Gabbar Is Back - English story book

Jul 17, 2026

Uploaded by Eliana

Gabbar is a frightened crocodile who avoids swimming and can’t catch fish in the lake. When he is teased for being a baby crocodile, he feels ashamed and becomes very sad. His friend Gogalguy the snail is said to be in danger, and Gabbar overcomes his fear to swim across the lake to save him. The plan succeeds, Gogalguy is safe on land, and Gabbar becomes a confident, happy hero.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryStory & Novel

FormatPDF

Pages10

Reading Time15 min

AccessFree to download

Story of Gabbar

Fear, teasing, and sadness

The rescue plan and bravery

Gabbar Is Back Author: Sarita Shetty Illustrators: Bulbul Sharma, Herminder Ohri English Story Book Gabbar Is Back Author: Sarita Shetty Illustrators: Bulbul Sharma, Herminder Ohri English Gabbar Is Back Author: Sarita Shetty Illustrators: Bulbul Sharma, Herminder Ohri Copyright © 2016, Sarita Shetty You are free to make commercial use of this work. You may adapt and add to this work. You must keep the copyright and credits for authors, illustrators, etc. Once upon a time there was a crocodile named Gabbar. Gabbar was scared of swimming. So he could not catch the fishes in the water. Gabbar used to hide behind the tall grass and look longingly at the fishes with his mouth watering to eat them. He was not a little crocodile any more, but still his Aai used to get fish from the lake and feed him everyday but only when nobody else was looking. One day Gabbar was very hungry and Gabbar started crying. His mother could not see him cry, so she quickly brought a fish for him. Seeing this Beduk and Baabo the frogs started laughing "drav drav", Saputhe snake started laughing "Hisssssss Hissssss", Titli and Fullpakhru the butterflies started laughing loudly."Gabbar is a baby, Gabbar is a baby" they all made fun of him. Gabbar felt ashamed and he started crying. Gabbar was a very sad crocodile that day. All the other animals saw sad Gabbar and felt sorry for him. Seeing Gabbar sad his best friend Gogalguy the snail felt very bad and he decided to help Gabbar. Gogalguy got an idea. He shared his plans with the other animals. Titlithe butterfly came and told Gabbar that Gogalguy is drowning. Hearing about his friend Gogalguy drowning Gabbar jumped in the water and started swimming. He forgot all about his fear of swimming in the water. He only wanted to save his friend Gogalguy. He went searching for his friend, swimming from one end of the lake to the other end but he could not find Gogalguy anwhere. Gabbar started crying. Titli flew and kissed Gabbar on his forehead and told him " Gabbar, Gogalguy is safe and he is on land. All this was a part of plan. Gabbar see you are swimming now, You are a Hero". All the animals and Gabbars Aai were very happy seeing Gabbar swim. Ever since Gabbar is a happy crocodile.

FAQs

Why does Gabbar avoid catching fish in the lake?

Gabbar is scared of swimming, so he cannot catch fishes in the water.

How do the other animals react to Gabbar’s behavior?

Beduk and Baabo the frogs, Saputhe the snake, and the butterflies laugh at him and mock him for being a baby crocodile.

What changes when Gogalguy seems to be in danger?

Gabbar jumps into the water and swims across the lake to find Gogalguy, eventually learning that Gogalguy is safe on land as part of a plan.

Jul 17, 2026

Uploaded by Eliana