Gauri and the Secret Book 📖✨

In a small town filled with laughter, markets, and mango trees, lived a curious girl named Gauri. She loved to read more than anything else. Her room was filled with books of all kinds — fairy tales, science, adventure, and poetry. But Gauri always dreamed of finding a book that was truly magical.

One rainy afternoon, while visiting her grandfather’s dusty old library, Gauri found a strange book tucked behind other old ones. It had no title, no author’s name, and the cover was deep blue with a silver star on it. As she opened the first page, the words shimmered and changed right before her eyes:

“To the one who dares to dream — welcome.”

Suddenly, a whirl of wind filled the room, and WHOOSH! Gauri was pulled into the book!

She landed in a glowing library that stretched as far as the sky. Talking books flew like birds, and shelves rearranged themselves. A friendly book named Leo fluttered toward her and said,

“Welcome, Gauri! This is the Library of Wonders. Only a true reader can enter.”

Gauri was amazed. “Why am I here?”

“The stories of this world are fading,” Leo explained. “People have stopped believing in imagination. Only you can bring the magic back by solving The Riddle of the Last Chapter.”

Gauri accepted the challenge. To find the answer, she had to enter three different books:

📚 In the Land of Forgotten Fairytales, she helped a sleepy dragon remember how to dream.

📚 In the Book of Lost Words, she found missing letters and made poems come alive.

📚 In the Story of Silence, she sat still, listened to her heart, and understood the power of unspoken thoughts.

After all her adventures, she reached the final page, where one question waited:

“What is the most powerful thing in every story?”

Gauri thought hard and wrote just one word: “Imagination.”

Suddenly, the entire magical library lit up! The flying books sang, the shelves clapped, and Leo said,

“You have done it! You’ve brought the stories back to life.”

With a blink, Gauri found herself back in her grandfather’s library, holding the mysterious book. But now, the cover had changed. It said:

“Gauri and the Library of Wonders — Written by Gauri, the Dreamer.”

From that day on, Gauri wrote her own stories, shared them with the world, and reminded everyone that inside every book is a doorway — and inside every heart is the magic to open it.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Vidhi Manchanda was born on 10th October 2017 in Mohali. She lives in Chandigarh. She is in class 2 in Vivek High School, Chandigarh. It is her 13th story and she is very excited. When she was writing this story, she was very happy.