Page 1 : Neha’s Alarm Clock, , Narrator : Ring! Ring! Ring! Off goes the alarm clock at six in, the morning. Neha makes a face and covering her ears witha, pillow, snuggles under the warm blanket. But she knows she, has to get up. She mutters to herself., , Neha : This alarm clock always rings at six and pulls me out, of the bed! It’s so unfair...Oh, how I would love to sleep a, little longer in the morning! I wish this clock would forget its, job sometimes., , Narrator : Something falls. Neha smiles., , Neha : Oh!, , My clock has, fallen. How, happy I am!, Tomorrow I, ~ can get up, late., , Narrator :, Next morning, there is no, alarm. So, Neha sleeps, and sleeps., The small, chirpy birds

Page 2 : . Pere ae, which come to the window sill every morning find, Neha still sleeping., , Birds : Wake up dear! Wake up fast!, , Narrator : Neha gets up with a start., , Neha: Oh, no! If it’s not the alarm clock, it’s these, birds... why don’t they leave me alone?, , Narrator : Even this wish of Neha’s comes true. The, next morning there is not only no alarm clock, there, are no birds either. But there is someone else who, does not want her to miss the school bus. Can you, guess who it is? The big bright Sun! He fills Neha’s, , room with a warm smile.

Page 3 : Neha: Oh, my eyes! Now it’s the Sun waking me, up! Why can’t he let me be?, , Narrator : Even this wish of Neha’s comes true., Next morning the Sun is behind the, clouds. So, Neha snores till she hears, her mother’s voice..., , Mother : Wake up, sleepy head., You will miss the bus., , Neha: Oh no! Why does, mother have to, wake me up?, , , , , , , , Narrator :, , There is no, escape now., , Neha gets up and, gets ready. Can, you imagine, what happens, the next day?, Neha wakes up, with a start. Her, watch says it is, six o'clock. She, calls out to her, mother., , Neha: Ma, who woke, me up today?, , 2019-20

Page 4 : Narrator : Mother smiles., , Mother : Who else? You, of course!, Neha: But, I was sleeping,, how could 1 ...?, Mother : Now, tell, me, why do you, eat your lunch, every day at, one in the, afternoon?, Neha : I fee, hungry., Mother : Why, do you sleep at, nine every night?, Neha : Because I feel sleepy., , Mother : There is a clock inside you which tells you, when to eat, when to sleep and when to wake up., Neha: Oh! Ooh! I better rush now. I don’t want to, miss the bus., , Mother : RELAX! Today is Sunday!, , Neha: Oh! Oh! Oh!, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , — Adapted from Neha's Alarm Clock, by Girija Rani Asthana, , New words, snuggles, mutters, window sill, relax