! Ag ™ ‘ NN) 2 nce ae eel BES, Sa oe ae as ee eee 7s pid oh 3 7 SSO eo? e ao eeLE aay See and Smile By Savio A. Mascarenhas Editor : Anant Pai © India Book House Pvt. Ltd 1992 Reprinted April, 2006 Published by India Book House Pvt. Ltd, Mahalaxmi Chambers, 5th Floor, 22, Bhulabhai Desai Road, Mumbai - 400 026. Printed at Yatisha Creations 8-55, Akurli Industrial Estate Akurli Road, Kandivali (East), Mumbai - 400 101, Ramu Shamu, Kapish & Little Raji © Color Chips India Lid.IT WAS DIWALI TME — rd Sy er HOW | WIGH RAJA HOGUA 1 WOULD Go UP IN SMOKE = LIK& THOSE FIRECRACKERS. Ne ly x Based on a story sent by: S i 19/3, Muniswamiappa Layout ‘Old Madras Road Cross, Ulsoor, Banglore-580 008. SIMPLE VYOU FIXA TIME -BOMB To HIS BED AND IN THE MORN— ING THERE WILL BE iss JUST A WISP OF 6MoKe. Ti WILL YOU Do THIS FOR ME @ IF YOU WILL MAKE ME YOUR MANTRI, MANTRI.y/ \\ aes >) THERE .THAT'S THE KING'S ; ie TENT OVER THERB.WE Ly. ARE ALL CAMPING OUT = ei THESE DAYS. De} T7LTIT LAN Sa i a m jee AND 80 THEY SNEAKED INTO THE KING'S TenT— | J | THERE. THAT’S DONE IT.WE’LL YES, THAT'S RIGHT.AND \¥} TIME THE EXPLOSION FOR JUST AFTER ] TOMORROW THE KINGDOM } AN HOUR. I'VE HEARD THE KING WILL NEED A NEW KING. RETIRES EARLY THESE DAYS- HEH! HEH! eT TANTRI, COME AND HELP ME EXPLODE Ln F THESE FIRECRACKERS. a VA Fr «+ AND A NEW pi MANTRI. DON'T A FORGET ME. ) so i pheHE HAS GONE MAD WITH THE PAIN. STRAP HIM TO THE BED OR ELSE HE MAY DO SOMETHING RASH ! “ RELAX, TANTRI, 1) GA WE'LL BE BACK } PAX WITH A DOCTOR. SHOULDN'T ONE OF US STAY TO THEY'VE GONE. THERE'S WATCH OVER. HIS EXCELLENCY JUST A FEW MINUTES: TANTRI, YOUR MAJESTY @ LEFT FOR THE BOMB TO EXPLODE. NO, 4OU FOOL! 1 NEED YOU ALL TO CARRY MY, PALANQUIN. 2 & Le Cmax1 MUST RUN To THE NBARBY LAKE. ONLY WATER CAN PUT OUT 4a THE FUSE. , MAHARAd , LOOK! THERE » GOES TANTRI! 'OH,NO!) KNEW IT! HE iS BENT ON COMMITTING SUICIDE. STOP HIM! V2 _ =egGET HIM QUT BEFORE HE DROWNS ! QUICKLY! MAHARAd , THERE WAS A BOMB TIED To THE TANTRI, 1M GRATEFUL TO YOu. % AS A REWARD 4OU SHALL SPEND A VACATION IN THE ROYAL j HOSPITAL 1 KNEW IT! M4 FAITHFUL TANTRI 16 ALWAYS FOILING THE PLOTS OF OULD- BE ASSASEINS.THE KING WHO STOPPED THE RIVER UPON A TIME THERE WAS ee FROM SOUTH INDIA SIX O'CLOCK! I'LL HAVE TO GET > UP NOW. BUT TELL THE DIWAN TO GET READY. WE WILL GO RIDINGSUCH CLEAR, SPARKLING WATER! WHERE DOES THIS, RIVER FLOW 2 BUT I’M THIRSTY. LET'S. STOP BY THAT oa OUR RIVER WE MUST BUT FLOWING