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ISSUE 75
JUNE 16, 2020
W h y d o
P e o p l e s n o r e ?
C a n S k u n k s
d e a l w i t h t h e i r
o w n s m e l l ?
HOW DID AKBAR
MEET BIRBAL?
S T O R Y O F
T H E H E N A N D
T H E L A Z Y F O X

2. So the fox told his mother, “I will be catching
that stupid hen for dinner. You keep a pot on
fire and boil water. When I come back, we will
cook it and have it together.”Saying this, he left
the house.
The fox reached the house of the hen. The hen
came out to gather wooden sticks to light a fire
and left the door open when she went inside.
Slowly and swiftly, the fox entered the house of
the hen. It hid behind the door and waited for
the hen to come in. As soon as the hen came
inside the house, the fox pounced on her,
captured her and put her inside a sack. He then
tied the mouth of the sack and carried it on his
back.
The fox was in such a hurry to run back home
that he didn’t even notice the movements in
the sack. Meanwhile, the hen took out a sharp
knife from her pocket. She made a hole in the
sack and jumped out of it.To avoid arousing the
fox’s suspicion, she immediately put a big rock
into the sack.
The fox reached home happily. “Is the water
boiling, mother? I have caught the hen and we
shall have it for dinner,” the fox said, salivating
with excitement.
“Yes, the water is boiling hot,” replied the fox’s
mother.
Just then, the fox untied his sack and emptied it
into the water. The big rock fell into the water. A
large quantity of hot and boiling water
splashed out of the pot and fell on both the
foxes, killing them instantly.
The hen continued to live peacefully forever.
There was a little hen that lived on the edge of
a forest. She was friendly and active. She lived
alone and did all her work by herself. Every day,
early morning, she would hunt for worms in the
forest, after which she would clean up the
house, cook for herself, eat and sleep
comfortably. In the evenings she would go out
and meet her friends and would come back by
dawn. Overall, she was leading a peaceful and
comfortable life.
In the same colony, there also lived a lazy fox
with his very old mother. The fox was so lazy
that he would hardly go out to hunt. He would
simply get hold of the first animal he came
across and bring it home to eat. One day, the
fox family did not have anything to eat. The fox
was feeling too lazy to go out and was contem-
plating how to arrange for food without
working hard. Suddenly, he thought of the hen.
He wanted to kill the hen and eat her for dinner.
The animals of the colony where the hen and
the fox lived followed a strict rule. It was that
even on being very hungry, you were not
allowed to hunt animals within your own
locality. But it was alright to hunt from other
colonies.
The animals living in that area always followed
the rule very stringently. Earlier, it wasn’t
difficult as the forest was dense and the animals
of the neighborhood found plenty of prey in
the other localities. However, of late it had not
been like that. With the cutting down of the
trees, the animals started disappearing and it
had become more and more difficult to find
prey to hunt.
FOLKTALE
What's For
Dinner?

3. Find the Ten Hidden Objects in the picture
Silly Rhymes
O Grandmother Grundy,
Now what would you say
If the katydids carried
Your glasses away
Carried them off
To the top of the sky
And used them to watch
The eclipses go by?
Grandmother Grundy
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4. Science explorer
What is Gravity?
Have you seen a magnet? Gravity is a bit like it.
Gravity is a force of attraction between two things.
Anything that has mass, also has gravity.
The earth has gravity, which holds everything
close to it. Do you think we have gravity? Yes, we do! Since we have mass, we also have
gravity. However, since it is much weaker compared to the earth’s gravity, we don’t
notice it. The center of gravity is the point at which an object or person can be bal-
anced.
Gravity is influenced by size and nearness. Sir Isaac Newton realized that the same
force governed objects on earth and objects in space. So, he came up with the Law of
Universal Gravitation.
The Earth’s gravitational force accelerates objects when they fall. This is the same for
every object. So whether you drop a car or a pen, they will gain velocity at the same
rate.
Although the gravitational pull of the earth on both objects is different, so is their
mass. So, the effect that we see, or acceleration, is the same. The earth’s pull makes the
objects speed up by 9.8 meters per second, every second.
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5. spot ten differences
4
Engquiry
Why is 'W' Called a Double 'U'?
Questions about the English Language
Double
who?
When you look at the letter 'w', what do you
see? Is it two 'u's together or two 'v's? Why is
the English language so complicated? If the
letter resembles two 'v's, why has it been
named otherwise?
Thereasonforthisgoesbacktothetimeofthe
ancient Romans and their development of
language. The ancient Roman alphabet did
nothavetheletter'w'ortheletter'v'.Theletter,
however, was represented by two 'u's. Eventu-
ally the English language evolved and gave us
the letter 'w'. Though the letter came into
being, it never lost its original name... the
double 'u'! 4

