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T h e F i s h y S t o r y
Based on story sent by
Sandeep Kapoor
Illustrator and Colourist:
Abhijeet Kini
AGENT WOLf BANE,
HAVE YOU NOTICEO...
THEQEHAVE BEEN NO
CQIMES fOQ A WEEK!
THE CQIMINALS
AQE LYING
LOW, AGENT
NIGHT SHAOE !
THEY fEAQ THE
fEAQSOME
OUO!
fEAQSOME OUO !
WHO'QE THEY! THE
UPSTAQTS!
T ICK -T ICK !
T ICK -T ICK !
WHAT-OO-WE-OO?
WHAT-OO-WE-OO?
WHAT-OO-WE-OO?
WOl2SE ! WITHALL THE
fiSH OESTl20YEO,
fISH-LOVEl2S WILL
GO ON A l2AMPAGE!
WE NEEO TO STOP THIS,
AGENT WOLf BANE!
MEANWHIL.E AT THE POUCE STATION,
NOTOr;IOUS ,JEWEL. THIEF, HEEr;A, IS
8EING INTEr;r;OGA TEO 8Y INSPECTOr;
L.AATPAATHE -
YOU CHECKEOINTO THE
SAME HOTEL WHEl2E
A fAMOUS OIAMONO
WAS BEING EXHIBITEO
ANO IT GOES
MISSING!
BELIEVE ME,
INSPECTOl2,
IOION'T
STEAL THE
OIAMONO!
I WAS WAITING
fOl2 A fl2IENO IN
THE LOBBY ANO
THE NEXT THING I
KNOW I'M
Al2l2ESTEO fOl2
THE THEfT !
BUT INSPECTOl2,
If I HAO THE
OIAMONO ON ME,
YOUl2 MEN WOULO
HAVE fOUNO IT
WHENTHEY
SEAl2CHEOME !
HE MEANS THEQE
IS A BOMB IN THE
FISH! LISTEN!
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I'LL OeAL. WITHTHe
FISH !I'M THe SON OF
A FISHeQMAN - FISH
QUN IN MY BL.OOO !
AHA ! SO, THEY THINK THEY
CAN ESCAPE BY TAKING A
SlOE ROAO ! BUT WE ARE
MAOE Of STERNER STUff!
ON fOOT, MEN!
Butterfinsers
in Ooty
Story: Khyrunnisa A.
Script: Anomita Guha
Illustrations: Abhijeet Kini
AMA" WAS VE"Y EXCITEO -
HEY, MA! OUR
CLASS IS GOING
ON A SCHOOL TRIP
TO OOTY NEXT
WEEI(ENO!
HOW EXCITING
fOR YOU,
OEAR!
16 I TINK L E 568 December - 09
WHAT ABOUT YOUQ
PQINCI ?I QEMEMBEQHIM
TELLING ME HE HAD TO
MEET A SCHOOL
TQUSTEE IN OOTY
THIS MONTH.
THE SCHOOL NEEDS fUNDS
BUT PQINCIPALJ AGMOHAN
HAS TO CONVINCE COL.
DESHMUI(H, THE TQUSTEE,
TO SIGN SOME
DOCUMENTS fIQST.
PRINCI...SIR...IOION'T
SAY ANYTHING! I
OION'T EVENTHINI(
ANYTHING!
RELAX, AMAR !
YOU'RE NOT
IN ANY
TROUBLE!
ANO YOU OON'T
NEEO TO WORRY
ABOUT
ME...ER...WATCHING
YOU L1I(EA HAWI(
IN OOTY
EITHER!
NO! I'LL BE STAYING AT A
HOTEL, NOT AT THE SAME LOOGE
AS THE STUOENTS. BESIOES, I'LL
BE FAR TOO BUSY WITHTHE
TRUSTEE!
1...1 MEAN, WE'LL
MISS YOUR
COMPANY, SIR!
THE LAST THING I WANT HIM TO
HEAR ABOUT IS A GROUP OF
OUR STUOENTS BEHAVING L1I(E
MONI(EYS!
GOT' IT, SIR ! I'LL
BE ON MY BEST
BEHAVIOUR !
SOON, P{;/NC/ HAD HeA{;D THe BAD News -
WHAT ?! NO PLACE
FOQ THE BOYS TO
STAY? THAT'S
ABSUQO!
WELL, YOU MUST SOQT IT OUT
YOUQSELVES! I HAVE TO GO SEE
COL. OESHMUKH AT ONCE!
HE:'S BETTEQ NOW BUT
HE STILL WON'T GET UP
fQOM HIS WHEELCHAIQ
THOUGH THE OOCTOQS
SA Y HE SHOULO BE
ABLE TO.
THEY SAY ONLY A
SHOCI( WILL BQING
HIM OUT Of THIS
STUPOQ, BUT ...
