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DECEMBER (FIRST) 2009

NO. 772

STORIES

MINI AND BIRTHDAY

GIFT 4

FOUR-COLOURED SHIRT 8

FIGHTING CRIMINALS 14

ON KOMODO ISLAND 20

CRIME AND

PUNISHMENT 30

THE JOY OF GIVING 35

GIFT IN THE PACKET 48

THE ROYAL

TREATMENT 52

THE RECESSION 62

BEST GIFT 68

BULLET AS GIFT 74

WONDERFUL GIFT

OF TV TOY 78

PICTURE STORIES

TOO LATE 26

CHEEKU 44

GALILEO 72FRESH MILK 82

YOUR PAGE

FROM YOUNG

READERS 24

CHAMPAK CHEKERS 41

IT IS FUNTIME 60

WHO AM I? 67



MINI BEE and Dimpy Butterfly lived in ajungle together. Dimpy was pretty butvery proud of herself. She had beautiful,

pinkish red wings. She flew around the whole

jungle showing them off.Mini Bee’s wings were not so beautiful. She did

not appear as attractive as Dimpy. Dimpy always

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teased her and quarrelled with her over pettythings.

Mini could not help. She would getdisappointed and wonder why she did not have

pretty wings.The birthday of Dabbu Tiger was coming close.

He was the king of the jungle. He announced thatanyone who gave him the best gift, will berewarded.

Wasting no time, all animals started looking forgifts.

Mini thought, ‘I am so small. What can I gift theking?’

Then she got an idea, “I collect nector fromflowers and make honey that is eaten and liked byall. If I give that to the king, it will be a nicebirthday gift.”

On the other hand, Dimpy got an idea too. “Whydon't I gift my beautiful wings to the king. He willbe happy and I will get lots of prizes.”

She quickly went to Chinki Mouse and said toher, “Take out my wings with your sharp teeth.”

Chinki tried telling her not to get her wings

pulled out. Without her wings she will not beable to do any thing.Nobody will be able to recognise her and she

will be unable to fly.But Dimpy did not listen to her. She was just

thinking of the prize that she would get. She said toChinki, “Please pull my wings out.”

Chinki did as said. Then she thought, ‘Dimpyis not recognisable now. All her beauty hasvanished.’

Now Dimpy was looking very ugly as her

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pinkish red wings were no more.Chinky said, “Dimpy, you are looking ugly

without your wings.”

But Dimpy did not pay attention. She thoughtthat she would get back her wings in a few daysand she will get a prize from the king.

She was highly delighted at the very thought.She went to her friends to give them thisgood news. But all her friends laughed on seeingher.

Tiktik Mouse, Anty Ant, Kitty Bat were allgiving her a strange look. Nobody recognised her.Dimpy said, “Why are you all laughing? I amDimpy, your friend. Look, here are my wings. I will6 Champak



give them to the king.”Nobody believed her. Everyone said, “Our

friend Dimpy is very beautiful. You look very ugly.You do not have those beautiful wings

as well. How can you be that same friend ofours?”

Dimpy was annoyed. She said, “Good enough.I will sort you all out. When the king will see mywings, he will reward me well. Then I will showyou all.”

The king's birthday arrived. All reached hispalace and started gifting him. Dimpy Butterflyand Mini Bee also came. But nobody recognisedDimpy there.

When she gifted her wings to the king, he said,“What do I do of these wings? They are meant forflying.

“They look best when they are seen on colourfulflowers. They are of no use to me.”Dimpy's pride was hurt badly listening to this.

She lost her beauty for greed. She could not evenget a prize. She cried and cried.

On the other hand, Mini had collected a lot of

nector from flowers which had now becomehoney.She gave the honey to the king. The king tasted

it and found it very delicious.He said to Mini, “I did not have such a thing

before. This sweet is only with you. You collectnector from flowers and then make honey. No one

else can do this work. You work very hard, so youmust get the prize.”

Mini was in high spirits. She got lots ofprizes. ●




MINI AND Tini were 2 mice. Both lived atFatty Cat's place with their parents. Asnight descended, both Mini and Tini went

by Poonam Kumari

FourFour-colour-coloured Shired Shirtt

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into Fatty's kitchen and feasted on whatever theyfound. They not only made mischief but alsodisplaced things of the kitchen here and there.

