Easy Way (A Blog For Children)

Johnny Appleseed ( An American Folktale)

This is the story of an American folk hero John Chapman. People gave him the nick name Johnny Appleseed because he introduced and planted apple trees throughout the American Midwest.
John Chapman was born on 26 September 1774 in a small town of America. He was the second child of his parents.
John took his training as a nurseryman under Mr.Crawford who inspired him to plant apple trees.
''How wonderful it would be if there are apple trees everywhere for everyone.'' John thought.
He decided to fulfill his wish.

Johnny Appleseed holding old sack full of appleseeds and cooking pot on the head

John left his home with a cooking pot on his head and an old coffee sack filled with apple seeds.
He wandered across the country barefoot. Whenever he found a suitable place he planted apple seeds there.
''There will be enough apples for everybody, no one will die of hunger.'' The noble hearted John wanted everyone to eat apples.

He walked from place to place, town to town and planted apple seeds.
"Look! He is the man who plants apple trees.", people used to exclaim happily when they saw john.They became so fond of him and called him Johnny Appleseed.

During his journey , Johnny Appleseed met many red Indians who became very good friends of him. Red Indians cared for Johnny and he helped them too.

Johnny spent all his life planting apple trees. He died in 1845 at the age of 70. But he is still alive due to his kind and generous deed of planting trees for others.
-American folktale Retold by Aunt Mary

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Clouds And Rain (Rhyme)

Look! Those clouds! They're black and grey,
how wonderful, it's a cloudy day!

I would love if the clouds bring rain,
rain on the roofs and rain in the lane.

Oh no.... look, they are moving away,
black-grey clouds are going other way,

Let's just hope they will come back soon...
with some rain in the afternoon.
-Aunt Mary

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Easy Ways To Help Your Mother At Home

Dear children, your mother have to do a lot of work everyday. Taking care of a family and a house is not easy at all, it is a very tiring and stressful job. She makes a lot of efforts to make your life easier and comfortable. So what about giving a helping hand to your mom in her household work?

It is right that you are so busy with your school, homework, studies and other activities. But you can still manage to take out some time from your daily routine and help your mom in her work at home. Your small help will be a huge support for her.
Here are some easy ways to help your dear mother in the household work -

Keep your place clean and tidy- Don't make your room a mess, keep it clean and tidy by keeping your books, toys, clothes ,shoes and other stuff at it's place. Do not throw the bits of paper, food wrappers etc on the floor. Your mom will feel very relaxed to see your room neat and clean.

Water the plants- Watering the plants is not very difficult. It is a very nice and enjoyable activity. The best part of it is that by doing this you can take a closer look of nature too.

Fill the water bottles-In summers a lot of water is needed for drinking.It becomes very difficult for your mom to provide cool water for the whole family but anyhow she does it. You can help her by filling the water bottles. Every time when you see an empty water bottle fill it and keep it in the fridge.

Set the table for dinner- Setting the table for dinner is fun and not so difficult at all. When your mother is ready to serve the dinner you can lay the table, you will surely enjoy it. Don't forget to keep your plates in the sink when you have finished eating.

Help her in dusting the furniture- Dusting the furniture is a very time taking work. It will not be possible for you to dust everyday but you can help her in dusting on Sundays or on other holidays.

Hang out the washed clothes- Older kids can help their mom in the laundry work by hanging the clothes outside. It will take just a few minutes.

So these are a few easy ways to help your mother at home to make her household duties easy for her. You will feel so good to see a much relaxed and happy mom.

''The most beautiful thing in this world to see your parents smiling and knowing that you are the reason behind that smile.''
  (quote found on Google)
Note For Parents- Taking part in the household activities depends on a child's age and abilities. Some tasks are easy and can be done by both the older and younger kids.But if it is something difficult it can be done  only by the older children. The supervision of parents is important when kids are doing these tasks.
       -Aunt Mary
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God Helps Those Who Help Themselves( Moral Story)

Once three farmer brothers and their old mother lived in a village. They were simple and hard working people.They had a nice vegetable farm and were living a happy life.

