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Arjun loves bustling markets and iconic landmarks, yet secretly longs to fly, imagining helicopter blades slicing the air above his canopy. A hot day in heavy traffic introduces a reflective moment when a water seller offers “magic,” turning the dream of flight toward something unexpected.","The Auto That Flew Ken Spillman  \nAjanta Guhathakurta  \nArjun had three wheels, one headlight anda coat of green and yellow. He belonged to the largest family in the whole of Delhi. Everywhere Arjun went there were brothers, sisters, aunties, uncles and cousins.”Go carefully!” they beeped.  \n”Sure!” he would beep in reply.  \nArjun worked hard, day and night. Pht-pht-tuka-tuka-tuk, he went.  \nPht-pht-tuka-tuka-tuk!  \nHe never complained because Autowallah Sirish worked hard too. Sirishji had old bones that caused him pain. He decorated Arjun’s dashboard with plastic flowers and pictures of movie stars. He quenched Arjun’s thirst for clean gas, even when the queues were long. And whenever Arjun’s canopy was torn, he  \nwasted no time taking it to be patched.  \nArjun liked taking whole families to Lajpat Nagar Market. His heart sang when tourists chose three wheels over four. He loved to rest with Sirishji in the shade of a tree outside Qutub Minar.  \nArjun never tired of  \nthe glamour of Connaught Place at night. He was thrilled by the bustle outside the railway station, and by the crowds that spewed from Feroz Shah Kotla after a cricket match.  \nLife was good, and Arjun knew he should never wish for more .  \nBut secretly, Arjun did wish for more . Secretly, he wanted to fly. Oh, to have helicopter blades! Arjun thought. They would chop the air above his canopy. Sirishji would wrap his head in a scarf, and the ends of it would flap gaily in the breeze . Off they would go, phtpht-tuka-tuka-tuk in the sky!  \nBut Arjun knew this was only a dream . An auto having helicopter blades would be like an elephant having wings, or a train that could zoom off into space like a rocket, with its carriages trailing behind.  \nOne hot day, Arjun was waiting in a hotchpotch of traffic at a busy intersection. Behind Sirishji sat a grey-haired woman in a dull, well-worn saree .  \nPht-pht-pht-pht...  \nA grubby boy came squeezing between cars and autos, selling water. His eyes sparkled like polished stones as he held out one frosted bottle.  \n”Ma’am? 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