Fatty was highly troubled. But naughty mice

could not be caught.When Fatty ran behind them, they showed a face

and vanished.One day, Fatty got a trap and placed it in the

kitchen at night.

Mini and Tini got trapped. Both were shedding

tears on each other’s shoulders helplessly.Suddenly, Fatty's son Kutkut came running.

Mummy was standing there.Kutkut asked, “Where have these new guests

come from?”“Son, they are not guests but rogues. Both have

created lot of trouble. Now they will know,” andmummy left.

Kutkut found both the mice very cute. He satnear the trap.

“ My cute little guests, why do you troublemummy?” Kutkut shook the trap.

“Kutkut brother, we promise we will not trouble

you anymore. Please free us from the trap,” themice pleaded.Kutkut broke into laughter on seeing them

holding their ears, “Ok, from today, you are myfriends. I will free you but promise that you willnot trouble mummy.”

Both Tini and Mini nodded their heads in

agreement.Kutkut looked left and right and opened the

door of the trap slowly. Mini and Tini escaped asfast as possible.December (First) 2009 9



When mummy came there after some time, themice were not seen.

“Where are both of them?” mummy asked,looking around. Standing at a corner, Kutkut was

smiling.Mummy turned Kutkut's ears, “So, you also

have joined their gang. You have helped them flee.Now you will be punished.”

“Mummy, please spare me. Both are my friends.They have promised me that they would never domischief again.”

Mummy went away.

It was Kutkut's birthday next day. The table waslaid with many tasty snacks. Lots of friends of

Kutkut came. They ate a feast and went away. Lotsof snacks were leftover.

The smell of these snacks reached Mini and Tiniat night. But they restrained from creating mischief.

Fatty was highly disturbed in the morning.What has happened to Mini and Tini? They did notcome to have such tasty snacks. Everything is at itsplace.

On the other hand Mini and Tini were making

some other plans.“Kutkut has saved our lives and made usfriends. We did not even present her a birthdaygift,” with her hands on her head, Mini said.

Tini smiled, “Don't you worry. I prepared a giftfor her at night.”

“At night? But what?” Mini was surprised.

“This 4-coloured shirt,” Tini showed the shirt inher hand, “I have made this by cutting 4 old shirtsof papa.”

“Wow! This 4-coloured shirt is really looking10 Champak



good. Now go, quick. Kutkut might go toschool.”

As both peeped out of the burrow, Kutkut wasseen drinking milk in the kitchen.

Both came quickly and started biting Kutkut'sfeet. Kutkut looked down in scare.

“My cute friends, why did you not come to mybirthday?” Kutkut took them up with love andmade them sit on the table. He kept a big box of



cake in front of them.Taking his hands behind, Tini said, “We do not

want the cake.”“Ok, but why did you take your hand away?”

Kutkut pulled his hand in front.Seeing a box in his hand, he asked, “What is

there in it?”“A 4-coloured shirt for you,” said Tini.“4-coloured shirt?” Kutkut quickly opened the

box.“Wow! How beautiful!” Kutkut ran to mummy

shouting.“Mummy look, this 4-coloured shirt. My cute

friends have given.”Mini and Tini too were very happy seeing

Kutkut pleased.Both took the big box of cake in their hands and

dragged it into their burrow. ●

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Hi, I Am Watermelon

Sweet juicy watermelon,

You are the summer fruit.You are so big that no one can hold you.Your body is green and tight and heart is red

and soft.That is why people eat you with interest.You have black seeds,That is why I love to eat you.

—Yash Gupta, Noida.



Search the 2 pictures

which are alike.




DEEPALIVAN. It was Sunday evening. Therewas a road jam. Biku and Bablu Monkeybought some things from the market. They

took a shortcut and went home. On the way, they

met Didi and Vidi jackals.“Get ready, someone is coming,” Didi whis-

pered.Didi and Vidi put on their masks. Biku and

Bablu came close.“Halt. Hand over all your things or I will kill

you,” Didi said.Vidi snatched away their bags.Biku and Bablu started trembling and looked to

someone for help. But no onewas there nearby. The

whole place waslonely.

FightingFighting



by Awadhesh Kumar Jha

CriminalsCriminals

“Take the bag and spare us. We will bethankful,” Biku said.

