Contents
TWENTY STORIES
01 Space–Time Displacement
5
02 Life on Crutches
13
03 I Will Not Go Abroad
20
04 Migration
27
05 An Even Exchange
33
06 The Morning Star Beneath the Pond
40
07 The Village’s Old Library
46
08 The Mystery of the Goat’s Bell
52
09 The Book Saved from the Flood
58
10 The Children’s Science Fair
64
11 The Mango Tree’s Decision
70
12 A Day Without a Mobile Phone
76
13 The Boy Who Counted Birds
81
14 The Clay Robot
88
15 The Forest Path, the Story of Home
95
16 The School Built in a Tree
101
17 The Girl Who Made a Sundial
107
18 The Friends Who Saved the River
113
19 The Map of a Moonlit Night
120
20 The Cheerful Watchman and the Missing Key
125