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LION HUNT - A short story

t was a serious matter. If you believe me, I had been pale for quite sometime but I was trying to put up a brave face. The healthiest boy in our class Ghulam Rasool too was chanting something in low tone. When I tried to shake him, he became mad but did not utter a word. Jalal Din and Raj Nath were so huddled together as if they had vowed not to get separated ever.

Author : M.K.Raina More

Uninvited Guests - A short story

After walking about half a kilometer we arrived at the canopy. It had been erected after blocking a portion of the road. Some workers were fixing decorative partitions around the area and some were covering the ground inside with floor-coverings.

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Caterpillar - A short story

It was the onset of the spring. New leaves had sprouted forth on the tree branches and some trees were full of blossom. I had got ready rather early in the morning at about eight and was enjoying refreshing sip of the morning tea in the lawns outside my quarters.

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Success & Failure

From: Consecutive Serial: How Much to Say? One of my friends lived at Nawa Kadal. His name was Chaman Lal. As for studies, he was a few steps even behind us. He was more attached to me because we both were well versed in calling other boys names.

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Odd & Even - A short story

Consecutive Serial: How Much to Say? Original in Kashmiri - *M.K.Raina Translation: T.N.Dhar 'Kundan'

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Heaven And Hell

My prayers were perhaps heard. After a while both these agents were coming towards me smilingly. They told me, "Look here, half the job is done for you. You owe a sum of eighty rupees still. But where will you get those?

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The Treasure (Consecutive Serial)

I was very thirsty by now. I searched for some water but there was no water anywhere. I saw a host of insects hovered around a thorny bush at some distance. The clay at that spot was wet.

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Imported Timepiece

With a broken heart I left the place. The two top-like spares I kept hiding lest somebody at home sees them. The master proved his worth and workmanship. Even after three years of repair by him, the timepiece is working all right and showing time accurately.

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