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to speak about the places that they travel to during their summer
vacations. It accounts for 50 percent of the total marks. And
everybody will need to speak on the first day after the summer
break.’

‘I am leaving for work. I have kept What did Mohini’s
your lunch ready’, her mother said. ? mother do for a

summer break Mohini’s father had passed away living? embarrassed
when she was just three years old.
Her mother had started stitching clothes to support them financially. She could earn
enough to send her daughter to a good school but not enough to go on a holiday.

‘What will I tell Miss Nalini? I did not travel to any place during the
summer vacation. Yes, I will tell her this, because this is the truth and we
should always tell the truth.’ No! Mohini shuddered at the thought of
losing fifty percent marks. What was she supposed to do?

The students rushed into their classrooms eagerly on the first day of
school. Everyone was busy chatting with each other. Mohini sat alone in
a corner, thinking hard. Miss Nalini walked in, and the class greeted her shuddered
in a loud and monotonous voice, ‘Good morning Misssssss!’

‘Good morning, students. So good to see all of you back. Before I ask you to share
about the place you travelled to during the summer holidays, let me tell you about my
trip.’

It seemed as though Miss Nalini was in a good mood. ‘I visited Shimla with my family.
It is a beautiful hill station and the capital of Himachal Pradesh. Everything was so
different from here. The food, the climate, the trees. It was a lovely trip!’ she said.

One by one, the students began talking about their holidays.

‘Miss, I visited Kochi. My dadi lives there. We went in an aeroplane. My first time in an
aeroplane!’ Rohan beamed.

Shefali spoke about her experience next. ‘Miss, I went to my village
in Odisha, near Bhubaneswar. The best part was the trip to Nandan
Kanan Zoo. I saw crocodiles, snakes…‘

Yikes, thought Mohini. How could someone enjoy snakes and
crocodiles? They are so disgusting. yikes

The next to speak was Aditya. ‘Miss, we went to Paris Who among
this vacation. We visited many museums there. I was so Mohini’s classmates
bored. We also visited the Eiffel Tower. The best part ? saw the Eiffel
was the visit to Disneyland.’ The entire class was Tower?
listening eagerly to his description.

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