AS 8UTTE~FINGE~SEAGE~lY
CLlM8EOONTO HIS HO~SE -
HAVE YOU
EVEQ QIOOEN
A HOQSE
BEfOQE,
AMAQ?
EEP! PQINCIPAL
0AGMOHAN!
POOQ OLO NEL !
HE NEVEQ MEANT
TO HUQT ME!
THANk::YOU
fOQ BQINGING
NELSON
HEQE, MY BOY!
IS THEQE ANY
WAY WE CAN
QEPAYYOU?
YOU CAN STAY WITH
US ! TONS Of QOOM
HEQE...ANO QAVI
WOULO ENvOY YOUQ
COMPANY!
24 I T I N K L E 568 December - 09
HALF KNOWLEDqE
Atale fromBhutan
Script: L.Prabhu
Illustrator: Ajit Vasaikar
Colourist: Umesh Sarode
TWO BOYS, ONE THESON OF A KING ANO THEOTHE" THESON OF
THEKING'S MINISTE", STUOIEO AT THESAME MONASTE"Y, IN BHUfAN.
AS foQ YOU,
LoOEN, YOU'LL
HAVE TO STAY
ANoTHEQ
YEAQ.
WaL, I CAN'T HAVE ANYONE
MOQE KNOWL.EOGEABL.E
THAN ME AT THE PAL.ACE !
I'LL. HAVE TO 00
SOMETHING ABOUT
IT!
I fEEL I'VE SLEPT
A THOUSANO
YEARS!
AREN'T THESE
THE SAME
eERRIES HE
GAVE ME?
YES. MY HOQSE
THQEW ME ANO
BOLTEO.
YOU GO ON, WINCE, I'M GOING
BACK TO THE MONASTEQY. I'VE
MUCH TO LEAQN YET...NOT ONLY
ABOUT THE LANGUAGE OF BIQOS BUT
ALSO HOW TO BECOME A BETTEQ
HUMAN BEING.
...ANO THE- OTHE-{;' TO THE
MONASTE-{;'Y TO COMPl-E-TE-
HIS E-OUCATION.
DiFi'Tln
D'T"TI ~ :ru
I Spy \ \ S J
SO RAVI. .. ER ...
AGENT TALL CHIEF ...
WHAT NEWS DO YOU
BRING?
Writer:
Rajani Thindiath
Illustrations and Colouring:
Abhijeet Kini
4 ITI N K L E 550 J une - 08
OH! 15THAT WHAT YOU ARE CALLING YOURSELVES
NOWADAYS? REALLY BHA/WA, THE TWO STOOGES
WOULD BE MORE APT ... OR EVEN LAUREL AND
HARDY, DUMB AND DUMBER ... THE
POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS!
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ALL RIGHT, AGENT
BLACK THUNDER,
HERE'S THE PLAN! WE
HAVE TO STAKE OUT
WHEY ROAD ...
, - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ - - - - - - - - - - -
I WHAT WAS HE ,,: . HOW WOULD "
, DOING IN YOUR,' \ , I KNOW! "
" HOUS E?,,' ~ - - - , , __ -,'
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AND HOW DID YOU
CONDUCT YOUR
INVESTIGATION, MAY
I ASK?
Story: Khyrunnisa A.
Script: Anomita Guha
Illustrations and Colouring: Abhijeet Kini
IT WASA RAINY SATURDAY AND AMAR WAS BORED.
I HATE BEING
STUCK AT HOME
ALL DAY WITH
NOTHING TO DO
BECAUSE OF THIS
STUPID RAIN!
NOTHING TO DO?! WHY DON'T YOU
CLEAN UP THE APPALLING MESS
IN YOUR ROOM!
NO, IT IS NOT! MY
POCKET HAS J UST BEEN
PICKED!
"... ITWASONLY
WHEN I
REACHED YOUR
HOUSE, THAT I
REALISEDMY
WALLET WAS
MISSING!"
THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF THEFTS
NEAR THE STATION RECENTLY. THE
POLICE BELIEVE THEM TO BE THE
HANDIWORK OF AN EXPERT
PICKPOCKET.
PHEW! IT'S HEAVIER THAN IT
LOOKS! THANK YOU FOR
. SHOWING ITTO ME, SIR!
f WISH MY FRIENDS
COULD SEE IT!
ER ... IT'S KIND OF YOU,
RATAN, BUTYOUR
UMBRELLA MAY NOT
MAKE IT BACK IN ONE
PIECE!
ACHOO! COLONEL BOGLE! I'M 50
SORRY ... ' HAD TOLEAVE YOUR
UMBRELLA BEHIND! IT ... IT FLEW
OFF INTO A TREE! ,
DON'T WORRY, AMAR.
YOU CAN GET IT BACK
WHEN THE WEATHER
CLEARS UP! . ,
IFHEONLY
KNEW! IT'S SO EASY
FORBUTTERFINGERS!
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