The modern twist

Storywala

Anika Joshi, AIS Vas 1, X A 

Sleeping Beauty

With a rose in his hand, the prince entered the chamber and there she was – Sleeping beauty in her long, deep slumber. He placed the rose in her hand and kissed her forehead. The princess woke up with a jolt, shocked to see a stranger leaning over her in a compromising position. Not uttering a single word, she stormed out of the room with her phone in hand. “Hello, police?”

Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs

Snow White got up early every morning, made eight beds, prepared breakfast for everyone, got ready, set the dwarves on their way to school and rushed to work. Being a single mother wasn’t the easiest job for her, but she did manage to grab the ‘best mother in the world’ hug every night before bed time.

Cinderella

Prince Charming was in town searching for his ‘perfect girl’ with a glass slipper in his hand. Little did the naïve prince know, Cinderella wasn’t the only size 5 around. When the slipper had fit more than a dozen girls, he gave up, went back and got married to a princess from a far off land. If only Cinderella hadn’t run off that night…

The Ugly Duckling

The ugly duckling was so ugly that her family shooed her away. She wandered for many days and weeks and finally reached an amusement park. She went in to have a look around, but she caught the manager’s eye. “You’re so ugly!” he exclaimed. “You will be a perfect scare in the haunted house. Would you work for us?” And that is how the ugly duckling embraced her appearance while making money out of it. Such a clever little duckling!

The Little Mermaid

Atlantica was on the verge of extinction and there was only so much King Triton could do. Fishes, mermaids and sea animals were dying because of oil spills. The little mermaid was given a choice to escape all of this and go to land in exchange for her sweet voice. She knew that dealing with the spills was far more important than her vocal chords. So she traded her speech for the life of her people.

Cup-a-roni

Hi, I am Chhavi Chawla AIS Vas 1, XI
I am an expert in saying goodbye to 4pm hunger with my scrumptious snacks. I love to experiment with Macaroni

Material

Macaroni 1 bowl
Onion ½ cup
Bell peppers  ½ cup
Cheese ½ cup
Oregano  ½ tsp
Chili flakes ... ¼ tsp
Olive oil 1 tbsp
Salted crackers ..1 pkt
Milk  3 tbsp
Salt to taste

How to Make

nIn a pan, heat oil and add capsicum and onion.
nWhen cooked, add salt, oregano and chili flakes.
nAdd boiled macaroni in the pan and mix it all well.
nTake crackers in a plastic bag and crush them with a rolling pin.
nIn a bowl, mix crushed crackers with shredded cheese and slowly add milk to this mixture.
nKnead the mixture like dough and then put it in greased muffin cups.
nBake these cups in the oven at 350 degrees Celsius for six minutes.
nWhen cups are ready, add cooked macaroni in them.
nSprinkle the remaining shredded cheese on the top of all the cups.
nLine the cups on a baking tray and bake them for 2-3 minutes, until cheese melts.
nServe hot!

WORDS VERSE

The digital world

Anupriya Bhatnagar, AIS Vasundhara 1, XI

We’re all glued behind our screens
Making our actual selves unseen
Human interactions are bare minimum
Behind fake profiles is a pandemonium

The digital world is but a circus show
With pictures obscuring human woes
Where people just try to look ‘cool’
Herding like sheep in a world of fools

This is a world where memes trend
Absolute strangers become friends
Here people are led astray in aught
By ‘What might people have thought?’

Here basic manners unload
And etiquettes are like ghosts
This world is cruel, unjust, unkind
Where people to other’s pains are blind

However not all people are same
Some don’t play it like a game
Their kindness makes the world better
As they come closer, problems fritter

This digital world is a weird place
Where friendships break and embrace
If we remember to keep it at bay
Our minds might see the light of day

Summer’s end

Manya Tyagi, AIS Vasundhara 1, IX A

Once more I wake up
At the break of dawn
And throw off the covers
With a jaw-breaking yawn

It’s time to face the reality
With all its cruel actuality
Let’s shed a few more tears
Along with our peers

For the last of the late mornings
Sun-drenched afternoon ramblings
No more breezy evenings will drift by
Not any tardy nights with trusty wifi

Now, it’s time to pack our bags
Find our uniforms from the rags
Let the mood of summer begin to sag
It’s time to pick up the school bag!