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‘I’ll start searching right away,’ she says, jumping with

excitement.

Lajjo runs first to her mother.

‘What is it, Lajjo?’ asks her mother, sounding tired. ‘If 1. 1 bucket
you are thirsty, I don’t have any drinking water.’ 2. 1 cotton cloth

3. Gravel
‘No Mother, Babu gave me a sip of water. I need a 4. Sand
cotton cloth. Do you have one?’ 5. 1 hammer
6. 1 hole punch
Mother doesn’t have any spare cloth. So she cuts a
piece from her cotton sari. ‘Here! Take this.’ Lajjo gives her
mother a big hug. What do you call Connect
Language
‘grandfather’ in your
Babu helps Lajjo find a bucket. She fills it with sand. language?

‘Yay! Three things off my list!’

‘Lajjo, I’m thirsty. Do you have some water?’ asks her friend Prateek.

‘Sorry, Prateek. We finished all our water.’

What games do Let’s connect ‘That’s okay,’ he says. ‘Are you looking for something?’
you like to play with
your grandparents? ‘I’m looking for gravel,’ says Lajjo.
‘There! You can use that.’

Only two more things for Lajjo to find!

Then Lajjo goes to find the village carpenter.

‘Fixer Baba, Fixer Baba, May I borrow your hammer and hole punch?’

‘What is it for, Lajjo?’

‘It’s for a game I’m playing with Daadu,’ she says.

‘A game! Who has time for games when the whole

village is thirsty?’

Though he grumbles a little, he
gives the tools to Lajjo.

gravel: small stones and pebbles
hole punch: a sharp tool used to make holes in
different objects
grumbles: complains about something

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