NCERT Book Class 5 English (Santoor) Chapter 2 Gone with the Scooter

2 Gone with the Scooter

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It was a summer afternoon. Gopi was sitting
in the veranda, reading a book.
Suddenly, he heard something rustling
past and falling with a thud in the garden.
He wondered what it could be. Perhaps, it was a
mango falling from the tree. Immediately, Gopi
put his book aside, got up, and ran into the
garden.

He searched in between the thick grass
near the garden fence. But, he found nothing.
He looked among the bushes. Nothing was
there again. Then, his eyes fell on a heap
of dry leaves. There was a white ball on the
heap. Gopi reached out and took the ball in
his hands. It was a hockey ball.