Both threw the bags and fled. Biku followedBablu. Such incidents started happening in the

jungle everyday. All including Songi and Mongirabbits were worried.

The 2 rabbits made a plan. They went to themarket and bought gifts for the criminals— boxinggloves with remote.

In the evening, they took the shortcut route andleft for home.

“The rogues will be taught a lesson from thegift. We will have fun... ha... ha... ha... ha...” Songiand Mongi were walking away delighted. Bothholding a box in hand, swinging it in fun.



Suddenly, theyheard a voice, “Halt,what is there inyour box?”

Mongi stoppedlaughing suddenlyand said, “It has abeautiful gift,brother. If youwant, you can takeit or leave it.”

As they got achance, Songi andMongi threw thebox and fled. Theyhid in the bushes tosee what happens

next.Didi and Vidiwere very happyseeing gift boxes.They went in thebushes. As theyopened the boxes, 2 boxing gloves sprung out with

a jerk. They were remote-operated and they boxedterrifically.Songi then pressed the remote. Gloves started

hitting Didi and Vidi non-stop fighting.Both screamed with pain and said, “Someone

come to save us.”When Songi and Mongi heard their screams,

they came running. They too boxed Didi and Vidiafter switching on the remote.

As they lifted the veil, they saw they were Didiand Vidi.16 Champak



Songi said, “Promise that you will not play

mischief or my gloves will kill you.”“Please forgive us. Now we will give up badhabits,” Vidi and Didi apologised.

By then many animals of Deepalivan reachedthere. They understood all on seeing the swollenface of Didi and Vidi. All animals appreciatedSongi and Mongi. They found their things back

too.Giving the gloves to Vidi, Songi said, “I gift

these gloves and remote to you. Now you must giveup bad habits and become good.” ●




Colour the picture.

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AS MOREO gained consciousness, he foundhimself in an unknown place. He lookedaround. There was nothing except sea and

thick forest all around till the eyes could see. Thesky was absolutely clear.

Moreo gradually remembered the past days.He lived on the shores of the sea. His father

On Komodo Island On Komodo Island by Dr M. A. Khan

























Bholu Donkey was going home alone.'My artificial leg keeps falling. It is going to be

dark and home is far away,' Bholu thought.“Bholu...” Jacky mimicked the donkey’s braying.

Bholu stopped. ‘Good, I have found a friend. Twoare better than one. Now the journey will be easier,’Bholu thought and was happy.

“Bholu, you will be our prey today,” Thaggulaughed. “We have tired eating lambs, rabbits, pigs.





Thaggu said, “How can this be possible that aliving animal does not have blood and flesh.”

“Why can't it be, you fools. Your brains haverusted eating without efforts for so long,” and

Bholu threw his artificial leg on Jhaptu. All the3 were shocked and shouted, “You have againcome!”

Suddenly, they heard a loud roar. All the 3 ranbut could not run as Babban Lion, Gabru, Cheekuand other animals had surrounded them.

“We made a mistake by leaving you alive

earlier,” Gabru said angrily.“Hand over these rogues to us.“We will take revenge from them,” the injured

animals spoke together.“Friends, be cool and think. If we also become

violent like them, there will be panic everywhere.They did as they thought.

So we must change our thinking and livelovingly and happily. If you treat your enemy withlove, it is natural that he will change too,” Cheekuexplained.

After he finished, all the animals left. This made

Thaggu, Jhaptu and Jacky cry. They said,“Friends, we had thought that we would rule thejungle by creating terror. But by forgiving us youhave changed our thinking.

“We are ashamed of ourselves. Punish us as youwant to,” the 3 were standing with folded hands.

Cheeku said, “Friends, punish them.”

Bholu spoke up, “Bholu, pick up my artificialleg and give me. I cannot balance any longerstanding on 3 legs.”

Everyone burst out laughing. ●

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CHINTU RABBITlived with hismother Pinky in

Champakvan. Pinkyearned her living bysewing and knittingclothes. This way, shealso took care of Chintu’sstudies.

Chintu was also adedicated child andalways stood first inclass. Pinky was happy.But she had a worry.Chintu helpedneighbours for free and

TheTheJoy of Joy of

GivingGiving

by Pramila Gupta



would never refuse anyone.One day, when neighbour Nimmi Vixen saw

Chintu going on cycle, she called him out, “Will youdo my work, son?”

