Gappu Helps in the Rain

Pitter-patter! Big grey clouds rolled over the jungle village. Gappu splashed in the puddles. Splish! Splash!

Then he saw Tiku, carrying a heavy basket of mangoes home — slowly, slowly — and getting very, very wet.

“Tiku will catch a cold!” thought Gappu. But the puddles were SO much fun…

Gappu stopped splashing. He picked a giant banana leaf and held it over Tiku like an umbrella.

He carried the heavy basket in his trunk too. “Thank you, Gappu,” said Tiku. “You are a real helper.”

At Tiku's house they dried off and ate juicy mangoes. Helping a friend felt even better than puddles!