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The Little Girl

The Little Girl is a short story by Katherine Mansfield given in the class 9 English course of NCERT. Maggie gave an assignment to her students based on the story and one of her students, Athena Baby Sabu, presented a brilliant job. She converted the story into a delightful comic strip.

Mansfield tells the story of Kezia who is the eponymous little girl. Kezia is scared of her father who wields a lot of control on the entire family. She is punished severely for an unwitting mistake which makes her even more scared of her father. Her grandmother is fond of her and is her emotional succour.

The grandmother is away from home one day with Kezia's mother who is hospitalised. Kezia gets her usual nightmare and is terrified. There is no one at home to console her except her father from whom she does not expect any consolation. But the father rises to the occasion and lets the little girl sleep beside him that night. She rests her head on her father's chest and can feel his heartbeats. "What a big heart you've got, Father dear," she tells her father.

Let me present Athena's work below which speaks eloquently for itself.


Athena Baby Sabu











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Comments

  1. Vartika GoyalAugust 8, 2019 at 12:36 PM

    It reminds me of my childhood. Nice post

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  2. VartikaSeptember 11, 2019 at 7:20 PM

    Looks like an interesting read for kids, will check out. Looks like the pictures are self drawn and painted, good job done #vartikasdiaryreading #myfriendalexa

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  3. MonikaSeptember 14, 2019 at 11:51 AM

    Brilliant job .

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  4. UnknownAugust 24, 2020 at 10:22 AM

    It was very useful for me , I was having a activity to make a comic I was just thrilled to see this . It's awesome work 😊

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  5. unknownMay 19, 2021 at 6:50 PM

    the comic form of the little girl was amazingly represented it also helped me for my activity. I was very glad to be able to find your comic...thank you so much for your post.

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  6. UditaJuly 22, 2021 at 12:00 PM

    Very helpful
    Neat and nice work
    Thank you ❤️ helped a lott

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  7. UditaJuly 22, 2021 at 12:03 PM

    Thank you so much for uploading this it's very helpful very neat and nice work ❤️

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  8. UnknownAugust 16, 2021 at 7:25 PM

    Very very very nice and excellent

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  9. Sujatha SathyaJune 5, 2022 at 7:02 PM

    really really good job by Athena. what a talent! kudos to her!

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  10. IshaanJune 21, 2022 at 9:01 AM

    It was very useful for me , it helped me in making my comic strip holiday homework. Thank you !

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  11. ShilpaSeptember 5, 2022 at 12:25 AM

    I have never seen such a super work .super

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  12. AnonymousSeptember 13, 2023 at 8:22 PM

    Thank you for helping me in my home work

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  16. AnonymousJanuary 12, 2025 at 1:12 PM

    Photos are not clear 😔

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  17. AnonymousJune 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM

    Such ma yehh short summary mera bauth kam aaya

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  18. AnonymousJune 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM

    Fabulous 🤩

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