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
                                                       

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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.
                                               

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

                                               image source-Pixabay
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.

                                                                   image source-Pixabay

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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