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My Dream Project
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मंच पर जान का मरा पहला अनभव Not Your Everyday Novel:
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The village of Dahivali has a ton of plastic waste all around the My workshop is teeming with elves. Christmas is just around the corner and everyone is busy. I suppose I should introduce you to the
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आज भी मझ अपनी िजंदगी का वह वशष दन याद ह। हमार पाठशाला म sides of the roads, and it pollutes the soil and air. The major impact different types of elves. Each of them is equally important, mind you. I'm Santa, by the way. You must have heard many stories about me,
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हद का य पाठ तयो गता थी। हर क ा स २-३ ब चे तयो गता क of plastic bags on the environment is that it takes many years for the great Saint Nick. But this is the real story, my story. Also, I must say I'm not much of a writer, so this isn't your everyday novel. Just
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अ तम दौर म पहँचे थे। them to decompose. In addition, toxic substances are released saying! Anyway, back to the elves. There are four types of elves.
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into the soil when plastic bags perish under sunlight. If plastic First, come the Creating Elves. They create all the toys I give to you children. They make detailed clay models of the toys they want to
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मन े तयो गता क लए सफदर हाि म क एक मशहर क वता गड़बड़ bags are burned, they release a toxic substance into the air create, paint them, and then 'spell' them into the real stuff. {Yes, magic is real, folks!} They mostly have clay in their pockets and have
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घोटाला चनी थी। मन े अ तम चरण क दशन क लए खब तयार और causing ambient air pollution. Birds and animals eat the plastic flecks of colour all over them. They wear tiny Santa hats like mine, except theirs are multicoloured.
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महनत क थी। often causing a tragic and sudden death for them. Then there are the Posting Elves. They take the letters from all of you kids about your well-earned gifts and give them to the Creating
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तयो गता क लए सभी ब चे और श काएँ सभागह म जमा हए। सार Plastic is used without anybody thinking about how bad it is not Elves. They wear elf-sized postman outfits with Santa hats printed on their caps. And you haven't heard about the Decorating elves yet!
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तयोगी पहल पंि त म बठ थे। प रषद क सद य ने तयो गता क only for humans, but for animals and the earth too. They're the most frazzled of them all. They decorate trees and stockings in case people don't have any. The Decorating Elves wear holly
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(magicked so as not to prick them) around their necks like neck pillows, twist fairy lights around their waists, wear mini stockings under
घोषणा क और थम तयोगी को मंच पर बलाया। तभी अचानक पहल So what is the best way to clean up plastic? their shoes and wear Christmas tree stars on their heads. Mrs Claus oversees the Baking Elves. They help her bake cookies and cupcakes
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बार मझ डर का अहसास हआ। मझ लगा क म अपनी क वता को मंच पर as extra Christmas treats. They always make more cookies than usual because I eat most of them. I mean, I must live up to that belly
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My first thought was to start it in the village of my farmhouse, so I
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जात ह भल तो नह ं जाऊगी। मर बार आत ह मरा आ म व वास वापस everyone gives me in those images, right?
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have created a video to educate the people in the village. It will
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आ गया और इसी क साथ मन े ऊचे वर और हावभाव क साथ अपनी Anyway, now for The Story:
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also be shared with a school, to enable students to understand
क वता सनाई। मर क वता क सभी छद क आ खर क पंि त थी – फर our responsibilities towards the environment. I started my project You see, this year, one of my elves got Covid 19, or Coronavirus, and everyone had to get tested so that they were sure they didn't have
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या होगा? तभी कई ब च और ोताओ ने मर बोलने स पहल ह कह by putting on a pair of gloves and picking up as much plastic from the virus. We'd have to go in disguise because I don't think doctors would want to treat Santa and his elves, they'd think all this is a
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दया गड़बड़ घोटाला और ता लय क गंज स सभी ने मर दशन को the roads as I possibly could. Next, with the help of my parents, stupid joke. (You must have realized how arrogant people can be, especially adults and teenagers.) So, we all got ourselves tested.
