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A COLD BITING
4 B WINTER NIGHT
It was a frosty winter night when a
little 9-year-old girl stirred in her
soundless sleep. Her brown, curly hair
looked like a bird's nest and her furry
lavender blanket was pulled all the
way to her chin. Her eyes fluttered
open, revealing her shockingly sky-
blue eyes filled with years of laughter.
She sat up on her four-poster bed and
trudged to her window. She opened it
slightly, but closed it as fast as lightning,
for the brumal air was so glacial it
wrapped around her, giving her a chilly
feeling that sent a shiver down her
spine. Even the pigeons on the street
looked quite disgruntled! “Too cold,” she
said, her teeth chattering. “I better get Students collaborated in groups
back to bed, otherwise I would make to explore fraction concepts
quite a splendid ice-statue for grand- using Math manipulatives.
mother's porch,” she said worriedly, her Through hands-on activities,
fingers feeling numb. She shuffled to they visualised and compared
her bed, got a bit cozy and fell asleep. fractions, deepening their
Her dreams were full of frozen people, understanding in an engaging
frostbite and snow flakes. and interactive way!
Akshara Aravind
PANIC AT THE PEAK
With trembling hands and watering eyes,
I stared down in horror at the icy peak of
the slope into the anonymous mist. I
could feel my heart furiously beating in
my chest as a bead of sweat ran down my
forehead. As a strong gale swirled around
me, I was taken back vividly to the
previous memories of how I begged my
dad to let me go down this treacherous
slope. Now I was filled with regret and
found myself shuffling uncomfortably in
my skis.
“Come on, let's ski down,” called my dad in
a very cheerful manner. With one last look
at my father, I plucked up my courage and
slid down the slope. At first, I flew down
the slope at high speed, my heart filled
with joy as I zoomed down the winter
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wonderland. But then the bumps got
भलीभाँ�त समझा।
bigger and bigger! I started to feel fear
take hold of me as panic filled my body.
MY FAVOURITE FACTS ABOUT ANIMALS Then the most amazing thing happened.
A steady voice filled my head saying – “It's
A black drongo can mimic sounds of over 200 birds, fine, YOU CAN do this!” Guess what
When I learnt this, I fell short of words. happened next? I did it! I stayed calm and
A dragonfly has 20,000 pairs of eyes, steady, and I found a solution! I was very
That would definitely make them amongst the best spies. proud of myself, and I could not stop
beaming with pride every step of the way
Some starfish eat up other starfish for food, back to the ski resort. In the ski resort
I wonder if they are so short of seafood ?
café, a delectable cup of hot chocolate
Some species of jellyfish are considered immortal, awaited me. As I sipped the milky cocoa,
Well, it's worth noting it down on our school portal. fatigue filled my body, and I found myself
A whale's heart may beat only 2-3 times in a minute, drifting off to sleep. Panic had turned to
I am hoping that it's not a miscompute. pride on the peak!
Dhven Mukhi Alena Menzies
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