TIME AND TIDE WAIT FOR NONE (Moral Story)

                                                   
In a beautiful place, there lived a shawl- weaver with his two sons. He weaved shawls and sold them in the market. He made lovely patterns on shawls and he taught the art of shawl weaving very well to both his sons. 
Time passed by ..... the weaver grew older and weaker.
One day he called his two sons and said to them, '' My dear children, now I have become old and weak  and as you know every one has to leave his loved ones one day and I am no exception, but before that I want to give the equal shares of  my savings to both of you and with the help of this money you can start the work of weaving to earn a living after my death.
     On one sad day of winter the weaver passed away.

                                            
It was a great loss for both young men but they had to recover from the sorrow to move on in their lives.

 The elder brother said to his younger brother '' Now we should concentrate on our work, summer is coming and a lot of tourists come to visit our valley in this season , it will be a good chance for us to earn some good amount of money by selling shawls to them.''
The younger brother who  was a careless and lazy kind of guy , said, '' There are months for tourist season to come , I will do it later.''
The elder brother decided to start the work of weaving , he bought some fine wool and started making shawls.

                                                                                            

 He told his younger brother, '' Little brother, I have begun my work you should start weaving too, so that we can make some good shawls before the tourist season.''
''I told you , I will do it later , now leave me alone.'', said the younger brother and went to enjoy the company of his friends.
Elder brother did not forget his duty... after some time he again reminded his sibling, '' Bro you haven't started yet , it is a short time left for summer to arrive you should hurry up.'' But got disappointed to get the same answer.

                                                   
 Days flew away like wind, winter gave way to spring ......... Ah.. the summer was too close.
  Now the younger brother  rushed to the market, bought the wool and started  weaving, but it was too late. How could he make some fine shawls like his brother in such a short period of time? The

quality of his shawls was poor and they were not not good- looking at all.

On the other hand the elder one was ready to sell his beautiful shawls.

The Tourist season came...... at the market , everyone was keen to buy the beautiful shawls of elder brother and was ready to pay  the desired prize but nobody was interested in taking the shawls made by younger brother.

He realized his fault but  nothing could be done now.  

He did not listen to his elder brother, he wasted the time and the money of his share. Sadly.. the upcoming days were going to be very difficult for him.

As the old saying goes''Time and Tide wait for none.''

                                                                          -Aunt Mary 

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SAVE WATER TO SAVE LIFE(Article)

                                                            

                        " No water , no life. No blue , no green ."
                                                                             -Sylvia Earle
Yes, that's right. Everything,everyone in fact the whole world cannot survive without water. Plants need water , animals need water,  human beings need water to live and survive. Water is the most important resource of nature that is required to ensure our survival. Life can not exist without water.

                                                        
We need water every day and every time. From drinking to cooking food from bathing to cleaning we use water all the time. Water is also essential for agriculture , for running industries and for transportation.
An average person can stay alive for many days without food but without water it is impossible to live for more than one or two days. 

                                                   
About 75% of planet earth is water and that is the reason of existence of life on earth. If there will be no water on earth it will become a dead planet like mars which has no life.
As the population of world is increasing the usage of water is increasing too day by day . Because of growing population and pollution  people of almost every part of the world are facing the problem of clean water shortage.Conservation of fresh and clean water is one of the biggest needs of today. We must have to protect and save water if we want to save life on the earth.
                                                

                                                       
We can contribute to conserve the clean water by making some small efforts. These small efforts made by us can save lots of water.  
  Here are some easy water saving tips by which we can save water   at our  homes -

                                      
              1. Keep the tap closed while you brush your teeth,by 
                  doing this we can save 6 liters of water every minute.                                                        

                                         

                    2. If you find a dripping tap in your home immediately fix                      it, it will help to save 15 liters of water a day.
                                        

                                          
         3. Always use a watering pot instead of water pipe for 
             watering the plants a water pipe uses 540 liters of water                    per hour. 
                                       

                                                            
        4. Plug the sink or get a tub to wash dishes in so you don't                     need to let the water run.
                                       

                                         
         5. Turn off the tap when you are scrubbing your face                             while washing the face.
                                      

                                                     
       6. We can save many liters of water by taking shorter shower.
                                      

     7. Wash only full loads in the washing machine,washing small             loads needs double amount of water.                                 
                                              

                                              
       8. You can wipe your glass widows with a wet cloth rather than             washing it .       
                                        

                                                      
       9. We can use the rinse water from the washing machine for                 mopping the floor.
                                   

                                    
    10. Wash the vegetables and meat in a container instead by                     using running water.
                                         
         You can do our bit to save water by following these water                  saving tips. So save water to save life.
     