6. Tickle
your
funny
bone
Q: Have you heard the skunk joke?
A: You don't want to; it really stinks!
Q: How do you make a skunk stop smelling?
A: Plug up its nose!
AMUSING NEWS
Have you ever wondered if
skunks can deal with their own
smell? Research has shown that
despite their reputations, skunks
rarely spray other animals. And
even if they do spray another
skunk, they can tolerate it! How-
ever, they don't really enjoy
being sprayed on their eyes or
faces. Who would?
Stinky Skunks
Q: Why are skunks so smart?
A: Because they have a lot of scents!
Q: How many skunks does
it take to make a big stink?
A: A phew!

7. Akbar Birbal
How Akbar Met Birbal
comic story
At last, they came to a junction of three roads. Akbar was very happy as he
thought that now he could reach his capital, Agra through one of these roads.
He was not sure as to which of the three roads led to Agra.
Just then, they saw a young man
coming towards them on one of the
three roads.
Wait up young man! Could you tell
us which road goes to Agra?
Sir, none of these
roads go to Agra.
What
do you
mean?
Everybody was shocked at the
young man’s audacity. Akbar began
to get angry.
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8. Take out a pen and
paper and make as
many words as you can
with the letters in the
wheel.
Fun With
WordS T
N
D
O
E
C
I
U
A
Mahesh Das pointed towards the road going to Agra, and the King headed
on that road. This is how Emperor Akbar met the future Birbal.
The Emperor’s anger vanished on
hearing this clever reply.
People travel,
not roads. Do
they?
Yes, you
are right. Tell
me, what is
your name?
My name is
Mahesh Das, sir! Who
are you and what is
your name? You are talking
to Emperor Akbar! I need
people like you in my court.
Come to meet me with this
ring and I will recognise you
immediately. Now, show us
the way to reach
Agra.

9. Why Do People Snore?
Pondering
Corner
Haveyouheardyourdadmakereallyloudsoundswhenheisdeepinhissleep?Well,this
iswhatwecommonlycallsnoring.Toputitsimply,snoringisthesoundcreatedwhenair
cannot move freely through the nose or the mouth during sleep.
The main cause behind snoring is the narrowing of the airway during sleep.
This narrowing can occur due to two major reasons. The first is a poor sleeping posture
while the other is, the abnormalities of the soft tissues in the throat.
Snoring is nothing but the vibration of the soft palate (the soft part of the roof of the
mouth)asthelungsstraintoinhaleoxygenthroughobstructedairways.Theloudnessis
affected by how much air is passing through and how fast the throat tissue is vibrating.
As of date, there are numerous anti-snoring devices available in the market.
Sadly, many of these painful anti-snoring devices are only known to keep the person
awake instead of asleep minus the snoring.
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10. Sandy was a sweet smelling skunk. His
spray didn't stink the way everyone else's
did. In fact, it was known to smell like
roses. His family couldn't understand why
he didn't reek like his siblings. Skunks
from far and wide would come to smell
this rare skunk. One day...
Complete
the Story...
with Hamlet the Hamster
To know or not to know,
that is the question!
Well, wouldn’t you prefer to know?
fun facts
Facts about Skunks
The oily liquid that skunks produce is used to scare predators and causes no
real damage to its victims.
Skunks spray sparingly as they sometimes need over a week to reload the glands.
A snake bite does not kill skunks — they are immune to snake venom.
Skunks are capable of ejecting their spray up to 15 feet.

11. Help the Skunk
Find the Bush
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12. Jesh Krishna Murthy
Aryaa Naik Dalmiya
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