INTO STOP IT AT YOUR THEIR COUNTRY? MATESTY..1 AND SPOKE TO THE MAN THERE. "AFTER MIDNIGHT I WANT YOU TO S ISQUND THE GONG EVERY HALF -HOUR. NOT EVERY HOUR, AS YOU DO Now. BECAUSE OF THE DIWAN'S ORDER IT WAS ONLY 3 O'CLOCK WHEN THE SIXTH GONG WAS SOUNDED. SF THE SIXTH GONG!IT'S SIX O'CLOCK,BBY irs six octock GON Biri can iT. HASN'T RISEN? WHAT DO YOU MEAN re am eet Te HASN'T RISEN CranYOUR MAJESTY, WE MUST DO SOMETHING ABOUT GOON OR WE’LI Fi IT L BE IN DARK- gf, NESS FOREVER.AH, WELL, MY MOTHER ALWAYS SAID 1 WAS A VERY CLEVER = i FELLOW! oy, S cA S J iS \ 6 % % WELL, NOW... ! Sf 3 BREAK DOWN ae THAT DAM. > = és 2 1G, fs S ¥ 5 My eS 1 Ms yi f 73 . Noh) j Dy Ral £9 of GIANG re s Sy, \THE RIVER BEGAN TO FLOW TO THE NEIGHBOURING COUNTRY AGAIN. aa IA THE KING NEVER REALISED HOW HE HAD BEEN FOOLED BY THE DIWAW.THE STORY OF THEM A THE FIRST BICYCLE WAS BUILT BY A | | HE HAD TO MOVE IT BY PUEHING HIS \V, BARON PRAIS, IN 1816. FEET, FIRST ONE THEN THE OTHER, (T HAP NO PEDALS, AGAINST THE FEOPLE CALLED HIM A MADMAN. CHILDREN JEERED AT HIM WHENEVER | HE PASSED BY ON moWHEELS OF THESE PENNY- BUT THE REAL TROUBLE BEGA WERE SOMETIMES MORE THAN| | ARTER YOU MOUNTED THEM Ai vy WD. HIGH, IT WAG DIFFICULT TO STARTED PEDALLING, LES. THE ONEG WAY YOU) COULD DISMOUNT WAS BY JUMPING OFF, WHICH WAS NOT EASY. SHE YEARS WENT BY SOMEONE | | AND YET /T WAS NO FUN IF YOU HAD 70 MOUGHT OF PUTTING THE PEDALS | | RIDE OVER BAD ROADS, THE SOLID RUBBER INE CENTRE} ANOTHER INVENTED| | TYRES COULD NOT ABSORB THE BUM) ME ROLLER CHAIN, THE FRONT <2 — WEBEL WAS MADE SMALLER. THE We TYRES WERE MADE OF SOLD 17THEN AGOUNG LAD WHO DID WOT UKE TO BE JOLTED WHEN RIDING HIG CYCLE BEGAN (ERESTAR, HIS FATHER TO 20 SOMETHING FINALLY, HIS FATHER, JOHN BUNLOR’ HAD A’ BRAINWAVE. HiS_ SON RODE AWAY 26 /F WERE RIDING ON Ale WHICH / WAY HE WAS. THE BIR IN THE TYRES ABSORBED THe BUMPS 7s CYCLE GOT ON THE WAY. HE CUT UP THE GARDEN HOGE, FIXED THE PIECES OF HOSE ONTO THE WHEELS..| CYCLES THEREACTER BEGAN + PUMPED AR INTO THEM ANE JO USE AIR-FILLED* TYRES. GAVE THE CYCLE TO WS GON. FODAY JF OUR CYCLES ARE 50 SAFE ANP SO COMFORTABLE TO RIDE ON, [7/3 DUE 7 THE ELFORT) OF ALL THESE MEN — FROM BARON DRAIS TO JOHN DUNLOP, THEY MADE THE MODERN CYCLE POSSIBLE. 18IONE DAY, JOOMBA, A NOTORIOUS SMUGGLER, WAS BEING TAKEN To JAIL. — SOS SSS SESS S SSO SSS i Ss oo HHVLL NEVER NOTICE I'M GONE. IT’S ALMOST NIGHT- {Lh THEY REACH THE uAIL. FALL .