THE: FORTNIGHTI ca HILDREN Cay FROM THE HOUSE OF AMAR CHITRA KATHA HOW THE GHOST . WAS BORN GLIDERS=| If you read Amar Chitra of your Club sent along s Katha or Tinkle with photographs, ¥ regularly,and would like if found interesting, to make friends with will be published in 1 4 other readers in your Amar Vikas. 3 locality, start an Amar- 3. Members of the Club Tinkle Club ! Today ! will receive invitations 1. Your Club will receive to quiz contests, story- a copy of the monthly, telling competitions Amar Vikas which will and gther programmes te now publish : conducted in their a. News from Amar- town by Amar Chitra Tinkle Clubs all Katha or Tinkle. over the country Write today with a self- b. Achievements of addressed stamped envelope, Amar-Tinkle Club for a copy of the leaflet ’ members telling you how to form i c. Guidance on self- _ a Club, and the rules development of membership. . Reports of activities PrownriLlor = ,\ , 3h SS MASI © IBH Publishers Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved September 5, 1984 d_by H.G. Mirchandani, for IBH Publishers Pvt. Ltd., Mahalexmi Chambers, 22, Bhulativst Desa Road, Bombay-400 026 and printed by him at Usha Offset Printers Pvt. Ltd. = 125 Government Industrial Estate, Kandivli (W), Bombay-400 067. = Editor: Anant Pai * Benegal Assistant Editor: Dev Nadkarni Waeerkar Production: Maranna B. Shetty he? oe Associate Editor Art Co int:(PDENL WIVES a WHO ATE |p < mere Ne SN ONIONS [' Seal An American Indian Story i ONE PAY, LONG AGO, SIX AMERICAN INDIAN) THE SIX j | WOMEN WERE GATHERING FRUITS. Adapted by Hema Pande™ Ilustrations: Manjula Padmanabhan f ins \ DELICIOUS! WHEN THEY ETL Al THE EVENING, 5; THEM WAS CARRYING 4 L. PUNGENT » BUT BUNCH OF WILD ONIONS. J A fc . WE, NG %8*"Six Wives Who Ate Onions'' is from the book STORIES CALIFORNIA INDIANS TOLD by Anne B, Fisher, published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. Copyright © 1957 by Anne B. Fisher. Reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Company.LATER, THEIR HUSBANDS CAME HOME, WESRY FROM HUNTING THE WHOLE DAY LONG. f— TINKLE,‘OUR HUSBANDS DON’T KNOW WHAT \ THEY'RE MISSING! 7 TINKLEAN? AGAIN $ THAT NIGH; OH», THAT ODOUR ! INO THE: FOR A WHOLE WEEK THE WitES WOULD GO TO THE -OREST AN aes,’ MORNING. AND AT NIGHT: EIR HUSBANDS WOULD RS ena roe. 2 YES, LEP * * . ae et a HOUSES - FINALLY TINKLE <+1 AND THREW HER EAGLE FEATHER ROPE INTO THE SKY +10 «2 UP WENT THE ROPE os0 AND THEN /T DROPPED OVER A CLOUD... «11 AND CLASPING HANDS; BEGAN 70 CHANT — Yo: HELP. US, MAGIC \ ROPES. HELP US- TINKLEAS THEY PASSED OVER THEIR VILLAGE THEIR HUSBANDS SAW THEM GOING» BUT THEY COULDNT 20 ANYTHING ABQUT | a + | THE CLOUD SAILED SLOWLY ACROSS THE Sk‘ SO THEY SCOLPED THEIR: WIVES’ PARENTS —| 2 CHANTED. MAGI ‘| SPELLS AND THEIR, ROPES THER Hee LED, DOWN AND SAW THEIR)wee BUT THEY COULDN'T CATCH UP WITH (wast_FOR Tre (YN ‘ \ us ‘4 ; THE CHASE WENT OV AND ON AND ON. ANB FINALLY THEY ALL TURNED INTO STARS. AMERICAN INDIANG KNOW THE Be. Tone LOWER SIX STARS OR HIGHER GROUP OF SIX STARS, TAURUS