School E magazine Middle School April-July- 2019-20

Risha Agarwal of Grade VI Ganges, the young author
of Lotus Valley International School, Gurugram feels
proud to share the success of completion of her first
book named, ‘The Shoes under the tree.’

An avid reader, Risha devotes an hour every day before going to bed. Having
already read books of famous authors, she felt the need to pen down a story of her
own.

Her passion to read not only helped her to write her own book but also helped to
get a good command over the language.

Her e-book named “The Shoes under the tree’’ is a short book about how two
friends, Jake and Helen found a magical pair of shoes under a tree which changed
their lives thereafter.

This e-book can be browsed and downloaded
by the readers via the Amazon kindle.

We wish her all the very best for her future endeavor.

HRIDYANSH GAUTAM – ACHIEVER
AT FIRST LEGO LEAGUE
Lotus Valley International School
proudly shares the achievement of
Hridyansh Gautam of Grade VII
Yamuna who participated in the
First Lego League competition held
at Detroit, USA from 24th -27th April
2019.

He was a part of Team Space
Robonauts which secured 8th
position out of 106 teams from
across the globe. His team was
appreciated by all the judges for Pit
decoration, project presentation,
robot design presentation and
active participation as a rookie
team. The team was also
nominated for Project Research
award as well as for Strategy and
Innovation Award. All team
members including Hridyansh were
presented with individual medals.

Arya Jain & Aryav Mathur

Two learners from Lotus Valley International
School, Gurugram, Arya Jain of Grade VII
Yamuna and Aryav Mathur of Grade VI Nile,
represented India at the First Lego League
held in Turkey in June 2019. Their team, ‘High
Voltage’, won the third prize in Core Values
Inspiration Award category.

Grade - IV

SECTION APRIL MAY JULY
Mehak Jindal
ACACIAS Saesha Arora Akshita Chowdhury Akshayni Mathur
Amogh Doshi Pranshi Yadav
ASHOKAS Saranya Singhal Advik Malik Aditya Mahanta
Nevaan Sharma Praney Guglani
ASPENS Shreya Mamtani Reyansh Agarwal Kaavya Joshi
Aarav Durani
BANYANS Mmanat Baghla Shauray Valecha

CHINARS Dhwani Madan

GULMOHARS Shaurya Vasudevan

MAHOGANY Amaira Vohra Vaanya Suneja

SECTION APRIL MAY JULY
Samaera Chawla
BIRCHES Sanvi Nanda Garvit Singhal Achintya Gupta

BURANS Himakshi Periwal Unati Saxena Anaya Jain
Keerat Klaire
CEDARS Swarit Narula Alia Rathi Aarohi Kalra
MAPLES Ananya Lakara Smriti Kasera
NEEMS Reyansh Ahlawat Ayaan Talwar Rhea Govil

OAKS Navya Shrivastava Lavanya Bajaj Myra Sharma

OLIVES Mantragya Yadav Arnav Goyal Avisha Garg

PINES Ishit Rastogi Naisha Khanna

SECTIONS APRIL MAY JULY

BEAS Afraaz Alam Aadhya Gupta Daksh Syal
GANGES Lavanya Tiwari Navya Garg Ryan Gupta
GODAVARI Sarthak Jain Anvi Jain Tanvi Wash
KAVERI Harleen Kaur Vivaan Banerjee Shobhit Galhotra
NARMADA Riddhi Manocha Aanya Pandey Jiya Saxena
NILE Ishan Dang Divit Sablok Kyesha Deorani
SUTLEJ Khushi Joshi Aarav Sinha Surya Khurana
THAMES Aahna Gulati Aditi Kumar Aryan Gulati

SECTION APRIL MAY JULY
Chenab Mrridul Seshadri Vansh Srivastava
Colorado Aditi Gupta Vidita Singh Atri Aaira Katoch

