Do you ever feel that time goes by faster when you're having fun? Find out why that happens, in issue 17 of Mocomi TimePass Magazine. Every issue has something fun for everyone! In each magazine you will find folktales, trivia, puzzles, health tips, jokes and much more!

2. One day, Tenali Raman and his wife were on
their way to Hampi. They stopped at a village
on the way to rest and drink water and found
the entire village had gathered to watch a
weightlifter who was putting on a
performance. With his big arms and bulging
muscles, he picked up a 200 kg bag of rice with
ease.
Tenali was very impressed and exclaimed, “You
are very strong! Look how easily you lifted that
bag! But I can hold up something heavier! I will
carry this hill on my bare shoulders!”
“How long did it take you to prepare?”, Tenali
asked the weightlifter.
To which he replied,“3 months of hard work!”
“Since I will be carrying a heavier weight, I will
need 6 months to prepare!”, proclaimed Tenali.
“And to help me prepare, I will need a
comfortable place to stay, nourishing food to
eat and daily massages!”
Eager to see Tenali perform this feat, the
villagers agreed to host him and his wife. Each
day, he was being brought food and given
massages. Tenali and his wife spent 6 months
living in luxury while being waited on hand and
foot.
When the day finally arrived, the entire village
gathered at the base of the hill, waiting to see
what Tenali would do. Tenali stood next to the
village chief and said,“Well, give it to me, then?”
“Give you what?”, the chief asked, looking
confused.“You are supposed to pick up the hill!”
“I never said I would pick up the hill, I said I
would carry it on my shoulders. Do you not
have someone who can pick it up and place it
on my shoulders?”
The village chief began to laugh as he realized
what Tenali had done. “I bow down to you and
your intelligence. A man of your wit and
acumen should not be asked to carry such a
lowly hill!”
FOLKTALE
Tenali Raman and the Weightlifter

3. FIND THE HIDDEN OBJECTS
Why Do Snakes Shed Their Skins?
As mammals, snakes are also born tiny and then they grow or mature. As they grow the
skin which covers them becomes tight and gets stretched. It reaches a point where the
skin cannot accommodate the growing snake anymore and thus the skin comes off or
sheds. It is just like a small child getting out of his/her tight clothes.
The new skin that comes on the
snake is just like the old one and
has the same design or patterns.
Shedding of snake skin depends
on the species of snakes. On an
average a snake sheds its skin two
to four times a year. Young snakes
grow very rapidly, thus shedding
their skin more often; almost
every two weeks.

4. Your eyes
say a
lot!
CASA & ASA
Discoveries and Inventions
What is gold?
Gold, a shiny metal is also known as a noble metal. It has been revered since time immemorial to be fit for
kings and rightly so!
It is one of the most ductile and malleable metals and substances known to man. It is also resistant to
tarnishing and maintains its original structure even under the most severe chemical stress.
Who discovered gold?
According to ancient Greek legends, there is proof that gold existed and was known to the Greeks of the
Chalcolithic (5000 BC) period, also known as the early Bronze Age. They had even devised methods of
refining and extracting gold from ores, including a smelting process called‘Fire Sitting’. Later Greek geog-
rapher Strabo (64 BC – 24 AD) makes a mention of this in his works.
The early Romans from around the same time period, also had a fascination for gold and infact expanded
their empire and improvised on physics to make a hydraulic gold mining machine.
The ancient Egyptians also have records of their gold mining sites in Nubia in the Turin Papyrus Map, one
of the oldest topographical maps discovered.
The oldest known gold objects were discovered by chance, by a Bulgarian excavator operator, Raycho
Marinov, in 1972. The ancient burial site, Varna Necropolis, dates back to 4560–4450 BC, according to
carbon dating conducted in 2006.
What
are you doing
Casa?
I’m
looking for
gold Asa

5. spot ten differences

6. Two headed snakes
Early civilisations first divided the day based on light and
dark. They constructed sun dials to calculate the movement
of the sun and hence time. As thinking and understanding
progressed, days were divided into hours and minutes and
seconds.
But do you think, how time sometimes goes by really fast or
really slow? And how you cannot measure it in hours or
minutes?
So, does time move at different speeds?
Time always moves one second per second. It moving slow
or fast depends on how your brain experiences it.
Time or your experience of it slows down when you
encounter a boring moment. When you are not doing
anything in particular, boredom draws your attention to
time and gives you the feeling of time slowing down.
Time tends to fly when you are experiencing fun moments
and do not think about time or pay any attention to it. The
amount of time you have spent might be the same as a
boring moment you’ve had earlier but you have so much
fun that you do not realise how time passed by.
PONDERING
CORNER
Why Does Time Seem to
Pass at Different Speeds?

7. Tickle
your
funny
bone
AMUSING NEWS
Q:What is snake's
favorite subject?
A: Hiss-tory!
Q:What snakes are
found on cars?
A:Windshield vipers!
Q:What do you call
a snake who works
for the government?
A: A civil serpent!

8. a comic story
The Bayeux Tapestry
sir-dig-a lot
“I can’t even pronounce this chapter
of history!” Rohan complained to Sir
Dig-a-Lot.
Sir Dig-a-Lot said, “Let me tell you
about the Bayeux tapestry. Bayeux is
a place in France and the tapestry is
kept there.”
“All that is fine. What is a tapestry?”
asked Rohan.
The Bayeux tapestry is nothing like a normal tapestry. The weaving is done
using wool on bleached linen stuck together to form a canvas. The
pictures on the tapestry tell the tale of William the Conqueror’s invasion
of England, in 1066. The tapestry was probably made in the 1070s.”
“What does the tapestry show?” asked Rohan.
Harold fights bravely and then
returns to England. Edward is
shown on his deathbed and Harold
is made the king of England.
After this, William is shown preparing for an invasion, as Harold is a
threat to him. William’s fleet lands in England, and a fierce battle starts.
Harold is killed and William is crowned king. This is where the tapestry
ends.”
Sir Dig-a-Lot continued, “The pictures first show King of England, Edward
the Confessor with Earl Harold Godwinson. Harold is then shown setting
sail to Normandy, a part of France and meeting with William, Duke of
Normandy. The Duke takes Harold with him on a battle against Brittany,
another part of France.
Sir Dig-a-Lot said, “It is a piece of a fabric which has designs formed
by weaving coloured threads. The threads used are mostly made of
silk and making a tapestry requires immense precision.

9. When Neil Armstrong took his first
steps onto the moon, he felt amazing
and excited to know what he was
going to discover when he stepped
out of the space shuttle. After he
finished with collecting samples
from the moon and started to head
back towards the space shuttle, he
spotted something out of the corner
of his eye. Somehting that had
started to move!
Complete
the
Story...
To know or not to know,
that is the question!
Well, wouldn’t you prefer to know?
with Hamlet the Hamster
fun facts
Facts About Cobras
The cobra is found more in hot tropical climates like
those in the Philippines, Southern Asia and Africa.
The largest cobras found are the King Cobra.
They generally have a life span of 20 years.
The King cobra preys on lizards, birds, rodents and even
on other snakes. Baby cobras themselves have a length
of 18-22 inches.
The smallest cobras are the Mozambique spitting
cobras.
Cobras have excellent night vision and detect their
prey with their keen sense of smell.
Their metabolism is so slow that they need to eat every
couple of months.

10. Eight snakes are totally mixed up together.
Help them resolve the mess by connecting numbers (1-8) and letters (A-H) of individual snakes.

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