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  The Desert Adventure

By Vani Balaraman and Dhruv

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“Water ! Water ! Give me some water !, I am doing to die of thirst”, ried Baloo"

“#ere ! Ta$e this" But %lease don&t si% all of it , o$ !” , said Bintoo , handing over his water ottle to

Baloo"

“I wish I had something to eat too, I only have two isuits left in my %o$ets “ , sighed Baloo again"

“shh ! 'to% tal$ing and whining all the time , Baloo !

(oo$ ! The leader has something to say” , said Bintoo"

Baloo and Bintoo were in the Thar Desert" They were on a hunt ) a treasure hunt , led y a leader"

The leader held a lue ma% in his hand and was harting out %lans"

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 “I wish we had never listened to that /otli Baa 00“ "

“I $new the magi stone he held in hand would %ut us into dee% troule “!

"" and loo$ now, here we are in the desert " ven if I had to ry , no one would ome to hel% us ! , urst

out Baloo"

1or one Bintoo felt sorry "

“ I am sorry Baloo”" “I thought the only way we ould esa%e that Geogra%hy e-am was to find some

thing magial whih would trans%ort us to a different %lae “ , sighed Bintoo"

“I had no lue we would e trans%orted to a desert “ , ontinued Bintoo"

00/otli Baa is an old man arrying a ag, elieved to have magial %owers

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Baloo was feeling home si$ " #ow he wished he ould get a$ home"

#is mother would have returned from the fields, and must have %ut the %ot out to oo$ dinner"

#is mouth started watering at the thought of the rie and dal she oo$ed eah night"

#e grew sad thin$ing how muh he made a fae every night to eat the dal she oo$ed "

""and here he was , with 2ust two isuits left in his %o$et and his tummy growling for food "

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#is %et dog , 3innal too would e waiting at the gate for him"

#ow muh his dog loved him! #ow muh it li$ed his fae when he returned from shool !

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"" and how muh fun he and his %et had when it hased the hi$ens in the farm"

 

#e rememered how his %et dog one hased the hi$ens and gave them a fright " That was when henamed the dog 3innal, a dog that hased and frightened hi$ens li$e that an only e alled lightning!

The sun eat down merilessly"

The desert trou%e waddled along aimlessly with no sight of the treasure"

The sun had egun to set "

The hunt %arty deided to am% under the o%en s$ies"

The night s$y was lovely " Tiny stars twin$led from aove li$e diamonds on a ne$lae"

Baloo and Bintoo drifted off to slee%, so tired were they , they sweared even a desert monster would

fail to wa$e them u%"

Baloo had 2ust losed his eyes when he felt something rawl on his hand"

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#e wo$e u% with a start , still ruing his eyes "

It was a sor%ion ! A giant sor%ion !

#e let out a ry"

“aaaaaaaaaaaarghhhhhh”" #el%%%% !

 

Baloo&s father ame rushing into the room"

“Baloo Baloo! , is all fine, and why are you sweating %rofusely *” , as$ed his worried father "

Baloo rued his eyes "

4es Indeed", #e had een sweating ! " and his shirt was soa$ed in sweat"

#e loo$ed at his des$ and found his Geogra%hy oo$ "

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#e had een reading aout the Thar Desert efore do5ing off !

""and he was glad the desert e-%eriene and the sor%ion was only a dream !

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