Indus Shreya Sethi Keshava Piyush Pranya Arora
Ravi Dhruvikaa D Reddy Prasad Ayush Khandelwal
Sayesha Jain
Rhine Aditya Sriram
Volga Naina Jhaamb Angel Khanna

Yamuna Priana Handa Jahanavi Kiran Shaurya Singh
Hitanshi Aggarwal Bhaavya Bansal

Arya Jain Jhanvi L Jalan

SECTIONS APRIL MAY JULY
Vanini Yagnik Garv Agarwal
AMAZON Abhie Gupta Gitanjali Atri Divyam Chawla
Navya Agarwal Ritisha Mehrotra
BRAHMAPUTRA Raima Guha Kripa Kaur Saksham Jain
Arav Mathur Rahat Kaura
DANUBE Nieel Praveen Dhruv Kumar Parth Ahuja
JHELUM Amulyaa Kashyap Prachi Chopra Anandi Agawal
MAHANADI Shourya Kapoor

MISSISSIPPI Kyna Chaudhary

TAPTI Priyadarshini Ghosh



1st (RSFI) All India Roller Skating
Championship HELD AT Surajpur, Greater
Noida From 18th to 21st April 2019
It gives us immense please to inform that
Megha Bisht of Lotus Valley International
School, Gurugram of Grade 10th Andes
participated in 1st (RSFI) All India Roller
Skating Championship U-17 Girls and
gloriously won three medals. The
competition was organized by Roller Skating
Federation of India. (RSFI). Megha Bisht
made the school proud with her
commendable achievement and was
congratulated by the organisers at the event
for her arduous hard-work and praiseworthy
performance.
She participated in the following event:
Inline 1000 mt Rink Race- Gold Medal, Road
Point-point 10kms- Second position, 500
meter Rink- Second position

Grades IX-XII

The Inter- House Swimming

Competition for Grades IX-

XII was conducted on April

27th, 2019 (Saturday). The aim

behind conducting the event

was to boost muscular

endurance, recreational fun

and resistance training. The

competitive swimming

included varied distance

events in butterfly, backstroke,

breaststroke, freestyle, and

individual medley.

The participants were assessed
on their powerful strokes in
different swimming styles and
muscular strength.
The panel of judges included
the Sports Coordinator, Mr.
Ranjit Singh Rawat and Faculty
of Sport (Swimming) Mr.

Pravin. Gandhi House
bagged the 1st Position
(Grades IX-XII).

It was overwhelming to view
the level of talent and skills in
our enthusiastic participants.

Grades IX-XII

Grades IX-XII

The Inter- House Table
Tennis Competition for
Grades IX-XII was
conducted on April 26th,
2019 (Friday). The aim
behind conducting the
event was to boost
muscular and aerobic
endurance, stroke quality,
resistance training and love
for the sport in our young
learners. The participants
were assessed on their
skills, generation of
powerful strokes, rapid on-
court movements and
concentration.
The panel of judges
included the Sports
Coordinator, Mr. Ranjit
Singh Rawat and Faculty of
Sport (Table Tennis) Mr. R.
N. Mandal.

Tagore House bagged
the First Position.

Grades IX-XII

The Inter- House Skating Competition
for Grades VI- VIII was conducted on
July 22nd, 2019. The aim behind
conducting the event was to boost
muscular endurance, recreational fun
and resistance training.
The Competition included two
categories – Inline and Quad (200m
and 300 m) for both boys and girls.
The competition provided anaerobic
benefits such as muscle strengthening
and toning. Learners worked their
core muscles, long leg strides and
posture during the event.
The participants were assessed on
their muscular strength, stride
efficiency, body balance and

movement. Teresa House bagged
the First Position.



