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MY fRiEnd “sWEETY”

Papa is so nice that he gifted me a friend “Rabbit”, a gift

none of my friends have. The rabbit is white like cotton
and her eyes are beautiful like pomegranate seeds, but a

little bigger. She has beautiful long ears. Papa, Amma and
I decided to call her “Sweety”. Amma takes care of Sweety.

Sweety loves to eat carrots and raw vegetables. Amma says
vegetables eaten raw after washing, are good. So my friend

Sweety and I eat together in the evening.

When I come from school, I see Sweety waiting for me.
She jumps on me and I carry her. I kiss her and we play in
the small garden we have behind the house. Lots of flowers

grow there. It is a very beautiful garden. On Sunday morning,

I water the plants. Uncle Roshan came from Mangaluru. He
liked my friend Sweety. When I was playing in the living
room, uncle Roshan, who is my father’s friend said, “I have

not eaten rabbit meat for a long time. Can I take it while I go

back tomorrow? You all don’t like eating meat and we don’t get
to see rabbits these days. My family and I will have a feast.”

My Papa and Amma became angry but they did not talk.
They kept quiet and continued to watch T.V. Uncle Roshan
got up, went to the table and started doing his office work.

I ran to see where Sweety was. She was playing on the lawn.

I immediately carried her to my friend’s house. I asked my

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