Mocomi TimePass The Magazine - Issue 62

1. Get Your Daily CopY! facebook.com/mocomikids ISSUE 62 JUNE 3, 2020 GO tO Are you lactose intolerant? S A M V I S I T S F O X G L A C I E R STORY OF THE FOX AND THE GOAT WHICH LETTER STARTS THE MOST WORDS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE?

2. FOLKTALE The Fox and the Goat Panchatantra: come to help. Suddenly, Dabbu heard a squeaky voice, “What on earth are you doing down there?” Dabbu looked up and much to his relief he found Laadla the goat standing at the mouth of the well. He was a young and gullible goat. Dabbu knew that Laadla was innocent and ignorant of the world, as he was always asking very irritating questions. Dabbu was determined to get out of the well using Laadla’s help. It has never been difcult for a fox to fool a goat. He said, “Aren’t you aware that there has been a huge drought in the northern part of Bihar (they lived in a jungle in Bihar)?” “Really? I haven’t heard of anything as such,” said the innocent goat. Dabbu replied, “That’s strange. Shantaram crow gave me the news this morning and he has also seen it with his own eyes as he was travelling from the same area. That is why I jumped into this well to save some water for myself.” “Oh God, how terrible!” exclaimed Laadla and jumped into the well in no time. As soon as Laadla jumped into the well, Dabbu climbed on his long horns and jumped out of the well. Dabbu said, “You are such a silly creature. You are not even aware that there have been foods all around the northern part of the country, and you believed my story of a drought. Instead of talking about a frog in a well, now people will talk about a goat in a well.” Laadla was stupefed and said to himself, “One should never trust anyone blindly.” There was a fox called Dabbu. One day, he was very happy after having a hearty meal. He had seen the lion going for a stroll after his meal and had gone into the lion’s den and gorged on the remains of the lion’s feast. It was a sumptuous meal of deer meat. “I wish I was lucky enough to have such a feast every day,” Dabbu thought. Dabbu started walking, looking at the clear sky, singing his favorite song, much contented with his lovely meal. He thought about flm heroes and how they would sing and walk like this when they were in love. Dabbu wasn’t in love, but he thought that the emotional satisfaction obtained from a good meal was no less than the feeling of being in love. Dabbu’s eyes were almost flled with tears as myriad emotional thoughts crossed his mind, when he suddenly found himself falling into something really deep. “Dhuuummm, dhumm,” the sound came, and Dabbu understood that he was in trouble. On looking around he realized that he had fallen into a shallow well. He was lucky that there wasn’t much water in the well. It was a wide mouthed well that Dabbu had noticed every day while passing by it. It was only today that he was in lost in his thought and had simply overlooked it. Dabbu was really angry at himself for being so foolish and careless and wanted to hit himself. He tried his best to get out of the well by climbing on its walls, but all in vain as the walls were too slippery. Frustrated, he waited for someone to

3. Find ten animals in the picture Silly Poems Plenty There are plenty feathers on a hen And prickers on a rose, There is plenty roaring in a den Of lions, goodness knows; There are plenty fshes in the lake And islands in the sea; There are plenty raisins in this cake For even you and me.

4. Sam Visits Fox Glacier Discover a new place I am tandem skydiving from the Fox Glacier in New Zealand! Or “Te Moeka o Tuawe” as it is known by the locals. I have jumped from the height of a whopping 12,000 feet which will result in a 65 second free-fall along a 13 km long glacier! They say that in terms of scenery the Fox Glacier sky jump has it all and now I can see why! My dive-guide told me I will be able to see the rain- forest, lakes, mountains and the wild Tasman Sea, not to mention the awe-inspiring Fox and Franz Joseph Glaciers. And he wasn’t lying! The view is simply breath-taking! But you guys know I’m scared of heights right? The Fox Glacier is so beautiful that I do try and take a peek every two seconds. But I think I’m better suited to exploring with both feet frmly on the ground! I don’t think I’m going skydiving again! Wuuf! Name the Animals

