Mocomi TimePass The Magazine - Issue 37

1. Get Your Daily CopY! facebook.com/mocomikids ISSUE 37 MAY 9, 2020 GO tO How can some birds talk like humans? Who is a truly sensitive queen? Why do birds sing? Parrot Fools Police Who discovered oxygen?

2. FOLKTALE The Three Sensitive Queens Vikram went back to the tree and mounted Betal on his shoulders again. Betal started telling him another story. The story went like this: King Jaipal had three queens. Each of them was very beautiful, sen- sitive, and delicate. One day, the frst queen was wounded when a fower from her hair fell on her thigh. Another night, when the king and his second queen were spending time on the terrace, the moonlight burned her skin. The third queen was also no less. Once, she heard someone weeping in the next room, she Vikram Betal: turned pale and fainted. Betal asked Vikram, “Tell me o Wise king! Which among the three queens is most sensi- tive?” Vikram replied, “The third queen was the most sensitive because in my opinion, those who are sensitive to the sufering of others are sensitive in the real sense of the word.” Betal was very happy with the answer. He said, “No doubt, you are very intelligent! But, you always make the mistake of breaking your silence. Now, I must fy back to the tree. Goodbye!” Saying this, Betal few back to the tree. 1

3. PONDERING CORNER How Can Some Animals Talk Like Humans? Many animals, such as parrots, songbirds, beluga whales and dolphins have the ability to mimic humans. They may sound like they are talking, while in fact, they are just great copycats! Animals mimic human speech! These animals have a special circuit in the frontal lobes of their brains, making them vocal learners. Only a handful of animals have these circuits, which gives them the ability to mimic human speech and other sounds they hear around them. These circuits play a role in helping these animals learn new noises from their surroundings and recreate them using the muscles in their vocal tracts. Some animals in captivity (who are vocal learners), such as chimpanzees, also learn to communicate with humans by copying noises and actions. Studies have shown that these actions come out of loneliness and a need to socialize. The pick up social cues from humans around them and copy them. Why don’t animals speak? With some vocal learners, especially parrots, you may feel as though they understand what they are saying. However, all these noises are mimicry, which they recreate with their vocal chord muscles. 2

4. Good Morning sunshine! Coley & Bumbley About health and more! Benefits of early to bed and early to rise An early riser reaps many benefts. Research has shown that children who go to bed early and wake up early are smarter and tend to get good grades in academics. They are more positive and can plan their day accordingly. Going early to bed gives your body good relaxation time and you wake up feeling energetic and rested. Mornings are the time when your mind is fresh and best for revisions and studying or fnishing up the leftover homework. Sleeping early also keeps your immune system strong, keeping you away from the seasonal coughs and colds. When you sleep early, you are ready to take on the next day with more energy.

5. Find the ten objects in the Picture Fun With WordS T H U G Take out a pen and paper and make as many words as you can with the letters in the grid. I S M O W A B T F G N A 4

6. stories in rhyme The Dove And The Ant Behold! A barefoot wretch went by With slingshot in his hand. Said he: "You'll make a pigeon pie That will be kind of grand." He meant to murder the gentle bird, Who did not understand. An Ant who in a brook would drink, To swim, and felt his courage sink, This ocean seemed so wide. He would have drowned and died. The friendly Dove within her beak A bridge of grass-stem bore, On this the Ant, though worn and weak. Contrived to reach the shore. Said he, "The tact of this kind act I'll cherish evermore." The Ant then stung him on the heel (So quick to see the sling). He turned his head, and missed a meal: The pigeon pie took wing. And so the Dove lived on to love, Beloved by everything. 5

7. Pari would often stop by a pet store on her way home and look inside through the large glass window. She would look at a beautiful parrot in an iron cage and feel sad that he couldn't fy and be free. One day on her way home from school as usual, she stopped by the pet store and looked into the window. The parrot's cage was empty! Complete the Story... AMUSING NEWS Parrot Fools Police The police in Florida, US immediately ran to the rescue after they got a call from a concerned neighbour, that a woman was frantically screaming for help. When they reached the house to rescue the woman in distress they were shocked and relieved to see Rambo, a parrot crying, "Let me out! Let me out! Ohhh! Ohhh! Ohhh!" in a very human voice.