The Inter- House basketball Competition for
Grades VI- XII was conducted during the
week July 23rd – July 26th, 2019.
Each house had five players on the playing
court and up to seven substitutes.
Substitutions were rolling and were made
during a break in play. The aim of each team
was to score in the opponent’s basket and
to prevent the opposing team from scoring.
The two school basketball referees decided
whether infringements of the rules had
been committed, with the assistance of an
official score and a timekeeper.
The Competition witnessed successful
attempts as well as free throws as a penalty
for technical foul. It was overwhelming to
view the level of talent and skills in our
enthusiastic participants.
The panel of Judges included the Sports
Coordinator Mr. Ranjit Singh Rawat and Ms.
Ankita Gera, Faculty Basketball. The learners
were assessed on the game fundamentals.
The following Houses bagged the First
Position:

Middle School – Gandhi House ( Girls)
and Teresa House ( Boys)
Senior School – Gandhi House ( Girls)
and Tagore House ( Boys)

The competition witnessed proficient skills,
patterns of body movements, ball handling
drills and endurance of our young athletes.





(SGFI) School Games Federation of
India District Skating Competition.
Venue : Baliawas Roller Skating Track, Gurugram
Date :29th and 30th July , 2019

Lotus Valley International School, Gurugram has participated in this SGFI District Skating
Championship with a group of 14 students. All the students performed with full zeal and
enthusiasm. It gives us immense pleasure that, 02 learners of our school secure positions
in this championship. They have been selected for Haryana State Roller Skating
Championship. Under 17 and 19 years category scheduled w.e.f 9th September to 11th
September 2019 at Baliawas, Gurugram. Under 11 and 14 years category scheduled in the
starting week of September at Yamuna Nagar, Haryana.





21st August’19

ANNUAL
PRESENTATION

(Grade-IV)

21st August’19

WORLD FASHION
DAY

28th August’19

HALF YEARLY EXAMS
(GRADE IV-VIII)

25th October’19

G2E5RtMh AONcUtoNbITeYr’19

DAY&UNITED NATIONS DAY
GERMAN UNITY

DAY&UNITED NATIONS DAY



A WORLD OF MY DREAMS AASHVI THAKUR
IV - ACACIAS
Sometimes, when I sit alone with no one around
me, I usually get bored! I feel like going to a place
where I can be at peace. I will live alone there too
but with nature around me, I will feel relaxed. I will
name the place, ‘The world of my dreams’, where
beautiful flowers will grow in my garden and they
will smell as good as sweets! I will have a wooden
house, to the right of which will be huge trees with
delicious mouth-watering fruits. A river flowing
nearby will have the bluest, cleanest and freshest
water ever! Some animals will also come to eat my
land’s sweet and juicy green grass. Whenever I will
get bored, I will go and sit under the huge banyan
tree a few yards away, where all kinds of birds will
sing in their melodious voices. The soft music and
gentle tune will help to calm my mind. I wish I had a
place like this to live in and if I ever get a place like
that, I would thank God for this beautiful life,
surrounded by greenery all around.

AARAV DURANI
IV- GULMOHARS

MOTHER

She is the one who grants all my wishes, DHRUVIKAA REDDY
And serves me delicious dishes, VII - RAVI
She gives me all that I need,
So she loves me indeed. KARTIK TANDON
VI - NILE
With her around, there is always gladness,
Because she kills all the sadness,
She gives me a lot of knowledge,
So that I can go to a big college.

I love my mother dearly,
And she loves me too, I see that clearly,

I know her by heart,
Oh! How I love her homemade blueberry

tarts!

AARAV DURANI
IV - GULMOHARS

AVICHAL GUPTA An ode to my mom
V - BIRCHES
What should a mother be
POETRY A woman who puts her old self

I was confused In lock and key
What to do Just so she could raise you
And see who you will decide to be
How to express She listens to your every trouble
Myself to you Even though they are not hers
I tried many ways She makes sure soon enough they are over
But nothing worked Even though it may not seem
Guess I was having But she will be one of the best people you
Trouble with words
But then I thought will ever meet
Why not try This is an ode to my mom
Putting words together Who may not be better than the rest
To make them rhyme But is better than the best to me
Creating a poem Even though I may not be
With a fresh start To my angel heaven of a mom.
And finishing it
With my heart ABIR AGGARWAL
VIII - AMAZON
NAINA JHAAMB
VII - RAVI

