Santhosh peeped to the other side over the barricades. People were gathered in a small group.
"Are those army officers? Guards?" Santhosh wondered and looked at the people dressed in green uniform.
Santhosh craned his neck. Beyond the guards was a screen made of wooden sticks.
Something big was going to happen. Santhosh knew it. He had seen and read so many detective mysteries that he wanted to be part of one; and here was his chance.
Santhosh went back and grabbed Ashwin's hand. Ashwin his friend and partner detective. He explained what he was up to.
Little Meenu tagged along.
"Go away, Meenu. Build your sand castles," Santhosh shooed his sister.
"No, I want to be Watson," Meenu knew her brother in and out. If he wanted to be Sherlock, then she had to be Watson. No negotiations. She held her head high. Santhosh grinned at her and asked her to follow.
"Shh..." He stopped the two when they reached a particular point. It was the same place from where they could see the other side easily.
Ashwin looked over. "It is just like you said, Santhosh. The army is here." Ashwin was shocked to witness it for real.
"But why? There can't be a war happening. Can it?"
"What do you think the army could be guarding?" Santhosh put on his thinking hat. "What do you think is beyond the sticks?"
"Anna, let me see," Meenu scrambled for some space. The boys moved aside, grudgingly.
"I see it." Meenu jumped up in joy. "They looks like baskets."
"Baskets, no way. Why would the army stand guarding baskets? We need to get your eyesight checked, Meenu," Ashwin flicked away Meenu's suggestion.
Santhosh looked through. "Meenu is right. Those are some upturned baskets. What could be inside them?"
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Gajru's Holi
Nandanvan was preparing for an action-packed Holi, with every animal planning pranks and mischief. Colours, gulal, water balloons everything was being prepared. But once again, the biggest roadblock was Gajru mole.
A Herbal Holi
Holi is around the corner. Let's do something different!\" said Dinky deer,to her friends.
An Unusual Delicacy
“Holi re Holi...Holi aayi re!\" Joyous cheers echoed in Chetan's grandmother's courtyard.
Tony's Troublesome TATTOOS
Prime Minister Tanveer Singh tiger was on his regular tour of Dreamflower Forest that evening, when he spotted a big crowd at Tony jackal's shop.
THE HOLI DARE
Holi was approching in two days, and Mili meerkat, Rohit raccoon, Popo parakeet, and Hasan hedgehog were discussing how to celebrate the festival.
THE RAPUNZEL AUDITION
Vani picked up the flyer on the ground, rolled it into a tube and started using it as a makeshift microphone.
The Special Yellow Flowers
Wuffy rabbit was getting ready for school. He slung his backpack on his shoulders, and cheerfully said goodbye to his mom before heading out.
The Revolt of the Numbers
There was a familiar atmosphere of tension in the classroom.
THE INVISIBLE POWER
\"What's the matter, Atul? You look worried,\" Poonam asked her son, who had just returned from school.
Mini and the R ajma Beans
\"The moon is rather brown today,\" Mini thought as she looked up from the balcony of her city flat, \"just like my Rajmachawal dinner.\"
