Thursday, March 31, 2011

Journey in an overcrowded bus

“Please stop pushing!” I cried out loudly. I was very annoyed and irritated by the overcrowded bus. Everyone was nudging and pushing.
It was a Saturday morning and I was busy dozing. My mother suddenly woke me up and asked me to deliver some important documents to my father’s office as he had forgotten them.
In a drowsy mood, I was ready to leave. My mother even informed me that there was an autorickshaw strike and I had to travel by bus. I was infuriated. I left and walked towards the bus stop which was very crowded. As the bus arrived, I struggled to climb onto it as it was overcrowded. We were cramped like sardines in a box. I somehow managed to get aboard. It was sweltering hot and I began perspiring. Everyone squeezed and squashed me like a bug. I was holding the documents very tightly as they were slipping away from my clammy hands. I was hoping to find a seat to sit in. I saw a vacant seat up front. When I went to sit on it, a fat lady pushed me and sat in the seat. I was outraged. I kept glaring at her. Soon my destination arrived. I squeezed myself among the commuters to go to the exit and alighted from the bus. My father was standing at the office door. I quickly ran to him and gave him the documents.
He appreciated my effort and gave me money to buy my favorite confectionary for doing the task. I thanked him and ran to the closest sweet shop.

Rescuing an animal

Rescuing an animal

“Someone please rescue that little dog!” I screamed out loudly. I was horrified. What would happen now?
Flood is a common feature in India. Floods occur due to poor infrastructure and the inability if the government to tackle such a situation. Many people are rendered homeless as well as lose their lives. Last Sunday, Surat was hit by a flood. The hundred year old dam had broken and due to torrential rains, it overflowed and thus caused floods. As a part of my school’s social club, with some fellow students, I decided to be a part of the rescue team in Surat.
When we reached Surat, my heart sank. The people had asked for a good rainfall for a good harvest but it seemed that the rains had honored their blessings just a tad bit too much. Trees were uprooted and cars were damaged. Corpses and carcasses of animals were floating in the water. Water lashed against the compound walls. Surat looked like an island in a vast ocean. The river was in spate and there was respite for the people when the cloud burst in all its fury and it started pouring cats and dogs. My heart was in my mouth.
Suddenly my eyes fell on a dog caught in the debris of a house. His legs were entangled in some wires and he was barking furiously. He was trying hard to break free but it was all in vain. He looked sick. Our stomachs churned in grief and agony when we saw the condition of that poor dog. After a few minutes, we decided to rescue it. We slowly crept towards it so as to not frighten it. We started the task of rescuing that dog. We carefully disentangled his leg from the wires. We cautiously cleared its surrounding and rescued it. I shriveled in bitterness when I saw its state. My friends quickly put some ointment around his leg and bandaged him. We gave some food to it. It then started wagging its tail and licking our hands. We were all on cloud nine.
After three hours of this devastating tragedy, the paramedics, military arrived. They started helping the people and came to their aid. The mishap was settled after a long wait of five hours. We went home and I told mum about the condition of Surat and how my friends helped rescue the dog. I felt glad after doing this good deed. I hoped that dog would be well and good.

(Ria Nisar. Monday 2:30)

Floods

The floods
“Oh my goodness! See the havoc! The carcasses are floating,” I said when the great floods had arrived in the village of Rampur.
Monsoon is both a bane and a boon to us. It had settled a bit so children played in water and were affected by the diseases like plague, malaria and jaundice. Now, I will tell you about the incident related to the floods at Rampur.
We had gone for an educational trip to Rampur, through our Nature Club to help poor people, who had to fight against the fierce floods. Crops were destroyed by the torrential rain. I was the leader of our team. We sat in a canoe and cleaned up the places. Suddenly, my sister shouted, “I saw a carcass floating in the water!”
Houses had collapsed and huts were submerged under water. Food packets were thrown by army men through helicopters. Water seeped into homes. Men and women were clinging onto trees. Helpless victims raised their cries for help. Powerful waves washed away mud huts. People were rendered homeless. Diseases broke out. We boarded a helicopter and the village looked like an island from up above. Trees were uprooted and were carried away by the forceful water. Many houses were destroyed. The river was causing havoc when the river was in spate. The rain stopped slowly and steadily. People were in great distress due to the loss of our near and dear ones.
I did not like what the floods had done. I prayed that this natural calamity should never be caused again.

