Aiman's School Bag
Author: Mazhar Ahmad
Illustrator: 211 Studio
Translator: Rajesh Khar
Aiman is a young girl. I am Aiman’s
school bag. I am her friend. She
wakes up in the morning and gets
ready for school.
2/12
I watch her from my place in the
corner of the room. I feel happy that
I will also be going out soon.
3/12
Aiman carries me on her back when
she leaves for school every morning.
When she walks fast, my heart beats
fast too.
4/12
I ride on her back till we are out on
the street. In the school bus, I sit
comfortably on her lap. Aiman just
loves me.
5/12
I meet many other bags on our way
to school. We chat, sing and reach
school, jumping and running along
with the children.
6/12
Aiman keeps many things inside me:
colourful books, note books, eraser,
pencils and her lunch box too. The
lovely smell of food comes from her
lunch box.
7/12
All these things get tossed around
inside me. Aiman keeps jumping with
me on her back. She runs up and
down. I am always with her.
8/12
During the lunch break, she leaves
me in the classroom. I feel lonely but
then, there are many other bags in
the room. We all chat, laugh and sing
but I miss Aiman.
9/12
When school is over, do you know
what Aiman does? Oof, she quickly
stuffs all her things into me! She
wants to reach home as quickly as
possible. I start panting because she
runs very fast towards the bus.
10/12
She puts me in a corner after
reaching home and forgets all about
me. I watch her from a distance.
11/12
As Aiman is growing up, my weight is
also growing. She finds it difficult to
carry me on her back now.
Can someone make our burden
lighter?
12/12
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