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T H E M O N T H L Y N E W S L E T T E R O F T H E G R E A T N A T U R E C L U B

By Anika S. Nair, V D

Once upon a time there lived a child and her name was Ella. Well, she was

rich, very rich indeed. But she did not want all the money, toys etc. What

she liked was stars. She always used to sing about them. But her

parents wanted her to live with sense and manners. They wanted her to

live with a prince when she grew up. But she never lost hope and didn’t

listen to her parents. She always wanted to become the person or the

kind princess you see in every magical movie. She wanted to become

the princess or the Queen of stars. She wondered and wondered until

she got an idea.

The next day she sneaked out of the house and went to

NASA. She met a person over there and gave $10 million to

the staff. He was surprised and asked, “from where did you
get this much money and why are you giving it to me?” She

replied “That is all I have. Now can you build me a rocket

Mr.?”. The person laughed out loud and said, “Let me see”.
After a while he said, “We need at least $500 million … but if

it is urgent, I can build it for you with just $10 million”. She

thanked him and went away. After a few months, they
finished building a small rocket for her, adorned with her

favorite character and even named it “ ”. Ella

thanked them a lot and started her journey to the Moon on

21st April 2010 without telling her parents.

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