Bad Company Corrupts Good Morals ( Moral Story)

                                
Once upon a time a tribal king who was a very big dealer of birds too, went to jungle in search of birds.There he caught two parrots and some other birds. When he was returning  home, he stopped for taking some rest and lied down under a tree. While the king was resting , one of the two parrots escaped from the net.

The king  got up  and found that one parrot was missing but what he could do now .He took the other birds with him and went home. Tribal king kept the second parrot as a pet in his house . The Tribal king was a kind of person who talked  rudely  and always used harsh words whenever he spoke to others . He also used the bad language and he taught the same way of talking to his parrot. The parrot learnt the language of  king.

The first parrot who escaped , reached to a hermit's place and the hermit kept it with him .The hermit taught him to speak politely and to use good language while speaking.The parrot learnt to speak like that.

   One day a  king of neighboring state passed by near the tribal king's house. The pet parrot of that tribal king  looked him coming and shouted in such a harsh voice " How dare you to come here.... 

come on soldiers , beat him like a donkey." 

The king was shocked to hear that and he immediately left that place.

Now that king reached near the hermit's place and the hermit's parrot greeted him," Oh , It's so nice to have you here sir,please come inside."  

   The king was so happy at his welcome, he praised the hermit and the parrot and became their friend. 

 Moral of the story -'' Bad Company Corrupts Good Moral'' 

                                       

                                                 Panchtantra story Re-told by -Aunt Mary 



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'' VENUS FLYTRAP''

Oh ! no ,no my dear children, don't get confused by the above illustration. That lady does not trap insects, I am talking about a beautiful plant that traps insects. That plant is called "VENUS FLYTRAP ".  It looks so attractive that's why it is named after Goddess of love, Venus. The flower-shaped leaves attract 
the insects and spiders towards the plant.
                                          

                                                         
The open red and green leaves smell sweet and have stiff hair on edges ,when an insect touches a hair and  after touching it , if it touches a different hair within 20 seconds ,the plant shuts it's leaf and the insect is trapped.
                                          

                                  


Venus flytrap catches the insects like moths, flies, grasshoppers, ants,worms and beetles. When it traps the insect with the help of it's leaves, it produces a liquid to digest the food.It takes the nitrogen from the body of  the insect and consumes it .  

                                                                                                   

  Venus flytrap was first found in  "North America " . Now the plant is grown in all parts of the world in pots and is kept as ornamental   plant .   Hope you will like the information about this unusual plant.                                                                                         - Aunt Mary
                                                                     


                                                                                                         
   

                                              

Nothing is Immortal (Short Story)

                                            

                      
The beautiful garden was full of flowers .Flowers in full blossom were a pleasure for eye and soul. The sweet smell of those lovely flowers was a treat for the sense of smell. It was a beautiful day of mid of November . The sun was in a good mood ,he allowed the golden sun rays to spread everywhere. The charming season of winter with such pleasant weather was a delight for all.
A rose in full bloom opened it's eyes and looked around , " Ah! What a lovely morning!"  She again looked around," No one is as beautiful as me ", she thought proudly. "Look at those flowers, there is no comparison. I am the prettiest of all!"  
                         
                         

 Suddenly her eyes caught a glance of a withered flower which was bending down towards the earth and was breathing it's last breath. " Ha ha! Look at you", the young rose said to the dying flower. " How old and ugly you are. You are worthless! Good for nothing! And look at me I'm full of life, beauty and freshness. You are ruining the beauty of this garden. This place is not for you. You should be thrown in a waste bin!"  A weak smile appeared on the wrinkled face of that old dying flower. It was smiling at the innocence of that young rose.

                                                                                         

The owners of the garden came to collect the old flowers and leaves and they took away the withered rose with them. They threw the garden garbage in the waste bin. " I was right!", The young rose thought proudly.

Time doesn't stop for anyone. Two days passed, the young proud rose was in the same condition , it was bending down towards the earth and was breathing it's last breath.  A rose in full bloom looked at it and said, " Look at you....................". 

