Photosynthesis (Poem)

                                                       
   
                                                          Plants need food,
                                    plants eat food,
                                    they make this..
                                    with photosynthesis!
                                    A process that needs..
                                    sunlight and water,
                                    and carbon dioxide..
                                    from the air!
                                   In this process,
                                   the living plants cells,
                                   with chlorophyll inside,
                                   turn carbon dioxide...
                                   into starch and sugar..
                                   with the help of water.
                                   The process takes place...
                                   in the presence of sunlight,
                                   the plants get food,
                                   and stay alright.
                                                           -Aunt Mary
                                         

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Greed is a Curse (Moral Story)

                               
Once upon a time in a village there lived a poor man with his wife. They kept some hens as pets and sold their eggs to earn their living. 
One day the man was returning home from the market and on the way he saw a goose wandering here and there, it looked like she had lost her way.
''How healthy and beautiful goose is this! It will be good for us if I take it home with me'', thought the man.  He caught the goose and took her home along with him. His wife became so glad to see the goose. 
''We have only hens as pets, now we have a goose too! So we can sell the goose eggs also. I am sure we can make some  good  money by selling the eggs''  Said the woman happily to her husband. 

Next morning when the man and his wife went in the backyard to collect the eggs, they were amazed to see that ''the goose had laid a golden egg.'' 

''Oh! this goose is not an ordinary goose! It is the golden goose because It laid a golden egg!'' They got so happy.The man sold the egg in the market and got a good amount of money. 

The goose laid a golden egg everyday and the man and his wife earned a lot of money by selling the golden eggs in the market.
They were no more poor and were living a very happy and good life because of that goose. 
But as they say ''Much wants more'' 
The man was not satisfied with what he had, he became greedy and wanted more money. 
He said to his wife,''The golden goose lays a golden egg everyday, it must have a big lump of gold in its inside... if we cut open the goose's stomach we can get that lump of gold and become very rich.'' He killed the goose and having done so he found that it was like any other goose there was no lump of gold inside it.
The foolish and greedy man who wanted to become rich all at once lost his everyday gain.The goose that laid the golden eggs for them  was dead and now they had no golden eggs any more.

Moral Of the story-''Greed is a curse''  
                                                                   An Aesop's Fable
                                                     Retold by -Aunt Mary 

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Ten Amazing Fun Facts

Hello kids, here are some cool Fun Facts for you. I am sure you will enjoy reading and sharing these fun facts with your friends. 

                                           
1.Do you know, that Koala bears almost exclusively eat only eucalyptus leaves and not anything else. 
I wonder why they don't get bored eating the same stuff.

   

2.Zebras are attracted to black and white stripes. Even if the stripes are painted on a wall , a zebra will tend to go stand next to it.
So if you want to be friends with zebras paint some nice black and white stripes for them:)

3.If you eat too many carrots ,your skin will turn orange.
  Do you like orange color?

                                           
4.People have used the tails of giraffes for centuries as fly swatters.
   Then what did giraffes do to swat flies?

                                                       
5.Botanically walnuts cashewnuts , peanuts, pine nuts and coconuts are not nuts.
They are nutty nuts :)

                                                      

6.An average woman looks in the mirror for 38 times a day.
    What about the men? 

7.The  new born baby kangaroos are small enough to fit in a teaspoon.
 Poor mommy  kangaroo,how difficult it is for her to take care of them.
  

                                              
8.If you eat an apple in the morning it will help you to awake better than coffee.
And Healthy too.

                                               
9.A second full moon in a month is often called a blue moon, the name has nothing to do with the actual color of moon.
I love the actual color of moon, what about you?

                                                       
10.Astronauts can't whistle on the moon.
    They don't need to do so:)
      
    That's all for now, hope you like these fun facts.
                                                                       -Aunt Mary

                                              

                                                                                                       

The Wise Cap Seller And The Naughty Monkeys (Panchtantra Story)

                              
  Once there was a cap seller who wandered from one place to the    other to sell caps. Calling, 
                               Caps for sale...
                               caps for sale...
                               red caps,
                               yellow caps
                               and green caps...
                              caps for sale..
 One day the cap seller was going on his way to sell caps. It was a hot summer day and the man was feeling tired, he stopped under a tree to take some rest.. He kept his basket of caps by his side and fell asleep.
 A group of naughty monkeys lived on the tree. They saw the colorful caps in the basket. They came down and wore the caps on their heads like the cap seller wore.They climbed up the tree  wearing those caps.
After a while the cap seller woke up and found that the basket was empty and all the caps were missing.  'The monkeys on the tree were wearing the caps.'
"Come on you naughty fellows, give my caps back.", the seller yelled at them. Monkeys only imitated and copied him.
''Oh ! They have the habit of imitating others.'', the cap seller thought. He got an idea to get his caps back.  
He threw his own cap down. Seeing it, the monkeys threw down their caps too. The cap seller hurriedly collected all the caps and moved on chanting,
                         Caps for sale...
                          caps for sale...
                          red caps,
                         yellow caps
                         and green caps...
                        caps for sale.
                                  ( Panchtantra story) Re- told by- Aunt Mary   
                    

                                                       
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Origins of Months' Names

Let's know the facts about the origins of twelve months of the year.

                                                      
The first month of the year January was named after the Roman god Janus who is believed to be the god of beginning and changing.

                                                             

The name February belongs to the Italian god Februus. It is also said that this month is named after Februa, a Roman festival of purification. 

  The third month of the year March is named after Mars, the Roman god of war, who is believed to be the guardian of agriculture too.

  

Roman people called this month Aprills, that comes from the Latin word  aperire which means to open. Possibly because in this month the buds begin to open.

   

May is supposed to be named for the Roman  goddess Maiesta, the goddess of honor and regard.

This month is named after the Roman goddess of marriage Juno. The name might also come from the Latin word iuniores , meaning younger ones.

July was named to honor Julius Caesar ,who was born in this month. Julius was a Roman statesman, general and a remarkable author of Latin prose.

August is named after the first Roman emperor Augustus.

   

September comes from the Latin word septem which means seven. September was the seventh month of old Roman calendar.

The tenth month of the year October which is also the month of falls month of falls got its name from the Latin word octo meaning

eight.It was the eighth month of old Roman calendar.

November was the ninth month in the old roman calender and it retained it's name from the Latin word  novem that means nine.

         

The last month of the year December gets its name from the Latin word decem meaning ten and it was the tenth month in ancient Roman calendar.
Hope you enjoyed reading these facts

                                          -Aunt Mary