Mocomi TimePass The Magazine - Issue 75

1. Get Your Daily CopY! facebook.com/mocomikids ISSUE 75 JUNE 16, 2020 GO tO Can Skunks deal with their own smell? STORY OF THE HEN AND THE LAZY FOX HOW DID AKBAR MEET BIRBAL? Why do People snore?

2. FOLKTALE Dinner? What's For So the fox told his mother, “I will be catching that stupid hen for dinner. You keep a pot on fre and boil water. When I come back, we will cook it and have it together.” Saying this, he left the house. The fox reached the house of the hen. The hen came out to gather wooden sticks to light a fre and left the door open when she went inside. Slowly and swiftly, the fox entered the house of the hen. It hid behind the door and waited for the hen to come in. As soon as the hen came inside the house, the fox pounced on her, captured her and put her inside a sack. He then tied the mouth of the sack and carried it on his back. The fox was in such a hurry to run back home that he didn’t even notice the movements in the sack. Meanwhile, the hen took out a sharp knife from her pocket. She made a hole in the sack and jumped out of it. To avoid arousing the fox’s suspicion, she immediately put a big rock into the sack. The fox reached home happily. “Is the water boiling, mother? I have caught the hen and we shall have it for dinner,” the fox said, salivating with excitement. “Yes, the water is boiling hot,” replied the fox’s mother. Just then, the fox untied his sack and emptied it into the water. The big rock fell into the water. A large quantity of hot and boiling water splashed out of the pot and fell on both the foxes, killing them instantly. The hen continued to live peacefully forever. There was a little hen that lived on the edge of a forest. She was friendly and active. She lived alone and did all her work by herself. Every day, early morning, she would hunt for worms in the forest, after which she would clean up the house, cook for herself, eat and sleep comfortably. In the evenings she would go out and meet her friends and would come back by dawn. Overall, she was leading a peaceful and comfortable life. In the same colony, there also lived a lazy fox with his very old mother. The fox was so lazy that he would hardly go out to hunt. He would simply get hold of the frst animal he came across and bring it home to eat. One day, the fox family did not have anything to eat. The fox was feeling too lazy to go out and was contem- plating how to arrange for food without working hard. Suddenly, he thought of the hen. He wanted to kill the hen and eat her for dinner. The animals of the colony where the hen and the fox lived followed a strict rule. It was that even on being very hungry, you were not allowed to hunt animals within your own locality. But it was alright to hunt from other colonies. The animals living in that area always followed the rule very stringently. Earlier, it wasn’t difcult as the forest was dense and the animals of the neighborhood found plenty of prey in the other localities. However, of late it had not been like that. With the cutting down of the trees, the animals started disappearing and it had become more and more difcult to fnd prey to hunt.

3. Find the Ten Hidden Objects in the picture Silly Rhymes Grandmother Grundy O Grandmother Grundy, Now what would you say If the katydids carried Your glasses away Carried them of To the top of the sky And used them to watch The eclipses go by? 2

4. Science explorer What is Gravity? Gravity is a force of attraction between two things. Anything that has mass, also has gravity. The earth has gravity, which holds everything close to it. Do you think we have gravity? Yes, we do! Since we have mass, we also have gravity. However, since it is much weaker compared to the earth’s gravity, we don’t notice it. The center of gravity is the point at which an object or person can be bal- anced. Gravity is infuenced by size and nearness. Sir Isaac Newton realized that the same force governed objects on earth and objects in space. So, he came up with the Law of Universal Gravitation. The Earth’s gravitational force accelerates objects when they fall. This is the same for every object. So whether you drop a car or a pen, they will gain velocity at the same rate. Although the gravitational pull of the earth on both objects is diferent, so is their mass. So, the efect that we see, or acceleration, is the same. The earth’s pull makes the objects speed up by 9.8 meters per second, every second. Have you seen a magnet? Gravity is a bit like it. 3

