The physical make-up of an animal's body is adapted to the environment in which it lives. Whales, for instance, have a thick layer of fat, and polar bears have every thick coat, and these enable
Prince Akbar and his friends Chhota Birbal, the twins Sona and Chandi, Fauji and Potlu are playing. Fauji is using his sling to get a mango for Potlu. Only Needal is missing. Can you spot the seven differences between the two pictures?
It was a hot day and silence every where. The rivers and lakes were dried in extreme heat. In the midday, a crow was crowing sitting on the branch of a tree. He was very thirsty. His mouth was dry. His throat was burning. He flew from place to place in search of water. But there was not a drop of water anywhere. The crow thought what to do.
At last he saw a jug of water near a house. He flew to the jug with a great hope and looked into it. But alas! There was a little water at the bottom of the jug. The crow could see the water but he could not reach it. The crow thought how to drink that water.
Suddenly an idea flashed on his mind. There were many stones near the jug. He picked up stones, one by one, from the ground and dropped them into the jug. The water started coming up. Soon the crow could reach it easily. He drank the water. He cawed happily and flew away.
"Oh, Doodles, you are funny," laughed Jake. "You're no good at jumping," Milo told him. "You'd better leave it to Izzles," added Bella.
Poor Doodles! He picked himself up, padded indoors to his beanbag and hid his head in shame.
A group of third-graders met under the giant oak tree on the playground. The tree's branches were like a tent above them. A breeze whispered through the golden leaves.
"I think she's strange,” Melody said. “Have you noticed her odd little smile?”
"I think she smiles because she's nice. And her accent is really neat!” Liza said.
“I think her accent is freaky. And what about that Romanian story?” Howie asked.
Carey nodded her head. “Why do you think her family had to leave? Do you think they're criminals?”
Melody's eyes got big. "Maybe they're jewel thieves. That's probaby where she got that huge brooch she wears. Have you noticed how she keeps rubbing it?"
He was one brick up the wall when Wasp flew by.
"What's the matter, Snail?" buzzed Wasp.
"I'm hot," said Snail, "and hungry."
"Keep going," said Wasp. "It's beautiful
on the other side. I could buzz over in a trice,
but you're s-o-o-o slow!" And he buzzed over the wall.
Snail slid slowly on.
The water then said, "If you wish me to visit you, you must build a very large house; but I warn you that it will have to be a very large place, as my people are very numerous, and take up a lot of room."
The time came for Mom's operation. Only Daddo went with her to the hospital.
We got to do something fun! We went to our cousin's house for a couple of days. We played games, watched movies, told stories, and had fun!
When we came home we rushed to greet Mom.
“Hold on,” Mom said. “Hug me gently." She smiled.
There are very few of these beautiful birds left alive in the forests of New Guinea - a country north of Australia.
They have bright blue feathers and two long tail feathers which are prized by hunters. The tribal people of New Guinea wear the feathers in their head-dresses. People in Europe used to wear their feathers, too. There are many other kinds of a bird of paradise in New Guinea also in danger from feather-hunters.
She helped the Director set up the tables. She played Ping-Pong and checkers. She sang songs. She wrote letters to friends in Hong Kong.
All in Chinese.
Dear Yee Fong, she wrote in Chinese. How would you like me to visit you? She laughed as she finished the letter. Then she had to write the address in English
Silly post office in New York! she thought. Why can't they read Chinese?
In the animal world there are many different colours. There are orange and brown giraffes, white polar bears, blue beetles and red and yellow birds. But in the plant world, the Green Kingdom, the leaves of nearly all plants are just one colour - green. Why?
The biggest difference between plants and animals is that animals eat other things for their food and plants don't. Plants are able to make their own food. Leaves have a wonderful substance inside them that makes food out of air and water, with the help of sunshine. This substance is called chlorophyll. And chlorophyll is green.
So a healthy leaf is green because it is filled with chlorophyll. Leaves which don't get enough light turn pale and yellowish because the chlorophyll can't work without sunlight.
The Scottish people are great fighters and folk feared that when the king died without an heir, there would be endless wars as one lord after the other would try to seize the throne.
The king's courtiers spoke to him and said, “Sire, we are all mortals. For the sake of your subjects, will you choose a young man to inherit the throne, for the unhappy day when you are taken from us?”
'When and how was the Earth formed ?' This is one question which scientists around the world are still trying to find out more and more about. The majority of scientists now believe that the Earth was created from the Sun. In the ancient past a cloud of dust and gases separated from the Sun. It was a part of this cloud which eventually formed the Earth. On cooling down, our mountains and valleys were formed. The chemical changes in the original gases brought about the formation of water and the creation of the oceans.
Beneath the surface of the Earth are hidden diverse kinds of mineral wealth. On digging beneath the surface we can unearth different kinds of metals like iron, copper, gold and silver, as also rock-like substances like diamonds, emeralds, topaz and garnets. These metals and minerals are very useful. For example most of our fuel and energy comes from natural gas and petroleum both of which are found only beneath the Earth.
We could have hardly reached the present level of our civilization without using this hidden wealth of the planet. Our lives would have been tremendously more difficult and man's development would have stopped long ago had he not been able to utilize these resources of his Earth.
Nearby, Nok Tok and Lau Lau are playing hopsy. They bounce over their two hopsy jumps - a nut and a log. But they need to do three
jumps to finish their game! Nok Tok sees De Li's plumato box.
It looks just right to jump over!
KINDLY Old Geppetto stood at his workbench and carved on a puppet that looked just like a real boy. He sang as he worked, and Little Figaro, his cat, played with the chips as they fell from his knife. Jiminy Cricket chirped merrily on the hearth, and the goldfish, Cleo, swam around and around in her bowl.
