Junior Vocab
Finding Friendship in a Forsaken Corner
Meera: "Arjun, why are you hiding behind the water tank?"
Arjun:forsakenlonely, corner." "The team is full. Nobody wanted me. This place feels like a
Meera: "It does look lonely… just old bricks and spiderwebs."
Arjun: "Like me. Everyone ran to play, and I got left with the spiders."
Appa: "Arjun, I heard that. Spiders got you, ah?"
Arjun: "Appa, the others think I’m bad at cricket. So they just forgot me."
Appa: "Being left out in one game is hurtful, but it’s not the same as being thrown away."
Meera:forsaken spot?" "Yeah. If you were really thrown away, would I come searching in this dusty,
Arjun: "You both came."
Appa: "And I brought murukku. No snack for people we don’t care about."
Meera: "Let’s make our own team here. This wall, that bucket, and us. Not so forsaken now, no?"
Arjun: "Hmm… with you, it feels less like a forgotten corner and more like our secret cricket ground."