Grade II C Talespin book

FOREWORD

Shakespeare said, I believe, “Brevity is the soul of wit” and Neil Gaiman said that short stories are
journeys you can make to the far side of the universe and still be back in time for dinner. In
addition, our students have abided by both these maxims and have produced some of the most
wonderful pieces replete with their own art, their own characters and some of the most wonderful
stories. I would like to congratulate the fantastic Home Room Teachers, on their stellar efforts to
elicit this work from their students; the students, for their perseverance on this task every single
day over many weeks; and to all our parents, who have supported our reading program and the
development of reading skills at home. I do hope you will enjoy this book as much as we have all
enjoyed creating it and this will occupy a proud place on your bookshelf for many years to come
and, God willing, just the first in the many literary successes in the lives of our students.

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THE TRIP TO PARIS

By AADHYA K
GRADE 2C

One day my father visited Paris. But I and my mum could not go as I was too small to know the things in
Paris. Soon I became 3 years old! But my dad still did not return to our house!! Soon I became 4 years old.
But my dad still did not return I was very sad. But he returned when I was sleeping… And when I woke up I
saw my dad. Then I became 5 years old. Then six! At last I got a chance to go to Paris. When I saw the Eiffel
Tower.. I was stunned!
Soon I got a dream of visiting the top of Eiffel Tower!

******THE END******

THE SELFISH FISH
By AADHYA SHETTY

GRADE 2C

Once upon a time there was a big lake. In that lake there were many fishes, crabs and other creatures.
Among them was a rainbow fish. She was very
selfish and did not allow anyone to touch her
shiny scales.
One day some fisherman came to that lake.
They caught many fishes including the rainbow
fish. The rainbow fish shouted for help. All the
other fishes, crabs and other creatures got
together to help the rainbow fish to get out of
the net.

The crabs started biting the net, other fishes
started to distract the fisherman. All the smaller
fishes circled round and round in the water. The fisherman got dizzy and fell to the ground. Finally, the net
was cut, and rainbow fish was freed. The rainbow fish was very thankful to the other fishes and crabs.
From that day onwards the rainbow fish became very kind and helpful. She started playing with other lake
friends and lived happily there after!!
Moral – Be kind to everyone.

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CHARLIE AND HIS PLANTS
By ANKIT ACHAN
GRADE 2C

There was a boy called Charlie. He lived with his parents. He liked nature very much, he liked trees,
plants and flowers. He had a big garden in his balcony next to his room and he had many plants there. He
took care of his plants very well and watered them daily. He was so fond of his plants that he even played
with them every day, while watering them
One morning when he went to water his plants, Charlie realized that one of his favourite plants had
disappeared from his garden. He searched for it all over his house but could not find it. He then went

outside to look for the plant. He saw the gardener
outside and the watchman, he asked them
whether they had seen his plant, a tall, green
plant in a brown coloured pot, they said that they
had not seen any such plant. He then saw a boy
playing outside in the garden and saw a plant
similar to his next to him. He went across to the
boy and asked him about the plant, the boy said
that he had seen the plant kept outside Charlie’s
balcony and had taken it with him as he liked it
very much, he liked the purple and green leaves of
the plant and wanted to take a photo of it to show his friends. Charlie asked the boy, “Can I have my plant
back?” and the boy said, “Sorry, Charlie I should have asked you first, before taking your plant”. He quickly
took a photo of the plant and gave the pot back to Charlie. Charlie returned home happy to have his plant
back, he placed it back in his balcony and locked the balcony door.

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FENNY THE FOX FALLS DOWN
By ANSH AGGARWAL
GRADE 2C

One day, a baby sloth named Slowpoke and a Fennec fox named Fenny decided to go on a playdate.
But, Fenny was going too fast and did not see where he’s going. BOOM! He fell down into a hole! But when
Slowpoke tries to save Fenny, a BIG BOULDER comes! YIKES! But.. The good news is the boulder is too
heavy So Slowpoke manages to make it, And an avalanche of foxes break the boulder! And fenny manages
to survive the avalanche of rocks and foxes and ran to the top of the hole and he made it!

