Today, I am not going to school. It is a holiday! Today I am not going to watch TV. There is no electricity anyway. What am I going to do? Today I am going to listen to my body! First, I have to be very quiet. So that I can listen to my own body. Yes, now I can hear my breath. I breathe in and out, in and out. And I can make my breath noisier. Sssssssssssss! And softer. Mmmmmmm. Now I can hear my heart beating! Doodom, doodoom, dooo dooom. Can I make my heart go faster or louder? Yes, by jumping up and down twenty times. Now see, my heart is beating faster. If I put my fingers on my wrist, then I can feel my pulse! I can hear myself laughing. Haha, haha, haaah, haaa! I can hear myself crying. Boohoooo hooo! I can hear myself clapping. Clap, clap, clap. I can hear my stomach rumbling! Guddu, guddu, guddu. My stomach is saying, "Feed me!" My nose can smell cakes baking in mother's kitchen. And now I want to hear my jaws chewing those cakes!

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