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Where There Is a Will There is a Way( Moral Story)

Once there was a bird catcher who would catch different kinds of birds. He trained them to sing and talk and then he sold the birds to other people. He wandered from one place to another to catch and sell the birds.
One day he caught a beautiful parrot and put him in a cage. The parrot got so scared and anxious as his freedom was taken away from him.He felt helpless and couldn't understand that what would he do now. His life was completely changed in a few seconds.
Few moments back he was flying freely in the blue sky and now he was in a prison.

The parrot gathered his courage and told himself, '' I should not lose hope, I have to find a way to get out of this cage and become free again.

The bird catcher started giving training of talking and singing to the parrot and the poor one had to learn that because if he would not the cruel man would poke him with stick. Soon the parrot began to talk and sing well.

One day when the bird seller was selling the birds on the street a man came to him and said ,'' Do you have a talking parrot who can sing as well? I want to give that as a gift to my wife."

"Yes sir , of course I have a parrot which can talk and sing beautifully. I am sure your wife will be very happy to have that parrot."
He showed that parrot to the man and said to the parrot, "Come on , you little parrot, sing a song for this gentleman."

"Maybe this is the chance for me to get rid of this cruel bird catcher and to get my freedom back.", thought the little parrot.

He sang a beautiful song in a sweet and melodious voice .The man got so impressed that he bought the parrot for his wife.

He reached home with the parrot and told his wife that he had bought a talking and singing parrot for her. The woman was so happy to get the gift.

The man said sweetly, ''Come on little parrot ,say hello to madam and sing a song for her.'' The parrot said nothing and kept quiet. "Maybe he has got scared , because he is at a new place with new people. We will try later.", said the man.

Next day the man and his wife again spoke to the parrot but he did not say anything. Maybe he will speak after some days. A whole week passed but the parrot did not speak a single word .

Now the woman lost her temper and said to her husband, '' You lied to me, this parrot can't talk , he is dumb.I will not keep this useless bird in my home. She opened the door of the cage and shouted at the little parrot, '' Get out from here! You are good for nothing!''

The parrot came out of the cage and flew away in the sky.

As they say - ''Where there is a will there is a way.''

- Aunt Mary

Five Famous Nursery Rhymes And their Origin

Nursery rhymes are essential and important part of a child's early education and learning. These rhymes are helpful to improve a child's vocabulary skills and they also play an effective role to build a child's power of imagination.
There are some very popular English nursery rhymes which are known worldwide and are being used to teach children in most of the countries. We are familiar with these beautiful rhymes but most of us are unaware of their origin.
So let's know about the origin of some famous and popular nursery rhymes-

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

This well known and very popular English rhyme was written by English poet John Taylor. The title of the poem was The Star. This poem was first published in 1806 in Rhymes for the Nursery.This book was a collection of poems and rhymes by John Taylor and his sister Ann. Only the first stanza of the poem is widely known although the poem has six, four line stanzas.

Mary Had A Little Lamb

  Another very famous and beautiful nursery rhyme that is so popular among children is Mary Had A Little Lamb which is an English rhyme of American origin.The rhyme was published in the year 1830 as an original poem by Sarah Josepha Hale. The poem is inspired by a real incident. A young girl Mary took her pet lamb to school one day at the suggestion of her brother.

Humpty Dumpty

Most of us are familiar with the rhyme Humpty Dumpty. It is one of the best English nursery rhymes we have. It is a traditional rhyme from England .It was published in 1797 for the first time.In this rhyme Humpty Dumpty is portrayed as an egg with human characteristics.

Jack And Jill

Jack and Jill is the all time favorite . This rhyme was written in 18th century in England .It was first published in 1765 and is a traditional nursery rhyme of England which later became famous worldwide. Jack is the most common name used in English.

I am A little Teapot

The well known rhyme I am a little teapot is actually an American song which describes that how a teapot works. It was written by George Harold Sanders and Clarence Z. Kelley and was published for first time in 1839.It is an all time favorite nursery rhyme which is so easy to learn and catchy as well.

So which is your favorite English rhyme among these ?

-Aunt Mary

Our Solar System-Poem

Just like you and just like me,
Sun too has it's own family.

  Solar system it is known as,
   A real big family that sun has.

Sun is the biggest in whole family,
Next to the sun is planet Mercury.

Next is Venus and guess who is third?
None other than our beautiful Earth.

Fourth is Mars and Jupiter next,
It is the planet that's largest.

Uranus comes after Saturn,
In order of distance from our sun.

Neptune is happy with the last place,
At least it has a place in space.

Besides eight planets, moon and comets,
Solar System has many other objects.

The solar family stays together,
Never gets apart from each other.
-Aunt Mary

Explanation- The poem describes the Solar System which is consists of the sun, the eight planets,satellites like the moon and many asteroids,meteors and comets.The sun is the largest among them.In order of their distance from the sun the planets in this system are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn ,Uranus and Neptune. Due to the strong pull of sun's gravity the solar family stays together.

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The Wood cutter and the Lion (Moral Story)

A Long Time ago there lived a woodcutter in a village. The village was near a big jungle. Everyday the woodcutter would go to the jungle to cut wood. His wife would pack some home cooked food for the lunch.

