Friends are Family

Shamli is a small town surrounded by beautiful Himalayan ranges. Here, life is easy and simple. Raghu, Agam, Nilima, Pasang, Aaron, Rubi and Pema are friends and studying together in Hill Point School. Their bond is so strong. They love each other a lot. Teachers can also feel that these students become a family.

Everybody in the evening, they roam on cycle on the roads of Shamli. After that, they enjoy their own company with the campfire. Ruby loves to sing and Pasang and Agam are learning guitar. How beautifully they sing together and live in music. Their lives are full of fun!

Pema's father works in the city, in a big office. He comes every month, but suddenly, due to the labor strike, his father's office shut down. And he lost his job! He didn't tell his family because he was trying to find a new job as soon as possible. But he couldn't solve this problem and return to Shamli. Now everybody is worrying about their situation.

Pema's family doesn't have much money left, so Pema can feel that his family is in great trouble! Though his Pa and Ma never tell anything about these to him. 

Pema told this problem to his friends. They are very worried too. If this is going to continue then Pema will no longer be able to study in school! Everybody is sad. Pema wants to help his father, but he simply doesn't know how he can do so.

Aaron suggests, that they all should do something to help Pema's family. They started thinking about how to earn money because they know they can't do any job at their age. Nilima says, "Why don't we do something with the help of our Shamli?" Everybody looking at each other! She explains that they should think about what is so famous about their small town, then they can use it for collecting money. With this idea, everybody is agreeing on the fact that flowers are so famous in Shamli. Shamli has a vibrant range of flowers. So, they decide they will sell flowers in the city. Pema also likes this idea and wants to go with this plan. These children tell everything to their parents. Pema's father never thought about this and neither did any other parents. So, they quite like it!

 They started arranging everything. Pema and his friends collect flowers and their parents make beautiful flower bouquets. Rhododendron, Lily and full of red, violet, white, pink and lots of blues are creating the whole mood.

Raghu's father has a car, and they all head towards the city. The kids are so excited because this is their first big work and parents are hopeful. Though Pema's family are a bit anxious about this whole new plan.

When they reached the city, they started finding one suitable place for their purpose. They found a nice corner under a pine tree, where they can decorate with the bouquets. Pasang's father is a wood cutter, so he made some cute little small folding benches to place those flower bouquets. Rubi's mother loves stitching, so she made beautiful designs on clothes, for making the tablecloths to create the whole arrangements more beautiful. Agam, Aaron and Raghu took responsibilities to make price tags and hoardings and lots of pamphlets for the promotion.

Slowly all the bouquets were being sold. Everybody in the city loves the color and the decoration. People love those smiling little faces. Including Pema, they say to the city people about their problem; that they want to collect money, so those people can understand the need. People are kind, they happily supported them. 

Everybody is doing their work, their parts just as a family. They are making efforts to make it successful. In the mood of spring, everybody is hopeful for a good response. And yes, people are coming for the colors of the flowers, the beautiful new kind of decorations, and Pema and his friends show such friendly nature to each one of them, and that makes a wonderful connectivity among people. Nilima and her mother are collecting the money.

Now, Pema's parents are crying with joy. They are thankful for everyone's help, especially to kids. Problems are a part of life, they learn this big thing from this incident; but we have to deal with it. Also, with togetherness one can strongly solve difficulties. After this, from Hill Point School, they rewarded these kids for their problem-solving attitude and urge to help each other just like a family. From school they get some money and a medal for each one of them.