# Malgudi Days by R.K. Narayan enactment by grade 4 kids for school culmination.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkG2_7422y8

[00:04] Welcome parents and teachers to the
[00:07] final culminating activity of the year.
[00:10] We are going to present you a few scenes
[00:13] from our English reader. Malgudi days.
[00:16] We are also going to present you a
[00:18] dramatization of our Hindi novel, "The
[00:20] Adventures of Swami and Friends".
[00:22] Besides, we also have in store for you
[00:25] our lovely displays from our social
[00:27] science unit, "Man and Machine".
[00:29] Mani and Swami are best friends.
[00:33] Raja, a new arrival in Albert Mission
[00:35] School, is the source of envy to all
[00:39] students in the school.
[00:41] Swami is interested in Raja but Mani is
[00:43] jealous because of jealousy.
[00:45] And Mani decides once and for all to
[00:48] prove that he's the boss. Let's follow
[00:50] the action.
[00:51] Swami Swami and Mani are seated on the
[00:54] banks of River Sarayu.
[01:11] Here I am. Ready.
[01:13] You are late. Yes, we will start.
[01:16] You heard that shot? The next one's
[01:18] going to be in your body if you still
[01:19] want to fight.
[01:20] But this is unfair. You have
[01:22] You have a gun while I don't. It was
[01:24] supposed to be a hand-to-hand fight.
[01:26] Then why did you bring your club? You
[01:28] never said anything about cheating.
[01:30] What have I done to offend you? You
[01:32] called me a snake before someone. That
[01:34] is a lie. If all this is the cause of
[01:36] your anger, forget it. I won't mind
[01:38] being friends. Nor I.
[01:40] That's great. Now shake hands.
[01:44] You know what? I always admired Raja
[01:47] when he used to play his flute but I
[01:48] could not do so at the sake of this
[01:50] annoying Mani. Just sitting there
[01:52] laughing and talking. I am at perfect
[01:54] peace now.
[02:01] Let me introduce you some of Swami's
[02:04] other friends. Here, stop. Let me do the
[02:06] honors. The first friend is Somu.
[02:11] I am the monitor of the class. I am
[02:14] friendly with all the teachers. Meet our
[02:16] friend Shankar.
[02:19] I am
[02:21] I am good in academics. I score about
[02:23] 90% and many of my friends think that I
[02:26] score 90% by washing clothes off the
[02:28] machine.
[02:29] Do you think Swami that Mani has
[02:31] accepted me as his friend?
[02:33] And you have Otherwise you don't know
[02:35] how Mani is. He's a class bully. Nobody
[02:37] has the right to score him.
[02:39] And now let me introduce me.
[02:43] Hey, I will do it myself. I am Swami's
[02:45] friend. Both of us share a wonderful
[02:47] rapport. We laugh at the same jokes and
[02:50] we are not outstanding in any way.
[02:54] Nowadays Swami and Shankar move with
[02:56] Raja than us. Even when we play, he
[03:00] won't talk to us in the beginning and WE
[03:02] TRY TO BITE him when we are having fun.
[03:06] Boys, what about a little place for me?
[03:08] It's fitting. You can't take part.
[03:10] There are some people who can be very
[03:12] effective as tails. You said tails? You
[03:14] do? Why must you talk about tails? I
[03:17] just wish to. Why do you care? It
[03:20] doesn't apply to you. Does it apply to
[03:22] anyone here? It may. What is a tail? A
[03:25] long thing that attaches a tail to a
[03:27] dog.
[03:38] Somu Somu Somu.
[03:40] Why did you stop? What is the matter
[03:41] with you, fellows? Nothing very
[03:43] important.
[03:44] By the way, I made it for you that you
[03:46] have earned a new name, the tail. Raja's
[03:49] tail to be precise. We aren't good
[03:52] enough for you, I believe. But how can
[03:54] everyone be the son of the police
[03:56] superintendent?
[03:57] What is wrong with Mani and going about
[04:00] Raja? Don't they also play with them?
[04:02] Why did they make them so angry?
[04:11] Raja has decided to form a new cricket
[04:14] team.
[04:15] However, Swami has now stopped going to
[04:17] Albert Mission School. He's a student of
[04:20] Board High School.
