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It was 20th February. Pinky was celebrating her 6th birthday.

"Happy Birthday to you" said Mummy. Mummy kissed Pinky and presented her a pink frock.

"Thank you mummy" replied Pinky. She wore the pink frock.

Then came papa with a gift pack. Kissing her he said,"Happy Birthday Pinky. Here is your gift."

Pinky said, "Thank you, papa. What is this?"

"This is a picture book. It has beautiful pictures of mountains, valleys, rivers, fountains, falls, fields, deserts and many other beautiful things." said papa.

"Does it also have pictures of flowers, birds and animals?" asked she.

"Yes dear, the book has pictures of all these things and many other wonderful things." papa said smiling.

Uncle came with a small basket. He said, "Many many happy returns of the day."

"Thank you, uncle." said Pinky.

Pinky could see a small puppy sleeping in the basket. She patted the puppy. It was a fat puppy with soft brown coat. Uncle kissed Pinky and presented her the puppy.

"I will call you Sunny, "said Pinky to her puppy. Sunny licked her hand to say "Thank you" to her. Pinky said to Sunny,"Would you like to eat my birthday cake?" She gave him a big piece of cake. Sunny was too small to eat a big piece. He licked and bit it wagging his tiny tail.

Pinky took Sunny into her garden. "See my garden.. Do you also like roses and pansies?" said she. Sunny sniffed the flowers and wagged his brown tail.

"Will you see my picture book?" asked she. Pinky sat down on the green grass under a mango tree. Sunny crept on to her lap and lay there curling himself. Pinky shared her book with him.

"What beautiful brown, big mountains!" thought she looking at the picture.

"Have you seen these blue rivers Sunny?" Sunny sniffed at the picture of the river.

"This is a picture of a river Sunny and not a river itself! I will ask papa one of these days to take us to a cool river. It would be such a fun! You could bathe in the clean water and have a drink of the water." said Pinky.

Pinky trotted Sunny towards her father. "Where are these beautiful mountains, papa?" She asked pointing to mountains in her picture book.

Papa said, "They are in Kashmir in our own country."

"Where are these blue rivers?"

These are found in many countries. Most big cities stand on a river." said father.

Pinky asked, "And where are these golden deserts?"

"These deserts are in Rajasthan in India. These are found also in Kuwait and in many other countries."

"Papa, please do take us round to see all these things." requested she.

"Pinky dear , it is very difficult to visit all these places. But I will take you to Rajasthan in your winter vacation. There you can see the vast, golden deserts." said father.

"Papa, I want to see all the mountains, rivers and deserts, not just one." protested Pinky.

Pinky was in tears. She sat on the window sill the whole night with Sunny. She wanted to see all the sweet smelling flowers, all the high mountains and all the green meadows. She wanted to see every thing in world. Cold breeze was blowing in at the windows. It made the room very cold.

The next morning Sunny was sneezing. Father called in a doctor.

"Sunny has fever and cold" said the doctor. The doctor gave an injection to him. Sunny whined in pain.

"You must keep him warm. Close all the windows of the room. Make a cosy bed for him and give him some milk to drink," suggested the doctor.

Pinky knew the cold breeze last night had made Sunny sick. She made a soft bed for him. She covered him with linen. Sunny did not open his eyes for the whole day. Pinky gave him milk to drink but Sunny did not put its mouth to it.

There were tears again in her eyes. All of a sudden she saw a bright light in her room. She wiped her eyes and tried to see what it was. There was a lady standing in front of her. She was wearing a white gown. There was a diamond crown on her head. She had two big silvery wings.

"Oh God ! What a beautiful lady." exclaimed Pinky. She asked, "Who are you?"

The lady said, "I am a fairy."

"Where do you live?"

"I live in the sky in Heaven. From there I see little children. Yesterday night you were crying so God sent me to you." said the fairy.

"Has God really sent you? Why so?" asked Pinky excitedly.

"God wants to see every child happy. He has asked me to fulfil your wish. I will take you round the whole world."

"Will you show me every thing in the world - mountains, deserts, rivers, jungles every thing?" asked Pinky with an eager look on her face.

The fairy said, "Yes."

"Could I take papa, mummy uncle and Sunny with me please?" asked Pinky.

"Yes. You can take them along with you."

"But Sunny is sick. Doctor has asked him to rest in bed. Before you came in I was crying for him." explained Pinky.

"Come quickly Pinky, I will take you around the whole world." said the fairy.

"But Sunny also wants to see the blue rivers."

The fairy said, "Wish only for one thing Pinky. I must return soon." said the fairy.

Pinky said, "Can you make my Sunny well?"

"Yes, but then you cannot see the world," warned the fairy.

"Papa will show us Rajasthan in the winter Vacation. The other things I will see later on." said Pinky.

The fairy kissed Pinky and touched Sunny with her magic wand. Sunny immediately sprang to his feet. He wagged his tail and ran for the milk bowl. Pinky was very happy again.

Pinky said, "Thank you fairy." But the fairy was gone.

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