-Yug Choksi (Wednesday 9:15)

Thursday, March 24, 2011

A Rainy Day

A rainy day

One fine day I woke up late as it was a Sunday. I got ready and had my breakfast. It was time to go to school.
Suddenly, I heard claps of thunder. I ran to the balcony. The dark clouds sailing in the sky were a sight to admire. The flashes of lightning dazzled my eyes. It suddenly started to rain. I asked my mom if I could go to play with my friends. My mom said yes. Before my mom said no, I grabbed my raincoat and called my friends and went down to play. People were running for shelter. We were jumping in the muddy puddles. Suddenly a noise was heard ‘thud!’ we went near the gate to see what it was. We saw a motorbike skidding because of the slippery roads. It rained more heavily. The trees sighed as the strong winds passed through them. We were playing and playing till at last we were drenched to the skin completely. We went home took a hot water bath. Then it stopped raining. We decided to go on a picnic. we sat in the car and dad drove. Suddenly he stopped the car near a meadow and asked us to get down. We got down and far behind the meadow there was a grassy garden. We sat there. It was drizzling. A beautiful bright blue peacock was dancing in the brilliant crystal drizzling rain and green slimy frogs were croaking in the sparkling mossy, lily ponds. As the sky burst in all its fury, we decided to leave and go home. It started pouring cats and dogs. The shining green leaves were gorgeous. The vehicles moved at a snail’s pace. It was flooded everywhere and people were wading through the knee-deep water.
It was a wonderful day filled with lots of fun. It was unforgettable. I would always remember today.

-Niva Shah
(USS-6th std. Wednesday 2:45)

the night i read a ghost story

The night I read a ghost story

One night after dinner, I bade good bye to my parents as they were going out. I sat on my bed with the book called ‘The Zombie Zone’.
While I was reading the book I felt as if I myself was in the story. I was petrified and was shivering with fear. Suddenly the light flickered off. I saw something whitish. Beads of sweat formed on my brow. I courageously went and switched on the light. I saw that it was my shining white book. All of a sudden the door slammed shut. I was horrified. The weird sounds of the night were enough to make my heart jump into my mouth. I took a deep breath and went to my hall to check what was making the noises. I saw that the door slammed shut because of the wind. However, I sensed some movements as I saw the keyhole which started to turn around on its own. I was shaking from head to toe. It opened with a sudden jerk and at the doorway stood… mom and dad!
I heaved a sigh of relief. I went and hugged my parents and told them what happened when they were not here. They made me understand that I should not feel frightened of anything. I should face my fears with confidence and courage. Since then I have never touched a ghost story.

-Niva Shah
(USS-6th std. Wednesday 2:45)

Monday, March 14, 2011

THE CLEVER ANSWER OF THE SAILOR

Once upon a time there lived a boy called peter. He loved sailing. He was a kid. His father was a sailor and so were his forefathers....
Once he kept a get-together in his ship as he had gained lots of profit. They all enjoyed the party like little kids .Soon the party got over but one of his friend stayed
After every one was gone they started chatting .They almost had the same interest but the Peter's friend was jealous of him. He asked him where did his family members die.
They died at the his granfather's ship drowned because of bad climate His father was the salior of TITANIC and his mother came along with him he replied

His friend thought a bit. He advised him not to go to the sea The sailor started to think He was a bit dissapointed . He loved sailing But just then a thought popped in his mind .
May be his friend was jealous of him

So he asked his friend smartly "leave that but where did your family die? In a ship or in water or by an accident . How did they die?"

