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Books

Anshujita Ghosal, Class 3

I always used to insist mumma to tell me
stories - each day a new one. She used to

narrate stories every afternoon and night

before going to sleep. Slowly her stock of

stories started to decrease and my
nagging for new stories increased. Then

she began buying books for me and I

started to read. I used to gobble up the
books as soon as I got them and with that

my demand for new books grew day by

day .
“Saraswati” by Paolina

Dasgupta, Class 4
“Lotus” by Rupsa

Nath, Class 3

Mumma laughed and said "What do

One day, mumma asked me" Why do you you gain by reading books?"
read story books?"
I was confused!! For a second, I

I enthusiastically answered " By reading scratched my head and thought a little

books I get a pair of wings to fly like the and said " I learn new words."
fairies, land in the chocolate castle, climb Mumma said "And?" I had no answer.

the cookie and cream mountains like

Geronimo, Boils, Goose blahblah and his She said that every story gives us a
other friends, fight like valiant knight, message - a lesson or a moral to learn

secretly creep into the pyramids of Egypt and follow which is the actual treasure

with Tintin and Snowy, make new hidden in every story. We have to find

inventions like Professor Calculus and out that hidden treasure, understand it
Professor Shonku, chase man-eaters like and implement it in our daily life. This

Jim Corbett with my toy rifle through the is what we actually gain from reading

forests of Kumaon and many more". books.