Yippee feels sad
For the next few days, Dino
got really busy. She had time only for Bruno. In the beginning, Yippee seemed
fine with that but very soon he started feeling a bit left out.
Instead of Dino and Yippee
playing hide and seek, it was Dino and Bruno playing hide and seek. Instead of
Dino following Yippee everywhere in the house, it was Bruno following Dino
everywhere and Dino feeling delighted about the same!
Yippee felt sad and he becomes
very quiet. Mamma noticed the change in Yippee and decided to have a chat with
him to find out what is happening.
“Yippee, what is the matter?
I don’t see you playing and having fun with Dino anymore. Is something
bothering you?” Mamma asked.
Yippee in a sullen voice
said” Mamma, how do I play with Dino? She is so busy with Bruno now”
Mamma realized what the
problem was. Yippee was actually a bit jealous of Bruno. Bruno was getting far
more attention from Dino than Yippee was.
“Hmmmm, why don’t you speak
to Dino about this. I have a feeling that Dino does not even know how you feel.
And that she would definitely change things if she knew. You should talk to
her”, said Mamma
“You think I should talk to
her?” Yippee asked Mamma. “Of course, you must. When something is bothering you
about a friend, you have to go up to the friend and ask her’, said Mamma in a
kind voice.
Yippee was already feeling
better. There was actually a solution to his problem. Why had he not thought of
going and speaking to Dino about it?
He found Dino in the room
playing with Bruno. “Dino, I want to talk to you”, said Yippee.
“Sure, what is it Yippee?”
asked Dino
“Dino, since Bruno has come
into the house, I feel that we are not getting enough time to play together. I
feel left out when you and Bruno play”, said Yippee
Dino was a bit surprised
hearing this. She had not thought about this at all. At the same time she felt
a little sad too. She realized that for the past few days, her time was largely
being spent with Bruno.
“But Yippee, every time we
played a game, I asked you to join us but you did not want to come. I thought
that you were busy,” said Dino
“I was not busy. I just did
not feel like sharing you with someone. After all you are my pet”, said Yippee
“But I will always be your
pet Yippee and Bruno is my pet.
Why can’t we all play together and I am sure it would be loads of fun”,
said Dino
“What do you say Bruno?”
asked Dino
“Woof woof”, said Bruno in
much glee
“Let us play hide and seek
and let Yippee and you hide and I will sniff you out”, said Bruno excitedly
jumping up and down.
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| The toys come crashing down! Illustration by Gauri Ghosal |
In his excitement, Bruno hit
the toy shelf and all the toys came crashing down with a loud sound.
“Oh God! What happened, hope
you have not broken anything. Wait till I find out who has done this”, Mamma’s
voice could be heard from the kitchen
Yippee looking at Bruno
said, “I think this time around, you should be the one who should be hiding. I
hope you find a place to hide from where Mamma cannot sniff you out!”
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| Yippee and Dino do a Hi-five Illustration by Gauri Ghosal |
At this Yippee and Dino
broke into laughter while Bruno scurried away to his favourite hiding spot.
