Bhumika is a brave girl, who enjoys nature. One day, a fox tries to attack her and leads her to a great adventure. Did Bhumika get back home? Read this story to find out.

1. Brave Bhumika’s Adventure
Story: N. Chokkan, N. Nangai, N. Mangai
Illustrations: Pratham Books
Illustrations Courtesy: Pratham Books
Released In “Creative Commons – Attribution”

2. Once upon a time, there
was a beautiful village.
A lady lived there, along
with her family. She went
to fetch water from the
nearby river everyday.

3. One day, while she was
carrying water back home,
she met a young girl. Her
name was Bhumika.

4. The lady asked her, ‘Dear,
you look so pale. What
happened?’
Bhumika answered, ‘I was
sitting alone near my
favorite plant, enjoying
the scenery around me.
Suddenly, a fierce-looking
fox came there.’

5. ‘That fox looked so hungry
and tried to eat me. I ran
fast and escaped from the
fox.’
‘Good!’ the lady patted
her back, ‘you are a brave
girl Indeed.’

6. ‘But, now, I am lost. I don’t
know how to go back to my
village’ told the girl.
‘Oh, Where is your village?’
the lady asked.
‘I don’t know. All I know is, it
has beautiful farms, cattle,
coconut trees, monkeys and
my pet chicken Clucky who
can jump so high, she will
leap over my father’s mango
tree!’

7. Suddenly, a flower in the
nearby bush spoke. ‘Dear
Bhumika, I know your
village. My cousin lives
there. He sends me
bee-mails regularly, where
he has mentioned about
Clucky’s heroics.’

8. ‘What is a Bee-Mail?’
‘Haven’t you heard about
it? When bees go flower
to flower to collect nectar,
they also deliver messages
to us from our relatives
and friends, That’s what
we call Bee-Mail.’

9. ‘I know from the bees that
your village is down this river.
Just go with the flow and you
will find it.’
‘But, I don’t know to swim.’
‘Don’t worry dear. I will make a
raft for you.’
The lady collected some sticks
and made a beautiful raft.

10. Bhumika got onto the raft.
She told Good Bye to the
kind lady and the helpful
flower.
The stream looked
friendly with fishes
swimming nearby. The girl
enjoyed the ride and
looked forward to meeting
her folks again.

11. Her father saw his girl
coming on the raft. He
jumped with joy and took
her in his arms.
Everyone felt so happy to
see Bhumika again,
especially her pet chicken
Clucky.