******THE END******

CHAZ’S UNDERWATER ADVENTURE
By ARYAMAN RAMAIAH
GRADE 2C

Chaz loved water. His dad taught him to swim at a young age and he loved it. As he grew older, he swam a
lot and became very good at it. When he grew up he became a scuba diver.
During one such trip under water, he saw a clown fish, a royal blue tang and many colourful corals. He was
really enjoying his time in the deep sea. When suddenly a small shark saw him. Chaz’s movements
confused the shark and he started chasing him. Chaz realized he was being chased and tried to swim away
from the shark. Even though he was swimming fast, the shark came closer and closer. With a sudden leap
the shark attacked Chaz and he bit his fins. The teeth were so sharp, it tore his fins and injured his toe.
From a distance an Orca saw the shark and
came to attack it. Orcas like to eat small
sharks and thought he could have a good meal.
Shark now saw the Orca and tried to swim
away. He left Chaz alone and tried to save
himself. This gave Chaz a chance to swim as
fast as he could and reach the surface of the
water. Luckily he saw a ship and signaled for
help. People on the boat saw him and came
closer. They pulled him into the ship. Chaz
explained that he had been bitten by a shark.
When they checked they saw that his feet was
swollen and his toe was bleeding. They gave
medical help quickly and cared for Chaz’s foot. Chaz started to feel better and explained what happened
to him.
Finally, they reached the shore and Chaz was sent home safely. Chaz surely had a big adventurous day and
told his friends about it.

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PANDA STORY
By DHRUVA GARLAPATI

GRADE 2C

One summer day, Panda and baby Panda are thirsty and want to drink water. The both went to the nearby
river and while Mummy panda was drinking water the baby panda was near the forest.
Later when the Mummy panda looked for baby panda, it went missing. Mummy Panda was very sad, and
started to search in the forest. Panda asked everyone on the way, elephant, Rabbit, Tiger, Lion and all of
them said that they did not see the baby Panda.
Panda met old Fox later, and the fox offered to help find the baby Panda in the forest.

Panda explained what happened at the
river and quickly Fix was able to recollect
that he saw a hunter during the day, and
it might be him who might have taken the
Panda.
Fox made a plan that they will hide in the
bushes and look for baby Panda, where
the Fox saw the hunter earlier. After
sometime the hunter came there with
baby Panda.
Fox diverted the hunter as per the plan
and the Panda took the baby Panda and ran away from that place.
Later Panda thanked the Fox for the help and his clever plan. They became good friends after that.

******THE END******

BANGALORE TO COONOR
By KEYA MUSADDI
GRADE 2C

Characters – Me (Keya), My cousin (Ananya), My aunt (sonal), My grand mom (Kumud)
and My uncle (Rahul).
Problem- the Tamil Nadu gate will close at 9:00pm and we have to reach before 9:00pm.
Solution – after sometime we reached the Tamil Nadu gate 5 minutes before 9:00pm.
Story – All of us sat in the car. We put on some music and sang along some songs. We got burger, fries and
coke from Mc Donalds. I was drinking my coke and (opps) the coke fell on my tshirt! I took some tissues
and wiped my tshirt. Afterwards me and Ananya fell asleep. Then again I was hungry! So I had some
snacks. But the Tamil Nadu gate will close 9:00pm and we have to reach by 9:00pm. After sometime we
reached the Tamil Nadu gate 5 minutes before 9:00 pm. We entered a jungle. Me and my cousin sister
(Ananya) popped our faces out of the sun roof and enjoyed the breezy wind. My uncle (Rahul) spotted a
herd of elephants and I spotted a bison. Then I entered my aunt’s car (Sonal). Then we finally reached
Coonoor! & HOME SWEET HOME

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THE TWO DEERS AND THE CHITA
By MAYUKHA CHAKRAVARTHY DASARI

GRADE 2C

Once upon a time there lived two deer in a forest the two deer’s were best friends one day the 1st deer
had no grass to eat so he stole some from the other deer they both started fighting while they were
fighting a cheetah planned to attack both of them so the cheetah jumped on both of the deer’s and
attacked them both the deer died
Moral: Don’t fight with anyone.

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DAILY MARKET
By NIMESH AGARWAL

GRADE 2C

There was a village named Gola where all people stayed happily and peacefully. Gola was surrounded by
rivers. Gola was known for vegetables and potatoes. Farmers used to grow vegetables and potatoes and
sell those in village’s daily market. Customers and traders from nearby cities would come to market and
purchase vegetables from them. Agriculture was main source of income for the people of Gola. There was
a family named Mahto family. This family had four members Ajay Mahto, Radha Mahto, Anu Mahto and
Sanjay Mahto. Ajay Mahto and Radha Mahto were father and mother of Anu Mahto and Sanjay Mahto.
Mahto family was known for the fresh and sweet cucumbers which they grew in their land. Traders would
look for Mahto family in the daily market and purchase all the cucumbers by paying good money. Sanjay
was studying in class 7th and Anu was studying in class 3rd. They used to help their parents in growing
cucumbers and selling those in the daily market along with their studies. Once upon a time they went to
daily market with 50 KG cucumbers. Demand for cucumbers was high on that particular day. 4-5 traders
came together and started fighting for cucumbers which
Mahto family was selling. Ajay and Radha Mahto couldn’t understand what to do and how to calm the
traders down. Sanjay got a trick to solve the fight between the traders. Sanjay told that we have 50 KGs of
cucumbers. I have a solution to the problem. Base price of 50 KGs of cucumber is Rs. 200/- We will sale it
by bidding system. Trader who will give highest amount we will sale these to him. One trader called for Rs.
400/- and all other traders kept quiet. The problem was solved by Sanjay’s intelligence and Mahto family
sold the cucumbers for Rs. 400/- Mahto family went home happily.

