This is the story of a little rhino who lives in a big grassland. He loves to explore, but one day he strays too far from his mother and gets lost. Read on to find out how he gets out of trouble.
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Kanchha, the Rhino
Author: Shilpi Pradhan
Illustrator: Abin Shrestha
In a vast grassland,
there lived a little rhino
named Kanchha.
Kanchha was two years old
and lived with his mother.
He loved to wander about the grassland.
His mother would often warn him,
His mother would often warn him,
“Kanchha, there are a lot of bad things out there.
Be careful, son.
Always remember to leave your scent
so that you can smell your way
back home.”
Kanchha understood,
Kanchha understood,
but it was hard for him to remember everything.
One afternoon,
Kanchha was taking a mud bath.
Suddenly,
he heard a strange noise.
He jumped up from the mud
and walked closer to the sound.
He looked around
and realized
that he had walked much farther than he thought.
He remembered his mother’s words
and turned around to walk back home.
Then,
he heard the same sound again.
He saw a giant python sliding towards him
and it filled him with fear!
He ran
and hid behind the tall grasses.
He was very scared.
He closed his eyes tightly
and stayed very still.
Kanchha carefully
peeked through the tall grasses.
He saw the python swallowing a deer.
He breathed a sigh of relief.
It was getting dark
and Kanchha knew
it was time to go home.
He turned around.
He tried to find his scent,
but he couldn't smell it
anywhere.
He ran round and round,
but couldn't make out
which direction he had come from.
He remembered his mother’s words
and began to cry.
“Kanchha…! Kanchha…!”
he heard someone calling his name.
He jumped with joy
and ran as fast as he could.
THUMP!
Kanchha landed in a pit.
“Kanchha…! Kanchha…!”
He heard his mother calling
from above the pit.
“I’m sorry for going too far, Ma!”
said Kanchha sadly.
“Don’t worry son,
I’ll go get some help,”
she promised him.
The next morning,
Kanchha woke up
to find himself
tied up with ropes.
He could hear noises all around him.
Kanchha was confused.
He tried to struggle free,
but it only hurt so he stopped.
After a while
he felt himself being lifted.
“Have I been captured?”
he thought.
He found himself on the ground again.
He heard all sorts of strange sounds.
“Hurrah! Woohoo!”
He could hear claps and whistles.
There were hundreds of humans around him.
They held up
posters with a rhino’s photograph.
As he got closer
they were all smiling at him,
but he recognized no one.
He was scared.
“Who are they?
Why are they here?
What are they going to do to me?”
he thought.
One of the humans came towards him
and touched him gently.
Slowly, he turned Kanchha’s head
towards the jungle.
Kanchha saw
his mother waiting for him behind the trees.
These humans had not captured him,
they had saved him!
Kanchha ran as fast as he could
to his mother.
He was safe again.
He would never wander so far
without leaving his scent ever again.
Author: Shilpi Pradhan
Illustrations: Abin Shrestha
Music: Rajesh Gilbert
Translation: Ashish Tiwari
Narration: Cosmic Sounds
Animation: BookBox
This story has been provided for free under the CC-BY license by Pratham Books, which is a not-for-profit children's books publisher with a mission to see "A book in every child's hand". Visit www.prathambooks.org to know more. Artwork has been adapted from the original book while the animation, music and narration have all been done by BookBox.
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