Problem Solving Papri was happily going on a relaxing nature walk in the nice evening at her beautiful local park. Where there were lots of different plants, leafy bushes, little wonderful creatures, and unique insects. She was happily enjoying the beautiful environment around her. Suddenly, she stopped, shocked, she stared at the tree in the distance carefully because there was something on the tree that caught her attention – a tiny creature waving its tiny hands in the air rapidly. It looked exactly like a human, but the only difference was, it was only a lot smaller. Papri walked closer to that tree, not believing her eyes, a cute little elf! Was it stuck? I must find out and help, she thought, worried about her. She was desperate to save the elf. She looked for useful objects around her to help. She noticed a rusty old ladder in the corner, so she brought it closer to the rough tree to rescue the poor elf. She didn’t care if the ladder was old, she only cared about the scared and frightened elf. When she got up there, she found out that it was a girl elf, but it didn’t seem like she was trying to get down.
“What are you doing up here? It is dangerous here!” said Papri, kindly, but also loudly.
“8675094312” she replied.
Papri did not understand at all, she only spoke numbers, she must come from a different planet! Problem Solving Papri tried hard to understand her, so she could help, but there was no chance of communicating with the elf correctly. Problem Solving Papri went up there to rescue her, so even though she didn’t seem worried, Papri held the elf’s tiny hands, and carried it, after all, she only went up this tree to rescue her, she tried to bring her back to the ground safely. But the elf refused to get back down, it held on to a branch tightly, not letting go. Why isn’t it coming down? Wondered Problem Solving Papri. So, Problem Solving Papri got up on the tall tree and saw a family of birds up there with the nest. Well not really, only a mother and a baby. The elf points to the nest. Problem Solving Papri looks at the elf, then, looks at the nest again. It must have been broken down by the wild storm last night. The elf must be trying to help and build the destroyed nest back to how it originally was. Problem Solving Papri wanted to help, so she got some thin branches and tried to stick them together, but it didn’t help, there was nothing to stick it together.
The elf grabbed the branches from Problem Solving Papri and attempted to stick them together, but it would never stick. The mother bird held the branches in its sharp beaks. It magically stuck together by using its saliva! Hooray! But their mission wasn’t done yet. The elf still resisted to go. The mother was thankful, but it still looked worried. Problem Solving Papri carefully looked at the mother, the baby, and the eggs in the nest, but there was only one, usually birds have at least two eggs at a time, she learnt that at school. It might be losing an egg! Yes, that’s the problem! Together, the elf and Problem Solving Papri climbed off the tree to help find the eggs. The birds flew above them hoping that they will find the egg. The elf was tiny, so it could fit in small spaces. That’s helpful! Together in this special team, they searched every possible place that an egg could be hiding, then, they spotted a big green bush not far away, the mother bird suddenly flew in front of them, going towards that huge bush. But no one could fit in there. How could they find it? Then, the elf hopped in front of them and crawls in the bush. A few seconds later, it stumbled out with a leaf on top of his head and was rolling a round egg out. The mother’s face instantly lit up with joy, holding the egg tightly with its claws and flew back to its nest. To thank them, the mother ripped a beautiful flower from the tree and dropped it down to them. Problem Solving Papri was really happy that she could help her.
The sun had already set, and Problem Solving Papri decided to go back to her cozy home. She happily skipped home, reflecting on this special day. When she got home, she found out the tiny elf had been following her this whole time! Why was she following me? Hmmm… Maybe it is lost! Thought Problem Solving Papri, that’s why! It needs to live somewhere. Problem Solving Papri was very considerate. Even though it was late, Problem Solving Papri gathered some wood and built a house for it to live in. She put some thick blanket in the house to make it comfortable. The elf was really happy about how caring Problem Solving Papri was. She was also really grateful for the warm house.
“Good night little one, and I’ll call you Hannah, Helpful Hannah. You have helped with today’s mission a lot, sweet dreams Hannah!” whispered Papri.
The next morning, Problem Solving Papri started playing merrily with Hannah. They also visited the bird’s family. The egg they willingly saved had hatched overnight! The newborn bird was so adorable! After the pleasant visit, Problem Solving Papri taught Hannah to speak English patiently. With lots of practice, soon, Hannah knew English fluently, they always solved problems together.
Now, when they have challenges, she always says, “We can do it!” in her cute little voice.
‘Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.’ Problem Solving Papri and Hannah have been solving difficult problems together ever since they met.