Long, long ago, there was a very unfriendly river which refused to share its water with the animals, fish or plants. ‘My water is my own. I will not share it with anybody else,’ thought the river. One day, a little girl came to this river with her goldfish bowl. She was leaving for higher studies. So, she wanted to release her favourite fish, Scamp, into the river. The river was furious. It asked Scamp to go away. Scamp, being a happy little fish, started playing in the river. Its jumping and splashing around tickled the river, and it started laughing. Soon, the river started talking to Scamp in a joyful mood and they became good friends. The river could not sleep that night, as it kept thinking how nice it was to have friends and how much fun it had missed all this while!
The Unfriendly River
