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Tulsa longs to visit a forest, and her wish comes true when forest officials invite her and her friends to Kanha Tiger Reserve. The narrative follows their travel, first experiences with trees, leaves, clean air, and animal sounds, then continues into the next day’s guided exploration.","Welcome to the Forest  \nAuthor: Bhavna Menon  \nIllustrator: Kavita Singh Kale  \nEnglish Animal Stories  \nWelcome to the Forest  \nWelcome to the Forest (English), written by Bhavna Menon, illustrated by Kavita Singh Kale, published by Pratham Books (© Pratham Books, 2018) under a  \nCC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free [on www.storyweaver.org.in](on www.storyweaver.org.in)  \nReformatted by Amitha Amar, 3Strands  \nEnglish  \nIndia  \nCopyright © 2025, Pratham Books (© Pratham Books, 2018) under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free on [www.storyweaver.org.in](www.storyweaver.org.in)  \n[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)  \nYou 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.  \nWelcome to the Forest (English), written by Bhavna Menon, illustrated by Kavita Singh Kale, published by Pratham Books (© Pratham Books, 2018) under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free [on www.storyweaver.org.in](on www.storyweaver.org.in)  \nTulsa wishes she could visit a forest. Her teacher reads stories about tigers to the class . She loves to hear about forests and animals .  \nOne day, her wish comes true! Khare Chacha, a senior forest official, invites Tulsa and her friends to visit a forest called Kanha Tiger Reserve. Tulsa and her friends can’t stop grinning. They will go to the forest for a whole day and a whole night!  \nIt takes four hours by bus from the school to the forest. As soon as Tulsa gets down from the bus, a strong hand shakes her hand and then ruffles her hair .“Welcome to Kanha!”  \nIt is Khare Chacha.  \nTulsa and her friends Rani, Mithu, and Dipti stay close to one another .“Sniff the air . It smells of trees and leaves!” says Mithu.  \n“The air is clean like it has been washed with soap!” adds Rani.  \nIt's almost sunset now . Khare Chacha and other forest officials tell them about the forest they will visit tomorrow . They play the sounds of animals and birds for the girls to hear and recognise .  \nPIAON! PIAON!  \n“It’s a peacock!”  \nOOW! OOW!  \n“I know! It’s a barking deer .”  \nKEEE! KEE!  \n“That is the sound of crickets!”  \nNext day, Tulsa wakes up at five in the morning. Brrr! It’s cold! Everyone bundles up in warm clothes . One by one, they get into the bus .“All around us there is tall grass covered in a thick blanket of fog,” Ranveer Uncle, the forest guide, tells them .  \nTulsa can feel the cold and pure air in her mouth. 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