The Young Chronicle: For 1st Graders January 23rd, 2015 | Page 5

YOUNG CHRONICLE How Chu Chu Chidiya fought the Bullies Chu chu chidiya, a little humming bird, had just recently learnt to fly, when her mumma decided that she should start going to school. She was one of the smallest birds in class, but had a few flying championships in her kitty. While the teachers loved her, the students were immensely jealous of her and made fun of her tiny size. They joked that she was so small and light that she didn’t need to fly, the wind just carried her by itself. Some birds were also mean to her and would hog off all the grains that her mother packed in her tiffin, pushing her aside. One day, Chu Chu couldn’t take it any more. She came home crying, and told her mother everything. Mumma knew it was time for Chu Chu to learn the next lesson. She told Chu Chu that it was first important to not let any thing affect her mind. If she did not get affected by what the others said or did, she wouldn’t give them the pleasure of having troubled her. Once she was mentally disconnected, she could move to step two. When she asked what step two was, Mumma told her that she would need to free her mind first and complete step one. When she the others stopped affecting her, she would tell her step two. So the next day, Chu Chu went to school, mentally prepared to ignore the bullies. She took a book with her, which she would read when she was alone, or would hop off with the birds who were not mean to her, completely side stepping the mean birds. During lunch break, the friendly birds invited Chu Chu to hever her lunch with them. So she was no longer alone and no longer a target for the bullies. She already felt stronger, that she now had some friends. She then realised that she was so engrossed worrying about the mean birds that she never paid attention to the ones who never troubled her and were in fact nice to her. She then started making friends, and within a few days, the mean birds were completely off her mind. Mumma then realised that Chu Chu seemed much happier. So she went up to her and asked her, ‘wouldn’t you want to know what Step 2 is?’ Pat came the response, ‘I know there is no real step two mumma, you knew that if I followed step one properly, I would automatically start focussing on the good and more important things in life!’ Mumma was very impressed and proud of Chu Chu, she knew that her little birdie was growing into a wonderful person.