Hello folks!
A very Happy New Year to all of you, and especially to Ms Sara. We always hope for a better future — let it be filled with magic, stars and rainbows! And may we all be able to interact with all our families and friends… This time Ms Sara has a cheerful collection giving hope in the New Year — 2021! Presenting Ms Sara in 2021–
Thank you! Ms Sara is back again. Hey there everyone, wish you a fabulous New Year on this page, both on behalf of Bookosmia and Borderless.
Poetry
We start with poetry welcoming the New Year. Here is a jolly poem talking of a jolly time, by 9 year old Noah Batolar from Gurgaon.
A Jolly Time of the Year
By Noah Batolar
Christmas is a jolly time of the year
Where everyone opens up to good times and cheer.
Nothing can stop this holiday
Almost everyone celebrates this day.
All negative thoughts are thrown into a pit —
Christmassssssssssssss, what a jolly time.
Put up the decorations,
Light up the fireplace,
Sing the carols and
All of that is just the beginning for a cheerful new year!
7 year old Anvi Sankhyan from Gurgaon now gives us a fun poem about Aliens!
Green Blue No Clue
By Avni Sankhayan
In the black space
Two Aliens in their UFO’s
were having a race.
They stopped
As their view was blocked
By a ball which was blue
But they had no clue
It was green which nobody had seen.
What is this beautiful place
Which has stopped their race?
Mountains, rivers, beautiful humans, desert, snow —
They wanted to know.
They went into a little girl’s dream
So that she would not scream.
The little girl said this:
My mother Earth full of trees, life which makes it green
Which you haven’t seen.
The water makes it blue.
Now you got the clue!!
Next, we have a little mischievous take by 10 year old Shreyash Bajaj from Singapore. Warning: Please do not try it out!
How To Bunk School– A Poetic Recipe
By Shreyash Bajaj
Ingredients:
A cup of sleeping
A jar of excuses
A tablespoon of lateness
A teaspoon of secrecy
A bowl of willingness
2 cups of plans
A pinch of cleverness
A spoon of hiding.
Directions:
Wake up late,
You’re doing great!
Go over the plan again,
How and when.
Don’t brush your teeth
Don’t make your bed.
Go over the excuses in your head.
Go and make a fuss.
Try to miss the bus.
When you arrive at school,
Keep your cool.
Find a place,
To hide your face.
And lastly,
Have secrecy.
So now don’t be a fool,
Start bunking school!
Stories
We move on to stories now. Here is 9 year old Prakalya Krishnamurthi from Erode, Tamil Nadu taking us on an exciting marine adventure.
Julia and Dolphi
By Prakalya Krishnamurti
One pleasant day, I, Dolphi , the dolphin and my friend, Walrus were playing at the seashore. We met a girl, her name was Sarah. She used to come walking with her dad. Sarah loved to play with me and Walrus so we became best-friends and buddies. A week later, Sarah came walking, her face down and smile missing. Walrus and I asked her, “Why are you sad? Come let’s play.”
Sarah said, “Hmmm….There’s a pet contest at my school, Oakland Elementary and I have no pets at home. I don’t know what I’m going to do on that day in school.”
We got an idea!
“Aren’t we your lovable pets and your best-friends and buddies too?”
Sarah was so happy and said, “You guys are so kind! Ok, now let’s get on with the contest. The contest is in a couple of months. So you both prepare the tricks. I will prepare the props and costumes, sounds good?”
“Yay! Wonderful, I am so happy to be with you Sarah,” I said.
We practiced for the contest everyday at the sea shore.
“Ok, you both are performing very well and I am sure we’ll win the prize tomorrow,” said Sarah. “I will come tomorrow at 8 o’clock to pick you up for the contest.”
“Ok, Sarah, we will wait by the sea shore,” I said.
We were playing happily at the shore without knowing that we were about to be captured. Suddenly, two hunters saw us playing. They came quietly and captured us and sold us to a ‘Sea School’.
