Mocomi TimePass The Magazine - Issue 33

1. Get Your Daily CopY! facebook.com/mocomikids ISSUE 33 MAY 5, 2020 GO tO Interesting facts about the cheetah The unfair king How much do you know about medieval food? What came first, the colour orange or the fruit?

2. FOLKTALE Vikram Betal: The Unfair King The King of Adhak tried to help all his subjects to the best of his abilities. One day, an old man came to his court with his two blind sons. “O mighty king, I feel my two sons will be a great help to you in your court. Though they are blind, they are gifted with their other senses. One son is an expert judge of horses, while the other can test any kind of jewel for you.” The king was intrigued and agreed to employ the two young men in his court. A week later, a horse seller came to the court to sell to the king a horse he claimed was very well-behaved. The blind son came forward and began to smell the horse, much to the confusion of the court. When he fnished, he said, “This horse will throw of any rider who is not his owner. I sense it.” When a rider from the king’s stables tried to ride the horse, it threw him of and galloped away. The horse seller left the court, feeling ashamed. A few days later, a jeweller came to the court of the king, bringing him the largest diamond the court had ever seen. The second son was called to examine the jewel and took it in his hands. Soon after he had touched it, he disuaded the King from buying it, saying, “Your Majesty, the jewel has been inauspicious for those who have worn it previously and if you buy it, it could prove dangerous to your well-being.” And with that, the king asked the jeweller to leave his court. News arrived later that a king from the neighbouring kingdom had bought the diamond and fallen gravely ill soon after. The old man returned months later to visit his sons. While he was in court, the king asked him, “I have seen the skills of both your sons, but what is your skill?” The old man replied, “I can tell the reality of a man and yours is that you are the son of a thief.” The king was enraged that the old man had exposed his truth and him and his two sons were banished from his court. Betal then asked King Vikramaditya, “Who was to blame for the banishment of the three men?” King Vikramaditya replied, “It was the king. Though he was ofended by the words of the old man, he should have remembered that it is not his roots that defned him, but who he is today.” Hearing those words, Betal few back to his Peepul tree.

3. Find Ten Animals

4. Decipher the Word Add enough salt to your diet! 3

5. spot ten differences 4

6. PONDERING CORNER Which came first, the colour orange or the fruit? What do you think of when you hear the word ‘orange’? Do you think of the colour, or the fruit? Do you imagine the vivid, sweet citrusy fragrance and tangy taste of the fruit, or do you see the colour and its myriad shades? Don’t you think it’s fun to eat a colour? No, you aren’t really eating the colour! The word orange did not exist in the English dictionary till 1300s. So what did people refer to when they wanted to refer to the colour orange? They called it geoluhread or yellow – red. Till someone decided to call the colour orange, ORANGE! Wow! Wonder how he did that? Do you think he saw the exotic fruit and thought, hmm, it reminds him of the colour yellow – red. But frst, let’s see where the fruit’s name originally came from. The fruit’s homeland is in India. The Indi- ans referred to it as narange or naranga, which may have its root in the word for smell in Dravidian languages. The fruit travelled to Europe with Indian, European and Arab traders. The Arabs refer to it as burtakal, which originates from the word for Portugal and the Persians refer to it as naranje. The word naranje probably worked its way to into the English dictionary from the French, who called it pomme d’orange. The English simplifed the word to simply call it orange, in the 1500s. In the 1600s, someone decided to adopt the name of the fruit to the colour, they have previously referred to as yellow – red. Did the colour orange come before the fruit? So, now you know, what came frst. The fruit, and the colour is named after the fruit. 5 5

7. stories in rhyme The Heron Who Was Hard To Please A long-legged Heron, with long neck and beak, Set out for a stroll by the bank of a creek. So clear was the water that if you looked sharp You could see the pike caper around with the carp. The Heron might quickly have speared enough ?fsh To make for his dinner a capital dish. But he was a very particular bird: His food fxed, just so, at the hours he preferred. And hence he decided it was better to wait, Since his appetite grew when he supped rather late. Pretty soon he was hungry, and stalked to the bank. Where some pond fsh were leaping; a fsh of low rank. "Bah, Bah!" said the Bird. "Sup on these? No. Not I. I'm known as a Heron. As such I live high." Then some gudgeon swam past that were tempting to see, But the Heron said hautily: "No. Not for me. For those I'd not bother to open my beak, If I had to hang around come next Friday a week." Thus bragged the big Bird. But he is bound to confess, That he opened his elegant beak for much less. Not another fsh came. When he found all else fail, He was happy to happen upon a fat snail. 6

8. Tickle your funny bone Q: What's a cheetah running a copy machine called? A:A copycat Q: Why can't students take exams at the zoo?  A:Too many cheetahs. Q: What did the panther say while playing hide and seek.  A:I'd be lion if I said I was a cheeetah. AMUSING NEWS Cheetahs Need Support Too! Cheetahs may be known as the world's fastest animals, but did you know they are actually quite shy? They get anxious and zoo's have found help in an unexpect- ed place! Zookeepers have begun assigning young Chee- tahs their own emotional sup- port dogs to help them cope!

9. a comic story sir dig-a-lot Medieval Food “Mom made bitter gourd today for dinner. I don’t like that vegetable at all. I wonder what people used to eat,” Rohan said to his friend Sir Dig-a-Lot. Sir Dig-a-Lot said, “I can tell you what people used to eat in medieval times. Are you interested?” Rohan jumped and said, “Certainly!” Sir Dig-a-Lot began, “In the middle ages, at first, only the rich and the nobles could afford to eat poultry and meat like chicken, pork and mutton. The poor had to be satisfied by eating homegrown food. 8

10. The Norman conquest changed that. The Normans were influenced by French and Scandinavian food. The French and Scandinavians were more sophisticated than the English and they were known to document their recipes.” “The French came out with the first recipe book in the year 1306, ‘The Little Treatise.’ The first cookery book in English was written in 1390, which had over 200 recipes. Most of the recipes were contributed by the royal cooks. India in- troduced the world to many spices.” “So what we eat now, is a development of what was eaten before?” asked Rohan. “Yes, Rohan. Haven’t you tasted the food your mother makes with recipes passed on to her by her grandmother?” asked Sir Dig-a-Lot. “Yes, and I love them. But I also love the modern techniques of cooking that my mother uses,” said Rohan. Sir Dig-a-Lot laughed and tucked Rohan into bed. He promised to return with a new lesson the next night. 9

11. All the other cheetahs around me were such fast runners... but I was the slowest of them all. Every day we would go to hunt, I would come back empty handed. My mum always shared her food with me but I knew I had to learn how to hunt sometime. I woke up one morning and decided it was the day I would become the fastest runner ever. But how? 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 Cheetahs They drink water after every four days. Cheetahs chirp like birds when communicating with each other. Cubs have a grayish yellow coat, which protects them from sun and rain and helps them to hide. In Ancient Egypt, cheetahs were kept as pets and helped in hunting. They are found mostly in the greenery of Africa and in some parts of Iran. 10

12. Help the Lion Reach the Airport 11

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