My Masi has a Labrador retriever. His name is Gucci. He was twice the size of me when I first met him. Masi told Gucci to be a good boy and be gentle with me, he listened to her then looked at me. Gucci wanted to hug me and lick me, I was little doubtful, so was my mumma.
We got so excited and thought to go ahead and check out the “pup”. We reached the spot to pick him up and he was not a “pup”, he was a fully grown 3-year-old Labrador!
This is Prisha Ambi’s diary extract for the #kbcPetUntrouble Contest. At first, we thought, my parents made up a story to cancel our sleepover, but when we made a video call, we saw a real kitten at my home. I then and there itself insisted to go upstairs to my home.
Just a year later, I met this guy on Jeevansathi whom I matched with perfectly except for one point, he loved dogs and had one. I had actually removed this thought from my mind, but as destined, we soon got involved with each other.
Presenting The #kbcPetUntrouble Contest. Write a story about a pet unknown to you who became your friend, for a chance to win a copy of Kitten Trouble written by Bijal Vachharajani and illustrated by Rajiv Eipe.
Hope is a great attempt at normalizing conversations around mental health issues and a must-have for every growing child’s library – considering the kind of stress and pressure our kids’ go through these days. The sooner we introduce these themes and help them understand, the better they would be able to cope or help a peer cope with them.
