The document features a variety of children's stories and activities, including a folktale about a baby elephant, facts about meerkats, and a comic story about Emperor Akbar and Birbal. It describes an adventure to an ice cave in Russia and presents amusing news about a friendship between a cat and a meerkat. Additionally, there are jokes and questions designed to engage young readers, and the publication is aimed at providing entertainment and learning for children.

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ISSUE 67
JUNE 8, 2020
S A M V I S I T S
A N I C E C A V E
B I R B A L A N D
A K B A R ' S R I N G
C O O L F A C T S
A B O U T
M E E R K AT S
M E E R K AT A N D
C AT B E C O M E
B E S T F R I E N D S

2. FOLKTALE
The Elephant's Nose
down hurriedly. Suddenly it blinked and opened its
mouth.
The elephant looked at the creature and asked him
innocently,“Have you ever seen a crocodile here?
I have been searching for one for a very long time.”
“Then I must say you are lucky, I am the one you
were looking for,”said the crocodile.
The baby elephant jumped with excitement!“Then
can you tell me what do you have for dinner?”
asked the elephant excitedly.
The crocodile splashed its tail in the mud filled
water and said, “I will definitely tell you, but only if
you come closer.” The baby elephant was excited
and brought his ears closer to the crocodile.
At once the crocodile leaped and caught the nose
of the elephant with a strong grip.
The baby elephant was scared. He tried pulling his
nose back, but the crocodile wouldn’t let go.They
both started pulling from both sides, and the
elephant’s nose kept stretching and stretching.
Finally the crocodile gave up and swiftly went into
the water.
The baby elephant fell back with a jerk. He was
tired and sat down on the bank. Suddenly, he
noticed that his nose was longer than before. He
realised that it had kept growing longer as the
crocodile was pulling it.
The elephant was in pain. He waited for his nose to
shrink by wrapping it up in banana leaves.
However, it never shrank. Since that day, the
elephant’s nose remained like that - very long.
Many years ago, the elephant’s nose was not as
long as it is now. It was merely the size of a boot,
which the elephant could twist from side to side.
But an elephant’s baby changed it forever.
The baby elephant was extremely inquisitive and
curious and always had a question for everyone.
He asked the giraffe, “Why do you have spots all
over your body?”
And to the ostrich he said, “Why do your tail
feathers grow like that?”
He also asked the hippo why its eyes were so red
and to the baboon he asked why melons tasted the
way they did.
One day, he was getting very curious and asked
what the crocodile eats for dinner.
“Hushhhh, be quiet,” said all the animals with
fear. But the baby elephant was not going to keep
quiet. He kept asking he same question to
everyone he met.
One day, he came across the Kolokolo bird and she
told him where he could find an answer.
“You will find your answer in the green, grey and
greasy Limpopo River,”she said.
The baby elephant started his journey, with his
back laden with a lot of sugarcane, melons and
bananas.
After a very long and tiring journey, he finally
reached the river.
He was walking along the edge of the river, when
he suddenly stepped on something that looked
like a log of wood. But that something started
moving its tail and the baby elephant stepped

3. Find ten hidden objects
Silly Rhymes
A tortoise sat on a slippery limb
And played his pinky pang
For a dog-fish friend that called on him,
And this is what he sang:
“Oh, the skies are blue,
And I wait for you
To come where the willows hang,
And dance all night
By the white moonlight
To my pinky, pinky, pang!”
Pinky, Pinky, Pang
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4. Sam Visits the Ice Cave in the Mutnovsky Volcano
Discover a new place
I am at the ice cave in the Mutnovsky Volcano in Russia. This place is amazing and none
of this is man-made! The cave itself was carved from the glacier by an underground hot
water spring flowing beneath the glacier. The walls are thus made up of highly com-
pacted snow, which is what gives it its unique appearance. The multicolored lights are
a result of the sunlight being filtered through the glaciers on the ceiling. That’s what
gives the cave walls a stained glass look.
The cave is half a mile long and was discovered accidentally by a Ms. Balentsova and
her local guide Denis Budkov, during an expedition in 2012 near the Kamchatka Penin-
sula. The Kamchatka Peninsula, in the far east of Russia, is known to be a region of
exceptional natural beauty with its large symmetrical volcanoes, lakes, wild rivers and
a spectacular coastline. I hear that up until 1990, the area was off limits to foreigners.
The locals here tell me that the photographer who discovered it was really lucky. Most
of the time, the area is covered with snow, and the place where the cave was found is
off the usual track. Thanks to the mix of an unusually hot summer, and the observant
photographer and her guide, who noticed the spring underneath the glacier and fol-
lowed it to the cave, we can now see the magical caves, whenever the snow melts
enough to allow passage into the cave. Which, they tell me, is not very often – proba-
bly the reason why everything around here looks to be in pristine condition! Boy do I
feel lucky to have seen this magical place!

5. Tickle
your
funny
bone
Q: What do you get when you
cross money with a meerkat?
A: A Cashmere Cat
AMUSING NEWS
A cat and a meerkat have
become fast friends! Two ani-
mals, who would have never
become friends in the wild,
spend their days cuddling and
playing with each other! Talk
about unlikely friends!
Unlikely Duo
Q: What do you call a meerkat
with a carrot in each ear?
A: Anything you want
as he can't hear you!
Q: What's more amazing
than a talking meerkat?
A: A spelling bee!

6. Akbar Birbal
Birbal and Akbar's Ring
comic story
It so happened that once, Emperor Akbar
misplaced his ring somewhere.
When Birbal arrived in the court,
Akbar told him…
I have lost my
ring. It was very
dear to me as my
father had given it
to me as a gift.
Please help me
find it!
You need not
worry, Jahanpanah!
I will find your ring
right away.
Your Majesty,
the ring is here in this
court itself. It is with
one of our courtiers.
The courtier who has a
straw in his beard has
your ring.
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7. spot ten differences
The courtier who had filched
the Emperor’s ring was
shocked and immediately
moved his hand over his
beard. Birbal was waiting
for this reaction from
one of the courtiers.
He immediately pointed towards that particular courtier and
ordered the royal guards to search him. The guards frisked the
courtier and found the Emperor’s ring lying in the pocket of his
achkan.
Akbar was pleasantly surprised at another wonderful example of Birbal’s wit.
Birbal, tell
me how were you
able to find the
culprit?
Your Majesty,
I just shot an arrow
in the dark. As they rightly
say that a guilty person is
always scared, the real culprit
revealed himself by moving
his hand over his beard.

8. 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 Meerkats
The meerkat, also called a suricate, is a mammal in the
mongoose family and is the only member of the mongoose
family that doesn't have a bushy tail.
A clan of meerkats will always have one "sentry" on guard to
watch out for predators while the others forage for food.
If the meerkat on guard spots danger, it barks loudly or
whistles in different ways.
The meerkats were deep in sleep, burrowed
in holes below the earth. All was silent and
everyone felt safe and peaceful. Suddenly,
there was a loud, panicked whistle and all the
meerkats woke up with a start. Danger was
near and they had to run for their lives!
Complete
the Story...

9. Help the Elephant
Find the cupcake
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