When he saw the birds he thought ‘’my daughter always wanted parrots.’’ Then he looked at the horses  - "finally. I can teach my children horse riding.’’ Next he looked at the hens and cocks and thought -- ‘’from hens we’ll get eggs every day !"

He saw the cocks and said free alarm clocks! Pigs he thought what am I to do with them? Well I can keep them for show. Next he looked at the sheep and the dogs. He thought sheep give wool and the dogs could guide the sheep. Yea he said cow and that means milk -- extra nutrition for my children. He decided to take them all home.
He gave the animals something to eat. He set off to work and built small cottages for all the animals. By the next day everything was ready. The animals were overjoyed. They ran towards their own cottages and soon years passed happily.

Suddenly one day the farmer was stone broke. So the animals thought of the times the farmer had helped them and they decided to help him too. The cows said we’ll give him milk to sell, the  hens said we’ll give him eggs to get money and that way everyone helped the farmer who was  very happy. He solved everything and was rich and lived happily ever after.

Ghazal Chengappa

(Standard Four Vidyaniketan School, Bangalore)