SRAJAN GAGRANI, XI - KEYNES

SRAJAN GAGRANI
XI - KEYNES

SRAJAN GAGRANI, XI - KEYNES

SRAJAN GAGRANI, XI - KEYNES MANYA KASERA
IV - MAHOGANY

Laughter is the best medicine

Q. Which bet can be never won?

Ans. Alpha-bet

AHAAN GUPTA, IV - CHINARS Q. When does Friday come before
AHAAN GUPTA, IV - CHINARS Thursday?

Ans. In a dictionary

Q. What is a cow’s favourite game?

Ans. Moo-sical chair

Q. Why did the teacher wear sunglasses
inside the classroom?

Ans. Because her students were so bright !

Jordy: The moon ate enough today.

Sam: How do you know?

Jordy: Because it is full

PRATEEK SINHA -
VI - NARMADA

AHAAN GUPTA, IV - CHINARS

If I could change the world MIHIKA SHARMA, V - NEEMS
MIHIKA SHARMA, V - NEEMS
I wonder, how would be the world MIHIKA SHARMA, V - NEEMS
If I changed it to the likeness of me
I cannot say that there would not be wars

or fights
But if you went to the right place
You would be guided by advice

Not others
But to follow your own light

A job for those few
so they can afford to feed their family stew
At least it wouldn’t be a world of dynamite

Not full of war and fight
If I could change the world
Guide others in a path where

they can learn
to guide themselves
where, people do instead of say
But, why dream when
This can all be true
Why think and not do
If I can get up and start

So can you!
Don’t be afraid
And take risks,
but only enough to change the world
To how it should be according to you
and to others
Don’t be in a movement
Be the movement!!

ABIR AGGARWAL
VIII - AMAZON

LIFE IS A BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY

Life is a beautiful journey, it offers endless possibilities, to be
experienced.

It can happen only by living a full bloomed life, A precious gift of
intelligence is bestowed to mankind, so utilise it fully in these moments

of education.

By continuously clinging to mind with restless thoughts, we may be
deprived of life’s celebrations

When we become free flowing life instead of carrying baggage of
others expectations, we. truly become endless & unlimited source of

energy.
Whatever we decide or like, we can really be that, no doubt about it.

Self-introspection should be continuously on, till we realise, what is
that, which we like the most & would love to spend entire life like that.

Success & Recognitions are just bi-products, whereas, Joy & true
satisfaction will be the reality of our life.

Life is one, so why should we live life of others, life is really precious,
life is a beautiful gift of God,

Let us value it to the highest, beyond any concepts, mind set or
preconceived notions

RITVIK MINHAS
XII - LEONARDO

RUPANYA KASHYAP
VII - YAMUNA

NAISHA KHANNA
V - PINES

जीवन एक संुदर यात्रा

जीवन एक संुदर यात्रा है, अनभव करने के लिए यह अनंुत संुभावनाएुं प्रदान करता
है, और यह सत्य एक पूरा खििा हुआ जीवन जीने से, अवश्य प्रकट हो सकता है,
कई बार, जाने अन्जाने, भलवष्य की अनेक आश्काओंु को िेकर, हम लवचाारोंु के भँवर
में गोते िाने िगते हैं, और जीवन के महाँउत्सव के आनन्द से वँलचात होने िगते हैं,

