Singing in the Rain: Learn English (US) with subtitles - Story for Children and Adults "BookBox.com"

Have you ever seen a dinosaur? Do you think they would have sung songs? What do you like to do in the rain? What do you like to eat when it rains?

Singing in the Rain
By Mala Kumar & Manisha Chaudhry
Sukhiya Kaka lived
in a village called Bitauna.
All over Rajasthan,
Bitauna was well known
for its great singers.
No celebration was complete
without Sukhiya Kaka's sweet songs.
Today Sukhiya Kaka had been invited
to a village called Jhalaura.
Sukhiya Kaka twirled his big mustache
and set off.
He was singing raag Malhar
with all his strength.
...Come to me o rolling clouds...
Come to me…
...Come to me o rolling clouds...
Come to me…
Suddenly, he heard,
thump thump
thump thump!
Was someone playing a beat
to his song?
Dinoo, the dinosaur
came running towards him.
Sukhiya Kaka was so happy
to see him!
You don't get such a BIG listener
every day!
... Come to me o rolling clouds,
shower me with your rain drops!
Sukhiya Kaka and Dinoo
sang a duet and did a little dance.
The clouds just had to listen to them!
Lightning flashed
and the wind danced.
Dark clouds came rolling in.
Sukhiya Kaka and Dinoo
laughed with joy.
As the rain came pouring down,
Sukhiya Kaka and Dinoo
shared a small umbrella.
Then off they went to Jhalaura,
following the smell
of yummy samosas,
singing all the way!

Story: Mala Kumar & Manisha Chaudhry
Illustrations: Rajiv Eipe
Narration: Azul Kothari
Music: Rajesh Gilbert
Animation: BookBox

This story has been provided for free under the CC-BY license by Pratham Books, which is a not-for-profit children's books publisher with a mission to see "A book in every child's hand". Visit http://www.prathambooks.org/ and http://blog.prathambooks.org/p/cc-tracker.html to know more. Artwork has been adapted from the original book while the animation, music and narration have all been done by BookBox. This story artwork is originally illustrated by Rajiv Eipe.

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