[04:21] Both of them decide upon the MCC,
[04:24] Malgudi Cricket Club, as their team's
[04:26] name. They even fix up a cricket match
[04:29] with a local team by you.
[04:32] The only problem is that Swami doesn't
[04:34] find enough time to practice as he has
[04:37] compulsory drill and scout classes after
[04:39] 4:30.
[04:40] So, Raja decides to speak to Swami's
[04:43] headmaster at the Board High.
[04:45] Raja and Swami enter the headmaster's
[04:47] cabin only to find him sleeping.
[04:53] What should we do?
[04:55] Wait.
[04:58] Let's go. We have waited long enough.
[05:04] Have you fellows no class?
[05:07] To which class do you fellows belong?
[05:10] Have you no class? I do not belong to
[05:12] your school.
[05:14] Ah, then which heavens do you belong
[05:16] from? I am the captain of MCC and have
[05:19] come to see you on business. Who is
[05:21] that? This is my friend W.S. Swami
[05:24] Swaminathan, studying in your school in
[05:26] second C.
[05:27] I am honored to see you, sir.
[05:30] I am the captain of MCC. He's in my
[05:32] team. He's a good bowler. I do.
[05:35] Sir, may I come to the point? Do do. For
[05:37] heaven's sake, do. Sir, he's a good
[05:40] bowler and needs some practice. He
[05:42] cannot come to the field early enough
[05:44] because he's kept in the school every
[05:46] day after 4:30.
[05:48] So, what should I do about it?
[05:50] Sir, can you please permit him to go
[05:52] home after 4:30? What do you say, sir?
[05:54] Won't you do it?
[05:56] Are you the headmaster of the school or
[05:58] I am?
[06:02] Who is that? What do you want? Nothing.
[06:06] I understand. But every person who finds
[06:09] nothing to do comes to understand my
[06:11] life.
[06:13] I am the police superintendent's son.
[06:15] If that's so, what is that thing that
[06:18] fellow has in his hand? My wooden
[06:21] He breaks skulls with it. Come out,
[06:22] Mani. Come out, Swami. There's nothing
[06:24] to do here with this fellow.
[06:30] Swami wants to leave school early. He
[06:32] makes up some excuse of suffering from
[06:34] diarrhea and asks Dr. Kesavan to issue
[06:37] him a medical certificate
[06:38] for the same.
[06:39] Dr. Kesavan says he could not issue him
[06:41] a medical certificate.
[06:43] So, listen to Swami when he brought
[06:45] Dr. Kesavan to the
[06:48] brought Dr.
[06:50] headmaster for his sake.
[06:52] Imagine his plight when the headmaster
[06:55] singles them out for punishment and
[06:57] makes them face the class
[06:59] and accuses them of bunking the sports
[07:01] period.
[07:03] When the headmaster is about to cane
[07:05] him, Swaminathan snatches the cane,
[07:07] throws the cane out of the window,
[07:09] and runs out of the room.
[07:16] Now I am totally lost. I have already
[07:18] gotten out of two schools and there are
[07:20] no more schools left in Malgudi.
[07:22] If I go home now, others will beat me.
[07:24] If I
[07:25] I cannot tell Raja and Mani either.
[07:27] Maybe I could practice on the way and
[07:29] then I could return to Malgudi for a few
[07:31] hours and then
[07:33] and then disappear once again and never
[07:35] return to Malgudi again.
[07:39] Raja and Mani
[07:40] find Swami lying in an unconscious state
[07:43] and later take him to the forest.
[07:46] He was staying in the jungle.
[07:48] Swaminathan was reunited with his family
[07:51] with the help
[07:52] of the forest officer, the
[07:53] superintendent, and the deputy
[07:55] superintendent of police.
[08:09] Later later he met Mani and learned of
[08:13] the MCC
[08:15] with the boys by you and the depressed
[08:17] Somu.
[08:22] You have ruined the MCC. You did not
[08:24] have promised us if you had to run.
[08:27] Why did you hide from Raja when you saw
[08:29] him? At that school. This is the reason
[08:31] he's upset with you.
[08:40] Raja, please leave. But let me give my
[08:43] love and explanations first.
[08:46] Please, Mani.
[08:50] Let us have a big round of applause for
[08:52] them.