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This adventurous story won the Third Prize in the National Level Short Story Writing Com-
petition conducted by the Kloud9 Team.

HOLIDAYS, TRAVELLING AND ADVENTURE!!

BY SAI ANUNYA VIII-H

This is a story of two families who lived their cameras and take pictures of the

in the bustling town of Ahmedabad in setting sun. To their disappointment,
Gujarat. They had planned to travel to- Krishna’s camera was discharged com-

gether to a place beyond Karnataka… pletely as he had forgotten to charge his
they travelled to a place in Kerala where camera before starting off. Only Ria’s

they found nature in its truest form. camera was charged and they took turns
in taking pictures until the sun had set

The start…. completely. They managed to slip up to
top berth with the camera where they

1 shared their memories through the pic-

The two families got into the coupe and tures.
started putting their luggage into the
place below the berths. Slowly the train 3

chugged out of the station. Goodbyes Later, they managed to slip up to top
were said and people waved their hands berth with the camera, where they went

to their relatives on the railway station through the memories galore. A memora-
until the station was out of sight. Initial- ble event was attached to each picture
ly, the train moved slowly and then clicked by Ria, her parents and her

picked up speed…The train changed friends. They chattered away on the pic-

tracks and many farmers could be seen tures, each one recalling some funny epi-
working in their fields. The two families sodes from their lives. After a while, they
were in the fifth coupe. As the sun start- heard their mothers call them. The moth-

ed going down, the kids, Beena, Ria, Ram ers’ realized that the children had gone
and Krishna started getting bored. Ria up after clicking pictures. But where had

was twelve years old, Ram was ten, the camera gone??This question lingered
Krishna was thirteen and Beena was in their minds until they understood that

eleven. the camera was up all the time! They
2 asked for the camera as it would get dis-

Ria suggested that they could play Uno charged soon. So….the camera was given
but the idea was put down by the others. down.

As the sun could still be seen setting
Continued….
across the sky, they felt they could take