Sonu ke Afsane

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name = Sonu ke Afsane
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author = Paridhi Verma & Dinesh Verma
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country = United States
language = Hindi
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genre = Children's Book
publisher = Chanda Books
release_date = 2008
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media_type = Print (Paperback)
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isbn = 978-1438263571
preceded_by = Sonu ke Kisse
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"Sonu ke Afsane" is a bilingual Children's book written by Paridhi Verma & Dinesh Verma.

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"Sonu ke Afsane" (Sonu's Adventures) is a bilingual book written in Hindi and English. It is written for learning and practicing Hindi as a second language. It was written by Paridhi Verma and Dinesh Verma in 2008. It is published by Chanda Books [ [http://www.chandabooks.com Chanda Books] ]

Sonu ke Afsane(or Sonu's Adventures) is a collection of three stories. Sonu is a boy of unspecified age. The three stories deal with incidents in the life of Sonu, and narrate the adventures and misadventures of Sonu in these incidents.

In the nature of bilingual books, the book narrates all of the story in Hindi as well as English. The book introduces a sentence in Hindi, and then provides a transliteration of the text in English. This is followed by an English translation of the text.

Plot summary

The book consists of three short stories.

In the first story, Sonu ka Bagicha(Sonu's Garden), Sonu and his mother go to a garden shop. Sonu is searching for a nice flower to plant in his garden. He goes through a succession of flowers, rejecting all of them for one reason or another, until he comes across the marigold plants which he likes.

The second story, Sonu ki gend(Sonu's ball) has Sonu playing with a ball which gets stuck in a drainage pipe. The different adults living and working around Sonu, such as his neighbors, the gardener, the fireman, the cable man, the electrician try different means of getting the ball out, but fail to do so. Finally, Sonu gets the ball out using his own ingenuity.

The third story, Sonu ka Safar(Sonu's trip), has Sonu going out for a sleep-over. He decides to walk over to his friend's house instead of driving over with his mother. He is stopped multiple times by neighbors and strangers who are baffled by the sight of a boy walking with a sleeping bag. Finally, he is brought back home by a policeman, and needs to be dropped off for the sleep-over in a car.

Characters

The main character in the book is Sonu, who is a boy of indeterminate age. Sonu lives with his mother, who is not identified by any name other than Mummy.