Tarun , Vir

and Anya
Written by
Rajeswari Devadass
Dedicated to the lasting friendships
Which first began with common friends.

Tarun and Vir were friends. They played
together everyday till Tanvir moved to a
different school.
efore Vir left, they planned to meet on the first
!unday of summer vacation.

Tarun loves gardening
and his dog "ojo. #"y
Aachi is going to love
these veggies$, he said.

Tarun went home to show
his grandmother the
vegetables from his
garden.
#Aachi, % brought these
from the garden for you.
#Than&s, my boy$ said
Aachi.

Aachi showed Tarun some of
her tric&s and they both
chatted for a while.
#Aren't you going to meet Vir
today($
#)es, Aachi. % am going to ta&e
"ojo with me too. Vir would
love to see him grown up big.$
#*ave a good time+ ,o safely,
both of you$

#Tata, Aachi. !ee you
in the evening.$, said
Tarun as he and "ojo
wal&ed away to meet
Vir.

Vir loved playing cric&et. *e
missed Tarun everytime he
played. Today, he was going
to meet him after this game.
#% am going home now to
pic& the gift % bought for
Tarun . % am also going to
introduce my new friend,
Anya, to him.$

Row - Row . Row / Row 0
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0
2
3
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4olumn -
4olumn .
4olumn /
#Anya will be here
soon. % am going to
ta&e the gift % bought
for Tarun$ 5 said Vir as
he climbed the ladder
to get the parcel he
had wrapped for
Tarun.

The gift was missing
from where Vir had left
it.*e loo&ed all around
the house for it. Anya
arrived on time and was
e6cited to meet Tarun.
#Vir, are you ready( 4an
we leave to meet
Tarun($ said Anya.

#Anya, % can't find the gift that %
had &ept for Tarun(
% planned to give him a cric&et
bat as a surprise$ , said Vir,
very upset.
Anya had heard about how
Tarun wanted a cric&et bat so
much.
!he said to Vir,
#Don't worry. 7et us give him my
bat. 7et's go, come$

Vir and Anya raced in
their scooter and
cycle to meet Tarun.

All / of them met at a par& as
planned. They laughed and played.
Vir loved seeing Anshu, after a long
time.
"ojo too wagged his tail in happiness
on seeing Tanvir.
Tarun enjoyed his time with Anya and
loved the cric&et bat.
All / them played a game of cric&et
and planned to meet the following
!unday at the same place.

Tarun raced home to his Aachi, #Aachi, % had a nice time with Vir. %
also made a new friend today, Anya. 8e6t !unday, can you ma&e
your best 9alebis for me to ta&e for her( 9alebis are her favourite$
That night, Vir laid awa&e in bed, thin&ing about his day $%t was
very nice of Anya to offer her bat to Tarun . *e could hardly wait for
ne6t !unday to show them the missing bat that Amma had found
while they were away+$
Anya wrote in her diary, #Tarun seems a sweet boy. % am happy Vir
introduced me to him.$