8. a comic story sir dig-a-lot Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs Rohan was playing with his monster truck while his mother was showing off her shopping to her friend. “What a lovely print!” exclaimed Mrs. Sharma’s friend. “Looks like an Egyptian hieroglyph,” she said. “Indeed! That was a nice Mrs. Sharma said. observation,” At night, Rohan was sitting with his friend Sir Dig-A-Lot. He cleared his throat and asked, “What is an Egyptian hieroglyph?” “Long ago when writing techniques were being developed to record events or laws, the Egyp- tians came up with a formal writing system, which used pictures as words. It was used as early as 3000 BC. There were thousands of symbols used, which represented sounds as well as whole words." 7

9. "The purpose of inventing this form of writing was to make the writing look like art. Some of the pictures meant words as well as letters. For example, the pic- ture of an eye meant an eye as well as the letter ‘I.’ It took years of education and practice to master the art of writing." "The Egyptian mostly wrote on walls or tablets made of wood and stone. The ancient pens were thin and made of reed and the paper was made of papyrus. Ironically, most of the ancient Egyptians didn’t know how to read or write, but till date the style of writing is nothing less than beautiful.” “I wish I knew Egyptian hieroglyphs, I would’ve developed my own secret language,” said Rohan. “Well, even if you knew it, you would have to know someone else who knew the language, so you could converse,” Sir Dig-A-Lot reasoned. “You could be that person! You can learn it if I can,” Rohan said. Sir Dig-A-Lot laughed and said, “Certainly Rohan. We will write to each other when you go on your next holiday.” 8

10. spot ten differences CASA & ASA Discoveries and Inventions Who discovered oxygen? People were unaware of a substance called “oxygen” that supported respiration untill the mid-1700s. Oxygen was discovered almost simultaneously in three parts of the world. The major credit for the discov- ery of oxygen goes to Joseph Priestley as he was the frst one to publish his fndings. In 1972, Carl W. Scheele from Sweden heated several compounds including potassium nitrate, manga- nese oxide, and mercury oxide and found they released a gas which enhanced combustion. He called this gas “fre air,” but did not publish his fndings. Then, in 1974 Joseph Priestly, an English chemist, independently conducted an experiment using a 12-inch-wide glass “burning lens,” with which he focused sunlight on a lump of reddish mercuric oxide in an inverted glass container. He found that the gas emitted, was “fve or six times as good as common air.” He called this gas “dephlogisticated air”. In later tests, it caused a fame to burn intensely and kept a mouse alive about four times as long as a similar quantity of air. He published his fndings in the same year. Later, Antoine Lavoisier, a French chemist, also conducted experiments which lead him to the discovery of oxygen. In 1775, he was the frst to recognize it as an element, and coined its name “oxygen”- which comes from a Greek word that means “acid-former”.

11. Tickle your funny bone fun facts What do you get if you cross a parrot with a pigeon? voice mail. Q: What do you get if you cross a cat with a parrot? A carrot. What is a parrot's favourite game? Hide 'n speak. with Hamlet the Hamster To know or not to know, that is the question! Well, wouldn’t you prefer to know? Facts about Parrots With a few notable exceptions, males and females of most parrot species look virtually identical. Many parrots live almost as long as humans. Larger species like macaws and cock- atoos are known to live for between 35 and 50 years. The largest species of parrot, Kakapo from New Zealand can weigh as much as the average adult housecat. Puck, a cheery blue parakeet, was in the Guinness Book of World Records for knowing 1,728 words. Groucho was an amazon parrot who entertained TV audiences with a rendition of “How Much is that Doggie in the Window” in 2010.

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