ARE CALLED ‘YOUNG MEN”. HE PLEIADES ? AS “4OUNG WOMEN? AR NIGHT, THE TiO AW BE SEN MOVING OWES ACROSS THE SKY. The author wishes to thank Ms. Ethel J. Phelps for alliher hele:PO FLGIE WAS LEONARDO DA VINC) WHE 7PRiRST DESIGNED A FAIR OF HUGE WINGS Wit Wei MAN —= COULD Fre 70 FL4. THis MODEL 1S RECONSTRUCTION FROM |_D4 VINCI'S DRAWINGS THE FIRST AEROPLANES JO BE BUILT HAD NO ENGINES THEY WERE IN EFFECT GLIDERS. PILOTS “BD TO FLY DOWN FROM | HILLTOPS, HANGING GTO THE GLIDERS. OTTO LILIENTHAL, A GERMAN, WAS ONE OF THE PIONEERS OF THE GLIDER. HE BUILT SUCH A CRAFT IN 1897, TODAY AEROPLANES HAVE ENGINES, BUT MOST PILOTS RECEIVE THEIR INITIAL TRAINING, IN GUDERS. GUDERG CAN BE EXTREMELY USEFUL, EQUIPPED WITH METEOROLOGICAL EQUIPMENT; THEY HELP IN FORECASTING WEATHER. LETS SEE HOW A GUDER FUES. THIS AEROPLANE /8 TOWING A GLIDER. A 70- | METRE -LONG CABLE CONNECTS THE GLIDER 70 THE AEROPLANE. TTINKLEee THE AEROPLANE SOARS INTO THE AIR PULLING THE GLIDER WITH IT THE AEROPLANE HAG RERCHED A HEIGHT OF 3000 METRES. THE GLIDER PILOT DROPS THE TOW CABLE. HE 18 NOW ON H/8 OWN. oy YOU Wie NOTICE THAT THE GLIDER HAS VERY LONG WINGS. THESE GIVE IT AN EXPERIENCED PILOT CAN TAKE ADDITIONAL LIFT” FROM THE Aim TO ADUANTACE OF —? IN THE Aik? AND ENABLE IT 70 FLY LONGER. THE PLOFT (ONG GLIDER 1S LOSING SPEED, 80 THE Plt Ss DIVES. THE Rie SPEED | 026 "888 AND HE LEIELS SS OFF AGAIN. THE GLIDER CANNOT FLY INDEFINITELY BUT i THE GLUDER 1S NOW VERY CLOSE TO THE | | THE GUDER TOUCHES DOWN SMOOTHLY GROUND. THE PILOT HAS TO LAND. AND RUNS TO A STOR. GLIDING 19 A FAVOURITE AMATEUR AVIATORS CLOINGBased on a story sent by Leena Raikar Kimsen, Bombay ya pg ¢ aa OH; ONLY 4 BIRD! BUT THEN ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN IN THIS SPOOKY| PLACE. 3 ( WH-WHAT 15 THAT? ID IT’S COMING HERE! /| eS GOD SAVE ME NOWT 4 4 HARE RAM! _/ Roots HARE RAM! pA : ANI 2) 1 AM JUST A TRAVELLER.1M GOING TO THE TOWN JUST AHEAD. YOU ARE RETURNING FROM THERE, AREN’T YOU P YES, YOURE RIGHT. WHAT A FRIGHT ) HE GAVE ME... < PLL HAVE SOME IST FIND A GOOD STONE TO BREAK IT / 0 you WH-yHeee'S WANT SOME HE GONEP J 1} 2s VANISHED > COULD HE : A A GHOST! GHOST! UNLESS... Mi UNLESS HE W “y ayPERHAPS “0 WOULD \ CARE FOR A PIECE OF BETELNUT... _AfPR . IT’S STRANGE! THE | FELLOW SEEMS TO HAVE | VANISHED LIK M7 GOD E LIKE A GHOST! 45 KEW} THE MAN RUSHED BACK TO THE TOWN. AND IN ANOTHER PART OF THE Tonw— oat ty i i AND SO A GHOST WAS BORN, TINKLEHEY, RAGHU! ILIKE YOUR NEW NAMEPLATE ! NO,NOLIT?S OUR, AUTOGRAPH THANKS FOR Givine iT TOME! 54 you showed us an easy and interesting way to work limes table. | wish you would items to help us in The story of Nasruddin Hodja, which was published in TINKLE No.42 (September 5, Shiladitya Dasgupta 1983), has been published in the March : Jamnagar 1984 issue of Chandamama- Kaneez-e-Shaher Banu Hyderabad You know Suppandi is a simpleton because his head is so long! Vikashe Achumi Nagaland | thought it would be a good idea if all of us living in Pune, were to come together and form a TINKLE Club. We could divide