One day when the wood cutter was eating his meal in the jungle , he saw a lion coming there. He got so frightened to see the lion but had no way to get away.
''This is the end of my life'', thought the woodcutter.

But he got surprised when the lion did not attack him and asked,
"What are you eating ? It smells so good."
''God has given me a chance to save my life.'' said the woodcutter to himself and respectfully answered,''O king of jungle my wife cooked this food,I will be very happy if you have it.''
The food looked so tempting that the lion couldn't resist himself from eating it.He enjoyed the tasty meal and said to the woodcutter, '' Your wife is an excellent cook , you are very lucky to be eating such delicious food."
Now woodcutter said ,'' I bring my lunch pack with me daily, why don't you come and join me for lunch everyday?"
"Oh! That's very kind of you. It will be a great pleasure for me.", said the lion.
From the next day the woodcutter and the lion started eating together and they became very good friends. The lion was so happy that he could eat tasty cooked food instead of raw flesh. There was no need for him to search the prey.
Lion's friends, fox and crow got so upset because earlier when the lion used to hunt his prey, they would eat the left over flesh and now when the lion was no more hunting they had to search their own food. They both were so lazy and clever and did not want to make any efforts to get their food.
They went to the lion and said ,'' Sir, why are you not hunting these days ?Where do you go everyday to fill your stomach?"Lion      refused to tell them anything but the fox and crow were cunning animals, they insisted so much and the lion told them everything.

''O our king please take us with you so that we can have a few bites of the tasty food.''
Lion agreed to do so as they both were his friends for a long time.He did not know that his sly friends were planning to kill and eat the woodcutter.
  Next day when the lion went to the woodcutter, he was not alone the fox and the crow were with him too.

The woodcutter was waiting for the lion to come but when he saw the lion was coming with a fox and a crow he climbed up a nearby tree. The lion came and said, ''Why did you climb up to the tree? Why are you getting scared? I am your friend please come down."
"No I will not.", said the woodcutter ''You promised me to come alone and now you have come with these cunning creatures. I am sure that they have misdirected you with their sweet -talks. They must have come with a bad intention I can't trust them. They are clever and they can influence you to kill me. I can't put my life in danger.''
When the lion ,fox and crow went away, the woodcutter came down and went home.
Moral of the story- Always beware of cunning people .

(Panchtantra Story) Retold By- Aunt Mary

FUN FACTS

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1. Do you know that an alligator can not stick it's tongue out ?

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2.Skin is the largest organ in human body.

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3. An adult giraffe's kick is so powerful that it can kill a lion.

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4. A squirrel can climb trees faster than it can run on the ground.

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5. A grasshopper's blood is green in color.

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6.A Tasmanian devil which mainly has black fur turns pinkish red

when it gets angry.

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7.A hippopotamus has a 4 cm thick skin , the skin is so solid that most bullets can not go into it.

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8.The Museum of Dog Collars in UK has a collection of dog collars.

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Hall of Fame Museum of Texas, USA has and other insects dressed as famous people.

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10. In Bhutan ,archery competitors jump in front of the targets to distract each other.

That's all for today

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DOLPHINS: Know All The Facts About Dolphins

Dolphins are smaller, toothed whales which mostly live in salt water oceans but some Dolphins live in rivers too .There are two types of Dolphins - Oceanic Dolphins and River Dolphins.The word dolphin means the fish with womb , it originally comes from an ancient Greek word . Dolphins are mammals and they belong to the order Cetacea and are considered very wise intelligent and friendly.

Dolphins breathe air with their nose which is on the top of their head. They have soft and smooth skin with no scales. Dolphins are very social animals and they help each other to fight with their enemies like sharks and other predators. They swim in large group or herd. The large group of dolphins is called a pod or school.They communicate with each other by whistling and clicking.

They find their prey by Echolocation , in this way, they make sound waves to locate objects around them. Dolphins usually eat fishes and squids.

The male dolphins take care of their young ones (calves) when the mother dolphin has to leave the babies in order to search the food.The male dolphins are called bulls and the female dolphins are called cows.

One very interesting fact about the dolphins is that they have two sides of the brain and when they sleep only one side of their brain sleeps while they keep the one side of brain awake. They also keep their one eye open while sleeping to watch out for their enemies. Sharks are dolphins' biggest enemies, they always are afraid of sharks.

A dolphin's brain is quite similar to a human's brain. They have very good eyesight too . They can see colors , they can see things in dark and they are able to see an object in the water. Dolphins have an amazing hearing power , they can hear a sound under water.

Bottle nose dolphin (in the image above) is the most common and popular dolphin in the world.

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THE WATER CYCLE-Poem

Water Of the ocean
Lake and river,
Heated by the sun
And turns into vapor,
Vapor goes high
In the sky...

