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High Hearts

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Saee Motling

EDUCREATION PUBLISHING (Since 2011)

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To my mom and dad


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Content List

Sr. No. Content Page

1. The Pilot Episode 1

2. The Walking Happy: Out of the

window

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3. Boy Vs. Wild: When nature wins 40

4. Game of Fights 50

5. Two And A Half Flavors of Ice Cream 69

6. MAD man 75

7. Breaking Badly 97

8. Broken Family 119

9. Stranger Thing: With a stranger 131

10. The Big Bang Meet 139

11. How I Met Him Once Again 159

12. 13 Reasons Why Not 174

13. Family Guys: Not really 191

14. Doctor Where? 211

15. Sacrifice Is The New Happiness 219

Epilogue 245


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Chapter 1

The Pilot Episode

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There resided a huge oak tree in our school, with a luxurious

brown trunk, flourishing green head and colossal roots that

revealed their existence by peeking a little above the ground.

Every year, every month, even every day, I had witnessed

something about something gone under transformation, but

that tree was standing there as it was since ages, clasping the

earth with its sturdy roots. There were many oak trees in the

town, but what made this one special was its elegant

immensity. It was a famous tree, and since childhood, I had

heard many famous myths about it as well. Some said it was a

seven hundred years old tree that was planted there by an alien

having one big eye and three legs, some said it was the only

tree that survived „the comet crash‟, the same one that

eradicated the dinosaurs, and some said it appeared

mysteriously out of nowhere one stormy night!

But that day, while I was gazing out of the classroom

window, looking at its tiny leaves as gentle breezes made them

dance and rustle, and the sun made them shine momentarily

when they turned at an angle as if they were blinking lights,

the only thing I believed was: a bird ate a fruit, swallowed its

seeds because it was too bored to chew them, flew miles away

and pooped right above the place where that tree was standing.

The poop fell down carrying the seeds, one lucky seed got the

chance to germinate and then it budded into what stood before

me. Education! I grinned at the thought.

“Arrange it in proper order,” a teacher hissed at me.

“Huh?” I gasped.

“Proper order!” she hissed again, “And why are you

smiling?”

“N-nothing,” I mumbled straightening my answer sheet

and handed her back the supplement I had taken earlier, just in

case, but didn‟t use really. She shot an angry glance at me and

moved forward to collect further answer sheets.

The exam was finally over, yet I wasn't as happy as I had

thought I‟d be. In fact, I wasn't happy at all. In the morning, I

was having mixed feelings, but then it was plain sadness. I

could see the reflection of my sadness on every student‟s face


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