First Day at School

Jojo and Mojo tiger twins were starting their first day at school. Jojo was scared while Mojo was excited.

- Ashima Kaushik

They had new bags, water bottles and lunch boxes and were wearing new shoes. Mojo loved his new shoes but Jojo was scared of the squeaky noise his new shoes were making.

Roma camel, who was in their school, too, tried to cheer Jojo, "It is just a playschool and will be a lot of fun!" They walked to the mango tree and stopped.

"Let's wait for the others to join and then we all will walk to the school."

"Is it far?" asked Mojo.

"Nah, it's just around the corner," replied Roma playing with her new yo-yo.

Soon Shona sheep, Coco cat, and Donna duck came.

"Let's go," said Donna duck marching ahead.

"We need to wait for Toto turtle. He should be here any minute," said Shona. They saw Toto trotting at his pace.

"He is always so slow, he is going to delay us," complained Coco.

Suddenly, they heard a loud thud. It was Wimpy hippo who shouted. "Get out of my way," hustled Wimpy as he passed by Toto and pushed him off the track. Toto almost fell into a pit, losing his balance but his shell saved him.

Mojo growled 'grrrrr' at Wimpy. Nobody had ever growled at Wimpy. Jojo scuttled behind Roma.

"Be quiet," hushed Shona.

But it was too late. Wimpy turned around and yelled, "Who grrrd?" "No one," said Shona, Coco and Donna quickly.