Comes together
and makes cloud there.
Then in the cloud....
Vapor cools down
And after cooling down
Again becomes water.
The water falls down,
And back to earth again
In the form of snow,
Sleet or rain.
In this way
The water moves on,
Water cycle goes
On and on.
- Aunt Mary

King Matthias And The Shepherd ( Hungarian Folktale)

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One fine day the king of Prussia along with his daughter visited his good friend king Matthias, the Hungarian king. King matthias warmly welcomed them.
''Is that right that you have a sheep which has fleece of gold?'' Prussian king asked king Matthias .

''Yes my friend,that's true. I have a sheep with fleece of gold, and let me tell you one more interesting thing that the shepherd who takes care of that sheep never tells a lie''Said Matthias.
"What if I make your shepherd lie ?''Prussian king asked with a smile on his face.

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''Oh! I see..then I will give you the half of my country, I know that the my shepherd will never lie.'' said king Matthias to his friend.

''If I will not succeed in making him lie , I will give you the half of Prussia.'', said the king of Prussia. Both the king agreed on that.

Next day the Prussian king went to the Shepherd and said to him, '' I will give you six horses if you give the sheep with fleece of gold to me.''

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''Sorry I can't give it to you it is the property of my king.'', answered the young shepherd.

''Will you give it to me in return of ten horses?'', The king of Prussia tried again.
''Sorry, no question of that.'' , said the honest man.
Disappointed king went back to his home and told his daughter about the shepherd. ''Don't worry father I will do this for you.'', the princess said to the king.
She went to the shepherd and said t "Will you exchange the sheep with fleece of gold with a bag full of gold ?"No I will not do that'', said the young man. The princess insisted again and again.

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The shepherd said ''I will give it to you if you promise to be my wife.''
''Alright, but I need only the fleece not the sheep.'' Princess agreed.
She took the fleece and went back to her father and told him everything. King became very happy and hugged his daughter. ''I am sure now the shepherd will lie to Matthias about the fleece of gold.'' He said .
But he was wrong, next day the young shepherd went to the king Matthias and told him the truth in the presence of Prussian king and his daughter.
''Hmmm ... so you didn't lie to me '' , said king Matthias , "You proved me right in front of my friend''. King Matthias told him about the bet between him and his friend.
''I am very happy with you and I am giving you my half of Prussia'' said king Matthias.
''And my daughter is your's now , you are such a good and honest man and I am sure you will keep her happy.''The Prussian king gave his daughter's hand into young man's hand. Everyone was so happy. The young shepherd was now the king of Prussia.
Hungarian folktale retold by -Aunt Mary

Facts: Honey Bee

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     1. Honey bees are found on all the continents except Antarctica.

2. There are about 20000 species of honeybees in the world.

3.Honey bees have five eyes and they can see ultra violet light.

4. They have six legs and two pairs of wings.

5.The study of honey bees is known as Apiology.

6. Keeping bees to make honey is called beekeeping or    apiculture.

7. Honey bees may sting if they get confused, angry or scared.

8.Some people are allergic to bee stings and they can even die from them.

9.Some bees live in organized groups called colonies.The home of
a bee colony is called hive.

10. In cold winters honey bees stop flying when the temperature drops below 10 degree C.

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Lord Bao And The Stone (Chinese Folktale)

Hundreds of years ago a man lived in south China . He was a government official. He was so honest and fair , people loved him and they called him "Lord Bao".
One day during his routine visit to a town Lord Bao found a little boy who was crying badly.

''Why are you crying my child'' ? Kind hearted Lord Bao asked the young boy.
''Sir, I use to sell oil to earn my livings. I have lost all my money."
''How ?", asked Lord Bao.
"In the afternoon I felt tired , I put my the money next to me and put my head on this stone and fell asleep'' the boy said pointing towards a stone.
''When I got up I found out that my money wasn't here.'',he added.

''Oh! So the stone has stolen your money, it is the thief.'' ,said Lord Bao. He lifted the stone with his hands and screamed,''Where is the money of this little boy , give it back! ' People who heard him shouting laughed and whispered in each others ears, '' How can a stone steal the money? Lord Bao has gone crazy."

''How dare you people call me crazy? Now each one of you will pay fine of one cent.'' Lord Bao ordered one of his men to collect the coins in a bag.

While the people were putting their coins in the bag , Lord Bao was checking every coin by himself.
"He is the thief , catch him!", suddenly Lord Bao pointed his finger towards a man and shouted.

"But how can be you so sure that he is the thief ?", Someone questioned Lord Bao.
''See! the coin has oil on it and the boy is an oil seller, he must be having oil on his hands therefore there is oil on the coins too. This is little boy's coin.'' , said Lord Bao.
All the people gathered around the man..... he got scared and took out all the boy's money which he had stolen.

Bao returned all the collected coins. The little boy got his money back and thanked Lord Bao. People praised Bao for his intelligence.

Chinese Folktale
Retold by - Aunt Mary

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Where There Is a Will There is a Way( Moral Story)

Five Famous Nursery Rhymes And their Origin

Our Solar System-Poem

The Wood cutter and the Lion (Moral Story)

FUN FACTS

DOLPHINS: Know All The Facts About Dolphins

THE WATER CYCLE-Poem

King Matthias And The Shepherd ( Hungarian Folktale)

Facts: Honey Bee

Lord Bao And The Stone (Chinese Folktale)