Fairy Tale Pattern-Village by The Sea

Protagonist in a unhappy situation==>Hari's father was addicted to toddy and his mother had fallen ill. As a result, Hari and Lila has to become the surrogate father and surrogate mother to work and to do the household chores and take care of Bela and Kamal.

The situation worsens==>The factory was going to be built up and would take up the space of the farmlands and cause pollution. One of the three Khanekar brothers also demanded that Hari's father return him his money, borrowed by Hari's father to buy toddy. He also poisoned Pinto, their family dog.

Protagonist receives unexpected help, usually of a magical nature==>The watchman at the Seabird, Hira Lal, brought him to Jagu's restaurant to work. He was also offered a job as a watch mender from Mr Panwallah, who owned "Ding Dong Watchworks". He was offered some money to buy a postcard to write on and send it home to his family.

Protagonist is rescued from initial unhappy situation==>Mr Panwallah gives him some money to return home and he finds out that his father was not a drunkard anymore and that his mother had recovered from her illness.