“Yes aunty. Tell me what is the work?”“I am finished with flour at home. Can you get me

5 kg from the flour mill?”“Why not? Give me money and a bag. I will get it

just now,” Chintu said.

Nimmi handed him the money and bag. Chintuleft on his cycle.

On the way, he met Blacky Jackal. He too stoppedChintu, “Where are you going, Chintu?”

“I am going to take flour from the mill for NimmiAunty,” Chintu replied.

“That is good. The letter box is on the way. Post my

letter in it. I am not keeping well.”“Don't worry, uncle. I will do that,” taking theletter from uncle, Chintu proceeded.

He first put the letter in the letter box and thenwent to the mill. The mill was overcrowded. It wastaking time but he bought the flour and gave it toNimmi Aunty. Aunty blessed him, “I wish you

happiness, son.”It was evening by the time he reached home. Pinky

was upset and walking up and down waiting forChintu. When she saw him, she said, “Where wereyou? I am waiting since so long. I was worried.”

“You worry uselessly, mother. Nimmi Aunty hadcalled for some flour. I had gone to pick that up. The

mill was crowded and so it got late. Give me meals. Iam hungry,” parking his cycle, Chintu said.

“Why do you work for free for everyone, son?Don't you see that I work hard day and night for your36 Champak



studies. I want you to be educated and do some goodjob. But you do not find time from helping your

neighbours,” Pinky was annoyed.Chintu quickly took mother in arms, “I study with

all my heart and soul and come first in class. Youknow mother, my teacher says, “You help yourself byhelping others.”

“What nonsense! Has anyone ever come andinquired what we need?” Pinky said.

“It is not good to help others in the hope that heshould help us in return. I like doing all this. NimmiAunty is old and all alone. If I don't help her who elsewill? All in Champakvan are ours, mother. Why doDecember (First) 2009 37



you get upset if I helpsomeone,” Chintuexplained.

“Your talks are

beyond my under-standing. You don'tknow the world is verygreedy. After gettingtheir work done it,turns its face,”murmuring to herself,

Pinky went to bringfood for Chintu.

Chintu was a carefree soul. It was summer time.Viral fever was spreading in all homes. Chintu toowas in its grip. He was down with high fever.

One day, when the fever came in control, Pinkysaid, “I did not know Chintu that animals ofChampakvan loved you so much. Not seeing you outone day they all were concerned. Blacky Jackal wentrunning and brought the doctor.”

Chintu answered in a faint voice, “Really!”“Yes son, your Nimmi Aunty comes everyday with

lots of oranges for you. She insists on giving you fruit

juice so that you recover fast. Come on, drink thisjuice,” handing him a glass of juice, Pinky said.“Chintu Monkey has given many story books and

flowers. He was saying, “Chintu is very fond ofreading. Give him these books to read when he getswell. He will feel better.”

Chintu saw that they were his favourite story

books and comics. He was too happy to get them andimmediately started reading them.

Pinky insisted, “You are weak just now, son.Reading will strain your eyes. Get well and then read.

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Look, the whole room is filled with books.”Chintu saw his room filled with gifts which carried

love of Champakvan animals.Running her hands with love on Chintu's head,

Pinky said, “You were right. I was a fool to advise youwrong.”

“Don't worry mother. You think like this becauseyou have seen a lot of trouble in life,” Chintu saidlovingly. ●


LookLook at everything you can.Look at the frog,With large green eyes.Look at the goliath betle,He seems very nice.

Look at the albratross,He dives into the water.Look at the caterpillar,His skin seems to glitter.

Look at the lion,With paddy paws.Look at the vulture,With sharp, curved claws.

Look at the butterfly,Her wings do glimmer.Look at the sunbird,And how she can flitter.

Look, Look, Look,At everything that is there.Then you will learn much more,Than you think you may.

—Archana Sriramulu,

Chettinad Vidyashram, Chennai.



Join the dots

and completethe figure.

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on the walls of thedrawing room.

—Ranjeet, Indore.

*

Teacher: Tell me thename of the tooth thatgrows in the end?

Student: Set ofdenture. —M. Naik, Mumbai.

