Little Henry was the smallest in his family but tallest in his class. He was the only giraffe in his entire class. All his classmates were shorter than him- Jim the lion’s cub, Tim the tiger’s cub, Carrie the bear’s cub, Zazoo the alligator’s kid, Trippy the pythons’ kid, Billy the hornbills’ kid and everybody else. Little Henry was so tall that at times he couldn’t see his classmates well from above. They did something else but he thought it was something else. Henry had to strain his neck all the time. His neck pained every time he strained too much. At times Billy the hornbill used to fly all the way to Henry’s head and tell him what they were showing him. But by the time Little Henry understood what they were doing they were already doing something else. Little Henry felt really sad. picture courtesy: colourbox.com One night Little Henry was sitting in his bed looking very sad. His father came and sat beside him and asked him, ...
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