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2. At the Party After a great struggle, he managed to save Deepak

An ant and an elephant were very good friends and carried him safely to the bank.
and would play together whenever they had the The fourth boy, Pankaj, was still in trouble.
chance. But the elephant’s father was very strict Tired and panting, Sagar jumped right back
and he did not like his son playing with his friend to Pankaj’s aid and with much effort, brought
the ant when he should be playing with the other Pankaj out. Unfortunately, Deepak’s test was
elephants in the herd. not over. When Sagar was rescuing Pankaj and

The little elephant was very scared of his father transporting him to the bank, he saw that Deepak
and did not like it when he was angry. But the ant had slipped back into the water. Thus, despite
was very brave and was not scared of his friend’s all his efforts, the very brave and young Sagar
old father. Kashyap could only save the lives of three out of

One day, the two friends were playing a game the four boys.
when they heard the angry father approaching.
The ground shook and the trees swayed from 5. Rani Lakshmibai
side to side. One day in July 2009, ten-year-old Priyanshu

‘Oh no, it is my father!’ cried the young elephant Joshi and his sister Priyanka were returning from
with a scared look upon his face. ‘What can I do?’ school.
The little ant puffed out his chest and stood to his Suddenly, a leopard attacked his sister. He fought
full height. ‘Don’t worry, my friend, you can hide the leopard barehanded to save his sister and
behind me and your father will not find you!’ himself.

3. Outwitted ‘I pushed the animal with my shoulder and hit

The thirteen-year-old Sagar Kashyap was an him hard with my bag. Strength flowed into my
arms from nowhere,’ recalls the 10-year-old.
ordinary fish merchant’s son. He was growing
up happily like the other boys of his age. On 15 The leopard had injured Priyanka badly on the
July 2012, at the peak of the monsoon season, ear and behind her head.
he happened to be crossing the Agra Canal. ‘As the grip of the leopard loosened, I cried out
Suddenly, he heard some boys crying out for loudly.
help. This group of four boys was taking a dip People in a passing army jeep heard me.
in the canal. But, they were horrified when the
water current became stronger and they soon got Passers-by shouted too. The leopard fled the
pulled into it. As soon as Sagar Kashyap saw their scene in the commotion.’ Priyanshu suffered
condition, he did not waste even a single moment injuries to his forehead.
worrying about his own well-being. He valiantly ‘I was not sure we could save ourselves. But I
jumped into the waters to rescue the boys. fought with all my strength and it worked,’ he
Fighting hard against the current, he managed says. The fearful encounter has not changed
to first pull out 11-year-old Premi, followed by Priyanshu’s attitude towards animals. ‘I love wild
his friend Badal. But rescuing Deepak was really animals,’ he says.
tough. Deepak was scared and breathless. His Priyanshu won the Sanjay Chopra Award for his
weight kept dragging Sagar down. But that did brave act.
not discourage Sagar.

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