5. spot ten differences Engquiry Words in the English Language? There are so many words in the English language. Some you know and some you are yet to learn and discover. But have you ever wondered which letter starts the most number of words in the English language? You would think it would be a vowel (A, E, I, O, U), wouldn't it? No, not even close. It is the alphabet ‘S’ which has more English words starting with it than any other letter. The reason being, there are more clusters of words that begin with ‘sc’, ‘sh,’, ‘sp’, or ‘st’. These clusters also act as independent words. If you really think about it there are so many words with S… school, shut, special, string, straight, shun, spatula, scan…wow! Samuel Morse, the inventor of the Morse code was the frst one who was curious to know the answer to this question. So he used his techniques of using codes to frequently used letters. Later an analysis of the concise dictionary revealed ‘S’ as the letter having most words. Which letter could it be? Questions about the English Language Which Letter Starts the Most 4

6. Tickle your funny bone Q: What does a fox call a rabbit? A:Fast food Q: What was the goal of the detective duck? A:To quack the case, of course. Q: What did the wolf say to the fea? A:Stop bugging me. AMUSING NEWS Foxes Read the Newspapers A helpful samaritan set up a camera in his driveway in the hopes of catching the thieves that had been stealing his neigh- bour's newspapers for weeks. He reviewed security footage to fnd the thieves, a trio of young foxes who were curious to read the news!

7. comic story einstien iyengar Science in Art It was a Sunday afternoon and Eeshan was playing board games with his friend Nitin. They were waiting for Martin in Nitin’s house. Martin entered with a frown on his face. What’s the matter Martin? It is my art class. The children in the class make fun of me! I am not good at art so they choose to bully me. Just teach them a lesson, with science! Let me teach you some ways where we can have a little fun with art using science! 6

8. The children went to Nitin’s study room. Eeshan asked for some newspapers, canvas sheets and crayons. He pinned the newspapers on the wall and laid them out on the ground as well. Then he pinned a canvas sheet on the newspapers and stuck the crayons on top of the sheet, pointed downwards. Does your mother use a blow dryer for drying her hair? Yes, it is in the bathroom. I will get it. Eeshan plugged it in and asked Martin to hold it in front of the crayons. He asked him to wait. After about 3 minutes the crayons started to melt and spread on the canvas. Eeshan moved the dryer in different directions and created beautiful patterns of colours on the canvas. The children enjoyed the work of art. This is abstract art. It simply works on the principle that wax crayons melt with heat!

9. He continued to melt the crayons and created more patterns. This looks amazing! Healthy Me Are you Lactose Intolerant? Lactose is a sugar found in dairy and dairy products, such as milk, yoghurt, cheese, cot- tage cheese, and ice cream amongst others. When anyone eats food containing lactose, it is broken down by an enzyme called lactase – produced in the small intestine. The lactase breaks lactose into simple sugars, which are later absorbed by the large intestine. For those who are lactose intolerant, the body does not produce enough lactase and as a result, unabsorbed lactose remains in the body. This can create symptoms which are known as intolerance. If the symptoms are not extreme, they can often go unnoticed in children and are sometimes chalked up to children simply disliking milk. Children can experience nausea, bloating, diarrhoea, abdominal pain and gas if they sufer from lactose intolerance. The simplest way to check if you're lactose intolerant is to remove dairy products from your diet for two weeks to see if the symptoms of discomfort go away. After two weeks, slowly reintroduce dairy products in small amounts and moni- tor if you experience any of the symptoms mentioned above.

10. Complete My brother and I were playing catch in our garden one evening when we heard a rustle in the bushes. We were startled and stopped playing our game to go and investigate. We couldn't spot anything and went back to playing. Suddenly a little head popped up behind the bush, it was a little fox and he was fascinated by our ball! 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 Foxes Foxes harness the earth's magnetic field to hunt. The smallest fox, the fennec fox, weighs under 3 pounds - that's roughly the size of a kitten. They are very playful, friendly and curious. They love balls, which they often steal from golf courses and backyards. The arctic fox doesn't start to shiver in the cold until its surroundings reach an icy cold -70 degrees celcius. 9

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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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