Adventures of Roop: The Sesct Ride on Groxy

By Dr. Harmeet Kaur Bhalla

On that same night of her birthday Roop is
surprised to see the toys of her birthday gift
becoming strange humans. She accepts their
invitation and goes on a secret ride. On the
way she turns into a blue ball. They try hard to
make her return safely as the same eight-year-
old.

• Language: English
• Publisher: One Point Six Technologies Pvt Ltd
• Release date: Aug 11, 2022
• ISBN: 9789356109582

Dr. Harmeet Kaur Bhalla

Dr Harmeet Kaur Bhalla is a successful author of four poetry books,Kohinoor,Red Pepper,Alive and We Were Born To Die.Her novel She Will Move Mountains deals with the sensitive theme of human trafikking and a collection of short stories My Heart Will Go And On.Her schooling in a convent made her imbibe good values.She writes haiku and tanka.Her books are full of optimism.She is now writing books for children of all ages.

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CHAPTER ONE

On the hilltop in the beautiful tea gardens of Darjeeling lived a charming girl Roop. From her windows, she could touch the clouds. She often wondered what lay behind the clouds. She stayed in a big house with her parents, grandmother and grandfather. Roop was eight years old. She loved to play with her dolls.

Roop was born in a family of doctors. Mr Amit Paul and Mrs Shelly Paul were doctors in the nearby village government hospital. Her grandfather Mr Anil Paul and grandmother Mrs Rini Paul too were doctors.

Roop’s parents stayed in the village of Champa. Every Friday they came to the city. Her grandma and grandpa loved her. She studied in Grade three at St. Mary’s School. They sent her to school every day. Her grandfather went to the bus stop with her every morning at 8.00 A.M. and 3 P.M to send her and pick her from the bus stop.

It was the 15th of September and Roop’s birthday. Since she had understood the meaning of happy birthday, she waited for this day every year. Every year she got a special gift from her parents.

That day too she woke up in the morning with the alarm.

Roop ran to her grandmother, hugged her tightly and said, Good morning dadi…. I am so happy…. today I want something special in tiffin.

Her grandmother said, Of course, darling today, I have prepared sandwiches for you…you like cheese sandwiches…...and french fries…. I have packed your tiffin.

You are such a sweet dadi, said Roop cuddling her grandmother.

She was eight years old now. It was a weekday and her parents decided to come in the evening. She knew this well so she quickly dressed in a beautiful blue frock for school. Her mother had specially