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 gSjYM dh cSaxuh isafly
ØkSfdV tkWulu

Harold and the Purple Crayon

Crockett Johnson

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 uo tuokpu vkanksyu
bl fdrkc dk izdk'ku Hkkjr Kku foKku lfefr us
^lj nksjkcth VkVk VªLV* ds lg;ksx ls fd;k gSA
bl vkanksyu dk edln vke turk esa
iBu&ikBu laLÑfr fodflr djuk gSA

gSjYM dh cSaxuh isafly Harold and the Purple Crayon

ØkSfdV tkWulu Crockett Johnson

¯gnh vuqokn Hindi Translation

vjfoan xqIrk Arvind Gupta

dkWih laiknd Copy Editor

jk/s';ke eaxksyiqjh Radheshyam Mangolpuri

js[kkadu Illustration
(ewy fp=kksa ij vk/kfjr) (Based on original Illustrations )

vj¯on xqIrk Arvind Gupta

doj o xzkfiQDl Cover & Graphics

vHk; dqekj >k Abhay Kumar Jha

izFke laLdj.k First Edition

uoacj 2007 November 2007

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 gSjYM dh cSaxuh isafly
Harold and the Purple Crayon
 ,d 'kke gSjYM dkiQh nsj lksprk jgkA
fiQj mlus ckgj pkanuh jkr esa ?kweus
tkus dk fu'p; fd;kA

One evening, after thinking it over for some time,

Harold decided to go for a walk in the moonlight.

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 ckgj pkan ugha Fkk vkSj gSjYM dks ?kweus
ds fy, pkan dh jks'kuh dh t:jr FkhA

There wasn't any moon, and Harold needed a

moon for a walk in the moonlight.

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 fiQj mls pyus ds fy, ,d lM+d Hkh pkfg, FkhA

And he needed something to walk on.

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og [kks u tk, blfy, mlus viuh
isafly ls ,d yach ykbu cukbZA

He made a long straight path

so he wouldn't get lost.

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 fiQj og viuh eksVh isafly ysdj Vgyus fudykA

And he set off on his walk, taking

his big purple crayon with him.

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ij jkLrk ,dne lh/k pyrk pyk tk jgk FkkA
blfy, gSjYM ,d ixMaMh dh vksj eqM+kA

But he didn't seem to be getting

anywhere on the long straight path.

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 fiQj mlus ixMaMh dks NksM+dj ,d [ksr dks ikj fd;kA
pkan Hkh mlds lkFk&lkFk pykA

So he left the path for a short cut across

a field. And the moon went with him.

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tSlk fd gSjYM dks mEehn Fkh] og jkLrk
mls ,d taxy dh vksj ys x;kA

The short cut led right to where

Harold thought a forest ought to be.

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 gSjYM ?kus taxy esa [kksuk ugha pkgrk FkkA blfy, mlus
,d NksVk&lk taxy cuk;k ftlesa fliQZ ,d isM+ FkkA

He didn't want to get lost in the woods. So he

made a very small forest, with just one tree in it.

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 og isM+ lsc dk FkkA

It turned out to be an apple tree.

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 idus ds ckn lsc cgqr Lokfn"V gksaxs] gSjYM us lkspkA

The apples would be very tasty,

Harold thought, when they got red.

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 lscksa dh fgiQktr djus ds fy,
gSjYM us ,d Mjkouk MªSxu cuk;kA

So he put a frightening dragon under

the tree to guard the apples.

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 og MªSxu okdbZ esa cgqr Hk;kud FkkA

It was a terribly frightening dragon.

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 MªSxu dks ns[kdj gSjYM Hkh Mj x;kA

It even frightened Harold. He backed away.

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 Mj ls mlds gkFk dh isafly FkjFkjkus yxhA

His hand holding the purple crayon shook.

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 mls le> esa vk;k fd og ikuh esa Mwc jgk gSA

Suddenly he realized what was happening.

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 rc rd gSjYM egklkxj esa Mqcdh yxk jgk FkkA

But by then Harold was over his head in an ocean.

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 gSjYM us iQkSju lkspkA

He came up thinking fast.

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 mlus ,d NksVh&lh uko cukbZ vkSj mlesa p<+ x;kA

And in no time he was climbing

aboard a trim little boat.

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fiQj mlus uko esa iky yxkbZA

He quickly set sail.

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 pkan Hkh mlds lkFk&lkFk rSjrk jgkA

And the moon sailed along with him.

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 dkiQh nsj rSjus ds ckn gSjYM dh uko
fcuk fdlh ijs'kkuh ds rV ij tk igqaphA

After he had sailed long enough,

Harold made land without much trouble.

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 og leqnz ds rV ij mrjdj
lkspus yxk fd og vc dgka gS\

He stepped ashore on the beach,

wondering where he was.

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leqnz ds rV dks ns[k gSjYM dks fidfud dh ;kn vkbZA
fidfud dh ;kn vkrs gh mlds isV esa pwgs dwnus yxsA

The sandy beach reminded Harold of picnics.

And the thought of picnics made him hungry.

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 fiQj mlus fidfud ds idoku cuk,A

So he laid out a nice simple picnic lunch.

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gj Fkkyh feBkb;ksa ls Hkjh FkhA

There was nothing but pie.

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 ukS Fkkfy;ka gSjYM dh euilan feBkb;kas ls Hkjh FkhaA

But there were all nine kinds of pie

that Harold liked best.

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gSjYM us tedj [kk;kA fiQj Hkh cgqr&lh feBkbZ cp xbZA

When Harold finished his picnic

there was quite a lot left.

