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The next day, all the children in Balu’s class got a surprise. Balu brought a big
box of chocolates and shared it with everyone.

When it was Drawing period, he shared his box of new water colours with his

partner.

In the evening, when he went to the park, he saw Radha.

He went up to her and said, “Radha would you like to play with
me? You can bat first”.

“Why? Don’t you want to bat?” asked

Radha.

“I will bat when it is my turn”, said Balu.

Soon his other friends came and joined
them. Everyone got a turn to bat. Balu

had a lot of fun playing with his friends.

Word Meanings

1. lunch break : time to have lunch

2. eager : to want very much

3. agreed : accepted

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