TOUCH ME NOT- Plant

                                                                     
                                             
 My dear children, most of you have seen' Touch me not plant' and enjoyed playing with it . Do you know? It's scientific name is' Mimosa Pudica L.'
It is also called shameful plant, humble plant and sensitive plant .
Basically this plant is an ornamental plant and used for making some medicines too .It's stem is armed with 
sharp prickles. It has highly touch sensetive  leaves .
An' English sciencetist ' was first to discover the movement of it's leaves. When the plant is touched by some one, it moves and fold the leaves inwards and droops .This is simply for defense and causes the plant no harm .The plant reopens after a few minutes .                                      
                                                   
                                  
 The plant has pale pink or purple flowers , which blossom in mid summer .These flowers are the favorite flowers of'' Humming birds''. Touch me not plant is native to' South America' and' Central America ' .It is also found in India, Nigeria, Hawaii  and the Philippines .  Isn't that an amazing plant ?                    

                                               

I hope you will like this article :)
                                                 -Aunt Mary                                          

                                                     


                                                                                                   


Think before you act ( Moral story )

 Moral Story
Once upon a time there were four friends.Three of them were experts in different fields of knowledge and were very proud of themselves. The fourth one was not an expert like his friends but 
he was a very intelligent man.


                                                                       
One day the four friends went to the woods for some reason , as they were walking in the forest they saw the bones of an animal.
One of the friends said "I can join these bone by chanting a mantra,
 I am expert in this work ."He chanted the mantra and the bones were joined together and formed a skeleton of a lion.
Now the second friend said I will recite a mantra which will cover the skeleton with flesh and skin. He did what he said , soon there was a dead lion present in front of the eyes of four friends .How could the third friend stay behind ?He said proudly "I can make this lion alive ". The fourth friend who was standing quietly when the whole drama was taking place said, "Don't even think of doing that if the lion comes back to life he will kill us ". "No I will recite the mantra and make the lion alive,I  want to show my skill too.''
 ''Yes you should do that,'' the other two friends favored him too.    The fourth friend tried so hard to convince his friends but they  
said,  "You are such a foolish person when the lion will get his life back he will be thankful to us for bringing him back to life ". Disappointed Fourth friend climbed up a tree. 


Third friend started chanting the mantra and the lion became alive, he killed all the three men and ate them up.He walked away after    eating them. Fourth friend felt so sorry for his friends but what could he do ? It was all his friends' fault, they made a huge mistake and lost their lives.               

                                 Moral of the story 
Think before you act
                                        
                                           Panchtantra story Re-told by Aunt Mary



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A Big Fruit Tree (Poem)



                                     Whenever I see, 

                                      a big fruit tree, 
                                     With fresh green leaves,
                                     playing with breeze,

                                     With it's head high,
                                     under the sky,
                                     It's branches bent over..
                                     with fruits all over,
                                     Gift of nature,
                                    with such kind gesture,

                                     I feel amazed...
                                    and so overwhelmed,
                                    By incomparable beauty,
                                    of a big fruit tree!
                                                                                 -Aunt Mary
                              




INTERESTING FACTS!

China has more English speakers than united states :)


A snail can sleep for three years :)
A cockroach can live for many weeks even it's
 head cut off :)


Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise :)


Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves 
from blowing sand :)


A lion's roar can be heard from 5 miles away :)



A human body has 650 muscles :)
                         

A crocodile can live for 100 years :)
                         


Bread was used to erase the pencil marks 
 before the eraser was invented :)
                          



Karate actually originated in India and later
developed in China :)
                                


  -With Love Aunt Mary
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