*

Vicky: You ran so fast

that the mad dog couldnot bite you?

Vikas: What is there tolaugh at? While running Ithought, ‘I have toffees inmy pocket and myyounger sister is chasing

me.’ —Deepa, Uttrakhand.

*

A child went to a shopwith his father. The salesmanshowed him the statues andsaid: “This is a statue of a

bear. This one is of amonkey and this is of agorilla.”

“Then what is thisanimal?” Asked the child

pointing at one of thestatues.

Don't be loud, this isnot a statue. This is the

owner of the shop, repliedthe salesman.

—Uma, Chennai.

*

Grandfather: Anshu, ifyou can translate 'gajar' inEnglish, I will give you 10

toffees.Anshu: Grandfather, I

will translate oranges,you can give me at least 5toffees.

—M. Mallick, Ghaziabad.

*

Whenever mother gavemoney to Sunny, he used torun and buy toffees.

One day, Sunny'sGrandmother said, “Sunnyif you have too many oftoffees, your teeth will

fall.”Sunny: You don'thave any teeth. Did youeat lot of toffees in thepast? —Mohit, Almora.

*



SUNDERVAN WASin the grip ofrecession. The

king tried many ways to

deal with the conditionbut nothing worked.

In order to reduceexpenditure, King SherSingh sold off his carand started on foot toinspect the forest.

TheTheRecessionRecession

by Vivek Chakravorty



One day when he stepped out of his palace forinspection, the poet of the jungle Tarachand Parrotlooked at him and said, “With recession hitting, theking had to sell of his car.”

Hearing the parrot's poem, the birds andanimals present there started laughing whilehiding their faces.

The king got annoyed and roared with anger,“You foolish parrot, the entire forest is in the gripof recession and there is possibility of drought andyou are reciting a poem.”

“It is your duty to solve these problems as yourule the forest,” Tarachand again sang.

“Surely, I am the king of the forest but do thebirds and animals of the jungle not have any dutytowards the jungle? Poets pull the attention of alltheir listeners towards the problems and there

solutions in their poems but you just write uselesspoems,” King Sher Singh said.“You have made me realise my duties. I will try

to solve the problems somehow.” He again recitedand flew away.

For next 2 days Tarachand could not be seen by

anyone. The third day, Tarachand went to KingSher Singh and said, “Your Majesty, I have thoughtof plans to emerge both out of recession anddrought. I would request you to call all the animalsand birds of the jungle here. In front of them I willdescribe the solution to these problems.”

“All right.”

Very soon, all the birds and animals of thejungle gathered there.

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that I am speaking ill about anyone or makingfun.”

As Tarachand stopped speaking, all animalsstarted whispering to one another.

“As you all know that we are facing recessionthese days and there are possibilities of droughtin our jungle too. Therefore, our primeresponsibility is to use food very carefully so thatduring drought conditions we have adequate foodwith us.

“Our friend crow eats half of the things and

spill half of them. So, I would suggest that crowsshould eat in 2 batches. The food that is spilled by



first batch can be had by the second batch,” saidTarachand.

All the crows got wild at Tarachand'ssuggestion. They shouted, “You want us to have

others’ leftover as food?”“No, I suggest that let your children have

first and then the elder crows can have therest. I suppose you will not have problem in hav-ing the leftover of your children,” Tarachandexplained.

The crows nodded in affirmation hesitantly.

“Bulbul, maina, sparrow and we parrots havefresh fruits from the tree. None of us has full fruit.We just have a bit of the fruit and the rest decays onthe tree itself. So I suggest that a fruit should beeaten by one family at one time. This will increasebrotherhood and the fruit also will not bedestroyed.”

“The idea is wonderful,” everyone praisedTarachand's suggestion.

“Per day diet of big animals like elephants, bearsshould be decided. This will reduce our importingfood from other jungles,” Tarachand said.

Small birds and animals welcomed the

suggestion but bigger animals like bears andelephants opposed it.

Finally, King Sher Singh had to interrupt, “Thereare possibilities of drought in our jungle.

