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On the way she encounters a curious deer, pauses to photograph wildlife, and continues into a forest. As sunset arrives, Tara crosses a swinging rope bridge, consults her map, and breathes in the earthy scents of the trees. She rests under twinkling stars, dreaming of her great grandparents’ village.","Tara Finds Her Stars  \nMala Kumar, Manisha Chaudhry  \nShikha Nambiar  \nTara could not sit still! The train seemed to be going very slowly. Tara peered out through the window. Lights winked from windows in tall buildings.  \nAs everyone in the bogey prepared to sleep, one passenger asked Tara,”Beti, I hope you are not running away from home?”  \n”No, no!” said Tara . Early in the morning,Tara got off the train at Meenapur.  \nShe walked towards the banks of the river Ganga and got into a crowded boat.”Who could this girl be, travelling all alone?”wondered many people on the boat.  \nAs Tara got out, the boatman asked,”Have you run away from home?”  \nTara smiled and said,”No, no, sir, I am going home!”  \nTara came to a forest. She took out her camera . A deer looked at her and seemed to be asking what she was doing there! Tara aimed her camera and clicked.  \n”I’ve come home, dear deer, I’ve come home to the village of my ancestors.”  \nAs the sun set, Tara started walking on a rope bridge. The bridge swung gently with her steps. She smiled as she thought of what awaited her on the other side.  \nOnce on the other side, Tara stopped to takeout her map and plan her way forward. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath.  \nAh, the earthy smell of green trees and plants in this forest was lovely!  \nTara made a small bonfire . She ate some food that she had packed and settled down under the sky. Stars twinkled like friends. Tomorrow she would cross the forest by foot, and then take a bus to the village where her great grandparents lived.  \nFor today, Tara Prakash, famous wildlife photographer, was just going to sleep under the stars and dream about home.  \nDear Reader,  \nHave you tried counting the stars? How many stars do you think you can count?  \nIf you had to stay alone in a forest, name some of the things that you should have with you.  \nWhich are the days in a month when stars are most visible to the eye? Why?  \nBrought to you by  \nLet’s Read is a program of The Asia Foundation that supports early reading skills and habits to develop our next generation of critical thinkers and creative innovators in Asia and the Pacific.  \nTo read more books like this and get further information,  \nvisit: [letsreadasia.org](letsreadasia.org)  \nOriginal Story  \nTara Finds Her Stars. Author: Mala Kumar, Manisha Chaudhry.  \nIllustrator: Shikha Nambiar.  \nPublished by Pratham Books, © Pratham Books. Released under CC-BY-4 .0.  \nThis work is a modified version of the original story. @ The Asia Foundation, 2018. Some rights reserved. 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