Aditi and Rajat were good friends. They had so much fun together. They sa together in the class. They ran races on the way home. They were always cheerful One day, Aditi came into the classroom slowly. She did not look at anybody. She looked sad."Did someone scold you?" asked Rajat.
Aditi shook her head. She sat down and did not look up. She did not even answer 'Present!' when the class teacher called out her name.
The teacher called out again, louder this time. "Aditi Sen!" Aditi raised her hand
"Do you have a sore throat?" the teacher asked her. Aditi shook her head. Her cheeks were red and it looked like she had a fever
Are you feeling okay?" The teacher asked
Aditi nodded, still not daring to look up
Why does Aditi look so sad?
"Is your little brother okay?"
Is your puppy okay
your grandmother okay
diti kept nodding her head to each of her friends. But she did not look up
Rajat wanted to make her smile. He had an idea! He took out something from his bag
As he ran to show it to Aditi, it slipped out of his hands. Aditi saw something flying towards her and she grabbed it
It was a big, green, rubber frog!
Aditi's eyes flew open. Then she opened her mouth to laugh.
Only then did Rajat and her other friends see why she had not smiled or talked all day. Four of her front teeth had gone missing!