| HAD BETTER WE HEE!VLL CLIMB uP THIS TREE. THEY'LL NEVER LOOK YM IN LUCK. FOR ME THIS SEEMS HERE. \ TO BEA DESERTED PLACE. HEH HEY! BUT JOOMBA’S LUCK HAD OH,NO! THEY DESERTED HIM, FOR THE | | ARE HOLDING A NEXT MORNING WHEN SPORTS MEET HE WOKE UP — HERE. WHAT MRARATONGGMERET VC THIS PLACE 1S SWARM- ING WITH BUT 1 DON’T THINK ff" THESE FOOLS WILL SPOT ME. =Wi TRAMPOLINE ILE SHIKARI SHAMBU ING A MAN-EATER if +LOOKS LIKE A LATE ENTRANT FOR THE COMPETITION-YOU HAVE WON THE NATIONAL TRAMPO = LINE CHAMPIONSHIP. HERE'S YOUR TROPHY. fe A REWARD FOR CAPTUR ING JOOMBA.- YOU HAVE ALSO WON y FOR CAPTUR- \KILLED THREE| ING THE BIRDS WITH MAW-EATER./ ONE STONE. WHO |S HE? SHIKARI SHAMBL CAN BAG THREE AWARD AND ONE \ wow! HE's WITH ONE LEAP. HE 1S ) YOU'RE RIGHT. ONLY HE 1.) 77 WARE UP, ANwaR. ) OR YOU'LL BE LATE FOR SCHOOL! OH, AMMA! ANWAR, YOU SHOULD NEVER LEAVE ANYTHING UNFINISHED. /OH!T gust \ (want To \ Finish my \\ SLEEP HEY! WHY ARE YOU GETTING BACK INTO, YOUR BED?“VAT gd lax le SS Ve BIN / Hi c G Wr I aa ge ¥2q ) iN a (wave WEN TRIED, BUT FAILED.It MAN? ane ar THe SraR V8 BUT THE igs! HE'S 30 ‘nas ms [ae RY HANDSOME AND HE SEEMS 60 4 ) i sul é oS HIMSELF. o ; | 4 f 721-4 - ff Si i e _ ‘al TF DID NOT Take Tee Gee Acree Far 1eNBY THE TE ATALANTA PICKED UP THE APPLE.» TRUE TO HER WORD, ATALANTA MARRIED THE youTH AND THEY LWED HAPPILY EVER AFTER.GANESHA THE CLEVER | Script: Subbe Roo Mgatrations © M4. Vaankar | 53 nar TN 1 KNOW Wi Bais! 17°s 4 mopAK! JYou WILL GO ROUND THE WORLD THREE TIMES. THE WINNER WILL GET THE MANGO. WHAT ABOUT YOU, GANESHA ?, ¢ aa ANG TH BEARS. HA! ONE ROUND | | 4S HE FLEW PAST KAILAS — AAW | NEARLY OVER! GANESHA! ~ fr sbina SZ GOING 2. \ WAIT, MOTHER. eT ME FINISH THIS MODAK. rN / seconp \ { ROUND: COMPLETED! Pate GANESHA! SKANDA WILL SOON BE BACK. AND YOuGANESHA JOINED WIG PALMS..« 71: AND WENT ROUND WIS PARENTS... | | eT THEN, SKANDA LANDED. | _—— as = YOU ARE \/ VE WON, AND YOu wi A HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED, JUS) GANESHA| if oy, f HL HE pi AVE TO, — — IDN'T Hi a N\ 4 = i 2 HE Has, xarTixeyya, /\| Bur HE pion'r ) AND HE HAS WON THE, z EVEN LEAVE / = PRIZE. 3 7 KAILAS! j =~ i) fWERE,GANESHA.) LET M4 BROTHER HIS PARENTS: HERE IS 4YOURA HAVE IT. 1 PREFER MEAN THE WORLD PRIZE s TO HIM. AND HE_WENT ROUND carer — |{ canesua,ou won) ” |! vou areso 1 wi | = THE PRIZE’ WITHOUT J | x clever! CLEVER i : 4 K \ Because Nu | ‘ 3 1 A j ano | eat \\| Jw67 THEN SAGE VWAGA CAME THERE, PSS ator or | ¢