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LET'S GO HOME(Poem)

                                                 Sun is setting down... 
                                        In our town,
                                        It's saying good bye...
                                        To rosy red sky,
                                        End of the day, 
                                        Night coming this way,      
                                        Let's wind up the game...
                                        It's time to go to home.
                                                                             - Aunt Mary
                                             

'' Man is the cruelest animal''

Once a prince went to jungle for hunting. He searched and wanderd all day but couldn't find any animal as his prey. Prince got tired and sat under a tree to take some rest.
While the prince was resting he saw a big tiger coming and the frightened prince climbed up the tree. 

There was a bear sitting on the tree . The prince got scared to see the bear.
The bear said to the prince,'' Please do not get afraid of me, I will not harm you. 
Prince had to believe the bear because there was a tiger under the tree and he could not go down. 

Prince was tired,he fell asleep. The kind hearted bear gave him a support in order to save him from falling down. 
Now the hungry tiger said to the bear,'' If you throw him down I will eat him and will let you go.''

"No I will not throw him down, I gave him my word that I will not hurt him and I have to keep that."
When the prince woke up , bear said to him ,'' O prince, now I need to rest, can I sleep for some time?''
''Yes, you can sleep... I will keep an eye on the tiger. '', said the Prince  to the bear. The bear fell asleep.

Now the tiger took the advantage of the moment and he misled the prince '' If you will throw the bear down I will not hurt you and will let you go from here."

The selfish prince agreed to do so without even thinking that how the bear helped him and kept his promise.
 He tried to push the bear but bear got alert and he saved himself from falling down.
He cursed the prince for his cruel act and said, '' You human beings are not trustworthy you are so cruel and ungrateful.''
 ''We are animals but we are better than you humans.'' 
                                                               (Panchtantra story)                                                                                        Re-told by-Aunt Mary 


                                                                                     

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Interesting facts

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1.The longest English word without a vowel is ''twyndyllyngs'' which means twins.
                              

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2. Eskimos have hundreds of words for snow but none for'' hello ''.

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3. In Japan 'yaeba' or 'crooked' teeth are considered beautiful and 

hundreds of Japanese girls undergo procedures to get crooked teeth.

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4.Pearls melt in vinegar.

5. You share your birthday with at least nine million people of the world .

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6. The eldest children in the family tend to develop higher IQs than their siblings.

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7.The lighter was invented before the match.

8. A left- handed person lives 7 years less than a right- handed person.

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9. All babies are color blind when they are born.

10. A flamingo can eat only when its head is upside down. 

                                                           

                                                                                -Aunt Mary

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The Miser Old Woman ( Indian Folktale)

                                                                                

Once upon a time an old woman lived in a village. She was  wealthy but was very clever and miser. She lived alone in an old hut and never allowed anyone to enter her hut. Though she was getting weaker day by day due to old age but did not have any servant or other helping hand and used to do all the household work by herself.
She had only one thing in her mind.....
'' If I allow someone to enter my house the person will steal away  all my money and I will get poor.'' 
                                             

One day a young man from other village came to the old woman's village and he heard about that woman from the villagers.
The young man thought that how good it would be for him if he succeeded in getting a good share of the old woman's wealth by any means.
Next day he went to old woman's house and knocked the door .
''Who is there'' ? ,asked the woman. 
''I am a relative of yours" ,the young man replied.
 ''Why have you come here?'' ,old woman asked again .
 I heard that you are living alone and it is not good for you to live alone in this old age so I decided to stay here and  look after you.
The woman did not allow him to come in but he started to live in the compound of the house.
Many days passed like that and one day the old woman got sick and she called the young man in the house as she had no one else to look after her.
The young man served the woman like her own child, she became so pleased with him that she allowed him to stay with her.
After some time the illness of the woman worsened.

                                             
Now she knew that she was going to die soon , she called the young man and said to him, '' Son, I want to tell you my last wish , that when my body will be placed on the pyre please burn my pillow with my body."
Two days later, the woman died. The young man did exactly what the  woman had asked him to do. He burnt the huge pillow with her.
After completing the funeral and rituals he rushed to the old woman's hut and started searching madly for the money.
He searched here, 
he searched there,
he searched everywhere.
But the young man didn't find a single penny.
So where was the money? Well, it was in the pillow which was burnt with the old woman.
 Ah ! all the efforts of the young man failed.
                                                                      Indian folktale
                                                                      Re-told by-Aunt Mary

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Humbleness ( Poem)

                         
                          ''It is believed that humbleness....
                          is a sign of wisdom and greatness..
                          and a person with lack of humility..
                          is just an example of absurdity..
                         better for us to be a wise one,
                         rather than being a foolish person.''

                                                     -Aunt Mary