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3. The Mysterious City on Mars
               Anagha Prashant Gujar (6A)
                                                                                         aim was to become an astronaut. She was so engrossed in her
                       The  five  sisters  Snehal,  Nayanthara,  Anvita,  Preeti  and    studies that she forgot to eat and even to sleep.
               Saanvika  or  the  SNAPS  sisters  were  fast  asleep  in  their          The SNAPS sisters were ready with full energy and confidence
               dormitory.  The  cool  breeze  of  air  and  the  strong  aroma  of       for  the  exam.  The  bell  rang.  The  question  papers  and  answer
               scented flowers made them sleep even more.                                sheets were given to the students. The SNAPS sisters solved the
                       Nayanthara had a sweet dog called Kukku which was like            paper calmly and patiently. A few weeks later, sisters got up full
               a brother to her who slept under her bed. Kukku poked his head            energy waiting for the results.  Prof. Swati entered the class and
               from Nayanthara’s bed. He looked around and saw Nayanthara’s              said,  ‘I  know  that  you  all  are  very  excited  about  your  results.’
               foot which was hanging down from her bed near Kukku’s face.               Then  she  declared,  ‘And  the  champions  are  Snehal  Bhat,
               He licked her foot. Nayanthara woke up laughing, ‘Oh, Kukku, do           Nayanthara Iyer, Anvita Belsare, Preeti Mukharjee and Saanvika
               you have to wake me up like this every-day? You always tickle             Mehta?’  The SNAPS sisters were shocked. The voice of cheering
               me!”                                                                      and clapping echoed through the whole class. This moment was
                       By hearing all these noise Anvita woke up, stretched her          very precious for them. The principal and Prof. Swati told them
               arms and yawned loudly. Anvita’s loud yawn broke the sleep of             all the details and procedures. The girls came to know that their
               Preeti  and  Snehal.  The  only  person  sleeping  in  the  dormitory     flight  to  Shriharikota  was  a  5.00  pm  the  same  evening.  By
               was  Saanvika.  She  was  still  asleep  and  she  didn’t  care  about    listening  to  this  they  all  ran  to  their  rooms  and  started  the
               what is happening in her surrounding!                                     packing.
                       Snehal  had  an  idea.  She  took  a  GIANORMOUS  foam
               machine which stood near Saanvika’s shelf and started it’s ‘On’
               button. She took the machine near Saanvika’s face which made a
               foam  moustache  and  beard.  She  looked  very  cute,  little  Santa
               Claus.  Nayanthara  clicked  the  photos  of  these  funny  moments
               with  her  camera.  Finally  she  woke  up  and  all  girls  stared
               laughing loudly.
                       Next day in the lecture of astronomy, Prof. Swati told all
               the students that he Vaishnavi University of Assam means their
               university has got a chance to go on the space mission of Mars.
                       She also told that there  would be  an entrance exam on
               the topic of Astronomy. All the students were very excited for

               the same, including SNAPS sisters. Anvita was more excited than
               others  because  she  has  a  great  interest  in the  astronomy.  Her
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