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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 .
Paolina Dasgupta, Class 4

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
the cookie and cream mountains like Mumma said "And?" I had no answer.

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.