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How can some

birds talk
Who is
like humans?
a truly sensitive
queen?

Why
P a r rdo
ot
F birds
ools P olice
sing?

Who
discovered
oxygen?
FOLKTALE
Vikram Betal:
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 first queen was wounded when
a flower 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
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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 suffering 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 fly back to the tree.
Goodbye!” Saying this, Betal flew back to the
tree.
 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.
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 Good
Morning
sunshine!

Coley & Bumbley

About health and more!

Benefits of early to bed and early to rise
An early riser reaps many benefits. 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 finishing 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.
 Find the ten objects in the Picture

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

A N G F
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stories in rhyme
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."
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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.
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.
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 fly 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.
 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 observation,”
Mrs. Sharma said.

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."

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"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.”
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 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 first one to publish his findings.
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 “fire air,” but did not publish his findings.
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 “five or six times as good as common air.”
He called this gas “dephlogisticated air”. In later tests, it caused a flame to burn intensely and kept a mouse
alive about four times as long as a similar quantity of air. He published his findings 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 first to recognize it as an element, and coined its name “oxygen”- which comes
from a Greek word that means “acid-former”.
Tickle What do you get if you

your
Q: What do you
cross a parrot
get if you cross a
with a pigeon?
cat with a parrot?
voice mail.
A carrot.

funny
bone
What is a parrot's
favourite game?
Hide 'n speak.

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 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.
 Help the bird
get to the flowers

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Digital
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Marketing
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