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Baby Santa Manjari<br />
Lay Keyurbhai Nayak<br />
There was a pond near a village. One day<br />
some children were playing near the<br />
pond. At once, a small child fell into it.<br />
He cried at the top of his voice.<br />
Hearing his cries, a girl jumped into<br />
the pond to save him. She did not know<br />
how to swim. Still she tried to save him.<br />
She even managed to catch<br />
hold of a portion of his<br />
shirt. But since she was<br />
not good at swimming, the<br />
collar slipped out of his<br />
hands.<br />
The child on the other<br />
hand was throwing his legs<br />
and hands to save himself<br />
from getting drowned.<br />
He, in the process,<br />
managed to grapple her<br />
legs. The girl brought<br />
the child to the shore and<br />
thus was able to save her<br />
life.<br />
As she had laboured hard, the girl<br />
fainted. When the villagers came to<br />
know about the two, they took them to<br />
the hospital.<br />
The girl got the bravery award on 26<br />
January 1970 from late prime minister<br />
Indira Gandhi. Her name was Baby Santa<br />
Manjari.<br />
Readers’ Club Bulletin <strong>November</strong> <strong>2012</strong>/19
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