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THE MAGIC WINDOW

Once upon a time there was a village named
Tamra Palli. It was surrounded by a thick forest, tall
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hills and flowing streams. There lived a farmer by name
Venkata Subba. He had a little boy, Chirag. He loved
his friends and his friends loved him. He used to play
different games with his friends jolly Javeed, active
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Anand, crazy Christopher and lovely Lilly.

Once he had a fever and became very ill. He had
to spend all day in bed, unable to move. His friends
were not allowed to come near him. He suffered greatly
and spent his days feeling sad.
There was not much he could do except looking
out of the window. Time passed, and his feeling of
unhappiness just grew, until one day he saw a strange
shape in the window. It was a peacock eating a roti.
The peacock squeezed in through the open window,
said “Good afternoon” to Chirag, turned around, and
left again.

Of course, Chirag was very surprised. He was
still trying to work out what had happened. On the
second day he saw a monkey covering its waist using

a piece of cloth and busy blowing up a balloon. At first
Chirag wondered at what he had seen. He continued
to see more and more crazy-looking animals out of the
window.He burst out laughing.

On the third day, he saw a pig beating drums using
drumsticks and dancing. On the fourth day, he saw an

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