

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN">Product Description</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN">What would you do if a bird
with golden wings alighted on your terrace and offered you fabulous riches?</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:
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line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN">A poor little girl is
rewarded with lovely gifts when she takes pity on a hungry bird and feeds it
all the rice she has, but what happens when the girl^s greedy, nosy neighbour
hears the story and tries to get bigger and better gifts for herself? Why did
the once sweet sea water turn salty? How did it happen that the learned teacher
forgot all his lessons and had to be helped out by the school cook? And what
did the king do so that the people of his kingdom did not come to know that he
has horrible donkey ears hidden under his turban?</span><span style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-fareast-language:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN">Sudha Murty^s new, enchanting
collection of stories bubbles over with fun. Delightful colour illustrations
bring to life tales of magical creatures, princesses and kings, ordinary witty
men and women in a book that will bring hours of joy to readers young and old.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:
EN-IN;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN"></span></p>

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line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp;</span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-fareast-language:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN">About the Author</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:
EN-IN;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:
EN-IN;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN">Sudha Murty</span></b><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-fareast-language:
EN-IN"> was born in 1950 in Shiggaon in north Karnataka. A prolific writer in
English and Kannada, she has written nine novels, four technical books, three
travelogues, one collection of short stories, three collections of non-fiction
pieces and two books for children. She was the recipient of the R.K. Narayan^s
Award for Literature and the Padma Shri in 2006.</span><span style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-fareast-language:
EN-IN"></span></p>