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सराहा। I reused the plastic waste into making eco-bricks and encouraged Mrs Claus fussed about my shirt. I somehow managed to fight her off me. I think I spoiled the whole thing by giving the doctor a toy race
the villagers to do the same. car and saying, “Why hello, John! You always asked for cars on Christmas! Do you still play with them?” John looked rather puzzled but
दशन क समाि त पर हमार धान अ या पका ने प रणाम क घोषणा took the car all the same. I have a feeling he still likes them. Once we were all tested, we went back home. It felt good to be in my Santa-

I am still researching ways to dispose plastic waste that cannot be
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क । मरा नाम थम थान पर सनत ह म अवाक् रह गई। वह मर लए Suit again, because it's really cold in the North Pole and the shirt buttons were at bursting point—one even came off! I quickly dumped
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reused, and I am excited about what this project will lead to in the
एक अ व वसनीय जीत थी और म इस अनभव को कभी नह ं भल सकती। the shirt in the bin as soon as Mrs Claus looked away. She didn't seem to notice. The next day, John and his colleagues gave out our
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future. results. Fortunately, no one had Covid. The elf was recovering too. But now Mrs Claus got another terrible idea. She had decided that I
रया संघवी shall not go and give children presents. I just stared at her incredulously, my mouth hanging open. Then, after her words sank in, I
A few things you can do to make a difference are -
immediately told her she was bonkers. “I'm not!” she huffed. “I just don't want you to get Covid! You're not going anywhere this
1. Donate empty plastic bottles Christmas, Nick!” I shouted a few swear words to her, which you shouldn't know about. But I'd suddenly thought of a plan worthy of
Athena (She's the Greek Goddess of warriors and wisdom). I tried to hide my glee. The plan was a superb one! I pretended to fight with
2. Help collect the plastic waste from streets
my wife a little more and then finally gave in. Mrs Claus was pleased. Not for long, I thought to myself. She's going to be in a fine old fit if
3. Help me spread this project around the world (or start a my plan works. And if it doesn't, she'll be in more than a fine old fit! I went into my room and called eight elves to join me—two of each
similar one in a village/city you are familiar with). type. I quietly told them my plan. They loved it! I felt triumphant.
4. Use less plastic yourself. On Christmas eve, I went to bed early, or, at least, that's what I told Mrs Claus. The eight elves were already in my room, just as planned.
Mrs Claus didn't suspect a thing. She went into her room five minutes later. It took me only twenty seconds to lock her in with the key
Riana Arenja one of the elves had swiftly snatched away. Then I set off with my Reindeer and sack. Two Posting Elves sat with me so that my big belly
wouldn't have to squeeze through fireplaces—they did it instead. As soon as we came back home, I flopped down on my bed with a
sigh and fell asleep, as soon as my head hit the pillow. It's very tiring work, you know, going all around the world in two hours. But I'd
completely forgotten I had to free Mrs Claus! When I let her out of her room the next morning, she was like a tornado times five
thousand. Now I'd better deal with her. Wish me luck—Hopefully, once Mrs Clause is done with me, I won't be on my deathbed!
Santa.
Devika Joshi
Physical school
KIARA RATNANI CHANGING COLOUR AND MOOD QUILT
School is reopening
We're all going to have fun
Meeting our friends
And learning about puns
In breaktime we'll eat
DEVIKA JOSHI CRAYON TECHNIQUES Our delicious snacks
And in P.E.
We'll stretch our backs
छ य का मज़ा In English we'll revise our grammar
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For our upcoming review
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छ याँ मर लए बहत मज़दार होती ह । म अ सर लोनावाला या But when it's time for math
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महाबल वर मर प रवार क साथ जाता हँ। ू Everyone has a sudden urge to go to the loo
In music we sing
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छ य म हम हर सबह पश-प ी दखने जंगल म पदल जात ह । कमर स े And in dance we dance
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हम तरह-तरह क च ड़य क फोटो लत ह । म कट, गो फ, बड मटन But in social studies
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और टबल ट नस खलता हँ। रात को हम तार और ह को दखत ह All of us fall into a trance
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य क शहर और दषण स दर होत ह । But soon it's time to leave
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Pushing our heavy bags
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ऐसी जगह पर जाना मझ बहत पसंद ह य क वहाँ क पड़-पौध और Carrying all our text books
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पश-प ी बहत संदर लगत ह । छ य पर जाने क सबस मज़दार बात And our art kit rags
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यह ह क म कोई गहकाय नह ं करता हँ। ू
Veda Goel
ESHA JAIN - ANALYSING CHARACTERS FROM STORIES रहान धां धया AANYA BHATIA RIA JHAVERI
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