जब हम स्वयंु और दू सरोंु की अपेक्षाओंु को ढोने के बजाए मक्त प्रवालहत जीवन जीने
िगते हंै, तो हम ऊजाा का अुंतहीन और असीलमत स्रोत होने िगते है,
लिर हम जो भी तय या पसंुद करते हंै, उसे सत्य स्वरूप के रूप मंे साक्षात पाने िगते
हैं, इसके बारे में लकसी संुदेह की कोई गँजायश नहीुं है,
आत्मलनरीक्षण लनरंु तर होना चाालहए, जब तक हम यह महसूस नहीुं करते, लक वह क्या
है, लजसे हम सबसे अलिक पसंुद करते हैं और उस के साथ पूरा जीवन लबताना पसुं
द करें गे।
सििता और वैलिक मान्यताएुं के वि लितीय उत्पाद भर हंै, जबलक सच्ची िशी और
असीम सुंतलि हमारे जीवन की परम वास्तलवकता होगी,
जीवन बेहद अनमोि है, ईिर का एक सुंदर उपहार है,आइए हम इसे लकसी भी अव
िारणा, मानलसकता या पूवा िारणा से परे उच्चतम मान दंे और इसे पूणाता में लजयें,
क्योलंु क मक्त जीवन िारा, सभी सीमाओंु से परे जाकर, अपनी उच्चतम अवस्था को पा
ने का नाम है,

ररखिक लमन्हास
१२/लियोनारडो

THE MIRACULOUS FOREST

I am a traveller. I believe that experiences at new places with new people while travelling
are an invaluable source of knowledge. About three months ago, I decided to go and
explore the forests near a tiny Himalayan village. The walk was extremely enjoyable till I
tripped over a stone, lost my balance, slipped and rolled down the deep valley. As I
landed in the dense part of the jungle, I felt a sharp pain in my left ankle. I sat up to
massage my leg and was then when I noticed my surroundings. Tall pines trees stared at
me sternly for perhaps I had disturbed the peace of the jungle. Suddenly I felt uneasy. My
attention was now on the dark trees and the slow gurgling sounds of a river flowing
through the forest.

With some effort I stood up and started limping through the muddy footpath that
spiralled around the hill. The forest appeared less scary now and I started enjoying the
chilly Himalayan winds swishing through the trees. The muddy lane had irregular patches
of dry slippery grass which caused me to stumble at times. Under normal circumstances, I
would have enjoyed the forest walk like I did when I was a little boy but now it felt never
ending. Suddenly I was hungry, cold, lost and in immense pain.

Bravely, I trudged along the windy path till I could hear the river gushing nearby, swift and
ferocious, breaking the silence of the night. Finally, I reached the rocky banks of the river
and seated myself on a flat round stone, splashing the icy water on my face hands and
feet. The dark forests, rhythmic river and placid air had an intoxicating effect on me and I
fell into a deep slumber resting my head against the smooth rock.

I must have slept for a considerable time because when I looked at the sky the moon had
changed its position and the night had grown dense. I shifted and looked around when a
rustling sound behind the trees caught my attention. I stiffened. I had heard tales of the
hill tigers and was terrified. A dark figure emerged from the trees and I let out a small
gasp.

As the moon beams fell on him, I noticed a young boy in his early teens looking at me
intently. I let out a sigh of relief and fired a series of questions at him. ‘Who are you,
what’s your name? Where do you live?’ I asked. He refused to answer and I wondered if
he was suspicious and alert because I was a complete stranger. I straightened and gave
him an account of how I got lost, sprained my ankle and how much I needed some food
and rest. Upon which he smiled, nodded and said ‘I am Bishen, you can come with me.
My home is a few minutes away from here’.

Continued…..

THE MIRACULOUS FOREST

Continued………

He helped me rise from the rock as my injured leg felt numb due to the lingering pain. We
walked along slowly in the darkness of the night till we came upon a clearing with a bamboo
hut and a crackling bonfire burning outside. An old man sat on a cot lighting an old oil lamp.
Bishen said ‘I live here with my old father, tell him that I brought you here and he will help
you get better soon. In the meanwhile I will fetch some firewood as the night is growing
chilly. If I do not leave immediately and it starts to rain we will all be stuck in this cold.’ He
gave me a broad smile and soon disappeared in the darkness of the forest.