The friend replied " nothing like t-t-hat they d-d-ied in bed !"he said
"why are you stammering>" the sailor asked. He replied that he was scared of saying that and That is why he was stammering

So the sailor said "if my relatives died at sea and you are advising me not to go to sea, then i'd adcise you not to go to bed if your relatives died in bed". "But how can I can i live without sleeping? The sailor asked. "The same way as you cannot live without sleeping I cannot live without sailing." The friend understood his mistake and promised that he would never do that again

NAME RIYA JHAVERI
MONDAY 4 -5:30 PM
SCHOOL JNS

beach

I just finished my 3rd term exams and my summer vacation started. I was very elated that my exams had just got over. I promised my family to go to Juhu beach because it had been many weeks i had gome to the beach. I was eager to go to the big juhu beach. As I went inside, WOW!!!! beautiful beach.

I started to make sand castles. The beach was fantastic. There was the shimmering blue Atlantic ocean. People were wearing beautiful colourful swimming costumes. The golden sand was stretching endlessly. I was getting bored making sand castles so I asked my parents if we could go for a walk. I got up, packed everything and went for a walk. I was over the clouds. The rippling water was lapping. The big rocks were crashed by the waves. The big palm leaves were rustling and the most beautiful and stunning was the crimson hue of setting sun dipping in the glistry water.

When we were walking, we saw a man was drowning. The tand body of life guards came to save the man. Thank God the he was safe. When I went ahead, I saw a dark outline of bobbing boats. As I took another step, I smelled the stinky sent of dead fish and foul smell of garbage.

I told to my family to go back. I was feeling very relaxed and pleased. i had visited a beautiful place after a long time.

WRITTER- TANUJ JAIN[4 and a half out of 5] Smile

Save Tigers


He was shocked and stunned. Kabir saw the advertisement where it was mentioned that only 1411 tigers are left in India. He was very sad that our national animal is endangered!
He rushed to the kitchen to inform his mother. She was equally stunned and shocked. She told kabir to find some information on the internet. He found that most of the tigers are hunted for their skin. In one site he found out that Ranthambore national park was a tiger preserve park. He told his parents that he wanted to visit the park in his summer holidays. His parents agreed. Soon they were ready to go. They took a flight to Jaipur and went to Ranthambore by car. They stayed in a resort close to the park.
After resting for sometime kabir could not stop himself. He went to his parents and told them that he was going into the forest. His parents did not take him seriously and thought he would not go. But kabir was already in the jungle with his camera. He saw snakes, monkeys and a deer but could no spot even one tiger. He had heard that tigers go to the pond to find their prey. Kabir hid behind a bush. He saw three tigers. He got so excited that he came out and started clicking photos. The tiger saw him and raced towards him. He ran for his life. While when his parents found him missing they thought he must have gone in the jungle. They immediately informed the forest officials. There, kabir was running for his life. One officer saw him. He hid behind a bush and as kabir was passing he caught kabir. Then kabir was sent to the head office from where his parents fetched him. He enjoyed the next few days he spent there and after returning he opened a save the tigers club.
By- krishi shah- 6

A message from Earth

“Zing! Hello Zing! This is agent 19OXB37901 speaking. I landed on earth a few hours back. I landed in a place where everything was green. The computer told me that it was known as a ‘forest’. Many strange creatures lived in it. Few could fly and they were called birds and a very strange creature named fish always stayed in water. They were so colorful. I saw a creature who had 2 eyes, 2 ears, 1 nose and a mouth. So weird. We have 20 eyes and they only have two!!!!! They wore a turban, a strange garment called dhoti and another strange one called kurta. How funny they looked. I heard a beep from the computer that I was in India and those creatures were called humans. Funny name!! I heard a loud noise and behind me was was a huge grey animal called elephant. It had a tremendously long nose. It followed me!!! I ran till the spaceship and immediately locked the door. And ZOOM!!! I was out of earth. It was a nice experience. Earth is a place with kind people and strange living things!!!

-Krish Shah

Thursday, March 3, 2011

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A MOBILE PHONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

'TRING !TRING! TRING!'' I RING WHEN SOMEONE CALLS YOU. I RING ANYWHERE ,IF, YOU HAVE A CALL.
YOU USE ME AS A PART AND A PARCEL OF YOUR LIFE. YOUR CHILDREN LOVE ME AS I DONATE MANY GAMES to them.
I AM OF MANY TYPES. CAN YOU GUESS WHO AM I? YES! I AM A MOBILE PHONE.
I AM A DELICATE MOBILE .I WAS MANUFACTURED IN THE APPLE COMPANY IN U.S.A.I AM A TOUCH PHONE. I WAS SHINNING LIKE THE SUN . BUT, NOW I AM FADING AND AM BECOMING DULL . I HAVE MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ,YOU HAVE FUN DOING.I AM BLACK AND SILVER IN COLOUR.WHEN I WAS MADE, I WAS PACKED AND SHIPPED TO GERMANY.

