Cleaning the Playground

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Nisha and her friends found food crumbs, empty food packets, toffee wrappers, craft paper, and pencil shavings in the playground. It was very dirty and not good for playing.

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The playground was dirty because some children had thrown garbage like food packets and wrappers on the ground instead of putting them in the dust-bin.

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Nisha decided to clean the playground. She said, 'Let us clean the playground,' and started picking up the garbage with her friends.

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They picked up all the garbage like food crumbs, wrappers, and pencil shavings and put them in the big dust-bins. They worked together to make the playground clean.

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'Litter' means garbage or waste that is thrown on the ground in the wrong place, like a toffee wrapper on the playground. It makes places dirty and unhealthy.

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'Vacations' means a holiday time when school is closed. In the story, it was the first day back after the vacations.

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Toffee-wrappers are the small paper covers that come around toffees. When thrown on the ground, they become litter.

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Pencil shavings are the small pieces of wood and lead that come off when you sharpen a pencil. They should be put in the dust-bin, not on the ground.