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Someone’s been eating all of Madhav and Tara’s food. Strange creatures, fuzzy monsters, or something invisible? Who could it be?

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What's That Smell?
By Ashwitha Jayakumar
Tara and her family are home!
“It’s good to be back,
isn’t it Tara?” says Ma.
Tara nods.
“I’m hungry!”
Madhav rubs his stomach.
“Also hungry,” he says loudly.
“We have milk, eggs, bread
and vegetables in the fridge,”
says Ma.
“I’ll cook dinner!” says Pa.
“Pa, can you make fried rice?”
asks Tara.
“Fried rice,” Madhav echoes.
As soon as Tara, Madhav,
Ma and Pa enter the house,
they know that something is wrong
very wrong.
"Chee! What’s that smell?”
cries Tara.
“A MONSTER!” yells Madhav.
It is hot, dark and stinky.
The whole house smells!
Where is the smell coming from?
Ma checks the bedroom.
Madhav checks the bathroom.
Tara checks the dining room.
Pa checks the kitchen.
“It’s coming from there,” says Pa,
pointing at the fridge.
“A stinky fridge monster?” gasps Tara.
“Scared,” says Madhav, hugging Ma.
“Let’s open the fridge
and see what’s inside,” says Ma.
Ma opens the fridge.
Everyone covers their noses
and mouths.
“Hmm, it’s warm inside
and the light is off,” says Ma,
sticking her arm into the fridge.
“What happened?” asks Tara.
"The fridge stopped working
some time ago,” Pa explains.
"Without the cold air,
everything spoiled,” says Ma, glumly.
“Has the milk gone bad?” asks Tara.
“Yes, can you smell how sour it is?”
asks Ma.
“Milk needs to be kept cold
to stay fresh,” says Pa.
“Has the bread gone bad?”
asks Tara.
“Yes, do you see that green stuff?
That’s mold,” says Pa,
“It grows on the bread.”
“Fuzzy,” says Madhav, curiously.
“Don’t touch it,” says Pa.
“You’ll fall sick if you eat it.”
“Have the vegetables gone bad too?”
asks Tara, sadly.
“Yes, they’re rotten,” says Ma.
“We can’t eat them.”
Madhav picks up an egg
and drops it.
“Madhav, now it smells even worse!”
shouts Tara.
“Oh no! These have gone bad too,”
says Pa.
Tara is sure
she can never eat eggs again.
“Yuck, yuck, yuck!”
cries Madhav, running away
while Pa cleans up the mess.
They put all the rotten food
into garbage bags
and clear the fridge.
“Why do things go bad?” asks Tara.
“Everything goes bad over time.
It’s because of microbes.
Microbes are very tiny living things
that are around us.
When it’s warm,
food goes bad faster
because microbes multiply quickly.
The cold air of the fridge
keeps food fresh for longer
and they multiply slowly!”
says Ma.
“Does all food spoil?” asks Tara.
“Not this rice,” says Ma,
“Or these potatoes,
at least for a while.”
“And not this pickle,” says Pa.
“And not this ghee,” says Ma.
“We can eat ghee rice and potatoes!”
says Tara, happily.

Story: Ashwitha Jayakumar
Illustrator: Tarique Aziz
Animation: BookBox
Translation: Pratham Books Team
Narration: Anu Anand
Music: Rajesh Gilbert

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 to know more. Artwork has been adapted from the original book while the animation, music and narration have all been done by BookBox.

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