Rasipuram Krikhnaswmi Narayanaswami (1906-2001) R.K. Narayan is among the best known Indian novelists. He was born in Madras on 10th Oct, 1906. He began writing career with Swami and Friends in 1935. His other works are: The Bachelor of Arts (1937) The dark room (1938) The English Teacher(1945)

R.K. Narayan

Malgudi is a fictional, semi-urban town in southern India.

‘Malgudi Days’ is an Indian television series based on the works of R.K. Narayan.

Malgudi Days

Leela is 5 years old cute girl. Her mother’s name is Kamala Her father’s name is Sivasanker. She likes to listen stories at her bedtime. She likes to play with her servant Sidda.

Leela

Sidda is servant but he is a tidy and honest man. He is given two meals a day and four rupees a month. In return he needs to wash clothes, tend a garden and

chop wood.

Sidda

Leela Friend is a story of a 5 years old girl, Leela and her servant, Sidda.

Mr. and Mrs. Sivasanker wanted a servant for their house hold work.

In that moment, they noticed Sidda near their gate. When Mr. Sivasanker was standing in front of the Veranda.

Leela Friend

Sidda approached Mr. Sivasanker. After several questions, Sidda was appointed as a

servant in their house. He has done each and every house hold work and also

become a very good friend of Leela.

One day, Leela and Sidda went to the market and came back to home where Leela’s mother noticed that Leela lost her gold chain.

Leela’s mother asked various questions both Sidda and Leela.

Her mother blames Sidda that he has stolen Leela’s chain.

At once, Sidda left the home without informing anyone.

Then, Leela’s parents lodge complaint to the police about Sidda.

Afterwards, police caught hold Sidda and put into jail.

One day, Leela’s mother was cooking then she found the chain in the tamarind pot in the Kitchen.

Leela’s parents were sorry about this incident.

One should never blame others without knowledge of anything.

Moral

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