The next morning, Sarah went to pick us up but we were not there. She searched the whole seashore. Sarah started to worry and went to the contest alone. The contest started at the open auditorium, which had a big pool in the center. Everybody performed. At last Sarah’s name was called out. She went next to the pool with a sad face. Suddenly, she heard voices calling her, “Sarah, Sarah, Sarah! ”
It was us! She was astonished to see us but without another word we started our performance. We gave a mind blowing performance and won the first prize. Sarah was really happy but she wanted to know what had happened. We understood her and answered her question, “Ok, we will tell you,” I said. “That day, when were practicing the tricks, suddenly we were captured in a net by hunters. They left us at a Sea School. There, two caretakers came to see if we were valuable animals for the school. Luckily, they were very kind. After we told them our story, they immediately said we will help you get to your contest.”
Sarah hugged us tightly and said, “You both are the best friends in the world!” Suddenly a big wave of snow fell over us.
I opened my eyes and was looked around. I realized that it was only my dream and I was a dolphin in the dream. Slowly, I, Julia realized that after I went to Shedd Aquarium in Chicago with my family to see a dolphin show, I hadn’t stopped thinking about it. In my dreams, I had imagined my adventure as a Dolphin.
My whole family laughed and my little brother rolled on the floor when he heard my story.
Here is an adventurous story by 8 year old Kiyan Jal Bulsara from Kolkata that will spur you into action. Aliens, monsters and a young hero….get ready!
Run for your life
By Kiyan Jal Bulsara
One day Mike got up and quickly readied himself for school because he was late. When he reached school, it started to rain very heavily. It just wasn’t his day. Somehow he was able to dash into school in the nick of time.
Mike saw something form in the sky, he was curious. It was a massive portal. After five minutes, thousands of monsters started to fall out of the portal and everyone started to panic except for Mike.
He went out of school and asked one of the monsters why they had come to planet Earth? The monster, whose name was Gigi, told Mike that the most powerful villain Choba had escaped and was on a killing spree. Choba had killed the king of all monsters, Nachi, so he could take over the throne and be the next king.
Therefore, they had come to ask for help. Mike called the Monster Busters and told them what had happened. They formed teams and were ready for the battle. The Monster Busters used special weapons like a lightsaber to battle Choba. The battle started the next day and finished after ten days and the humans won but thousands of innocent busters died.
The monsters went back to their planet and promised to live in peace and harmony.
Watch out! 7 year old Aadya G from Chennai has her own Frozen sequel written out and this one is in India!
Anna and Elsa’s Visit to Taj Mahal
By Aadya G
Once upon a time there lived two sisters Anna and Elsa. They lived in Arendale. Christoph, Olaf and Sven were their friends.
One day they were gazing at Arendale’s palace and wondering if there could be a more amazing building. They wondered if there were more such beautiful monuments across the world.
Christoph said, “I know a beautiful palace in India called Taj Mahal. It is located in Agra and is one of the seven wonders of the world.”
Everyone got excited and said they wanted to visit the Taj Mahal. They started their trip to Taj Mahal by flying to India.They looked for a taxi ride and finally got one to drive to Taj Mahal. On their way, they saw a big giant monster. Anna quickly put a fireball on the monster.
The monster ran away. Finally, they reached Taj Mahal. They were surprised to see the Taj Mahal. They saw that it was very large and made of white marble. They were excited to see the beautiful carvings on Taj Mahal. They sang and danced and had lots of fun at the Taj Mahal.
Essays
If you were a bird in a zoo, how would you feel? Would you love it? Or, would you rather be free?
9 year old Atreyo Bhattacharyya from Kolkata shares his perspective, in this epistolary (letter writing) piece.
Exciting Egret
By Atreyo Bhattacharya
Dear Grandpa,
I am very sad as I have been locked up in this cage. I am in an enclosure named ‘The Egrets’. But people still admire me for my beautiful snow white plumage.
We have cages that restrain a bird from flying away. I was brought to this zoo by a man named Kalan. He first dug a big hole and then covered it with leaves. Without seeing properly, I stepped on that and fell into it. I miss my freedom and how I used to roam around and jump from one tree to the other.
But the advantages of this zoo are that I regularly get good food to eat and big bowls of water everyday. My life in this zoo is comfortable because the people give me food and water at the right time and take care of me properly.
But I feel lonely here because I can’t talk to my friends. Slowly, I am forgetting how to fly as this is a small cage, nor do they allow us to fly much. My flight feathers are becoming of no use. I miss my freedom and abhor this life of a prisoner.