Unfortunately a flood came and destroyed their village.

Thankfully the farmer family managed to gather their savings and some belongings.
Now they decided to migrate somewhere else.
''Let's go to my parents' village'' ,said the old woman, I have some share in my late parents' land. I will ask my brother to give me my share. We can start farming there. "
The woman reached her parents' home with her sons.

She asked her brother for her share. Her brother was selfish and mean. He kept all the good parts of land with him and gave her sister a small piece of land where there were no sources of water available around.
''You can stay here for few days but make your own arrangements as soon as possible.", he told his sister and nephews rudely.
The woman got so disappointed with her brother.

"Don't worry mother, we must be satisfied with what we have got and shouldn't waste our time in fighting and complaining. Let's think about getting out of this place.'' ,said the eldest son.
First they made a small shelter in a corner of their land and started living there. Somehow they managed to collect water for drinking and other uses.But farming needs a lot of water, how could they get water to farm?
They kept their worries for water aside and started tilling the land.

The three brothers worked very hard every day.
''We are almost done with tilling , only a small portion of land is left. Now we need water for planting seeds.'' Second brother got so tensed.
"Have faith in God , hopefully we will solve this problem." the elder brother told his younger brother.

Next day when the youngest of the three brothers was digging the soil he saw the fresh reed grass in a corner. The presence of reed grass indicated that there was water under the ground.

The thrilled young man called his mother and his brothers '' Look there, that is reed grass!''
"Oh! That means there is water here! Reed grows near water.", the mother exclaimed happily.
''God showed them the way.''

''We don't need to worry about water anymore , I am sure we will get water on our own land.'' ,eldest brother was hopeful as always.

The brave and laborious brothers started to dig the soil to find water. After the continuous labor and hard work of several days they reached the water table.

The efforts of the three young men finally paid off. The difficult time was over and the good days were about to come soon.

Moral of the story- God Helps Those Who Help Themselves

- Aunt Mary

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INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT GOOGLE DOODLE

What is Google Doodle?

Google is the biggest and most popular search engine. We see the the logo of Google on it's home page when we open the Google to search something.
Doodle is an artistic form of Google logo. Google makes some interesting changes to it's logo to celebrate events, occasions, holidays and anniversaries and the life of famous personalities.

First Google Doodle
The first Doodle was made in the year 1998 in honor of Burning Man festival( An American event). This Doodle was designed by
the founders of Google Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

   First Google Doodle

First animated Google Doodle
The very first animated Google doodle was posted in 2010 to mark the birthday of famous scientist Sir Issac Newton. It was a beautiful animated image of apple falling from the tree.

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First interactive Doodle
In May 2010 Google introduced their first interactive logo of the game Pac-Man. People who visited Google could play Pac-Man on the logo.

image source-en.wikipedia.org

Who creates Doodle?
Doodles have been created and published by a team of Google employees. The member of this team are called Doodlers.

Now enjoy some amazing, adorable Doodles from Google-

Link to Mother's day Doodle

Link to Father's day Doodle

Link to Children's day Doodle

Link to First day of spring

Link to Earth day Doodle

You can visit Google.com to search and find thousands of interesting, beautiful Google Doodles.

Have a wonderful day

-Aunt Mary

SUMMER HOLIDAYS ARE HERE (Poem)

Month of May brought long, hot days,
And now we have our summer holidays

Summer holidays mean no to school,
Waking up late with no set rule.

Little home work, easy to be done,
Lesser studies and lot's of fun.

Playing and talking and watching cartoon,
Fun continues till the end of June.

Beautiful time comes once in a year,
Summer holidays are best days ever.
- Aunt Mary

THE STORY OF PRINCESS MOUSE ( Finnish Folktale )

One fine morning a father was having breakfast with his two beloved sons. He told his young sons,'' My dear children, now you both are old enough to get married and according to our culture you should cut a tree and should go into the direction in which the tree falls to find your bride.

