Tensing Will Go to School!

Liza Philip
Retell, Remix, and Rejoice Contest
Tensing was ten years old. He lived up in
the hills. He loved whizzing around with
his wheely bamboo stick. Sometimes he
would go down to the village with his
grandmother to buy things from the
weekly market.

He had made friends with two village
boys,Tembu and Tinshu. Tembu and
Tinshu went to the same school. Tensing
used to wish he could go to school too but
his grandmother did not have money.
Tinshu was worried. He could not find his money bag anywhere.
He had been saving money like all the children in school to buy
books for the library. He had worked in Mangu Rams shop every
evening to earn that money. Most of the children had already
given their contribution to the headmaster.
Tembu had come looking for you. He had something very important to tell you.
His dog was with him, said his sister.
Oh no! Did Bholu take
my money bag?
Tembu had gone to the fields to collect brinjals and tomatoes. He was worried too.
His father had told him that the money that was being collected for the school library
had been stolen from the headmasters office. Tembu had gone straight
to Tinshus house to give him the news. Like Tinshu he too had been working hard
to save money growing vegetables and selling them.
Tembu saw Tensing racing down the hill with his bamboo stick.
When Tensing heard about the missing money, he said, I saw
some men digging near your field last evening. Could they
have stolen the money and hidden it there?


Tembu and Bholu followed Tensing.
Come, Ill show you the place, shouted Tensing.
Bholu was a good digger. They found the money in a pot. The
headmaster was very happy so were all the villagers.
Tensings grandmother was the happiest
because the headmaster said Tensing
could come to the school for free.


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And Tinshus money bag? It was under the bed. Bholu had left it there!