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AMITY-UNESCO RESULT Answer: (Jarawa in Andaman, Lepcha in Sikkim,Jaunsari in Uttarakhand, Kondh in Orissa, Bodo in Assam, Khasi in Meghalaya, Gond in Madhya Pradesh, Gaddi in Himachal Pradesh, Rabari in Gujarat, Bhil in Rajasthan)

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The proud elephant

Vihaan N., AIS Saket, IV C

This is the story of a baby elephant named Hira. Hira lived with his parents in a big jungle. He was proud of being an elephant because they were the largest animals in the jungle. Even mighty carnivores like lions never dared to attack an elephant.
Hira’s pride soon turned into arrogance. He often poked fun at other animals and refused to walk to school with them. He would walk alone with his trunk held high towards the sky. Hira’s teacher, the old giraffe Gerald, had been noticing Hira’s behaviour for a long time now. Saddened by his behaviour, he tried to talk Hira out of his arrogance, but all his efforts were in vain.
One day, Gerald was teaching all the students self defence tactics, and lessons like differentiating between good and poisonous fruits. Hira, however, paid no attention. When asked by Gerald to concentrate in class, Hira responded by saying, “Oh! I don’t need any of this. Why do I need self defence? Nobody will ever attack me. We are the largest animals. And why do I need to identify fruits? I live with my herd.” Hearing this, Gerald was disappointed and thought of teaching him a lesson.
One day when Hira was walking back from school, a tiger from a neighbouring jungle attacked him. As Hira used to travel alone, there was no one around to help him. Neither was he equipped with the self-defence lessons taught by Gerald. So, in a hurry he started running in the wrong direction and came out of the jungle. Although he escaped the tiger, he reached a place where there was no animal around.
It was night time by then and Hira could not go home. Having to spend the whole night outside home, Hira got very hungry. But he could not identify which fruits were sweet and which were poisonous, so in doubt, he ate nothing. That night, he cried and realised how he had misbehaved with Gerald and all his friends.
As Hira woke up the next morning, he saw Gerald standing right in front of him. Hira was so happy to have finally found help. Hira, with his eyes and- trunk bowed down, apologised to Gerald, and promised to always follow all his teachings obediently and attentively, and behave kindly with everyone. Later, Gerald thanked his friend Tiggy, the tiger for helping him teach Hira a valuable lesson.