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Ballu’s powerful “WHOOSH” blast extinguishes the flames, but the air rises into the clouds, triggering thunder and sudden rain. Avanti and Ballu discover fish falling from the sky, so Ballu gathers them with a huge basket and fills a pond as the water rises. When the sun returns, they laugh at the unexpected promise of never requesting that again.","The Day It Rained Fish Ramendra Kumar  \nDelwyn Remedios  \nAvanti was the zookeeper of Pitara zoo .  \nThere were many, many animals in Pitara, but Avanti’s best friend was Ballu, the bear. Ballu was big, brown and strong.  \nOn his fourth birthday, Avanti organised a little party for Ballu.  \n”Ballu, can you blow out all the candles at once?” Avanti asked.  \n”Of course!” said Ballu. He filled his chest with air. He huffed and puffed and puffed and huffed and went ”WHOOSH!”  \nThe blast of air blew the candles out. Then rising up, it crashed into the clouds in the sky. And all of a sudden, there was was a roar of thunder and it started to rain.  \n”Hey, it’s raining fish,” Avanti shouted.  \nBallu looked around with wonder. Then he picked up a huge basket and ran around collecting fish as they fell from the sky. Every time the basket filled, he dropped the fish in a little pond and ran back for more .  \nThen, as he was rushing for the tenth time to the pond, he turned back. The water level had risen and he could see that Avanti was scared.  \nBallu came back quickly, picked Avanti up and placed her on his shoulders. Avanti put her arms around Ballu’s neck and thanked him.  \nSoon, the clouds disappeared and the sun came out. It was bright and cheerful once again.  \n”I will never again ask you to blow the candles out,” said Avanti.  \n”Why?”asked Ballu.  \n”Who knows? Next time it might start raining frogs,” Avanti said and the two friends started laughing.  \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  \nThe Day It Rained Fish. Author: Ramendra Kumar. Illustrator: Delwyn Remedios.  \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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