I Wish I could read English Classics....Harry Potter and so many more....

In a local cancer hospital , our volunteer got one 14 year old boy Sandeep ( Name Changed), who was suffering from Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. They start speaking with him for a couple of days; he was very shy, polite and mature kind of boy. His mother earlier working in a private company has a clerk, now due to his health left the job and become housewife. His father working in HAL (Hindustan Aeronautics Limited).

Sandeep is always smiling and very active boy, his favorite hobbies was to reading, playing and fun with too many friends. On Sunday and other general holidays this child and his friends play indoor games chess, carom and outdoor games football and cricket. He loves to read classical story books and novels written by any authors. He already read so many books such as ‘The Solomonite’ ‘The Arabian Knights’, ‘40 Thieves’, ‘Harry Potter Part 1’ and some other story books in kannada. In hospital library, he becomes a member and everyday took some books and read those books with his mother in pediatric ward. In this way he spends his time through reading and playing with his co-patients in the ward.

He having one pet dog in his home namely Tony and if he was at home, he spends most of his time with his pet dog. He loves to have new dishes prepared by his mother along with his friends on holidays. He loves to watch Rajanikanth Tamil movies and Kannada Idol Dr.Rajkumar’s movies.

While speaking with him, he told us he wishes to have classical novels and Harry Potter books. So, we got a set of various classics of English literature and also the next Harry Potter book for him. We gifted him, The Great Adventures of Sherlock Homes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,Great Expectations by Charles Dickens,Peter Pan by J.M.Barrie,Around The World In Eighty Days by Jules Verne,The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain,Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson,Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire by J K Rowling.
On the chosen day 3rd April 2008, we fulfilled his wish to have classical books, as soon as he saw the classical books there is no limit for happiness and enjoyment. Infact he read a page of Harry Potter and the Goblet of fire and thanked all Make A Wish volunteers for fulfilling his wish to have classical novel books. He told us to come to pediatric ward frequently for see him and other kids in the ward.