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TOUCH ME NOT PLANT (MIMOSA PUDICA)
By PAVAN R
GRADE 2C

One day, I was playing cricket with my brother and friends in front of my house. I was fielding and
my brother hit a 4. I was about to pick up the ball from the ground I accidentally touched a plant
and it suddenly closed it’s leaves. I was curious to Know the plant’s name. I and my brother
searched it’s information .The plant’s name
is “Touch me not”. It’s scientific name is”
Mimosa Pudica”.
It’s leaves fold inward when touched .They
do this to defend themselves from harm and
reopen a few minutes later. This plant has
many medicinal properties in it. It heals
wounds quickly, it treats diarrhea, jaundice,
joint pain, itching, asthma, gum problems. It
controls hair fall, it can be used for snake
bites. It’s life span is 1 or 2 years. There are
many plants around us which has many
medicinal properties which we do not know.
Look out the plants around you and know
about its properties. Plants are our Food,
oxygen and Medicine.

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PRINCESS POWER
By REET KAUR
GRADE 2C

• Setting: castle
• Characters: king, Queen, Princess, servant.
• Problem: the servant loses his hearing powers
• Solution: princess uses her wand to save the

servant
• Once upon a time there lived a princess, a

king , a queen, servant they lived in a castle
next to enchanted forest. mom can I go to play
yes but I have no one to play with I will play
with you .They were playing in the castle
garden in the afternoon while they were
playing ball the servant fell while he was
catching and lost his hearing powers are you fine. what? the next day the princess saw a letter in the
royal mail box it was from servant it said in letter please help me. get your wand and say these words
carefully give him voice from life. In the night. See you soon
• She saw the servant in night and what he told in letter give him voice from life and when she did it
worked from then onwards he was careful and they lived happliy ever after.

******THE END******

THE CLEVER OLD FOX
By REYA SOMANCHI
GRADE 2C

Characters: Crow, Fox, Tiger and bears
Genre: fable
Setting: forest
Once upon a time there lived three animals in the forest of Sujoo. One was a tiger, another was a fox and
the last one was a crow. One sunny afternoon, the fox saw the crow perched on a tree and licked his lips.
Yum! He thought he should have fresh crow for lunch, so he ran over to a blueberry bush and covered
himself with green leaves. Unluckily, the crow saw the fox and threw a couple of twigs down so the fox was
visible again.
As the crow ate worms, the fox sped off to the tiger’s den and said, “Hello, Mr tiger, how are you?”
“I am fine”, said the tiger.
“What do you want?”
“I want you to help catch the crow and eat him with me and I already have a plan.”
“Yum!” Thought the tiger, and instantly agreed.
“Here is the plan: you and I will go to the next forest and bring many bears to climb the crow’s tree and
then they will shake it till he falls out.”
So, they rushed off to the neighboring forest and got the bears. Then the bears went up the tree and shook
it until the crow fell off it and the tiger pounced on him and the fox and the tiger had their share peacefully
while the bears ate the special honey from the hives of the forest of Sujoo.

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THE MOVING PICTURES
By RUDRAKSH KAMDAR

GRADE 2C

There was a boy. He saw a house that he had not seen before. He went inside and saw three paintings on
the wall. The first one was a big diamond, the second one had a bow and arrow. The third one had a sheep.
Suddenly, the diamond jumped on the arrow and the bow shot the arrow towards the sheep in such a way
that the diamond landed on the sheep’s head. It was the most pretty sheep in the wolrd – his name was
“Solitaire sheep”.

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THE FARMER AND THE FOX
By SHARVESH K
GRADE 2C

Once upon a time, there was a innocent farmer who had five farm animals ,a horse, a cow, a
chicken and two goats. One day the farmer took his animals for grazing. A cunning fox which was observing
this everyday, sneaked into the farm, as the farmer left the gate open. The fox quietly hid himself behind
the hay.

It was late in the evening ,the farmer returned home with his animals. He was shocked to see that the
gate was left open and he quickly tied up the animals to check if everything is fine.

Hearing this noise the fox shivered and the farmer heard something. He quickly took his stick and
checked behind the hay. He saw a fox and immediately he hit hard on it’s head and the fox ran away and
never ever returned.
MORAL : Be responsible and careful always.

