let us give them names,” Said Anuj.

“Yes, let us call them Chirpy, Fluffy and Ruffles!” Said Bharat looking at the babies fondly.

“Hey guys, do you know what? We have become Godfathers today!” Said Chirag.

“Right! The boys in class will be so jealous when they know this!”

Just then Anuj’s father stepped down from his Santro.

“Dad, look we saved these babies from the rats!” yelled Anuj, forgetting that he had hated his father.

“You saved them?” asked Chirag’s mother getting out of the lift.

“Did you build this shelter?” asked Bharat’s mom.

“We did!” said Chirag and told them the whole story.

“How sweet!”

“How thoughtful!”

“How responsible!”

“What a magnificent piece of construction this shelter is!”

The grownups gushed! The boys blushed!

The three Godfathers quietly cycled away leaving the grown ups to fuss over their sons’ achievements.

Chirpy, Ruffles & Fluffy winked

By Akash

THE SPACE RACE

We had a race in outer space,


To see who is the best in space race.


The first one got the golden sun,


The silver moon- for the second one.

And all the stars yelled we won! we won !

By Dhrithi

THE BEE & ME

I got a tree free free free,

And in that tree there was a bee.

The bee chased me, And stung my knee.


I chased the bee and the bee chased me.

- Dhrithi .R. Arun
(7 yrs)