Flowers That Are Deadly

My dear children, few days back I told you about some beautiful flowers which are very poisonous and deadly .They are so harmful for  human beings that they even cause the death of a person if he consumes any of these flowers .
Today I am going to tell you about some more flowers of that kind .
                                   
                                          Fox Glove

This is a large flowering shrub. These flowers are used for making honey which is called mad honey. This honey has hallucinogenic effects. This plant's granotoxin can paralyze a person and can even cause death.
                                     Autumn Crocus 

This is a beautiful plant which contains colchicines. Just in case if a person consumes it, the effect of the flower is deadly and like arsenic poisoning which has no cure. 

                                    Angels Trumpet

This beautiful flower is a native to America and is exceptionally dangerous. It has a toxin which can be fatal to human beings as well as a number of animals. 

Oleander

Look how beautiful these flowers are! But actually they are one of the most poisonous plants on earth. This plant contains a number of toxic compounds which affect the nervous , digestive and cardiovascular systems, all at the same time! 

So my dear children always be careful and be safe! 

 Love -Aunt Mary

Don't Act Foolish ( Moral Story)

Once  there was a donkey. He was a bad singer but always wanted to sing , in fact he sang all the time! Others wanted to stop him from singing because they did not like his song but the donkey never listened to anyone and used to sing always. 
 One day the donkey was going somewhere, in the middle of the way he met a fox. They greeted each other and began to talk, they found that they had almost same interests and they became very   good friends. 
Fox told him about the pumpkin farms where there were a lot of sweet and ripe pumpkins. He said to the donkey," Dear friend, you are stronger than me so you can easily break the fence of the fields. In this way we can eat and enjoy the fresh pumpkins at night ". Now, it became their routine to go to the pumpkin farms and eat the sweet pumpkins as much as they wanted. 

One day at night when they were eating pumpkins, donkey said to the fox, " Look at the weather, how pleasant it is! I will sing you a beautiful song. Fox said, " No!No! Please don't sing! If you will sing, the farmer will wake up and he will beat us. But donkey didn't agree with the fox. He said, " No, I will sing a song, you have to listen to my song.

The fox said, " O.k. you are not listening to me so sing at your own risk. I am going out of the field and he went out.  

Donkey started singing, " La la la lala.....",  in such a loud voice. The farmer woke up and began to beat the donkey with a thick stick. Donkey forgot to sing and cried in pain. Fox was watching all the drama from outside the field but could do nothing for his friend. 

            Donkey the singer was punished for his singing!        

Moral of the story- 'Don't act foolish'

                                     
                                         Panchtantra story retold by -Aunt Mary
                                               

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PEARLS OF DEW ( Poem)

                                               
 In early hours of morning,
 dew drops are shining.

 Look! they're on flowers,
  See! they're on grass.

When the sun will go high
 dew drops will fly.

If the wind will be lighter
 and night will be clear...

The tiny dew drops
 will again appear.
                                   -Aunt Mary 
                                                                                                             

STORY OF MISSING DOLL

Bobby is very very upset today.His little baby sister's favorite doll is missing . She is crying for the doll.Mommy and Bobby searched for the doll here and there but could not find it .Bobby loves his sister

so much , he cannot see her crying . Bobby has a dog named Jojo, he came to Bobby and started pulling his shoelaces. Bobby shouted "Go Jojo don't bother me , I am not going to play with you,  go and try to find the doll".                                                                                       

Jojo did not stop . "Bobby maybe Jojo wants to tell you something,  maybe he has found the doll.", said mommy. Mommy and Bobby followed  Jojo. He went to the garden , stopped at one place, smelled the ground and started digging with his paws.                         

"Look Mommy!", Bobby cried, "There's the doll!". Jojo held the doll in his mouth. "Oh! Now I know", Mommy said to Bobby. "Yesterday when I was sowing seeds in the garden, baby was with me. You know babies have a habit to copy their elders, so she would have put the doll in this hole and would have covered it with soil. Dogs have a very good smelling power, they can search the things by smelling. So Jojo found the doll". 

"Jojo, you are a very good boy", Bobby pat on his back. "I am proud of you!", Mommy said to Jojo. She cleaned up the doll , changed it's clothes and gave it to the baby. Baby immediately stopped crying and became so happy to find her doll back.
Mommy gave Jojo his favorite food to eat. Jojo was also very happy.
"All is well , that ends well." 
                            - Aunt Mary  








                                                                        
   
                                                                           

THE SUN SHAPED FLOWER : SUNFLOWER

My dear children, today I am going to tell you about a very beautiful flower which depicts the sun, the sunflower.

Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is a plant which is a native to Americas. It has a large flowering head(about 30cm wide) which has small flowers called florets and looks very beautiful. It is called Sunflower because it has a shape which depicts the sun. It's stem can grow up to a height of 3 meters.

Sunflower is the state flower of Kansas

and that's why Kansas is often called the Flower state. This flower needs a full sun for growth. They grow very well in wet and fertile soil. These flowers can be red, orange, yellow. The California Royal Sunflower is burgundy colored which is a mixture of red and purple.These flowers have great use in food industry also. These are roasted in ovens and are served as snacks. Sunflowers can be processed into peanut butter (also called Sunbutter)

It is even used in cooking and salads directly. They are used in medical ointments, dyes and body paints. It is also used as food for birds. Sunflower oil is extracted from it's seeds and used in cooking. 

I hope you liked this article. 

- Aunt Mary