Therefore, we must reduce our intake of alleatables. If in the interest of the jungle, you cannot

do this, you can leave the jungle and go.”Hearing the stern warning of King Sher Singh

elephants and bears stopped opposing.When everyone was quiet, Tarachand again




spoke, “Animals like jackal and the fox who arebusy stealing others things, should be given thework of digging wells so that they get employmentand their habit of stealing goes away. This will also

be good in a way that our jungle will haveadequate wells with enough water before drought.It will be your duty to keep watch on them, YourMajesty.”

“Good, but you tell me Tarachand, you havegiven duties to all birds and animals but what workare you doing?” King asked smilingly.

“Your Majesty, with the medium of my poems Iwill send the message of brotherhood and saving toanimals and birds.

“It is recession time, adopt the saving method,reduce expenditure and share food,” he recited.

All clapped when Tarachand said. ●

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1. 2010 Common Wealth Games are scheduled to be heldin which city?

(a) Delhi. (b) Lucknow.(c) Hyderabad. (d) Mumbai.

2. What is the national symbol of India?

(a) Kangaroo. (b) Tiger.(c) White cat. (d) Ashok Chakra.

3. Which is the highest award in India??

(a) Nehru Award. (b) Bharat Ratna.(c) Arjun Award. (d) Dhanwantri.

4. Sir J.C. Bose was associated with which field?(a) Sports. (b) Journalism.(c) Literature. (d) Science.

5. Onam festival is celebrated in which state?

(a) Rajasthan. (b) Kerala.(c) Uttar Pradesh. (d) Madhya Pradesh.


Who Am I ? ☺ ☺

? ?

1. She is alive with breath.But cold she is as death.

Never thirsty but is alwaysdrinking.Lives where you just can't think

of living.

2. Visible she is only at night.Is a treat to eyes.Harmless is she like a rose.But does carry a torch at night.

3. It looks like a fish but is not afish.

Neither lives in water nor in air.When slit open, carries green

eggs for you.Which are actually not eggs.

4. Parrots love me a lot,When they eat me they twitt a

lot.Kids hate me a lot,If they eat me, they cry a lot.

How Much Do You Know?

AnswersWho Am I? : (1) Fish. (2) Firefly. (3) Green Peas. (4) Green Chillies.How Much Do You Know? : (1) a. (2) d. (3) b. (4) d. (5) b.



IT WAS King Sher Singh’s birthday.An announcement was made inChampakvan that whoever gives

the best gift to the king, will in return

be rewarded handsomely.All animals started looking for gifts

as per their choice.



The king was not educated enough but wasliberal and carefree. If he was happy withsomeone, he would shower him with abundantwealth.

In the evening the king arranged for a big party athis palace. The tables were filled with delicious

snacks.Everyone had lots and lots of snacks and then

collected to present their gifts to the king.“Come one by one and present your gift to me,”

Sher Singh said.Chunmun Mouse ran up and extended a packet

of cheese to Sher Singh.When the animals laughed, Blacky Bear

signalled them to keep quiet.“No one will make fun of the gifts whether big

or small or you will be thrown out of the party,”Sher Singh said angrily.

Gillo Squirrel came with a basket full ofalmonds and walnuts. She kept it close to him andwent away.

The king happily ate almonds filling them inhis fist.

by Harendra Chakravorty

Best Gift Best Gift



Jumpy Monkey gifted a mobile set and HarryDeer presented a computer.

Jojo Jackal was a scientist. Since last 2 years hewas working in a gun-making industry. He gifted

Sher Singh a gun which could kill an enemy withina distance of 100 km.

“Your Majesty, I have prepared a suit for youworking the whole night,” a dozing Gappi Owl

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came in front and said.Seeing the suit king quickly opened his clothes

to wear what Gappi had given.It was an honour for Gappi. Tears of happiness

rolled from his eyes.In the same way animals kept coming one by

one and gifts piled up in front of the king.“Is there anyone left?” the king asked at last.“Yes, Your Majesty,” Meeku Rabbit said and ran

up to the king with great speed.

He handed over a bundle wrapped in an oldpaper to the king. King started opening the

bundle slowly.All animals were watching surprisingly as to

what was Meeku's gift to the king.“Books!” everyone was wonder struck as the

bundle opened.“Administration, management, politics and

economy... so many books. Good, but I am fifthclass fail,” the king said.

