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8 to 10
Easy
By Leticia Landa and Caleb Zigas
Published 2019
On the holy day of Janāi Purnimā, we didn’t have school. I’d wake up early in the morning, and all the kids from my neighborhood would find ropes and we’d use the ropes to make a barrier across the road. In order to pass, the driver would have to give us money. We’d scream with happiness each time a car came by because we’d get a few coins. In the middle of the day, our priest would come to the house and say a blessing on each of our hands with a rope. He chanted in Sanskrit, and we always