                                                              -Aunt Mary    

                

"TEAMWORK" (Poem)

                     One little ant in such a good mood,                      
                     Came outside to search for the food,                

                      She had to get some food to store,
                      Got a little bit and wanted some more,


                      Little ant found a big piece of bread,  
                      Tried so hard to push it by head,                                                            
                      But she left it in the mid way,      
                      Poor thing turned back and ran away,


                      Little ant could not make it up?
                      Did she lose it and gave up ?


                     Oh no! she is back with a bang,

                     Look ! She comes with big ants'gang,                                                 
                     Task that  looked so hard and tricky,                                                               Effort and teamwork made it easy.    
                                  

 

                                                         -Aunt Mary                                                                                                                    
                 

SMILE FOR YOURSELF AND FOR OTHERS!

What does a photographer say to us when we are getting ready to 
 get clicked by the camera? "Smile please " and we try to give our best smile , why ? Because smiling is the most beautiful expression of our face, it increases our face value and gives our face a positive look and who doesn't want to look good in a photograph , right ?
                               

So when we can smile for a better photograph why can't we smile to make our life beautiful. A smile improves your outer look and it also presents you as a person with a positive attitude in front of others and that helps you a lot in today's stressful life.Every one loves to see a person with a gentle smile on his or her face .
                                 

Besides this, smile can do wonders from the health point of view.It reduces our stress, it stretches our muscles and expands our lungs. It also helps us to release our suppressed emotions and feelings and it lightens up our mood. Smiling slowdowns our heart rate and we feel calm and relax.           
                                        

  We should smile a lot but keep one thing in mind that we are not hurting anyone by our smile and we should avoid smiling on any sad occasion! So my dear friends smile for making yourself healthy and happy and smile to bring cheerfulness and positivity around you.  
          

           
        " A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work                          wonders and accomplish miracles!" - William Hazlitt
                                                                             
                                                                                 - Aunt Mary

  

INTERESTING FACTS

I am again to share some very interesting facts you will enjoy them.
1. Do you know that teddy bears are named after 26th U.S President Mr.Theodore Teddy Roosevelt.

2. The penguins are the only birds which can swim but can not fly. 

3. You will be a little surprised to know that lemons contain more    sugar than oranges.

4.Trees are our best friends because they care for us, do you know?  One tree filters up to 27 kg of pollutants from the air each year.                                            

5.Cuckoo bird lays eggs in other bird's nest.Naughty bird!
                                               

6.If a crab's leg is cut off it can grow a new leg.
                               

7.Nine out of every ten living things live in the sea.

8. Some singers can sing a note so high and so loud that it will  shatter a glass !Isn't that amazing?

 9.Greenland is the world's largest island.
10. Coral may look like a lump of rock,but it is made thousands of tiny animals.

So those are the facts for today .Keep smiling and take care :)

                                                                               -Aunt Mary

   

Why the sun and the moon live in the sky ( African folktale )

 Long, long ago the" Sun "and his wife "Moon" lived on the earth.

Water was a very good friend of Sun. The Sun often paid a visit to water .They spent good time with each other . One day the Sun said to Water, "O my dear friend, I regularly come to visit you and meet you but you never visited me , please come to my place some day It would be great pleasure for me and and my wife to have you as a guest". Water said, " Look , you are my friend and I do not want to trouble you and your wife, when I will visit your place my  people will also come with me and you and your wife will have to drive out. I can visit you at only one condition if you build a very big compound ". Sun assured Water that he would build a very large house with a very big compound for Water and his people .
                                       

 Sun returned to his home and asked his beautiful wife Moon
"O beloved, will you help me to build a large place so that my friend water and his people could visit us ." Moon answered, "Why not ? I will help you my dear." They started building a large compound.

When the compound was built Sun invited Water .Next day Water went to Sun's place and before entering he asked the Sun "Can I come in, are you sure ?" "Yes ! my dear friend please come in.", Sun said to water.Water entered in the compound and with him all the water animals and fishes also entered.
"Do you still want me to keep coming will it be safe for you?" Water asked . "Yes please come .",Sun said. Water continued flowing in with all fishes and animals . Soon the water level reached up to the neck of Sun and Moon . "Now what do you think ? Should I still keep coming ?". "Yes , please!" ,Sun said . More water flowed in.
Sun and his wife went to the top of the house.Again Water asked the same question and got the same answer by the Sun.Water overflowed the top and there was no place left for sun and moon. They had to go into the sky and are still there.   
                                         African folktale retold by -Aunt Mary

MAGIC OF DAWN (POEM)

                               
                                     Feel the magic of dawn
                                     Before the sunrise, 
                                     Feel the magic of dawn
                                     When the day arrives.


