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The Talking Specs                                   The bell rang, and the school closed. Rohit and his friends went back to the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 pond to search for Specs. They checked the water. They checked everywhere
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 around. They all got wet while searching for Specs, and no one could find him.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Finally, they decided to take a break in searching and get doughnuts at a
                                                                                                                                                                                       Once there was a boy named Rohit who wore a moon-shaped spectacle. Rohit   restaurant not too far from the pond.
                                                                                                                                                                                       had nicknamed his spectacles simply as 'Specs.' He had always worn these
                                                                                                                                                                                       specs for as long as he could remember. In fact, his mom told him it was   Lo and behold! Rohit and his friends saw something they had never seen
                                                                                                                                                                                       magical, and he was born with it. But he believed his mom was only joking   before when they got inside the restaurant. Right there was Specs seated in a
                                                                                                                                                                                       when she said so. He and Specs were always together. They went everywhere   chair enjoying himself. Specs was eating pizza and cookies with a bottle of
                                                                                                                                                                                       together and were never separated. Specs you can say was his best friend,   Pepsi. Rohit and his friends were amazed.
                                                                                                                                                                                       because without Specs Rohit could not see past his nose.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 "Is your spectacle alive, Rohit?" one of Rohit's friends asked. “Well, mom
                                                                                                                                                                                       One day as he went to school, Rohit fell from the sidewalk and into a pond.   always told me that Specs is special and magical. Now I believe her,” Rohit
                                                                                                                                                                                       Specs fell off his eyes as he slipped and fell into the water. By the time Rohit   replied.
                                                                                                                                                                                       stood up, Specs was nowhere to be seen.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Rohit picked up Specs and put him back on. Immediately he could see clearly
                                                                                                                                                                                       Rohit began searching for his specs. The more he searched the water, the more   again.
                                                                                                                                                                                       he got wet because he dipped his hands into the pond and searched. After a   "Don't ever leave me again, please," Rohit said to Specs.
                                                                                                                                                                                       while, Rohit had to give up searching because he was already running late for
                                                                                                                                                                                       school. He sighed and began walking to school, looking all wet and dirty.  Everyone was glad Rohit had found his specs, and they all went back home,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 happy.
                                                                                                                                                                                       Meanwhile, Specs was right there in the water, angry. He was angry because
                                                                                                                                                                                       Rohit had made him wet and dirty, and had also left him alone. Specs was very
                                                                                                                                                                                       angry and began talking to himself. "Oh! So, you made me wet and dirty, and
                                                                                                                                                                                       now you are going away without me," Specs said to himself.
                                                                                                                                                                                       When Rohit got to school, he was already late and had to explain to his teacher
                                                                                                                                                                                       why he was not only late but also wet. His teacher felt sorry for him. The                ~ Kavya Mohindroo ~
                                                                                                                                                                                       teacher made Rohit sit in the front row because he could not see the board
                                                                                                                                                                                       clearly without his specs.

                                                                                                                                                                                       Rohit's friends laughed at how silly he looked without his specs. They had
                                                                                                                                                                                       never seen him without it, so he looked very different to them.

                                                                                                                                                                                       "Are you sure you are Rohit?" asked one of his friends as she laughed. "The
                                                                                                                                                                                       Rohit I know has a bigger head," said another friend, and they all laughed.
                                                                                                                                                                                       Rohit joined in the laughter too, but he was still worried about Specs. He did
                                                                                                                                                                                       not know how he was going to tell his mom that he had misplaced Specs. He
                                                                                                                                                                                       said this to his friends, and they decided that they were all going to help him
                                                                                                                                                                                       look for Specs after school hours.



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