In the pursuit of dragonflies

Author: Cyrille Largillier

Illustrator: Sanjay Sarkar
Translator: Pallavi Krishnan
During excavations, explorers discovered an imprint of a giant
dragonfly. One of them said to the others,
"This reminds me of a story ..."
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"When I was little, my brother and I, saw giant dragonflies in the forest.
They were hooked to the trees by a thread. We unhooked them and
then followed them."
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"They stopped near a team of horses. They seemed to talk to them. In
response, all the horses shook their head and pointed in the same
direction. The dragonflies left again. "
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"Tired, they stopped on some leaves. "

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"As they did not move, we took the opportunity to take a closer
look at their eyes. They were divided into small squares like those
of flies."

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"But we were not the only ones to observe them. A group of birds
appeared suddenly with the aim of devouring them."

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"Dragonflies somersaulted in the air to escape them.
Unfortunately some of them served as a meal for birds."

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"Returning to the forest, the survivors, hungry from their near escape
and long journey, look for some food. They spot some insects."

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"We could then observe more carefully their mouths and their legs in
full action. »»

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"Content, they left the forest and came upon a pond. But what were
they going to do?
They flew in circles over the water for sometime.
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"It was then that we saw them lay their eggs in the water. "

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Cover page: Dragonfly and damselfly together, by Sanjay Sarkar © Pratham Books, 2008. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 2: Men with
protective helmets, by Sanjay Sarkar © Pratham Books, 2008. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 3: Dragonflies and people in a forest, by
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Page 8: Birds, dragonflies and insects in a forest, by Sanjay Sarkar © Pratham Books, 2008. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 9: Birds
and dragonflies flying, by Sanjay Sarkar © Pratham Books, 2008. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 10: Dragonfly attacking an insect in
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Tell me now! - 'Sweet and Sour'
Author: Madhav Chavan
Illustrator: Rijuta Ghate
Why is sea water salty?

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It tastes salty because there is salt in the sea.

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Why is the chocolate sweet?

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It tastes sweet because there is sugar in it.

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Why is a lime sour?

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The acid in the lime
makes it sour.

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Is there salt in tears?

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Yes, there is.

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Is there sugar in a mango?

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Yes, there is sugar in ripe mangoes.

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 Is there acid in curds?
Yes, there is some acid in curds.
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Timmi's dream
Author: Rachita Uday Kumar
Illustrator: Santosh Pujari
Timmi wanted a dog her whole life.

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She dreamt that she had a dog of her own.Next day,she got a dog of her own.

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She taught her dog how to stand.

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She taught her dog how to lift a paw.

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She taught it how to think.

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She taught it how to be funny.

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She taught it how to be scary.

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she taught it how to touch it's nose.

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At the end,Timmi's dream had come true.

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The Scarecrows on Parade
Author: Shamim Padamsee
Illustrator: Tanaya Vyas
Re-level: Divya Gogoi
Gauri wanted to help Ma make scarecrows for their field.

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She picked her new red frock and red ribbons to make a lovely looking scarecrow.

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"But scarecrows have to be scary, not pretty", said Ma. She tried to make scary face.
But Gauri found it funny! he he he

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Both Ma and Gauri fixed the scary scarecrows in the field.
Scarecrows can shoo the birds away.

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At night lying on her cot, Gauri looked out from her
window.

She saw a scarecrow look down at it's clothes! "I

wish we had something pretty to wear!" sighed the
scarecrow.

It did not like old clothes. Others also wanted to

change their clothes to new and neat ones.

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They found Gauri's clothes on the clothesline. One scarecrow put on her lovely red frock and tied the red
ribbons on her straw hair. She felt pretty and showed off.

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Soon, all the scarecrows began dressing up! walking! turning! twisting! and twirling! They were having fun!

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But what's that? Birds here, birds there, birds everywhere. Munching and chomping the delicious grains in
the field.
They were happy. Scarecrows were busy having fun and not shooing them away.

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The scarecrows heard all the munching and chomping of the birds. They were horrified!
"Shoo! Be gone!!" The scarecrows waved their straw hands at the birds.

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Gauri saw the birds coming towards her. She screamed.

Ma held her tight. She had come to wake Gauri up.

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Oh! It is morning now. Gauri looked out. The fields are safe. The scarecrows are at the same place as the
night before.

Phew! it must have been a bad dream.

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Or was it? Were the scarecrows waving to her? She saw the red ribbon on a scarecrow's straw hair. She
blinked! Did the scarecrow just wink at her?

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