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THE SNAKE AND THE ANTS

By SHAURYA P
GRADE 2C

Beginning Middle Ending
1.Ant 1.Snake doesn’t have a home. 1.The snake scars off the
2.Snake 2.The bear will destroy the bear.
3.Bear anthill. 2.The snake will live in
4.Bird anthill.

Jungle

Story map

Title Author
The Snake and Shaurya P

the Ants

Main Characters Settings Supporting
Ants, snake Forest / characters
Jungle
Eagle

Problem
The snake doesn’t have a house and
ants don’t have anyone to protect

their anthill.

Solution
The snake borrows the anthill and

protects it from predators.

Beginning:
One day a snake was passing through the jungle. It saw a group of ants building an “Ant hill”. Snake wished
if he had a house like this. Ants built a beautiful and spacious anthill.
Middle:
Snake will meet a bird on its way and narrate how the ants were building the anthill. Bear says “Make a
deal with ants and stay in the anthill”. Snake can protect the anthill from anyone who comes to destroy it.
Ending:
Happy snake will go to the ants and ask them if he can live in the anthill.
Ants get angry with this and reject him. Snake will tell ants that he will protect them from predators. Ants
understand his intention and allow him to stay in their house.
Moral of the story – “Sharing is caring!”

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A BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS
By YAAHVI NIRMAL REDDY

GRADE 2C

Once upon a time, there was a happy kingdom named CRYSTAL Kingdom. There lived King , Queen and a
beautiful Princess named Sarah. Sarah looked very pretty with a beautiful smile on her face , brown eyes ,

fair and soft skin and a long , thick , silky and a shiny hair.
In a Crystal kingdom , a king loves her daughter a

lot and wanted Sarah to be happy. But from past few days king
observed Sarah ,that she is very sad and also he wanted to know
the reason of being sad. One fine day king asked Sarah why she
is being sad . Sarah said , I’m very bored of staying inside a
palace, I want to go out and play . But Queen refused to send her
out of the palace , Sarah began to cry and the king felt sad
looking at Sarah.

On a next morning , a King told Sarah, that she
looks more beautiful with a smile on her face ,
they decided to send her outside with all the
safety then Saran felt very happy. While she
stepped out the kingdom , she saw a forest ,a
river , waterfalls and a beautiful sounds of the
birds chirping. Soon she entered to a village , saw
a kids playing and she joined them and became
friends and started playing. The Sun began to set ,
clouds started getting dark and she felt sad and
told her friends that , “It’s time to go back to the
kingdom”.

Finally, Sarah returned to the palace and
explained the day she spent and enjoyed to the king and
queen. They felt happy looking at Sarah and thought
wealth is not precious, than the time we spend together
and enjoy the each moment in our life. They lived happily
ever after.

******THE END******

THE ADVENTURE
By ABRAHAM KURIAN GEORGE

GRADE 2C

Sam, Danny and Kevin were three friends, living in a big city . Due to the lockdown and the pandemic, they
were bored as they did not have anything exciting to do. So they decided that they would go on an adventure
to a haunted hotel!! Next morning, they started walking to the hotel and reached there by noon. They
entered the haunted reception area.. They saw no one there, and the only thing that prevailed was
SILENCE....They slowly went upstairs went to a room to sleep. All of them were very tired as they had a long
journey.
As they entered the room, they heard creepy voices, which made them really scared. SCOOOCH… a
cockroach flew and sat on Danny’s face and he was scared out of his skin. Wind started blowing wildly and
the curtains swayed as if they would fall down. Yes.. the experience is exciting but all they couldn’t handle
the fear..
Kevin and Sam held each other, while Danny tried to close the windows, as it started raining heavily. Then a
big shadow appeared behind the curtains… Danny screamed for his life.. and a splash of water fell of his
face.. He woke up.. YES ! he woke up. Danny’s mamma splashed water on him as he was sleeping for too
long..
That was fun.. Danny chuckled!!

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THE UNKNOWN BOOK
By SARAYU PAPUDESI NALAGAMPALLI

GRADE 2C

Once upon a time there was a girl named tina. She lived right next to the library and she used to go there
everyday since she was 4 with her mom or dad. Once when she was going to the library, she saw a book. It
was glowing red and gold, she did not want anyone to see her holding the book so she put the book behind
her back and went to a corner and opened it up. She opened the first page and it was in a different
handwriting and so were all the pages. She couldn't read it so she was putting it back but then she felt a
shock, she went back and it was her handwriting which she could read.
She read the book and got superpowers, she could fly and become invisible. She decided to hide these and
use it for the greater good like saving people. So, she wore gloves all day so she would not misuse her
powers for cheating or anything else. One day, someone was about to kidnap her but she flew away and
turned invisible and turned back up at her house.then she lived happily ever after.

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