Tito’s Promise

A very good morning to the teachers, the honourable judges and my fellow friends. My name
is Deepaashwini Rajendran. I am 10 years old. Today I am going to tell you a story, titled “Tito’s
Promise”.

Once upon a time, there was a park. In that park, there was a small little pond. In
that pond lived Tito the tadpole. Tito the tadpole, would swim and play with his friends
all day long.
Just next to that pond, there was a tall tree. On that tree, lived the most beautiful
and greenish caterpillar named Katty.
Katty would spend all day chomping on the sweet leaves ‘nyum nyum nyum
nyum’. One day, while she was busy eating her leaves, she suddenly noticed Tito, the
tadpole was staring at her. “Wow, you are so beautiful. Just like shiny green grapes” said
Tito. Katty felt so shy and replied “You're beautiful too, just like a shiny black pearl.”
Both of them decided to become good friends forever. Katty said “promise me,
you will never change.” “I promise I will never change” promised Tito. But as the season
changed, Tito could not keep his promise. Tito had grown two legs.
When Katty saw him, she said, “Euwww.. you broke your promise. You promised
me, you will never change. “Oh I apologize to you Katty. It's not my fault. I couldn't help
it. I don't know how do they grow, said Tito.
“Oh, all I want is my shiny black pearl back,” said Katty sadly. But finally, Katty
decided to forgive Tito and they became friends again.
They made the same promise again. The season changed and again Tito could not
keep his promise. This time, he had grown a pair of arms and his tail had shortened.
When Katty saw him, she was aghast. “You broke your promise again. I can't take it
anymore. This time I won't forgive you. You broke my heart, Good bye”, by saying that
she left that place.
She cried and cried for days. Finally, she fell asleep. She slept for a very long time.
By then, Tito had dropped his tail and turned into a full-fledged frog. “ribbit ribbit”.
One fine day, Katty decided to wake up. “haaaaawww” . She wanted to find her
shiny black pearl. So, she opened her eyes. When she turned around, to look at herself,
she realised that she had grown a pair of wings and turned into a beautiful butterfly.
She flew to the pond and started to look for her shiny black pearl. Then, she saw a
strange green creature was sitting on a lily pad. So, she decided to ask him where his
shiny black pearl is.
 “Excuse me, I am looking for a shiny black … but before she could even utter the
word ‘pearl’ the frog leapt up from the lily pad and swallowed the butterfly. “eupp’. And
that was the end of Tito and Katty’s love story.
The moral of the story is “always uphold your promise and don’t make the
promises that you can’t keep”. Thank you.