Shishukunj

I Wish!

Mishi Jain, Class VII F

I wish! I wish!

To have a switch

Which would land me in a world

Where everything is as shiny as a piece of gold.

I wish! I wish!

To become very rich,

To help my poor friends

And set in the world new trends.

I wish! I wish!

To have a high pitch

Then invite my sporty pals here

And run with them everywhere.

I wish! I wish!

To have an electronic dish.

Order the food I want to eat,

And give my family and friends a delightful treat.

I wish! I wish!

To swim in sea

Like a fish

And fly in the air like a honey bee.

I wish! I wish!

To never meet people who are harsh

And if I do

Them make me forget them soon.

Oh god! Please accomplish

At least one wish!

The Purest Joy is Often Unconditional

Prateeksha Jana, Class X D

Letitia Jones was home after a hard day of work, wanting nothing more than to unwind with a steaming cup of coffee and a classic novel. But that wasn’t destined to be. The minute she stepped into her dwelling, her young children, Martha and Leo, swarmed around her.

Letitia worked with the NYPD, at the sixth precinct. Putting criminals behind bars was her number one priority. Usually, she’d come home, exhausted, and her children would thankfully let her be, comprehending without words that a little peace was all she needed.

Today, it seemed there was no end to their problems.

“Mom, I scraped my knee today” or “Mom! Could you mend this for me, please?”

Letitia’s husband was still at work. He taught Psychology at the NYU. The cop and the psychologist, what an odd couple they made! But Letitia wished nothing more than her husband to be there right now, as he could handle the kids better than her.

But they were her kids, and she loved them, so she reluctantly agreed to hear them out.

* * *

Letitia often wondered what unconditional love actually meant. Now she’d finally understood.

Unconditional love was putting your requirements on standby and concentrating on the needs of the loved ones first. She loved her children unconditionally, more than they could ever measure the extent of.

Boy, was she wrong!

There was an excited call form the kitchen, “Mummy!” She ran to the kitchen fearing the worst. She was greeted with the sight of Martha and Leo, grinning like maniacs, holding out gifts to her.

And that’s when Letitia understood. She understood why she was crying. She understood why she was shaking. It’s as if the universe had righted itself suddenly – everything aligned in order. She took her gifts with trembling hands, but what was infinitely more precious to her the smile of her children.

And she knew in that moment that she wouldn’t be able to survive without this all-consuming joy, and she sealed it with the words “I love you!”

Lack of Humanity

Swasti Solanki, Class IX D

I wasn’t allowed to play in the dark

When someone came with a chocolate bar.

‘Come here child’, he said

I walked behind, and he led.

I had to do as he said

If not, I was told ‘I’d be dead’.

Working in the factory, all day and night

Making all those crackers was not my choice.

Tired and exhausted, no time to rest

But my owner said, the crackers have to be the best.

More cruel he said he could be

All I said was ‘Please forgive me’.

I lost my home, my childhood was lost

I wanted to be free at any cost.

All I need is an answer for

‘Where has all the humanity gone?’

Superiority

Nikunj Gupta, Class VIII C

Once upon a time, in the city of Las Vegas, lived a boy named Jimmy Henderson who loved to trouble insects and created chaos wherever he went. He thought that insects are tiny organisms who can be hit or killed and nothing would happen as humans are the most superior beings.

He just never dealt with one insect – the cockroaches. He was so afraid of them that even if he saw a very small one, he would start crying. His family and especially his mother Christina always stopped him from hurting those small creatures but would he listen? He experienced a rapture in hurting those insects.

One day, his family made a plan. The main purpose of this plan was to make Jimmy aware that if humans hurt insects, then even the insects can hurt humans.

At night, after Jimmy had gone to sleep, Jimmy’s family left lots of toy cockroaches on his bed. When he woke up next morning, he was horrified at the sight of cockroaches all over him.

His family members kept chuckling outside the room as Jimmy kept shouting, “Mom, save me! The cockroaches are attacking me.” He kept on crying until he was finally exhausted.

His family entered and Jimmy was happy to see them. They told him that they had set this plan so that he could understand that if we hurt insects, they could also hurt us.

The Dinosaur Problem

Lakshya Somane, Class VII E

Porter Pig was a very famous pig on farms all across the world. Not only could he lift a barn above his head, but he also had the best snout that anyone had ever seen. Porter Pig was the best at sniffing out trouble. He could smell trouble from fifty miles away. Whenever Porter Pig found trouble, he was always able to fix the problem and make everything okay. Farmers all over the world asked to see Porter Pig, hoping that they would be able to use his strength and snout to make their farm peaceful. One day, on a farm in the south, Porter Pig was sniffing for trouble when he smelled the worst smell he could ever imagine. Porter Pig rushed over to the barn where the smell was very strong. He lifted up the huge barn above his head, and there it was staring right into his eyes. Porter Pig had never seen anything like this before.

The story continued…

It was a weird looking creature. Not so huge, could fit in your hand! Porter Pig picked it up, but the creature bit him with its razor-sharp teeth and jumped out of his hands. Porter Pig gave a cry and ran to his house. He kept on thinking about the little creature and got on the computer to do a little research.

He found that it was a baby dinosaur. The only one existing in the world. Its mother was in a special lab in Los Angeles where some tests were going on. He also found that the lab had reported a lost baby dinosaur about 5 inches long. The report further said that the dinosaur was probably stolen and shipped to a farm far away.

Porter Pig jumped up with fear. He quickly bought a piece of meat and rushed towards the barn. He gave the dinosaur that piece of meat. The dinosaur devoured it in seconds. Porter Pig named the dinosaur Fubby.

