Avani took a bowl of dried peas from the kitchen table and gave it to Amma. One pea fell out of the bowl. Avani and Amma did not see it! The pea bounced on the table, onto the floor, and rolled under the table. Chikki the cat found it. She pushed it. She pawed at it. She tried to lick it. The pea rolled to the kitchen door. Chikki pushed it again. It rolled out, into the garden. A mynah saw the pea. She pecked at it with her beak. But it was too hard. She pecked at it again. With a jump, the pea landed on the soil, near a tomato plant. An earthworm popped out of the ground. It looked at the pea, but did not find it interesting. It popped back into the ground. Now there was a hole in the ground! The pea slipped into the hole, and got covered by loose mud. It rested in the cool, dark mud. The days passed. The rains came. The pea got wet. It swelled, and it swelled a little more. It grew a tail, and a crown.

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