ourselves into two groups according to our ages (9 to 12. and 4 to 16 years). We could go on expeditions, meet once a week, staf fibrary of our ownvand read books” together. Ashish Paranjpe Pune (We would very much fike to learn what our readers feel, about Ashish’s idea. To begin with, we could form-AMAR-TINKLE Clubs with only subscribers as members. In that case, we could provide the names and addresses of subscribers in v. us towns to those who would like to start such clubs—Editor) TINKLE 1“ =RESULTS OF THE COMPLETE THE STORY COMPETITION NO. 11 First Prize = Neena V. Gupta Divya Kanna: Ashwamedha Apt Tiruchirapally Ram Maruti Road Cross Lane Not Naupada. Thane Consolati Prize : Third Minish Khanna Silchar Bombay Second Prize : in ion WINNING ENTRY The girl rushed inside. She was wonder-struck when she saw what was happening. She came out at once and asked her mother, “Mummy, you told me that the dentist was careful. But how can he be careful if he allows the patients to bite his fingers 2” 16 TINKLEdolls belong? Kerala, Punjab, Kashmir. Bengal, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh or Maharashtra? how many people there are.on tha) bus in the last picture. !You will need: a lime; an old fountain pen; a cup; a sheet of white paper; ’ a source of heat (a candle). piece of paper. After 4-5 words, dip the pe: To be able to read it, hold the letter close to a candle for a minute or so. The words will appear slowly ina brownish colour. ENTRY FORM Solutions of TTT No.45 E ~ For TIT-46 A—6 |[__B— First passengers in the air given on page “ No.31 C— 1-Doctor 2-Carpenter 3-Painter 4-Plumber BeHOW THE DOG ONE DAS A BOG TOOK HIS MAR! come, auy ma ) | FRESH RIPE / PEAS. Readers’ Choice CAME TO STAY WITH MAN | Te veae PEAS 70 SELL AT THe ANIMAL ‘8 FOX PUT Al STINKIN 1D Illustrations: Ashok Dongre |Soaw 4 FOUL Smet FILLED THE |AR. Based ona story sent by Lovely Dutta, Shillong UGH! WHAT’S THAT SMELL? 2 BUT THE DOG STAYED PUT. \ come, Buy) m4 PEAS! [evenTuaily, ALL THE | ANIMALS GOT TOGETHER OUT, 4OU ROGUE AND TAKE OUR PEAS,T00! 7 TINKLETIO 206 WENT TONCOMPLAIN TO THE 2, WHO WAS MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONER. THE MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONER GAVE HIS VERDICT. HEY KICKED ME. i YOU INSOLENT CUR! HOW DARE 4OU SEEK JUSTICE AFTER: POISONING US ALL THOSE STINKING EN PEAS! BEGONE AT ONCE... OR WILL YOu... WILL YOU LISTEN TO ME? AFTER THE MAN HADHEARD THE D06’S TALE WE FE SORRY FOR IT DON'T WORRY. 4OU COME AND STAY WITH ME. SO | HAVE NO HOUSE NOW, SOB! Sos! AND $0, THE DOG BECAME MAN'S FAITHFUL FRIEND.oF eT MEET THE DOG Script: Vaijayanti Wagle llustrations: Ajit Vasaikar. LONE RAIN'Y DAY ALITTLE PUPPY COMES WHIMPERING TO CHETAN’S DOOR. OH YOU MAY, CHETAN een PAPA, \ AS LONG AS You PLEASE,\ PROMISE TO LOOK AFTER HIM CHETAN KNOWS WHAT A IT 13 10 Lobe: AFTEfe A PESPONSIBILITS 20s. TMBU SEEMS A NICE NAME FOR THE LITLE PUPPY. CHETAN AND HIS FATHER ViSiT THE VETERINARY BOCTOR TO [THE Yer Gives TmBU AN ANTI-PABIES INJECTION. BRING THE PUPPY FOR REGULAR CHECKUPS. GIVE THE PUPPY A CHECKUP. “SUPPORT HIS WHOLE HE ALSO GIVES CHETAN| SOME TABLETS TO FID THE PUPPY OF WORMS.