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 bruh Lokfn"V feBkbZ csdkj gks]
;g gSjYM dks vPNk ugha yxkA

He hated to see so much delicious pie go.

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blfy, gSjYM us ,d Hkw[kk fgj.k vkSj ,d lkgh
cukdj mUgsa feBkbZ pV djus dks yxk;kA

So Harold left a very hungry moose and a

deserving porcupine to finish it up.

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 og vc dgka gS] ;g tkuus ds fy,
gSjYM ,d Vhys ij p<+kA

And, off he went, looking for a hill

to climb, to see where he was.

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 gSjYM dks irk Fkk fd og ftruk mQapk p<+sxk
mruk gh nwj rd ns[k ik,xkA
blfy, mlus Vhys dks ,d igkM+h cuk;kA

Harold knew that the higher up he went the

farther he could see. So he decided
to make the hill into a mountain.

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 mls yxk fd cgqr mQapkbZ ls og vius ?kj
ds csM:e dh f[kM+dh dks ns[k ik,xkA

If he went high enough, he thought,

he could see the window of his bedroom.

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 gSjYM vc Fkd x;k Fkk vkSj
mls vc uhan Hkh vk jgh FkhA

He was tired and he felt

he ought to be getting to bed.

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 fdruk vPNk gks vxj igkM+h ds mQij ls
mls csM:e dh f[kM+dh fn[k tk,A

He hoped he could see his bedroom

window from the top of the mountain.

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 ij igkM+h dh pksVh ls uhps
ns[krs gq, gSjYM fiQly x;kA

But as he looked down over

the other side he slipped-

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 igkM+h ds ml ikj dqN Hkh ugha FkkA
gSjYM gok esa uhps fxjus yxkA

And there wasn't any-other side of the mountain.

He was falling, in thin air.

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ijarq HkkX;o'k gSjYM us viuh vDy dk mi;ksx fd;kA
og gkFk esa vHkh Hkh eksVh isafly idM+s FkkA

But, luckily, he kept his wits and

his purple crayon.

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 mlus isafly ls gok dk xqCckjk cuk;k
vkSj mlls yVd x;kA

He made a balloon and he grabbed on to it.

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 gSjYM us xqCckjs ds uhps [kM+s
gksus ds fy, ,d Vksdjh cukbZA

And he made a basket under the

balloon big enough to stand in.

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 mls bruh mQapkbZ ls cgqr dqN fn[kkbZ ns jgk Fkk]
ijarq ?kj dh f[kM+dh vHkh Hkh unkjn FkhA

He had a fine view from the balloon

but he couldn't see his window.
He couldn't even see a house.

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 blfy, gSjYM us ,d ?kj cuk;k
vkSj mlesa dbZ f[kM+fd;ka HkhA

So he made a house, with windows.

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 fiQj mlus gok ds xqCckjs dks ?kj ds lkeus
?kkl ds eSnku esa lqjf{kr mrkjkA

And he landed the balloon

on the grass in the front yard.

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 ijarq bl ?kj dh f[kM+fd;ka mlds ?kj dh
f[kM+fd;ksa ls fcYdqy vyx FkhaA

None of the windows was his windows.

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 gSjYM viuh f[kM+dh ds ckjs esa lkspus yxkA

He tried to think where his window ought to be.

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 mlus ikl [kM+s iqfyleSu ls iwNkA

He decided to ask a policeman.

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 ftl vksj gSjYM tk jgk Fkk mlh vksj
iqfyleSu us mls tkus dh lykg nhA
fiQj Hkh gSjYM us iqfyleSu dk 'kqfØ;k vnk fd;kA

The policeman pointed the way Harold was going

anyway. But Harold thanked him.

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 mls reke f[kM+fd;ka fn[kkbZ nhaA
ij muesa ls ,d Hkh f[kM+dh mldh viuh ugha FkhA

But none of the windows was his window.

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 mldh f[kM+dh dgka gks ldrh Fkh\ gSjYM lkspus yxkA

He couldn't think where it might be.

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 mls ;kn vk;k fd mlds csM:e dh f[kM+dh
ges'kk pkan ds ikl gksrh FkhA

He remembered where his bedroom window was,

when there was a moon.

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 mldh f[kM+dh pkan ds pkjksa vksj
,d Úse tSlk cukrh FkhA

It was always right around the moon.

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fiQj gSjYM pkan ds lkFk&lkFk pyus yxkA dk'k!
og bl oDr vius csM:e esa gksrkA

And he walked along with the moon,

wishing he was in his room and in bed.

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 rHkh vpkud gSjYM dks ;kn vk;kA

Then, suddenly, Harold remembered.

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 mlus dqN vkSj f[kM+fd;ka cukb±A

He made some more windows.

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 fiQj mlus f[kM+fd;ksa ls Hkjh ,d cM+h bekjr cukbZA

He made a big building full of windows.

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 mlus cgqr lkjh mQaph bekjrsa cukb± vkSj
mudks f[kM+fd;ksa ls HkjkA

He made lots of buildings full of windows.

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 mlus f[kM+fd;kas ls iwjs 'kgj dks Hkj fn;kA

He made a whole city full of windows.

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 fiQj gSjYM us viuk iyax cuk;kA

And then Harold made his bed.

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 fiQj mlus jtkbZ cukbZ vkSj mls vks<+dj ysV x;kA

He got in it and he drew up the covers.

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 mldh eksVh isafly tehu ij fxj iM+hA
fiQj gSjYM dks xgjh uhan vk xbZA

The purple crayon dropped on the floor.

And Harold dropped off to sleep.

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