"Alright father. As you wish." , the two brothers agreed.
The elder brother already liked a girl and he made sure that the tree fell down in the direction of girl's home.
Younger brother Mikko cut the tree and went the way the fallen tree pointed out. It was a lonely way which led him to the forest.
There was a small house in the middle of the woods.He went inside but the house was empty.

Mikko became so sad , he sat down under a tree outside the house.
"I am not going to find my bride...No one lives here.", he murmured.
"I live in this house, please don't loose heart, I will be your bride.", Mikko heard a voice. He looked around but nobody was there. Mikko got a bit scared.

"Hello, I am here." Oh! the voice was coming from the ground.
The young man looked down and he saw a little mouse on the ground near his feet.
"I will be a very good wife ,please marry me'' , said the small mouse.
"How can I marry a mouse ?", the amazed and surprised young man said.
''Stay with me for some time , I am sure you will like me and will select me as your wife.'', said the little mouse.
Mikko felt pity for her, he smiled and said, ''Alright I will stay here for a while."
He stayed with the mouse , she sang a beautiful song for him. Mikko liked her a lot, she was so nice.

Mikko went back to his home, he didn't tell his father that he had met a mouse.
''Dear sons, I want to give a little test to your to be brides, they have to weave a fine linen cloth for me'' Mikko's father told his sons.
Next day Mikko went to the mouse and told her about the test.
"Don't worry, believe me everything is going to be fine.", said the little mouse.
Mikko was tired he fell asleep. The mouse wove a beautiful linen cloth with the help of her mouse friends. She folded the cloth and packed it in a nutshell.
Mikko got up, the little mouse gave him the nutshell and said'' I have woven the cloth, I hope your father will like it.'' Mikko took the shell and returned home.
When his father opened the shell he got amazed to see the yards of fine, beautiful fabric. ''Your bride is such a wonderful weaver, I am lucky to have her as my daughter-in law.'' said the happy father.
Next morning Mikko visited the mouse and told her that today is the day of their marriage.
The little mouse climbed into a carriage which was pulled and driven by rats.
They reached home, everyone was astonished to see the mouse,''Look! Mikko's bride is mouse.''
''How can you marry a mouse?'', his brother shouted with anger. He threw the carriage into the river.
Mikko's eyes filled with tears, ''You killed my sweetheart, I can't live without her!", he cried.
And just then, a beautiful princess came out of the river along with four horses.

''A witch had cursed me and turned me into a mouse.'' ,she told Mikko and his family,''The curse could only end if my lover's brother would hate me.''
Everybody got so happy that Mikko's bride was not a mouse , she was a princess, and what about Mikko?
Well.... he was the happiest man on the earth.
He got married to the princess and they lived happily ever after.

(A folktale from Finland)
  Retold by- Aunt Mary

United We Stand, Divided We Fall ( Moral Story )

Once upon a time a man lived in a village with his three sons. All three of them were good, hardworking fellows. The old man had no complaint with them except that they fought with each other all the time.

'They fought for every single reason , big or small.'

The poor old man always told them to stop fighting with each other and to stay united but all his efforts failed. He got so worried, ''My sons fight all the time even in front of my eyes, what will they do after I die! I have to do something about their quarrels. He continued thinking.
Next day he called his three sons, when they came he gave a bundle of sticks to his elder son, ''Come on let me see if you can break it or not ?''
The elder son tried but couldn't break the sticks.
"Now it's your turn." , said the old man to his second son. ''Break it.''
The second son tried with all his strength to break the bundle but he failed too.
"Can you break these sticks my son ?" , asked the father to his youngest son .
The young man tried so hard but did not succeed.
Now the old man took back the bundle of sticks and separated the sticks and gave one stick each to his sons and told them to break it.
The three boys very easily broke the stick.
Listen my boys said the old man to his sons,'' You become as weak as a single stick when you are divided, but when you are united you are as strong as a bundle of sticks . So if you want to be strong and powerful do not fight with each other and stay united.''
The three young men had now learnt a big lesson of life. They promised their father that they will not fight again and will maintain their unity as brothers in the upcoming life.

Moral of the story is-United we stand divided we fall