I heard the old man coughing incessantly as I slowly walked towards the hut. He saw me
approaching and looked at me curiously. I opened my mouth to speak but suddenly I felt my
head burning up as I fell unconscious on the ground. When I woke up I was lying down on
the cot while the old man rubbed turmeric paste on my ankle. He offered me some potato
stew and berry juice that I devoured in no time.

As I regained some strength, I started narrating my story to the old man – how I had a fall,
hurt myself, lost my way and how his son helped me through all the misery. The old man
stared at me and asked ‘My son Bishen?’ I nodded. I saw tears brimming in the old man’s
eyes and a sad smile flashed across his face. ‘My Bishen died 20 years ago, Sir. He was a
vivacious boy and had a generous heart. His smile lightened up my world and his existence
made my life worthwhile. On an unfortunate evening when he had gone to collect firewood
his leg slipped and he fell off the cliff”.

The old man paused for a moment, sniffed and continued. ‘I drowned in grief till many
weeks and decided to leave this forest. However on one such evening a young man like you
came here and told me that he was lost and Bishen had guided him to our hut. At first, I did
not believe him but soon lost travellers started reaching here and I understood that Bishen
was guiding them. So I stayed on. I started feeling Bishen’s presence around this forest and
knew that my dear son wanted me to help the lost travellers.’ The old man sighed and a tear
rolled out of his tired eyes. As for me, I was speechless. I had witnessed the unimaginable
and could feel a multitude of emotions inside me. The whole night I could not sleep.
Bishen’s story had touched me and it was perhaps the most emotional incident that I had
witnessed during my travels.

In the morning I decided to plant a tree in the loving memory of Bishen. It was my way of
thanking him. As I was working on the soil I could almost feel Bishen’s presence as if he was
around to acknowledge this small act of mine. After I planted the tree, I thanked Bishen’s
father for all the help and continued my journey taking innumerable memories along with
me.

RAGHAV VERMA, V - OLIVES

Sonnet to the Moon

MANYA KASERA, IV- MAHOGANY

NAVYA KASERA, VIII - AMAZON Sparkling from afar
A quite unique and distinctive star
She illuminates the whole night
You can’t ignore such a sight
She makes sad lovers feel at comfort
Even if they are badly hurt
Makes everyone feel at ease
You say not, oh please
Before the dawning of the day
She fades away
Wandering in the sky companionless
Have you ever felt that kind of
loneliness?
She’s radiating that’s right!
She’s the mistress of the night!

RIYA KUMAR
X-ELBRUS

RIDHIMA JINDAL
V - BURANS

THE MYSTERY OF THE STOLEN CAKES

On the countryside, there was a small town. In the My passion for horse riding
heart of the town, there was a place which the and love for my Horse (Star)
children frequently visited. It was their favorite cake made me jot down these
shop. The shopkeeper would often give them free words to express my feelings
cakes! In the shop, there was a worker who was Star
very fond of them. One day when the children went
into the cake shop, they saw that one of their My loving horse – Star
favorite display cakes was missing! They thought it
was no big deal. However, when the kids were out The swishing of her tail,
playing, they talked about it and seemed curious to
figure out the mystery of the stolen cake. The next the twinkle in her eyes,
morning, the first thing they checked was the
display section in the shop. And their fears came the darkness in her ears.
true. They saw that another three display cakes
were missing! They all got suspicious now. I take pride in her ride.
Suddenly, they saw a robber roaming around the
shop. He was the town's nastiest robber. The The silkiness of her hair,
children informed the police. The robber pleaded
but he was put behind bars. All the children felt the smell of her stable,
proud of their achievement. The next day, as usual,
they were at the shop. But just before eating the the grip of her saddle.
cakes, they shot a glance at the display cakes. And
what they saw was bewildering. Five of the display I take pride in her ride
cakes were missing! “How could this be possible?”,
they thought. The robber couldn’t have done this as She makes my heart throb,
he was in prison. They decided to hide and catch
the culprit. After some time, they just couldn't when we go for a hop.
believe what they saw. It was the worker who was
doing this all along. They immediately informed the My loving horse star
police who nabbed him red-handed. The worker
told them that he was very poor, and he needed From you I can never stay
food for his family. The police understood and
forgave the worker. They also let the robber out of afar. NYRA
the jail and applauded the children for their MALHOTRA

cleverness. SIDHANSH GARG, V - NEEMS (An avid
horse rider)

