https://www.pitara.com/tags/shyness/Recent content in Shyness on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530https://www.pitara.com/fiction-for-kids/stories-for-kids/a-free-bird/Thu, 19 Apr 2001 04:08:27 +0000https://www.pitara.com/fiction-for-kids/stories-for-kids/a-free-bird/<figure class="image-medium has-caption"> <a href="https://www.pitara.com/media/story-95_1.gif" aria-label="Link to larger image"> <img src="https://www.pitara.com/media/story-95_1_hu_7e9779696f4b9bef.gif" srcset="https://www.pitara.com/media/story-95_1_hu_66d188efd3f5601f.gif 320w, https://www.pitara.com/media/story-95_1_hu_7e9779696f4b9bef.gif 900w" sizes="(min-width: 900px) 900px, 320px" alt="A Free Bird [Illustrations by Kusum Chamoli]" height="846" width="900" loading="lazy"> </a> <figcaption>A Free Bird [Illustrations by Kusum Chamoli]</figcaption> </figure> <p>Everybody in his family called him &lsquo;shy baby&rsquo; — not &lsquo;cry baby&rsquo; to be sure, but shy baby. Young Somu was shy, but not just a little shy. Somu was very, very shy. When guests came to his house for tea or dinner and asked him his name, Somu would dig his chin into his neck and close his eyes and after a few minutes he would run out of the room. His parents always felt embarrassed about his behaviour and every time after the guests left the house Somu would end up getting a sound scolding.</p>