Write a brief story in which children perform an act of bravery
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For 12-year-old Camelia Kathy Kharbyngar, it was just another quiet evening at home in Shillong, Meghalaya on 6 July 2017. She was in her room studying, when she heard her aunt calling from outside. “Fire!” The inferno first started at their neighbour P. Kharmalki’s house and soon spread to theirs. Her parents were away at work at the time.
Camelia, with her brother, Keith at their home in Shillong
Camelia ran while calling out to her brother, who was also inside. “The fire was spreading and he didn’t respond, so I ran in,” she says, recalling the events of that day. Her brother, who is mentally challenged, is five years older than her. “He didn’t know what to do and was scared when the fire spread,” she says. Camelia swung into action and carried her brother out on her shoulders while the fire raged. She laughs when asked if he was too heavy for her. “It was hard, but I managed,” she says. Her only goal was to bring him to safety. “I was afraid but I thought about my brother and ran inside. At the time, I didn’t fear anything,” she explains. The house was gutted within a few minutes.
Camelia, now 14, studies in class nine at Shillong’s Loreto Convent. She loves biology, reading and, like other teenagers, hanging out with friends. For her valiant act, she earned the Bapu Gaidhani National Award for Bravery in 2018. “We are very proud of her,” her mother, T. Kharbyngar, says.