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the last couple of hours of daylight poured in.
Tanisha, Karishma, Sonali, Rajiv, Nikhil and
Vivek were, curious to find out, what Tania was
up to.

Tania showed them the book about the shadow
animals. "I think we should do a shadow puppet

show. We can make up a story with animals from
this book and then do a show for the entire
society." Tania said beaming with excitement.

Before anyone could respond, she continued "Mama
is setting it up with the society chairman. The
watchmen will go and inform everyone about it.
Mrs. Desai, from the first floor, has agreed to
hang a large white sheet from her balcony. The
watchman will nail it to the walls of the garage

below to make a screen. We can use a torch and
stand behind the screen to make the shadow
puppets. So what do you think?"

To Tania's relief, all her friends responded
with enthusiasm. What a great way to spend a
blackout! They leafed through the pages to make
a list of possible animal characters. It did not

take them long, to come up with a simple story.
Each kid chose to play one or two of the shadow
animals. They worked on perfecting their chosen
shadow animals and the voices for them. Tanisha
was going to be the narrator so she worked on

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