                                     Feel the magic of dawn,
                                     When night disappears,                                                                      Sky becomes reddish,

                                     And soft light appears.
                                 
                                     Feel the magic of dawn,
                                     When birds sing chorus,
                                     The first song of day,
                                     Song of wee hours.                                                                             
                                     Feel the magic of dawn ,
                                     When a gush of breeze, 
                                     Slowly comes and says                                                                       "Wake up " to the trees.  
                               
                                     Feel the magic of dawn
                                     In the sound of prayer,
                                     The beautiful sound ,
                                     That blends with the air.

                                     Feel the magic of dawn,
                                     Before the sunrise,
                                     Feel the magic of dawn
                                     When the day arrives.                               
                                                                -Aunt Mary
                                                                                                                             

                                           
                                                   
                      

DOLLY IS" MY BEST FRIEND"

If you ask a little girl , "What is your favorite toy? ", most of the girls will say "I love dolls!". I think the parents of girls will  agree with me  that girls always prefer a doll over other toys. As a woman and  as a mother of two daughters , I know that a small girl is so  attached with her doll . I  want to tell you an incident of my childhood days, my brother and I had a small fight and he hid my dearest doll which was a birthday  gift from my grand father . Though my naughty bro felt sorry for what he did and gave back my doll with a big "I am sorry smile" but I still remember that how badly I cried for my doll and how happy I was after getting it back.  
                                                              

A small girl spends most of the time with her doll, she cleans her, changes her clothes makes her hair and cares for her. She likes to talk with the doll and share her feelings with her . Playing with a doll helps the little girl to grow as a person . It  improves her communicating skills and helps her to express her feelings easily. 
Doll-play makes a girl a caring and helping person she learns to take a good care of small babies, and that could be very helpful for the little girl her in future  when she will have her own family and kids to take care of . 
                                       

Now I am sharing the pictures of dolls of some countries .I hope you will enjoy watching the images. 
                                                   Indian doll , beautiful!                      

     

           
  American Doll , lovely!








                                      
    African doll , so cute! 




                                                





                                   
Arabic doll , very nice! 

  Chinese doll,  pretty!  









                                              


                                                                      Russian doll , good looking!
                                                                                                          

Japan's traditional doll, graceful!











  English Doll, wonderful !                    











   -Aunt Mary

"How does a baby bird become a bird''

Dear children, in this post I am sharing some interesting facts about the life of birds. So read that how a bird's life begins, and how a baby bird grows into an adult bird.              

                              

The mother bird lays eggs in the nest which she makes during the spring days with the help of father bird . She lays one egg every day for four to five days.In order to keep the eggs warm , mother and father bird take turns sitting on the eggs .
 After ten to fourteen days the eggs hatch and the baby birds come out .These baby birds are called  ''Hatchlings".

Both the mother bird and father bird try to keep  their babies warm and they have to feed them in every 15 minutes .The baby bird is too delicate and almost blind at this time.        

                   
The baby birds ask their parents for food by opening their beak and peeping. Different type of birds eat different kind of food.Some birds eat grains, some eat worms and some birds eat berries.
Day by day the babies start growing,now they can open their eyes and their feathers start to grow, At this stage we can call them "Nestlings". 
After two weeks their feathers become long and they have a tail too.They want to go out of the nest but unable to fly .These young birds are called "Fledglings".At this time papa and mommy bird teach them to search the right food.The young birds try to hop on the ground.  

 After four weeks The fledglings become adult bird.They have fully grown feathers and a long tail.Now they can fly in the sky and are no more dependent on their parents, though they are not mature enough  .They are called "Juvenile".This is the story of a bird's life.

Hope you liked the article.                  

                                -Aunt Mary