No Title

Chal Mere Matke Tammak Tu is a folktale that Virendra Dubey has reconstructed for young readers. At some stage in our childhood, I am sure many of us might have heard the story, maybe different versions of it, from parents or grandparents. It is an interesting tale of how an old lady outwits the wild animals who want to eat her while she is crossing the forest to go and visit her daughter who lives in a far-off town. The author has narrated the story in a way that children would find very entertaining. The story starts with an invitation from a daughter to her mother to come and visit her. Then the whole drama starts. The old woman sets out to see her daughter but while crossing the forest to get to the town, she is chased by different wild animals, all hungry and waiting to make a meal of her.