The Raja of Udaipur Author: Mala Kumar Illustrators: Angie & Upesh, Kabini Amin, Rajiv Eipe, Ruchi Shah, Soumya Menon, Vartika Sharma , Vinayak Varma Re-level: Seena Antony
A story dedicated to all the people who take care of animals. In India, where this story is set, and in the rest of this beautiful world too! Inspired by the the story:http://www.hindustantimes.com/jaipur/udaipurbound-white-tiger-rama-puts-new-keepers-intamil-soup/s... While this is the story about a white tiger, the images in this book show a regular Bengal tiger. That is because the artists ran out of white paint. Hmmm...or...or did they run out of black paint?? 2/15
"Waooohhh!!!" Raja let out a sad growl. He was angry, sad and confused. He had been brought from his home in Chennai to this new Biological park in Udaipur. And he did not like it. He missed his home and his friends but most of all he missed his keeper Selva. 3/15
Rannvijay, the new zookeeper was a kind man. He loved taking care of the animals. He tried to make Raja feel at home by talking to him and singing his favourite songs in his loud and squeaky voice. But nothing seemed to make Raja feel better. "WAOOOOHH!!" Raja growled again. 4/15
Raja was a beautiful white tiger. The star of Chennai's Anna Zoo. The children were amused to see a tiger that was white. "Is Raja a zebra that looks like a tiger or a tiger that looks like a zebra?", they would ask. Parents pointed to the Raja's teeth and whiskers. And dear Raja always answered with a roar. Zebras can't roar now, can they? 5/15
One day, the director of the zoo announced that two young wolves, from Rajasthan, would soon become new members of the Anna zoo. Selva, the zoo keeper was very excited. "And in return for the wolves, we are gifting them Raja", added the director. "So Selva, pack your bags and be ready to accompany Raja to his new home in Udaipur". 6/15
But Selva was getting married the next week and could not go with Raja. This was the reason for Raja's unhappiness. Raja missed Selva and did not want to be fed by anyone else. 7/15
Rannvijay, tried his best to make Raja comfortable. But when Raja refused to eat for a whole day, Rannvijay started to worry. He called Selva to see if there was anything special the tiger liked to eat. Selva in his broken hindi, told Rannvijay that Raja loved 'bagut bagut khaana'. 8/15
"Oh so that's it!", thought Rannvijay. Raja likes ' bahut bhaut gaana'. Rannvijay immediately tried to cheer the tiger with some more songs that he had learnt from his grandfather. But it did not work. Raja was just too sad. "WAAAOOOOHH!!" 9/15
Just then, Rannvijay heard a little boy crying loudly outside the tiger's cage. “Come come, let us see this tiger, and then we can go back to the hotel and rest, Anil kanna,” the little boy's mother said, pulling him towards Raja. 10/15
“I want to go home NOW!” shouted the boy. “I want to go back to Chennai NOW!” “Anil kanna, of course, of course, we'll go home soon, okay?” The mother bent down and hugged Anil. “Indaa chikki saapudu! En kannu, en kutti raja!”(Here, eat this chikki! My dearest, my little Raja!) 11/15
Raja got up and turned around slowly. He looked at the mother. He understood what she was saying. She was speaking in Tamil! 12/15
Rannvijay looked at the mother. And then he looked at Raja. Maybe Raja could not understand Hindi!! And maybe Selva meant 'khaana' (food) and not 'gaana' (song)!!! Then in his squeaky voice, he went near Raja and said in the same soothing tone as the mother, “En Raja, en kannu, khao na please!” 13/15
Raja walked slowly to Rannvijay, took the slice of meat with his teeth, and started eating. Anil bit into the chikki and said, “Amma,paaru, tiger is also eating!” Amma smiled. Rannvijay smiled with relief. Raja felt much better. 14/15
Soon Raja got used to his new zoo keeper Rannvijay and began to understand Hindi! And that is how the Tamil-knowing Raja, came to be known as the Raja of Udaipur. 15/15
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This is a Level 2 book for children who recognize familiar words and can read new words with help. (English) The Raja of Udaipur Original Story Synopsis: A white tiger from Chennai is gifted to a zoological park in Udaipur. His caretaker does everything to make Raja, the tiger feel at home. Come, let's get to know Raja. Pratham Books goes digital to weave a whole new chapter in the realm of multilingual children's stories. Knitting together children, authors, illustrators and publishers. Folding in teachers, and translators. To create a rich fabric of openly licensed multilingual stories for the children of India and the world. Our unique online platform, StoryWeaver, is a playground where children, parents, teachers and librarians can get creative. Come, start weaving today, and help us get a book in every child's hand!