5. spot ten differences Engquiry When you look at the letter 'w', what do you see? Is it two 'u's together or two 'v's? Why is the English language so complicated? If the letter resembles two 'v's, why has it been named otherwise? The reason for this goes back to the time of the ancient Romans and their development of language. The ancient Roman alphabet did not have the letter 'w' or the letter 'v'.The letter, however, was represented by two 'u's. Eventu- ally the English language evolved and gave us the letter 'w'. Though the letter came into being, it never lost its original name... the double 'u'! Questions about the English Language Why is 'W' Called a Double 'U'? Double who? 4 4

6. Tickle your funny bone Q: Why are skunks so smart? A:Because they have a lot of scents! Q: Have you heard the skunk joke? A:You don't want to; it really stinks! Q: How do you make a skunk stop smelling? A:Plug up its nose! Q: How many skunks does it take to make a big stink? A:A phew! AMUSING NEWS Stinky Skunks Have you ever wondered if skunks can deal with their own smell? Research has shown that despite their reputations, skunks rarely spray other animals. And even if they do spray another skunk, they can tolerate it! How- ever, they don't really enjoy being sprayed on their eyes or faces. Who would?

7. comic story Akbar Birbal How Akbar Met Birbal At last, they came to a junction of three roads. Akbar was very happy as he thought that now he could reach his capital, Agra through one of these roads. He was not sure as to which of the three roads led to Agra. Just then, they saw a young man coming towards them on one of the three roads. Everybody was shocked at the young man’s audacity. Akbar began to get angry. Wait up young man! Could you tell us which road goes to Agra? What do you mean? Sir, none of these roads go to Agra. 6

8. The Emperor’s anger vanished on hearing this clever reply. Yes, you are right. Tell me, what is your name? are you and what is People travel, not roads. Do they? My name is Mahesh Das, sir! Who You are talking to Emperor Akbar! I need people like you in my court. Come to meet me with this ring and I will recognise you immediately. Now, show us the way to reach Agra. your name? Mahesh Das pointed towards the road going to Agra, and the King headed on that road. This is how Emperor Akbar met the future Birbal. Fun With WordS T N U Take out a pen and paper and make as many words as you can with the letters in the wheel. D I A O C E

9. Pondering Corner Why Do People Snore? Have you heard your dad make really loud sounds when he is deep in his sleep? Well, this is what we commonly call snoring. To put it simply, snoring is the sound created when air cannot move freely through the nose or the mouth during sleep. The main cause behind snoring is the narrowing of the airway during sleep. This narrowing can occur due to two major reasons. The frst is a poor sleeping posture while the other is, the abnormalities of the soft tissues in the throat. Snoring is nothing but the vibration of the soft palate (the soft part of the roof of the mouth) as the lungs strain to inhale oxygen through obstructed airways. The loudness is afected by how much air is passing through and how fast the throat tissue is vibrating. As of date, there are numerous anti-snoring devices available in the market. Sadly, many of these painful anti-snoring devices are only known to keep the person awake instead of asleep minus the snoring. 8

10. Sandy was a sweet smelling skunk. His spray didn't stink the way everyone else's did. In fact, it was known to smell like roses. His family couldn't understand why he didn't reek like his siblings. Skunks from far and wide would come to smell this rare skunk. One day... Complete the Story... fun facts with Hamlet the Hamster To know or not to know, that is the question! Well, wouldn’t you prefer to know? Facts about Skunks The oily liquid that skunks produce is used to scare predators and causes no real damage to its victims. Skunks spray sparingly as they sometimes need over a week to reload the glands. A snake bite does not kill skunks — they are immune to snake venom. Skunks are capable of ejecting their spray up to 15 feet.

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12. The Team Editor Assistant and Copy Editor Aryaa Naik Dalmiya Lavanya Khare Content Contributing Writers Kaniz Fatima Khan Priyanka Garegat Deepti Raavi Ekta Bhatnagar Raunaq Amarnani Rituparna Chatterjee Archana Rajagopal Layout and Design Walmik Pawar Artists Kalpana Siromani Amol Padwal Shailendra Havane Sujith VS Rohini Dusane Bhavini Damani Sitanshu Bhartiya Atul Wankhade Archana Rajagopal Bharat Pillai Tushar Rokade Distribution Digital Marketing Dnyanesh Thombre Prashant Kini Shekhar Ramaiah Creator Jesh Krishna Murthy

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