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As soon as he came home after playing with his friends they said,
“Congratulations, Kanchhu! You’ve been second. We’ve a surprise for you.

Let’s go in.” “But daddy, I did not come ¿rst in the class.”
“ It doesn’t matter Kanchhu. You did a lot. Next time we’re sure you can top the
list.”

Thank you daddy and mom.
“Let’s go in.” Both entered the room. Jayaram said, “Here’s your surprise gift.”
In front of his eyes was a tablet. Junakiri who was ready to capture his
happiness in her camera stopped when she noticed Dinesh staring at the tablet
with a strange expression on his face. “What’s wrong with my Kanchhu? Don’t
you like it?” Junakiri asked her son who took no notice of the tablet.

“I… I thought it was grandma in the room”, said Dinesh, and walked
out of the room. Puzzled Junakiri and Jayaram gazed at each other.

A week later Junakiri took a half day leave from her of¿ce and came home;
and Jayaram went to bring his mom back. “Sorry ma, we made a big mistake.
Let’s go home. Your Kanchhu is waiting for you. He always grumbles, ‘When
is my grandma coming?”, said Jayaram.
As Jayaram talked about Kanchhu, she forgot the past, and came home at once.
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When Dinesh came back home from school, he opened the door as usual. He
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could not believe his eyes when he saw his grandmother standing and spreading
her arms. He threw his school bag down, and rushed into her arms. “Grandma!”,
he said and embraced her.
Naani, Jayaram and Junakiri were watching the scene, and their eyes
were ¿lled with tears of happiness.

Later in the evening while they were all sitting and having their supper, grandma
said to Dinesh, “Kanchhu, when we adults sometimes behave like children,
God uses little ones like you to teach us a lesson.”

“Does it mean you will never leave me again, grandma?”
“Indeed, Kanchhu, I will never leave you again.”
Jayaram cuddled him and said, “Without you, how can we be united?”

1. Vocabulary in use
i. Read the story, and collect the words/phrases in bold letters. Then write
each bold word/phrase next to the correct meanings given below.
a. looking at sometning/somebody for a long time

b. shouted
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