Smile Please!
A fawn was racing in the forest.
He was ahead of the rabbit.
He was ahead of the elephant.
He leapt and cleared the stream.
He ran past the crumbling wall.
There was a large boulder on the grassy plain. He stumbled and fell down.
He burst into tears.
The monkey massaged his leg. Tears flowed from the fawn's eyes.
Brother Bear picked him up. The fawn didn't stop crying.
His mother came. She said, “Look, we'll beat up this bad boulder!”
The fawn said, “Oh, don't do that or he will also start crying.” His mother laughed. So did the fawn.
🌟 The End
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Smile Please! (English), written by Sanjiv Jaiswal 'Sanjay', illustrated by Ajit Narayan, published by Pratham Books, used under CC BY. · View on StoryWeaver