I Want That One!

Author: Mala Kumar

Illustrator: Soumya Menon

It was a holiday for Amma. She was reading a book. Anil had a holiday too. He wanted to do.... SOMETHING!

“Amma, I want to see what is in that blue box!” said Anil.

“Later, Anil,” said Amma.

Anil put a stool over a chair. He climbed up to get the box down.

“No, no! Not that one! All the boxes on top of that will fall on our heads, Anil!” said Amma.

Anil was very angry. He was angry with his mother.

“Come, let’s go to the market and get you something,” said Amma.

Anil was very angry even after they went to the market.

“I want that one!” he said, pointing at an orange.

“No, no, not that one! The fruits will all fall down!” said the shopkeeper.

“I want that book!” said Anil.

“No, no, not that one!” said the shopkeeper.“Take this one.”

“I want that one!” shouted Anil, almost pulling out a samosa from a high stack of samosas.

“No, no, not that one!” warned the shopkeeper.

“All my samosas will fall to the ground!”

“I want that one!” said Anil loudly. He was now in a very, very bad mood.

“No, no, not that one!” said the flower seller. “Don’t touch them! They will wilt.”

By now, Anil was crying loudly. Everyone was looking at Anil.

“I want that one! The black one!” said Amma loudly.

Anil stopped crying suddenly.

“Amma, no, no! Not that one!” said Anil.

“Let’s take this brown one!” said Anil. Then Anil gently lifted the brown puppy on top of a pile of puppies.

“Amma, I am very angry with you! All the puppies would have fallen down!”

Amma smiled. Anil was smiling too. He was not angry at all now.

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Cover page: Boy going shopping with mother , by Soumya Menon © Pratham Books, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 2: Lady reading a book and boy pulling her saree , by Soumya Menon © Pratham Books, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 3: Lady yelling at a boy pulling heavy boxes from a shelf , by Soumya Menon © Pratham Books, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 4: Boy looking sulky and angry , by Soumya Menon © Pratham Books, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 5: Lady going shopping and holding a boy's hand , by Soumya Menon © Pratham Books, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 6: Mother and son shopping at a vegetable market , by Soumya Menon © Pratham Books, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 7: Man looking at boy trying to pull out a book from a pile , by Soumya Menon © Pratham Books, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 8: Boy trying to pull out a samosa from a pile and man shouting , by Soumya Menon © Pratham Books, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 9: Boy pointing at flowers and crying while flower seller looks on , by Soumya Menon © Pratham Books, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 10: Boy looking at old man , by Soumya Menon © Pratham Books, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 11: Lady in saree pointing at something , by Soumya Menon © Pratham Books, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Disclaimer: https://www.storyweaver.org.in/terms_and_conditions

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I Want That One! (English)

"Not that one," says Anil's mother when he asks for something. "Not that one!" say all the shopkeepers in the market too. That makes the little boy very angry indeed!

This is a Level 1 book for children who are eager to begin reading.

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