The Secret Message

Winter vacation had begun, and Shaurya and Yash, who lived nearby each other, were playing outside together.

- Vandana Gupta

Soon, Shubham and Riya, who lived a short distance away, joined them.

"What should we play today?" Shaurya asked.

Shubham didn't answer. "First tell me, where have Shreya Didi and Sheena Didi gone? I saw them going somewhere." "It's true! They were dressed like they were going somewhere special," Riya added.

Yash shrugged. "Maybe they're just playing with their friends like we do." Shubham shook his head. "No, no. They looked too fancy for that." Shaurya suddenly remembered something.

"Oh yes! When Shreya Didi went to take a bath this morning, Sheena Didi came rushing to our house. She asked me for a paper, wrote something on it quickly and told me to give it to Shreya Didi. Then she ran off." "What was written on it?" Riya asked.

"I don't know. I didn't understand it." Yash said, "Go bring it here. Maybe we can figure out where they went." Shaurya ran inside and came out with the paper. On it was written: WdE-5037.

Everyone stared.

"What's this supposed to be?" Riya wondered.

"Looks like a car number," said Shaurya.

Shubham suggested, "W could stand for West Bengal." "But our car numbers have two letters, then numbers, then two more letters," Riya reminded him.