V - BIRCHES

BLIND MAN

This activity is about how will you JUST LET ME LIVE
communicate and make a blind man
understand colour. I want to live in a life
Where grades don't cut like a knife.
Imagine you are in a wreck house. The
house is creeping. You can hear strange I want to not live in a place
noises and footsteps. It’s raining cats and Where only the smartest win the
dogs outside. There is a grave yard beside race
the house. You have heard about many
strange stories about the graveyard. You I want to not have a number
have heard that whoever goes near the define who I am And to be
graveyard never comes back. The fear that compared or cry over an
you are having is black. exam.

Imagine you are camping out with your An Exam is
friends and family but then it starts to rain tedious,
heavily. The camp fire which you had put boring and
on gets blown off. You start to pray that dull, For a
the rain should stop and then it does. student like
Then you light the fire again, your mother me is hell.
hugs you. You feel warm and cosy. The
feeling you are having is yellow. Buried under the depths of books,
I glance at them with worried looks.
Imagine that you are chopping vegetables
with a sharp knife, but you accidently you As soon as exams draw near,
cut your fingers. Blood is oozing out. The my soul begins to tremble with fear.
pain that you will be having is red.
I want you to listen, and your
This shows that if we strike towards our attention you will give. I am not
goal we can achieve them. My goal was defined by my grades so please just
remove the Barriers of Communication. I
am in Class VII Yamuna in case you want LET
to have some interesting conversation ME
with me. LIVE

SHAURYA SINGH ABHIE GUPTA
VII - YAMUNA VIII - AMAZON

ANISHA GUPTA
VII - RHINE

ENCOUNTER WITH
FRIENDLY ALIEN

One day three friends – Ojas, Rahul and Karan were playing in the park during
summer vacations. Just as they started pushing their wickets in the ground, and

Rahul was preparing himself for balling, sudden atmospheric changes occurred,

and the heavy storm accompanied with thunder and lightening appeared. Everyone
in the park was scared, and most of the kids ran to their houses. The three friends
were about to leave the park, just then they saw a massive spaceship covering the
whole park appeared in front of them.

A funny looking miniature monster got down from the spaceship. The kids guessed it
right, it was an alien from another planet. It had a spongy green color skin and a
triangle face. Its neck was slightly brown in color, its stomach square and its legs
were super strong, broad and rectangular. Initially the three friends got scared, but
when they saw that creature coming forward and trying to talk to them, they
stopped. Alas, the kids could not understand what the alien was trying to say. Then
the alien swooshed a magical wand over the kids’ head, so that they could
understand what he was saying.

The kids became friends with the alien. He told them that he was from the planet
Krokota. He told that he accidently landed on Earth as his spaceship had crashed
against an asteroid. Kids assured the alien that they will protect him and send him
back to his planet safely. Then they started playing. They did races with each other
and ate the food which Ojas brought from his home.

Then he told lot of interesting things about his planet, like it had many moon games
because it had 1292 moons which is largest in the universe. Suddenly Rahul threw
the cricket ball in the sky, and the alien was surprised to see it coming down towards
Earth. He asked how this ball is coming down. The kids told that this is called
gravitational force. Alien explained that the creatures staying there could fly in their
planet because there was no gravitational force. He also explained that his planet
had mainly Helium and Hydrogen in their atmosphere because of which they could
fly easily as these are the lightest gases. He told that there is no pollution in their
planet as it is here on Earth.

