<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>School Absence on Pitara Kids Network</title><link>https://www.pitara.com/tags/school-absence/</link><description>Recent content in School Absence on Pitara Kids Network</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.pitara.com/tags/school-absence/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>The Holiday</title><link>https://www.pitara.com/fiction-for-kids/stories-for-kids/the-holiday/</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2002 22:29:58 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://www.pitara.com/fiction-for-kids/stories-for-kids/the-holiday/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Hooty owl was puzzled. No one had come to the jungle school. &amp;ldquo;Maybe the little ones are late,&amp;rdquo; thought the teacher. &amp;ldquo;I&amp;rsquo;ll wait for a little while longer.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hooty owl did not know that her students had decided to miss school. They had started out for school but then changed their minds.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;I am NOT going to school. I hate it,&amp;rdquo; said Squeaky squirrel.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;I&amp;rsquo;m feeling lazy and so I&amp;rsquo;m NOT going to school,&amp;rdquo; said Hoppy rabbit .&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>