Tinkle Comics 2 (Gnv64)

When I Stood

UP

for My Classmate!

Based on a story set in the 7940s

Based on a story sent by

Anil Ekbote

Script: R.Nalini

Illustrator: Durgesh Velhal

Colourist: Umesh Sarode

AN EMPTY SEA T ANO WENT THEJ?EBUT... YOU CAN'T SIT HEQE !

THIS IS QOHAN'S SEAT!

HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW SMELLY

IT GETS THEQE ! HOOHOOHOOO !!

I WONDEQ

WHAT'S SO fUNNY? AQE THEY SAYING I SMELL ?

"SOON, A BOY CAME IN ANO SA T "BUT BEFOt<E HE OOWN TlMIOLY BESIOE ME.

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CLASS WAS HOSTILE TO HIM.BUT

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"I COULON'T SMELL A THING! I WONOEt<EO WHY THEY WEt<E ASSOCIA TlNG MY BENCHMA TE WITH SMELL...

"I THOUGHT IT BEST NOT TO ANNOY HIM,SO TO MY ETE~NAL SHAME...

''..JUST THEN THE TEACHE12CAME IN "I FELT AWFUL BECAUSE I HAD LET MY AND THE BOYS FELL SILENT.., NEIGHBOU~ DOWN,I STOLE A GLANCE

AT HIM AND FELT WO~SE...

"A WEEK PASSED, I BEGAN TO ADJUST "ONE BY ONE THE BOYS STOOD UP TOMY NEW SCHOOL. THEN ONE DAY,.. AND ANNOUNCED THEI~ AMBITIONS ... BOYS, TODAY EACH OF YOU WILL STAND UP BY TURN AND TELL THE CL.ASS WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WHEN YOU GROW UP! L.ET'S BEGIN WITH MOHIT ...

"THE TEACHE~ OION'T UNOE~STANO THE ~EASON FO~ THE LAUGHTE~, QUICKLY, SHE TU~NEO TO ME",

"N0800Y HAO EXPECTEO SUCH AN ANSWE~, THE CLASS WAS TAKEN A8ACK.

THEN THE TEACHE~ FOUNO HE~ VOICE",

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'\JUST THEN THE 8ELL "ANG. THE 80YS "AN OUT...

WHY fOQ GOO'S

SAKE 010 YOU HAVE TO SAY SUCH A THING ?!!!

ANO WHEN HE RETIRES IN A FEW MORE YEARS, HE WILL LOSE THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE GIVEN

TO HIM. THE FAMILY WILL BE HOMELESS UNLESS ...UNLESS ONE OF HIS SONS TAICES

OVER THE JOB.

ANO HE'S THE ELOEST SON,. NOW 00 YOU SEE WHY HE

WANTS TO BECOME A GARBAGE COLLECTOR? IS IT A WRONG OECISION ? SHOULO WE LAUGH AT HIM?! NO. NO ONE SHOULO LAUGH. HE'S BEING SELFLESS ANO COUR AGEOUS !

"ANO FOf2 THE FIf2S T TlMEISAW MY NEIGHBOUf2 SMILE !"

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LfSSON IN MUSIC

Writer: R

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Nalini

Illustrator

and Colourist:

Arijit Dutta Chowdhury

HAKUNA MATATA ...

WHAT A WONOEf2FUL.

PHf2ASE...

SWAQIT, STOP HOWL.ING ANO GET OOWN fQOM THE TABL.E QIGHT NOW!

OAO, THEQE'S A TAL.ENT SHOW

AT ABC CL.UB TOMOQQOW ...I'LL.

BE SINGING ...

YOU'QE NOT WASTING Pl2ECIOUS TIME BY GOING

fOQ SOME SILL.Y TAL.ENT SHOW ...IS THAT CL.EAQ ?

LOOKFO~ THEBA~E NECESSITIES ...

THE SIMPLE BA~E NECESSITIES ...

SWAQIT, HAVE YOU FINISHEO YOUQ

HOMEWOQI( ?

I WILL, OAO! I'M JUST LEAQNING THIS SONG! IT'S

SO COOL ...

GIVE ME THAT WALI(MAN ! FINISH YOUQ HOMEWOQI( IN

THE NEXT HALF AN HOUQ! OAO, I'M OONE! CAN I HAVE THE WALI(MAN BACI(, PLEASE!

NO AMOUNT OF 8EGGING ANO PLeAOING COULD CHANGE HIS OAO'S OECISION ...

I've NO CHOice BUT TO COMPLY... He'LL NeveR LeT Me SING

E-ASY, BOY! YOU'QE- AT THE -QIGHT TIME-AT THE-QIGHT PL.ACE-... I'M SHASTQI - ANO I'M HE-QE-TO AUOITION YOUQ

SCHOOL'S KIOS FOQ .THE -ME-GA SINGING CHALLE-NGE-!

LE-T'S 00 AN ON-THE--SPOT AUOITION! JUST A FOQMALITY ...BE-CAUSE-IF

YOU ASK ME-, YOU'QE -ALQE-AOY IN !

weLl. OONe,SWAQIT! NeXT OeSTINATION -THe seMI-fiNALS !! OAILY QeHeAQSALS fOQ A fOQTNIGHT ...

THEOAY OF THESEMI-FINALS

AWIVEO-OH NO! I'M LATE FOQ SCHOOL ... SEE YOU IN THE EVENING, OAO!