| TOGETHER WE CAN URE HE WILL GROW A HEALTHY DOG. AT THE HOUSE THE LITTLE PUP 1S CURIOUS ABOUT HIS NEW HOME. HE EXPLORES EVERYTHING» AT HIGHT, HOWEVER , HE) MISSES THE LITTER HE CAME FROM AND HOWLS MISERABLY. CHETAN HOLDS TiMBU CLOSE AND COMFORTS HIM WITH SOOTHING WORDS. TINKLEFOR THE FUPST FEW SOON TIMBU GROWS DAYS CHETAN HIDES ACCUSTOMED TO HIS. [A TICKING CLOCK Inv NEW HOME AND MAS TER. _| ASSURE THE LITTLE PUPPY THAT HE IS NOT ALONE. RE ARE THEY OFF TOP | | THEY FOLLOW THE SAME | |“GO0D BOY TMBU.” CHETAN TAN TAKES TIMBt FOR| | ROUTE EVERY DAY. TIMBU| | PRAISES THE DOG WHEN HE WALI EVERY TWO HOURS THE DOG TO RELIEVE HAS ONE PARTICULAR PERFORMS «_, SPOT HE FAVOURS. | wonever, CHETAN SCOLDS THE PUP, FIRMLY WHEN HE MAKES A MESS AT HOME. TUMIBU IS A GROWING Pup| HE NEEOS FOUR NOURISHING MEALS 2 DAY. WHEN HE IS A YEAR OLD ONE MEAL WILE BE SUPFICIENT. CHETAN FEEDS THE PUP TWICE WITH MEAT AND AGAIN TWICE WITH CHAPPATIES G® BREAD CRUSHED IN MILK. HE DOES HOT GIVE TIMBU ANY FISH OR CHICKEN. THESE BONES ARE 700 SMALL AND BRITTLE FOR A DOG. CHETAN AEDS VITAMIN AND MINERAL DROPS TO THE FOOD 70 ENSURE TIMBU’S HEALTHY GROWTH» 21 TINKLEA BOWL OF FRESH PRINKING WATER IS AVAILABLE TO TmBY AT ALL TMES. TIMBU 1S NOW FOUR MONTHS OLD. CHETAN HAS A SPECIAL TREAT FOR HIM TODAG—A KNUCKLE TMU NEEDS TO CHEW ON IT TO STRENGTHEN HIS BABY TEETH, OR HE MAY TAKE TO LSHEWING FURNITURE. AT Sik MONTHS, CHETAN BUYS CHETAN KEEPS THE LEASH SHORT $0 THAT TIMBU & DOG COLLAR AND LEASH. TWBY STAYS CLOSE. IF THE PUP LAGS BE:''ND TIMBU LEARNS TO WALA. OF WALES AHEAD, CHETAN GIVES THE. ALONGSIDE HIS TAASTEP ON LEASH A FEW JERKS AND CALLS, THE LEFT. “TiBU, HEEL.” HE TEACHES TUABU TO SIT. WITH HIS LEFT e ABHD HE PUSHES TIMBY'S RUMP DOW VILE VITH THE i RISHT HEHE HE PULLS & HUIS HEAD WP. NOW TMBU LEARNS To COME “DOWN” FINALLY. TMBU LEARNS, 70 RESPOND INTO A RELAXING POSITION. CHETAN TO CHETAN?S COMMAND “COME”. FOLLOWS THE SAME PROCEDURE AS CHETAN PATS THE FLOOR it! FRONT, WHEN HE TEACHES TMB4 To SIT, OF HIM AND CALLS“ T/MBU, COME.” EXCEPT THIS TIME HE ALSO PULLS — CHETAN NEVER WORKS yea TWBLUS FRONT LEGS OUT FROM 15 MINUTES AT A UNDER HIM WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. REWARDS Hil WITH B TINKLE 2BUT WHAT A MESS? CHETAN MAKES SURE TMBU GETS PLENTF OF EXERCISE. AGRID BRUSHING WiLl MAKE TMABUS COAT GLOSSY AGAIN. CHETAN USES A BRUSH WITH STIFF BRISTLES AND BEGINS WITH ce HE ALSO CHECKS TWBUS COAT FOP TICKS, FLEAS | AND LICE. AH! HERE #5 8 TICK, CHETAN DABS | THE SKIN WITH SG Gil . NOW, “SING A BROAD~ TIPPED THEEZED. SOMETIMES 17 ‘s] |NECESSARY TO GIVE TiMBU A BATH, HE GENTLY PULLS THE TK OUT. ea HE IS CAREFUL TO REMOVE THE WHOLE TICk.FOR A REMAINING HEAD MAY CAUSE INFECTION, CHETAN 18 CAREFUL TO USE A MLD SOAP AND PROTECTS | WMBU'S EYES FROMTHE LATHER,| A 20% IM TURH, CHETAN HAS MADE IN TIMBU FRIEND FOREVER. TINKLETHE STUPID THIEF 327220)" Illustrations: Ashok Dongre 4 | (50 MUCH LooT! °° BUDDHURAM WAS PASSING THROUGH