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slipped. The cart with the six children still on it started rolling down the slope
towards the river. The cart fell into the water with a loud thud. The children
started screaming with fear. They did not know how to swim.
Babli heard their screams and raced to the spot. Many grown-up people quickly
gathered on the bank of the river but no one tried to save the drowning
children.
It was Babli who jumped into the river, and brought two children back safely to
the bank. Then she jumped into the water again and saved two more children.
As she got ready to jump into the river a third time, her brother came running
to help her. Then they saved the two remaining children.
The brave little girl had saved six children from death in the water.
Suddenly, little Babli was a heroine. A newspaper reporter wrote about her
brave deed in the newspaper, ‘Amar Ujala’. He asked Babli’s father to send
her name for the National Bravery Award. Babli won the national award and
many other awards, too.
Babli is still the same simple smiling girl. She is happy that she could do
something for others. She is a shining example of courage.
thud : the sound made when a deed : an action that is usually
heavy object hits something very good or very bad
else award : a prize for something
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