My Friends
Author: Rukmini Banerji
Illustrator: Rajeev Verma 'Banjara'
Translator: Manisha Chaudhry
I have many friends.
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Some of my friends are older and...
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some of them are younger than me.
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Some of my friends are old.
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And some of them are tiny!
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Some of my friends have tails...
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Some of my friends have no feet.
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Some of my friends fly. Some of them swim.
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Oh! Books are my friends too!
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But who is my best friend?
Who? Who? Who?
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My mother!!!
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Cover page: Boy reading under a tree, by Rajeev Verma 'Banjara' © Pratham Books, 2006. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 2: Boy in a
garden, by Rajeev Verma 'Banjara' © Pratham Books, 2006. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 3: Men and boy playing cricket, by Rajeev
Verma 'Banjara' © Pratham Books, 2006. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 4: Boy talking to children, by Rajeev Verma 'Banjara' ©
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rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 6: Boy with mother and baby, by Rajeev Verma 'Banjara' © Pratham Books, 2006. Some rights reserved.
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with birds and fish, by Rajeev Verma 'Banjara' © Pratham Books, 2006. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 10: Boy reading a book under
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My Friends
I have many friends. I like all of them but one of them is really
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