Another interesting week is coming ahead. Our teacher informed us that on 16^th we will have a storytelling activity at school. The class was divided into small groups of four and each group has to enact a story. Each of the groups will be given a story and we will have to prepare accordingly. The best part, we have to dress up like the character and tell the story.

We were give the ‘Mouse and the Lion’. The story is about a little mouse that enters a lion’s den and gets caught. When the lion was about to eat the mouse, it said, leave me today and I will help surely help you someday. The lion was surprised and said, you are such a small creature, how will you save me. The mouse said, time will tell. But for that you will have to leave me today! The lion was quite impressed and allowed the mouse to leave.

A few days later, hunters came into the jungle and set traps to catch animals. The lion fell inside one trap and got caught in a net. He got very scared and screamed for help. The mouse was passing by when he heard the lion’s scream. He came running and saw the helpless lion. The lion said save me my friend, as you promised me. The mouse quickly cut the net with this sharp tooth and set the lion free.

The moral of the story: as you sow, so shall you reap. If you help someone, you will get it back someday.

I will be the mouse and my friend will be the lion. The other two friends would narrate the story. When I came back home I told mumma about the activity and she was very excited. When dadda came home I enacted the entire story in front of them. They were really impressed. However, I will just play the role of the mouse, I said. But how will I dress like a mouse? Mumma said don’t worry. Remember you dressed as a mermaid last time? I will manage it this time as well. My friend who will become the lion stays close to my house, so we will practice every evening, so that our act is the best. We will start practising from Monday, so we can spend this weekend playing and start rehearsing from Monday.

Mumma said, this is a great opportunity to show your talent so give in your best. She also said that I must say the dialogues loudly and clearly so that everyone can hear them. Actions and expressions are a must to make a play look appealing, so I should practice them very well. Even mumma and dadda had to participate in storytelling competitions when they were in school. But this is just an activity and not a competition. Mumma also said, every story has a moral behind it, so we should remember them and act accordingly.

So it would be a busy week ahead. Keep in touch and stay happy!

Mumma is in a bad mood today. I guess she had some problem at her work. When mumma gets angry she does not talk to anyone and locks herself inside her room. I don’t like seeing mumma in a bad mood. Dadda came back home and I told him about mumma. He went to his room and tried talking with her, but she didn’t reply.

Dadda came back and said, ‘things seem really bad’. Let’s do something to cheer her up; but what? Sing a song for her? Cook something? No, won’t work. We need to do something that would cool her down. Let’s make some chilled smoothie! Yeah that a great idea, I said. Even I love smoothies. But neither I nor dadda knew how to make smoothies. Dadda said, ‘let’s check the Internet to find how to make banana smoothies’. So he brought his tablet and searched for banana smoothie recipes. The first thing that came up was honey-banana-smoothie – perfect! Healthy and delicious, that’s what mumma says when she makes something good. We’ll make that for mumma.

We needed 1 banana, 1 cup fresh milk, 1 tablespoon honey and some ice cubes. These would make 1 to 2 servings. To make the smoothie we also need the blender. Dadda looked around and found the blender stored inside the cupboard. The recipe said – peel the banana and put it inside the blender. Then add milk and honey – that is exactly what we did. For a thicker texture, we needed to add some yoghurt. Lucky, mumma bought some yoghurt the day before, so we added a tablespoon of yoghurt as well.

Dadda said let’s make it even more special. He got some cinnamon sticks and ground them thoroughly. Then he added it to the other ingredients. Finally dadda blend the ingredients together till they turned into a smooth mixture. Then he took two glasses – one tall (for mumma) and one short (for me) and poured the content into them. He added some ice cubes (only one for me) and added a scoop of vanilla ice cream!

It looked yummy! I never knew dadda could make smoothies so well. He carefully placed the glasses on a serving tray and we went to mumma’s room. I knocked at the door and said, ‘mumma I need some help’. She opened the door instantly. She was surprised to see us with the glasses. ‘Mumma we made healthy and tasty banana smoothie for you; won’t you taste it’. She smiled and picked me up and gave a strong hug. Thanks dear, you really make me feel so proud! Dadda got some juice for himself and enjoyed our drinks.

Mumma asked, how did you make the smoothie? Did you know the recipe? Dadda instantly said, yes Veerica is a great cook and she knows everything. She told me how to make it and I just helped her with it. All of us started laughing a moment later. Finally mumma was feeling much better and she was back to her normal self.