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On the Ledge

He lifted one foot and placed it on the window sill. Then he pulled himself up. Now, he was on the ledge.

A new friend

Hari was looking for a new friend. The last one was waving at him, as the bus disappeared in the distance. On the bus was the only friend he had made in the village. The friends had been inseparable.There were many children in his class at school, but Hari did not have a friend. A friend is someone you could trust, someone with whom you could share your dreams. As he walked back home, he saw a basket moving on its own. He was intrigued and went to check. The basket would move a bit and then stop. Then it would move again. Hari lifted the basket and found a puppy inside. “Who put you here?” It did not answer but wagged its tail furiously. The puppy tumbled a couple of times as it ran after Hari.“Come with me, we are friends now !” said Hari with a smile.The boy… A new friend

A White lie

“A white lie. That is what it would be. But I guess I have no other option”.The postman said to himself. He tried to walk up the stairs without making a sound. Somehow the old man heard him and opened the door.“Any letters from my son?”Every day, the old man had asked this question for the last year.Every time the answer had been the same, “No, if there was a letter, I will deliver it to you.”Then the old man would sigh, shake his head, and go back, closing the door behind him.The man’s son had died. No one had the heart to tell him. Some thought he knew, but did not want to accept it.“Any letters from my son?”The Post-man had come prepared, “Yes,” he said.“Please, can you read it?”The postman knew that the old man could not read.Pulling out a scrap of paper from his pocket, he started,… A White lie