HELLO, PQATII( ! THIS IS SWAQIT'S OAO...COULO

YOU TAI(E SWAQIT'S LUNCHBOX ...?HE

B-BUT... TH-THAT MEANS ...HE LlEO TO ME

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WEQE NO EXTQA CL.ASSES OQ PQOJECTS ...

THEY'VE OUG UP THE

QOAOS NEAQ SCHOOL,

OAO! THEQE'S SO MUCH

TQAffIC ...

I(IOS OON'T GO

TO SCHOOL ON .

A PUBLIC .

YOU TWO LOO\( fOQ flQEWOOO ANO WATEQ! OON'T TALI( TO ANYONE YOU MIGHT MEET.

ANO WIll. YOU ""OMISE NEVEQ TO TQOUBL.E THE

VILl.AGEQS AGAIN!

I ""OMISE !I ""OMISE !! I'll. NEVEQ TQOUBL.E THE VILl.AGEQS AGAIN!! I WON'T

TQAMP\..E THEIQ CQOPS, I WON'T STEAL. THEIQ GOATS, I WON'T ...

YOU WENT ON fOOT ANO QETUQNEOBY

CAQT !010 YOU

STQIKE IT QICH IN THE CITY?

I NEVEQ QEACHEO THE CITY ANO NOW THEQE IS NO NEEO fOQ ME

TO GO THEQE TO EAQN A LIVING !

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ANO THE JAT TOLO HIS NEIGHBOU{; THE WHOLE STO{;Y. I OON'T KNOW WHY WE HAVE TO WALK SO fAQ!

I OON'T kNOW

WHY WE'QE OOING

ALL THIS!!

FINALLY GETTINGA WAY F~OM HIS ..HOPING THAT THEOEMON WAS A THOME ANO

WIFEANO CHILO~EN,THEMAN WATCHING...ANO HE WAS!

SEATEO HIMSELF UNOE~ THE T~EE ANO 8EGAN TO MAKE A ~OPE ...

AH, Yes ... I'M GOING TO Tie YOU UP ANO...ANO...OQAG

YOU TO THe QA,JA !

I CAN see YOU'Qe FQIGHTeNeO !

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Story: Khyrunnisa A.

Script: Rajani Thindiath

Illustrator and Colourist: Abhijeet Kini

INTERCLASS SKIT COMPETITION.

THEY'RE PERfORMING 'A MARTIAN LOST ON

AMAQ, STAY AWAY fQOM

THAT BUSH! THEQE'S A

CA TE12PILLA~ON IT!

OH YEAH! WHAT ASPECT ACULAQ

I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE,AMAR ! SO YOU CAN JUST fORGET WHATEVER MISCHIEf YOU HAVE BEEN PLOTTING!

I'LL SMUGGLE IT TO I(IRAN'S HOUSE

ANO 00 THE STITCHING THERE!

NOW, I'LL. HAVE A

QUICK BATH ANO

..ANO WIPES HIMSELF. BUT AS HE'S WIPING HIS

FACE-WHAT'S THIS!

IT'S THE

QEMAINS Of A

CA TEQPILLAQ !

OH NO! THEQE GOES OUQ SI(IT ! flQST THE CATEQPILLAQ, NOW THIS! IT CAN'T GET WOQSE!

ACTUALLY,THAT CATEQPILLAQ WAS A BLESSING IN OISGUISE ! MAYBE YOU SHOULO TQY GETTING STUNG NEXT TIME!

I'M A MAQTIAN LOST ON THE MOOOON ! BUT I L1k:EIT HEQE 'C02 BACk: HOME THEY

THINk: I'M A LOOOON !

PEQfECT! THAT'S ALL WE NEEO ! A SWOLLEN HEAO TO MATCH HIS SWOLLEN fACE!

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. Script: Rajani Thindiath

Illustrator: Arijit Dutta ChowdhUfy Colourist: Umesh Sarode

OSWALD, DO,;?A, DICKY, ALICE, NOEL AND H,O, WE,;?E GATHE,;?ED

AT THE 8,;?EAKFAST TA8LE WITH THEI,;?UNCLE - .

THE: MAIOSTONE: SOCIETY Of

OIGGE:RS WANTS TO OIG IN

THE: BURROW, SHOUL.O

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; PEOPLE, I HAVe A PLAN. WE

"NOW THEQE IS NOTHING TO BE

FOUNO IN OUQ BACI(YAQO. BUT ...

EXACTLY, OOQA !

ANO THEY AQE SO OUSTY BY NOW, THEY CAN

PASS Off fOQ

ANY "INO Of

WE CAN WATCH

fROM THAT WALL

WHEN THEY BEGIN

OIGGING HERE !

..--- .. :" Wf; I(NOW ": : WHAT

THAT :

:, COULO Bf; ! '

THE FINO MAOE, THE SOCIETY MEMBEI?S MAOE THEIl?

WAY BACK TO THE HOUSE. SOMETIME l-ATEl?

-THAT WAS A GOOO fINO! YOU AQf; SUQf; YOU OON'T WANT TO

1(f;f;P ONf; ?

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GOOO Tf;A-ANO MAOf; A MAJOQ fINO!

Hf;Hf;Hf; ! UNCLf;, THAT

WAS NO fINO! Wf;

fOOLf;O THf;M WITH BITS Of POTTf;QY THAT Wf; HAO MAOf; !