Handing over another packet to him Meekureplied, “That is why I have got fifth and sixth classbooks. Your Majesty, “There is no friends better

than books.“You are head of the state and wise andcourageous too. It is necessary for you to be moreeducated than us,” Meeku suggested though wasscared.

Sher Singh was enlightened on hearingMeeku. He decided that he would start studying

further.He declared Meeku’s gift the best and

appointed Meeku as the Chief Adviser ofChampakvan. ●




GAL

IL

EOBY KHALIL

THE GREAT SCIENTIST GALILEO WAS BORN

ON 15TH FEBRUARY 1564 IN ITALY.

GALILEO ALSO BECAME FAMOUS AS A

GREAT ASTRONOMER. EVEN AS A STUDENT, GALILEO DID AN

IMPORTANT RESEARCH.

WHILE PRAYING IN THE CHURCH, HE COUNTED

THE OSCILLATIONS OF THE CHANDELIER CAUSED

BY THE BREEZE IN THE CHURCH.

TO CALCULATE THE SPEED OF THE

OSCILLATIONS OF THE CHANDELIER, HE TIED A STRING TO A WEIGHT AND CONCLUDED

THAT THE OSCILLATION SPEED IS NOT

DEPENDENT ON THE WEIGHT BUT IT

DEPENDS ON THE LENGTH OF THE STRING

ATTACHED TO THE WEIGHT.

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FURTHER, GALILEO INVENTED PRINCIPLE OF HYDROSTATIC BALANCE.

TELESCOPE IS ONE OF THE MANY IMPORTANT

INVENTIONS OF GALILEO.

GALILEO'S TELESCOPE MAGNIFIED

THE OBJECT 32 TIMES MORE

COMPARED TO EARLIER

TELESCOPE MODELS.

GALILEO'S TELESCOPE GAVE US THE MOST VITAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE STARS AND PLANETS.

GALILEO CANNOT BE FORGOTTEN FOR HIS GREAT SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTION.




PRINCE, SON of King Sher Singh roared inanger, “You proud rock, I am asking you thelast time whether you will get off my way or

not?”“I will not. Why are you wasting time on me? I

have told you so many times that I will not giveway. Why are you eating my head? What can I do if

there is a pit on both sides? Why should I make wayfor you animals? You may go from whichever sideto drink water in the river. Get going from here.Don't spoil my mood. Let me rest,” the rock yelled.

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Bullet as Gift Bullet as Gift



“Now you will not be able to rest. I will destroyyou. Save yourself if you can. I pleaded you withfolded hands that due to summer the ponds andlakes have dried. The river, which has water, is on

the other side. If you had given way animals couldhave had water, but you have not left yourarrogance. Now, you will surely be punished,”Prince said.

The rock laughed loudly and said, “How canyou punish me? What can you do to me? Don't talkbig?”

“Well, I will not talk to you at all. Be careful,”and Prince took out bullets from the dynamite.

The rock thought that Prince was trying to scarehim with a toy. It did not bother.

“These are bullets of dynamite. I will blow youoff with them,” Prince threatened, showing him the

bullet.“Oh, you will blow me off. Try it,” the rocklaughed aloud. Then she said, “Threatening me toblow off by showing a toy! You cannot harm meanyways.”

Prince could not tolerate this arrogance. He filled

the bullet and blasted the rock. The rock wasreduced to pieces.While dying, the rock said, “I thought, you were

showing me a toy to scare me. You have reallyblown me to pieces with the dynamite. I waswrong. You asked just a little space. If I hadgiven that, I would not have been reduced to this

state. I have got the result of my doing,” and therock died.

“Long live the Prince,” the animals assembledthere shouted victory for the Prince. “Now we willDecember (First) 2009 75



be able to drink the river water. This wicked rockhad blocked our way. You have done a favour on usby blowing off the rock.”

“This was my duty. I did not want to blow

the rock off but I requested it many times to giveus way but it was too arrogant. I had to take thisstep.”

“You did the right thing. One, who comes in theway of good work, should be taught a lesson.”

The old bear asked, “Where did you get thesebullets from?”

“They were gifted to me by my soldier uncle



Dahar Singh,” Prince replied. “I had to teach therock a lesson.

Months back while sleeping one night I wasmurmuring 'bullets, bullets.' In the morning when

uncle asked me, I requested him to gift me bulletsof dynamite on my birthday. I promised him that Iwill not misuse the bullets. So he gifted them tome.”

