Cartoon characters cheer up new pupils


There, there: Teachers dressed as cartoon characters consoling Mohd Farish on his first day at SK Seri Relau in Bayan Lepas. — MUSTAFA AHMAD/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: Teary-eyed Muhammad Farish Haikal Mohd Hafiq, seven, had a surprise when the first schoolteachers he met turned out to be “cartoon characters”.

The Year One pupil at SK Seri Relau in Bayan Lepas was consoled by Snow White, a big lion and even Anna of Arendelle from the animated movie Frozen.

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