A FOREST ane| ie = 80 THE NEXT NIGHT ARMED WITH A KNIFE AND A SACK, BUDDHURAM SET OLIT. [HE WENT ROUND THE |HOuse. i AHA! PM_IN (OSE iS 1S TINKLEWORSHIP { me? oH, ALL RIGHT. be Ba IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO WORSHIP ME, WHO AM | TO STOP HIM... HEH-HEH. TINKLEtaKine 30 (ONG? HE MUST BE BRINGING & LOT OF PRASAD. AFTER ° WHILE — ¥ Y\ TINKLEGO WILL FIND SEVERAL VARIETIES OF THE DAHLIA IN INDIB. IN THE COOLER REGIONS DAHLIAS GROW FLOWERS. ALMOST LIKE WILD | | |__SINGLE-FLOWERED ae 5 h Chee) « Se LARGE-FLOWERED | | DECORATIVE ANEMONE-FLOWERED 27 LARGE-FLOWERED CACTUSI'6 BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE WE MET OUR FRIEND, THE RHINO. | 1 HOPE THEY DON’T (RUN INTO ANY “4 TROUBLE... est THE CROW HIS LEG MUST \, | BE CURED BY ) Be \ NOW. LET’s co / VISIT HIM. f Script: DENIS Illustrations : RAM WAEERKAR A =a SUDDENLY _ A AS SUDDENLY. Bene NON. (fe KEECHU. ) —N4| MEECHU, / Z DON’T HARM THE RABBITS.CHAMATAKA. “Ou'LL BE SORRY. HA. HAL ISORRY, KALIA, T'S JUST sey ay ana, 7 WAIT ALIA, ny LEAVE vest) TINKLE,THANKS TO KEECHU’S AND MEECHU’S SPECIAL HERS OINTMENT, MY LEG IS / MUCH BETTER NOW. TROUBLE ? WHERE ARE THEY? IN FACT] 1 WAS LOOKING i FOR THEM. / 22 (rouow me) / AA QUICKLY.THANK YOU, KEECHU AND MEECHU. MY LEG 'S FINE BUT WHERE ARE | (SID 1 P WELL | WAS IN SUCH CHAMATAKA AND 4 A HURRY TO MEET YOU. DOOB POOR P /| \ You TWO WILL BE \\ NEEDING SOME OF THE) | HERB OINTMENT. | TINKLE a+ Please send only folktales you have heard and not those you have read in books, magazines 0f textbooks. Rs 25)- will be paid for every accepted contribution. + Seng 2 self-addressed stamped envelope if yOu want the story fo be returned * Please do not send photographs until asked lor This happened to me = You can write on your own strange-‘thnlling or ar experience or adventure Rs 15/- will Be paid for every sccepted contribution. Readers Write. 1. Mail your letters to: Tinkle. P Bag No 16541, Bombay 400 026 2 Please give your address in your letters, if you want a reply. 3. The next 50 all-correct received by us will each win entries received by us a set of : will each win a copy of Colo Sign Pens - the Amar Chitra Katha No.5 iulepaChandrspeeia| | eo ts=-------- —= =CUT HERE== ENTRY FORM MY SOLUTIONS TIT-46 NAME : A ADDRESS B i STATE: c pin |_| alee}ly the Owl’s great fun to make Bits ‘n’ pieces with Fevicol That’s all he takes” — It's a neat trick, And it's quick All you do is think and stick. Stick what? Anything at all. Just have a ball Make a pencil stand, a basket even a doll I's not messy at all. How can that be? with Fevicol With Fevicol MR you could go on and on and whatever you make, will last and last. Because Fevicol MR really sticks#to its job. For FREE step-by-step instructions ‘on how to make Olly the Owl, ost this coupon or write to “Fevi Fairy”, Post Box 11084, Bombay 400 020. een ence renee Be For FREE step-by-step instructions on howto iby | mite Oly the On pot ths couponto Feet Ba | Fg toc Be Bannan OE | Name ! 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