The dinosaur came towards Porter Pig in a friendly manner. As soon as Fubby got onto Porter Pig’s hand, a noise came from the door and a group of heavily armed men came through. Their leader was dressed in a suit and looked quite rich. He had come to take Fubby.

Porter Pig wasn’t going to let that happen. He said that if they wanted to take Fubby, they’d have to go through him. As soon as he had said this, the rich man gave a signal and all his men’s guns were aimed at Porter Pig.

Porter Pig shouted something. Something in Latin. Nothing happened and the men laughed. The rich man had made a terrible mistake. They were soon surrounded by a huge number of farmers. The armed men were outnumbered five to one.

While the farmers and the rich man’s men fought, Porter Pig slipped away in his truck with Fubby. He drove at full speed and in about 5 hours reached the lab. The guards questioned him but on seeing Fubby, the gates were opened.

Fubby was safely deposited and Porter Pig was thanked by the scientists. They sent some guards with Porter Pig to take care of the men in the barn. The next day Porter Pig’s name was printed in the newspaper for his bravery. And he had fixed one more problem.

God

Devik Rajani, Class IX A

He is the one who created man

But man created instead a virtual pain

He is the reality which we don’t accept

And try to stay in our virtual concept

He graces us with desire and power

And we use it in building virtual harbours

He is infinite light and sound

Which is our necessity around

We pray to Him only in bad times

But He is the one who graces us good time

He acts like a parent

But we say it’s our talent

He gives us love and passion

But we please mobile and fashion

We search here and there

But He is everywhere

He forgives us our sins

Without seeing race, region or religion.

Don’t Worry

Art by Tanisha Shah, VIII B

The Person I Love The Most – Mother

Kavya Julka, Class X A

Whenever I am tired, your warm hug refreshes me,

Whenever I am upset, your wonderful talks impress me,

I relish every dish you cook,

I love your every new look,

You taught me how to handle situations,

And yeah, even taught me simple calculations.

When I did something wrong, you scolded me,

When I did something great, you appreciated me.

You helped me build my confidence,

And everyone knows it, perhaps it needs no evidence.

You prepared me for the race,

A race into the future,

To a place where I don’t know.

But, you made me versatile

That now I am prepared for any foe.

You have always taught me to respect others

And now I write this poem

To give respect to everything you did.

You are the person whom I have loved the most,

And your love and affection towards me has no cost.

I am sure you would love this and always love me,

Because you are the kind I want to be.

I Saw You

Dakshita Deshmukh, Class IX B

I saw you in that toothless smile

Of the down-on-his-luck stranger

When I offered him

My juicy pinkish ripe peach

Left over from my afternoon lunch…

Oh! How his smile shone so…

I saw you in that twinkle in my sister’s eye

As I chased her around the park

Climbing up and down the slide

Across the bridges through tubes and tunnels

Playing a simple game of tag…

Oh! How those eyes twinkled with love…

I saw you in that couple walking on the sandy beach

Hand in hand under the setting sky

The rich hues of yellow, orange and red

Floating in the clouds up high…

Oh! How their passion radiated…

I saw you in that beautiful rose

Opening up so fresh and new

Brightening up my garden…

Oh! How beautiful was that sight…

I see you all around

In love, in kindness, in care

In nature’s beauty, in life…

I see you…

Bugs or Cockroaches?

Tanya Thakur, Class VIII F

Once upon a time, there were two friends who lived near Church Street. Their names were Josh and Dave. One day, they had a fight over a petty reason and both of them parted ways. Poor Josh went to the grove near the Bridge of Alan and sat down sorrowfully. He kept on trying until he realized that two tiny creatures were crawling on his shirt.

One was going towards the left and the other was going towards the right. Josh was afraid of insects and hence, he shouted, “Cockroaches! Help me! There are cockroaches on my shirt.”

The tiny insects fell because of Josh’s rapid and unsteady movements. Josh was just going to run away when he heard the two insects mumbling something to each other. Perhaps they were having a small fight! The first insect, a female, started shouting at the male. She said, “It’s all because of you! You look like a cockroach and not me. It is because of you that I fell down.” But the male spoke in defiance, “No, you are the one who forced me to crawl up the boy’s shirt. And we are bugs, not cockroaches. It is not my mistake that the boy cannot distinguish between a bug and a cockroach.”

The two got into a prolonged fight. That’s when Josh decided to speak up. He said, “Excuse me! Can I help you out of the fight?” The bugs glared at him. Nevertheless, he told them that it was his mistake because of which the bugs were fighting. “I am really sorry. I had a fight with my friend too. It was also because of a petty reason that we fought. My eyes were full of tears and I couldn’t see properly. That is why I was afraid and thought that you were cockroaches”, Josh said.

The bugs looked at each other and looked back at Josh. Josh continued, “Please forgive each other. Do not fight because of me. Please reconcile.” The bugs started to cry and hugged each other.

Josh was now in a better mood and he bid the bugs goodbye. He returned to reconcile with his friend, Dave. He felt that fighting with a dear friend for no reason was very stupid and that such small fights should not part friends.

Later on, Josh and Dave became friends once again and lived happily as best friends.

Month: January 2016

I Wish!

Mishi Jain, Class VII F

The Purest Joy is Often Unconditional

Prateeksha Jana, Class X D

Lack of Humanity

Swasti Solanki, Class IX D

Superiority

Nikunj Gupta, Class VIII C

The Dinosaur Problem

Lakshya Somane, Class VII E

God

Devik Rajani, Class IX A

Don’t Worry

Art by Tanisha Shah, VIII B

The Person I Love The Most – Mother

Kavya Julka, Class X A

I Saw You

Dakshita Deshmukh, Class IX B

Bugs or Cockroaches?

Tanya Thakur, Class VIII F

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