Difficulty
A1
A2
A2+
B1
B1+
B2
B2+
C1
C1+
C2
A2+ 20-C2 90
B1
The Case of the Missing Water (1)
The Dry Tank and Family Preparations
The tank in Ranj's village was almost dry. Ajji began to pray for rain. Amma collected all the buckets and pots and vessels in the house and filled them up. "We need to store as much water as we can," she said. Appa collected tools to dig a little deeper. Ranj got out her notebook and pencil, and followed her parents to the tank.She examined the tank bed closely. It was cracked and dusty. Ranj wondered, "Where did the water in the tank go? Did it run away? Was it stolen? This is a mystery!" Ranj loved solving mysteries. "I'll find that water," she muttered to herself.
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Ranj walked to the other side of the tank, past dead fish and dried reeds. "Do you know where the water could have gone?" Ranj asked a fisherman. "Downstream?" the fisherman suggested. Ranj followed the dry stream bed down the hill. At the bottom was another tank. It had lots of goats, but no water. "Upstream," the goatherd suggested. "That's where your water comes from."Ranj climbed up to a tank further up the hill. There was only one person there. "Sapna, I can't find any water. Any idea where it's gone?" Ranj called to her. She knew Sapna from school. "Downstream," Sapna called back.
Anger, Despair, and Running Away
Ranj was suddenly angry. She stomped her foot. "NO!" she shouted. "I have searched and searched. It's not upstream or downstream. Got it?"Ranj collapsed into the boat with Sapna. She was hot and tired. "Manju's parents left the village," Ranj said. "They went to the city where they have water. Maybe we should all go." "You go," Sapna snapped. "No one asked you to be here."
In school, the class was half-empty. More families had left the area. Ranj just couldn't bear it. She missed all her friends! In the middle of Environmental Studies class, she turned and ran out of school.