I WAS SENT TO A MOBILE SHOW ROOM ,WHERE I WAS UNPACKED.I WAS DISPLAYED ON A BEAUTIFUL GLASS WINDOW.I WAS VERY COSTLY AND SO, NO ONE BOUGHT ME. AT LAST ONE RICH MAN BOUGHT ME.THE MAN WAS VERY KIND. I WAS AT SEVENTH HEAVEN. THE MAN'S NAME WAS BEN.HE USED ME VERY CAREFULLY.I GAVE HIM MANY FACILITIES LIKE-CAMERA, INFINITE GAMES , VIDEO CAMERA ETC. BEN LOVED ME VERY MUCH. WHERE EVER HE WOULD GO ,I WOULD ALWAYS BE WITH HIM. ALL HIS FRIENDS ALSO ADMIRED ME.BUT HIS SON, TANISH , WOULD ALWAYS PLAY GAMES IN ME.ONE DAY WHILE HE WAS PLAYING GAMES ,I FELL INTO THE WATER. PARTS CAME OUT OF ME AND I STOPPED WORKING. BEN WAS VERY UPSET AND IMMEDIATELY TOOK ME TO A MOBILE SHOP. OVER THERE I WAS REPAIRED AND GIVEN BACK TO BEN. BEN WAS ON CLOUD NINE. THEN HE NEVER GAVE ME TO HIS SON.HE USED ME VERY CAREFULLY.

BUT ,ONE DAY HIS FRIEND GIFTED HIM A NEW MOBILE, AND HE KEPT ME IN HIS CUPBOARD.I AM THERE FROM LAST 4 YEARS ,WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO COME AND USE ME.
-AVI GOPANI

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

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An Unhygienic Food Centre
“Ouch my stomach is aching. I can’t bear this” I grumbled to the doctor. Tears rolled down my cheeks.
It was a bright sunny afternoon; Raj and his mother were walking. His mother had just picked him up from the school. Hunger pangs soon hit Raj and he insisted his mother that they should stop by the neighbourhood restaurant and have food. The good food centre was poor in the record of hygiene. It was overrun with rats and infested with cockroaches. Stray cats frequently roamed about the food centre as they were attracted by food craps left behind by the customers. Houseflies and mosquitoes also hovered in and around. In spite of all this, the food centre provided good food at reasonable rates. As Raj was terribly hungry, he ordered a plate of noodles and lemonade. His mother was not hungry and so she just ordered coffee. Raj polished up the plate of noodles and gulped down the lemonade within 10 minutes. Then he gave a burp of satisfaction.
Barely 15 minutes had passed and Raj got a queasy feeling in his stomach. When they were returning home, Raj ran to the drain and threw up. He complained of severe stomach ache. His concerned mother took him to the clinic. After examining Raj the doctor said that Raj’s food poisoning was very severe. Apart from food poisoning the boy suffered from vomiting, diarrhoea and terrible stomach ache. His mother took him to the emergency unit of the hospital. The doctor had his stomach pumped to remove the contaminated food particles. He gave Raj vaccination, prescribed some medication and Raj was admitted in the hospital for 4 days. The next day, Raj’s mother lodged a complaint against the Department of Health for the unhygienic food at the Good Food Centre. Health experts were sent to the food centre to conduct a checking. When the health inspectors found that the entire food centre was infected with pests and was very dirty they ordered the manager of the food centre to close the food centre and clean it up thoroughly or else their license to operate an eating establishment would be revoked.
The food centre was closed for 2 weeks and when it was re opened, it was sparkling clean. The entire spick and span area and improved dining area proved to be a hit with the customers. Most importantly those who ate at the food centre did not suffer from any disease
Mahika Kotecha
CNMS School
Std: -6