Hope I could fly back to you whenever I wish as I used to do….
Miss you Grandpa
Yours lovingly,
Jack
This thoughtful essay by 9 year old Sia Patel from Ranchi is one that unites the whole Earth under a single rainbow.
The Seven Colours of the Rainbow
By Sia Patel
When I was small, my dad always told me how important it was to love and respect every individual, be it our own family members or strangers.
He always gave me the example of a rainbow.
How people looked forward to see the rainbow after the rains. The colours, when united look, so beautiful and have a unique identity, just like our country. Unity in diversity.
The seven colours of rainbow always lived happily together.
One day the colours started to fight among themselves on how important and powerful they are individually. They forgot how beautiful they looked united. Each colour wanted to show off their own importance. Because of their differences, they started living separately.
Children were disappointed as they could no longer spot the rainbow when the sun shone after it rained.
Rainbows were only in stories and pictures now. Soon people stopped looking for a rainbow in the sky. The colours were so busy fighting that they never realised that slowly they were losing their significance.
The colours, who had started living separately, felt sad and lonely.
They lost their charm.
One day a little girl heard stories about rainbow from her grandmother. She was upset to hear about their fights and decided to help the seven colours become friends again.
Slowly the colours realised how powerful and beautiful they looked when united. Together they brought smiles and happiness into so many people’s life. They never fought again and promised to stay together.
If every individual realises their role and importance in staying together, there will be no hatred in the world.
Hey friends, Sara here. 10-year-old Khushyati Sachwani from Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh shares her heartfelt experience on how her dad and her family faced the Corona virus.
My Father is a Corona Warrior
By Khushyati Sachwani
I was disturbed from the moment I heard that my father has tested positive for coronavirus. I immediately Googled and tried to find out the ways to help him get rid of it but it was not as easy.
For a few days, we had to separate from him. He had to be admitted to a hospital. Initially his condition was not too good. It was difficult to stay with other patients who were also suffering from the same but he did not lose courage. He was deprived of love, family and home food but he kept our spirits up by assuring us that this would last only a few days then he would meet us soon, hale and hearty.
His optimism felt heroic to me and I realised that my father is certainly a warrior who, with his positive bent of mind, defeated this disease and came back home safely.
Here is the last essay, hoping 2021 will a year full of hope, hope embodied by the young writers who write here. We hope for a future which can only get better. Sia Patel from Ranchi gives as another lovely piece — a wonderful welcome to the new year, even after a very tough 2020.
It’s Time to Leave 2020 Behind
By Sia Patel
2020 wasn’t as exciting as I thought. It was more like a prison but it was good spending quality time with my parents, my sister and my pet dog. In this pandemic I hardly bothered about day, date, and month because everyday seemed the same to me.
Soon online classes started. Initially, it was boring as no one understood the instructions given by the teachers. They did not mute themselves and time was wasted. We could not talk to our friends which was the worst part. If it would have been school I could have played with them at lunch break but there was no school so no playing and mostly no talking.
Soon we made a friends group on mobile and we started doing zoom meetings but that also did not happen often as our parents restricted our screen time. Because of this pandemic, I wasn’t able to meet my new class teacher or my new friends in the class.
I did get to learn many new things while staying at home like doodling from a book by Liz Pichon known as Tom Gates. I read lots of books, yes, a total of 31 books! Few things were really fun doing while staying at home.
What I missed most was celebrating festivals like we did earlier and vacations to a new place. Everything was restricted with a limited number of friends and relatives. I even lost my grandfather in September this year due to his illness. I miss him so much. He loved and pampered my sister and me a lot.
The only thing that was good this year was I got my first pet dog, Bingo. He is very cute and mostly a good friend of mine. I had so many plans for 2020 with my friends. We had already discussed our ideas for celebrating our birthday parties with different themes but nothing could be executed because of coronavirus. We did most of the celebrations virtually this year.
Now that it’s time for the year end of 2020 so let’s welcome 2021 and say goodbye to 2020. Let’s stay strong for facing all the problems in future and hope that 2021 brings lots of good time and positivity to everyone.
And now this is Sara wishing you hope for the new year and a fantastic future.
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