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Sakin, Runjhun, Thelema, Sharvi, Shreya, Kriti, Shaune, Vanya and Annie

Contents

Edgy and the Canned Juice

Oink Helps Mother

The Pillow and the Blanket

The Home

The Seven Mountains and the Lake

The Upside Down TV

Shanaya’s Paperweight

Green Forest High

The Diary

The Odd One Out

The Bus Stop

The Safety Pin

Edgy and the Canned Juice

Edgy, the hedgehog was a very smart little hedgehog. Prim, proper, clean, and organised to the brim. Very thorough and conscientious, he always finished his homework on time, helped his parents with household chores on Sundays, played outdoors and had very good friends. They learnt and played together.

Edgy loved juice and so did his two younger sisters Lily and Daisy. His mother believed in making fresh juice for the family every morning. Her juices never tasted the same, no two were similar.

Some were runny,

Some were sloppy,

Some were just like slime,

Some were so thick that they got stuck in the curvy straws.

No matter what, Edg- and his sisters still loved their mother’s juices.

Edgy enjoying mama hedgehog’s juice

Every night mama hedgehog would come clattering in her flip flops to the children’s room to tuck them in and her last question always would be: “What juice shall I make for the morning”.

Edgy and his sisters used to come up with the wildest combination of fruits and finally the one juice that was selected was named after the creator.

So their juice menu had a;

• • Lily’s strawberry kick
• • Daisy’s hello kitty bubble
• • Edgy’s yellow shine
• • Mama’s superman punch and
• • Papa’s transformers delight.

They used to laugh all the way to school imagining their mother thinking of all awkward combinations at night for the breakfast juice.

One day while coming back from school Edgy and his sisters saw a truck with a huge colourful banner reading;

JUICE AS FRESH AS

MOTHER’S JUICE

NOW IN YOUR TOWN

FULL OF ENERGY …..BLUE’S JUICE

This was a new thing for Edgy. He never thought juice would come in packaging, ready and available anytime and the flavors all 17 of them. Apple, strawberry, lemon, mango, cucumber, pomegranate, grapes, carrot, beetroot and a whole lot of mix and match combinations.

That day Edgy reached home super excited and couldn’t stop telling his parents about Blue’s juice. Mama hedgehog thought it was not a good idea but Edgy and his sisters were so thrilled that she finally gave in.

So off went everyone to the market and bought all assorted juices. The refrigerator was stacked.

Something changed that night.