Well, the engine of the spaceship was now working properly, so the alien decided to
leave as he was missing his home. But he was very happy to meet the kids and
invited them to his planet for a feast. They bid good bye to each other.

OJAS MANGLAN, V- MAPLES

I wonder… AARAV DURANI
IV - GULMOHARS
I wonder who made space,
I wonder who discovered taste.
I wonder how was the first man on Earth
born,
I wonder why metal never gets torn.
I wonder why Earth is the only planet with
life,
I wonder why we need food to be alive.
I wonder why water gets evaporated by the
sun,
I wonder how newborn babies recognize
their mum.
The wonders of the world sometimes make
my head spin,
But it’s all so beautiful and that makes me
grin.

VIVVAN BANKA, IV - ASHOKAS

Television

Television a technology but when you hurt your eyes don’t ask for an apology

You get lost in the channel you like and besides your sister is playing with a spike

You rush to a doctor for check up but first you have to get up

Instead of watching TV just study or your brain will go cruddy

Television a technology but when you hurt your eyes dont ask for an apology

Television hurts your vision…..

ADANNAYA KAUR, VII - YAMUNA

SURYA KHURANA, VI - SUTLEJ

AARAV DURANI
IV - GULMOHARS

AARAV DURANI, IV - GULMOHARS

ARIKA SAHAI AARAV DURANI
V - PINES IV - GULMOHARS

ARIKA SAHAI
V - PINES

PRANYA KASHYAP
VIII - MISSISSIPPI

YOUR CHILDREN NEED YOUR PRESENCE,
MORE THAN YOUR PRESENTS

A man came from his office expecting his 8 years old son to open the door. The
son opened the door and the man entered the house and seated himself on
the sofa.
The son who was sitting beside him asked innocently, “Dad how much are you
paid for an hour?” The man got furious and scolded the child, but after several
pleading of the son the man told him he got Rs. 100 for an hour. The child said,
“Dad can I get Rs. 50?” Father howled, “This is why you asked that question?
Just get back to your room.”
The son got up and went up to his room. The father then realized that he had
been rude to his son.
He went to his son’s room, and asked his son. “Are you asleep”? Son said “No,
I am not.” The father offered him a note of Rs. 50. The son took it, turned to his
pillow and brought out another crushed note of Rs. 50. The father asked, “If
you already had a Rs.50 note why did you ask for another one?”

The child took both the notes handed it to his father and said innocently. “Dad
here is Rs.100 can I have one hour of yours….?”

VEDANT GROVER
IV- MAHOGANY

A FUNNY EPISODE WITH MONKEY DHRUVIKAA REDDY, VII - RAVI
MANAN VERMA, V - CEDARS
This summer, I went to Bali with my
family. We explored many new places there.
We went to Uluwatu temple, which was
infamous for mischievous monkeys. We
heard that monkeys are so naughty that
they even snatch earrings, rings, car keys
apart from food items and bottles. So we
removed all our stuff beforehand to save
ourselves from any encounter with
monkeys. We all were enjoying the view
when we heard a loud cry. We ran toward
that side and were surprised to see my
mother shouting aloud.

We asked her what happened. She
said that when she was enjoying the view,
something crawled on her foot. She looked
down and saw a monkey taking her slipper
away. She got scared and started shouting
seeing that monkey was chewing her
slipper. Then a woman came out of nowhere
and offered the monkey some food .But the
monkey would not give the slipper back.
When his hands got full and he could not
hold more, he dropped the slipper and ran
away. My mother thanked the lady and took
the slipper back. We still make fun of her by
saying that you got a nice souvenir in the
form of slippers chewed by a monkey.

AKSHAYNI MATHUR, IV - ASHOKAS

MANAN
VERMA

V-
CEDARS

AKSHAYNI MATHUR
IV - ASHOKAS

AANYA VOHRA
VI - THAMES