Uncle bear smiled and then celebrated for theopening along with other animals.

When Dahar Singh came to know that Princehad utilised the bullets for good work, he

praised him. The king too was happy with the goodwork of his son. He was satisfied that his sonunderstood the problems of his subjects. He wouldprove a good king in future. But he advised himthat he was too young just now. He should stayaway from gunpowder and weapons.

Now the animals could drink water from theriver. The old and weak ones were more at anadvantage as they had to earlier take the wayaround the rock to reach the river for water. ●


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poems, jokes (not published so far), amusing anecdotes

and cartoons. Give full name and address separately for

each column.

Kindly send them to: The Editor, Champak,

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unpublished work.



MEEKU RABBIT had abad habit of wastefulspending. Whenever

he got money from his aunty or

any relatives, he used to spend itright on the same day withoutgiving any thought on for whathe was spending the money.

His parents were quiteworried about his bad habit ofwasteful spending.

One day, it was his birthday.Meeku Rabbit was very happyon his birthday. It was day forcelebration at his home and inhis school. His uncle gave him abeautiful plastic TV toy as his

birthday gift. It was a blue-coloured TV with white screenand 3 red buttons. It was an exactreplica of a real TV.

Meeku Rabbit asked hisuncle, “How does it work?”

His uncle replied, “It has a

slot. You have to put coins in it.The day it is full, it will startworking.”

Actually, it was a piggybank in the shape of a TV.

His uncle inaugurated hispiggy bank by putting a coin in

his piggy bank. The momentthe coin was put in the piggybank, the coin's reflectionappeared on the TV screen. His

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uncle said, “See, the colour has changed. When it isfull, your TV will start working.”

Innocent Meeku Rabbit was convinced. Hestarted putting the money in the piggy bank. He

daily checked the change in the colour on thescreen of his TV toy.

One day, Meeku Rabbit was very excitedwhen he saw his TV toy was almost filled with thecoins.

He thought, 'Now I want only couple of fewmore coins to make it totally full and my TV will

start working. I can operate it whenever I want. Iwill impress all my friends with my TV.'



But suddenly, his TV toy fell off from his handsand its TV screen got a crack.

Meeku Rabbit started crying. He went to hisuncle. He was still crying. His uncle made him quietand repaired the TV screen with quickfix solution.

His uncle said, “Look Meeku, I am afraidnow that your TV will not work. But just thinkbecause of your TV toy how much money you havesaved?”80 Champak



“Does it mean had I not saved this much ofmoney, I would have spent the money on nothing?”asked Meeku Rabbit.

“Exactly, did you notice, otherwise how much

money you would have wasted on nothing? Now Iwill open a bank account for you in the post officeso that you get into habit of regular saving. And youcan use your saved money on something whichreally is useful for you,” said his uncle.

Meeku Rabbit asked, “So, what do we do withthis TV toy?”

His uncle clarified, “Come on! This is just atoy to make you understand the good habit ofsaving money. See, there is no machine inside thisTV toy.”

Meeku Rabbit understood everything andrealised that because of an ordinary looking TV toy,he had understood the importance of habit ofsaving money. ●


HA! HA! HA!Book seller: If you buy this mathematics book, you

are sure to score 50 marks from the 100 marks maths

paper.Student: Then give me 2 copies of the same book. —Jitesh, Delhi.

*

Teacher: Sonu, if your attendance is below themark, you will not be allowed to sit for theexamination.

Sonu: That is fine, Madam. I will give myexamination while standing.

—Divya, Ulhaspur.

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FRESH MIL

K BY KHALIL KHAN

THE MILKMAN SMILINGLY REPLIED–

VERY SIMPLE SIR, EARLIER,

WE MIXED TAP WATER TO

THE MILK AND NOW WE

MIX MINERAL WATER TO

THE MILK.

THE MILKMAN MEASURED THE MILK

AND POURED IT IN THE POT.

DABOO SINGH ENQUIRED ABOUT THE

INCREASING PRICE OF THE MILK.

WHY PRICES OF MILK HAVE GONE

UP SO HIGH?

DABOO SINGH OPENED THE DOOR

TO GET THE MILK.





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