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All rights reserved, September 20, 1983 Published by H.G. Mirchandani, for 18H Publishers Pvt. Ltd.. Mahalaxmi Chambers, 22, Bhutabtiat Desai Road, Bombay-400 026 and printed by him at Usha Offset Printers Pvt. Ltd. 128 Government Industrial Estate, Kandivli (VW), Bombay-400 067. Editor: Anant Pai Associate Editors: Nira Benegal e Luis M. Fernandes Art Consultant: Pradeep Sathe Production: Maranna B. Shetty‘== | STONE SOUP if ae se 7’ VERY HUNGRY) FRIEND. CAN YOU HUNGRY SOLDIER | . BUT THE SOLDIER PERSISTED— r [THEN JUST ISOME WATER, IND THE “ NO HARM IN GIVING HIM WHAT HETHANK 4oU,G00D LADY. WOULP You MIND VERY MUCH IF 1KEPT THE POT ON YOUR FIRE? 2 OH, ALL \ eel RIGHT, IF You oi COME Y v Rat A ive Veeco) ase SHE PUT A POT OF WATER ON THE FIRE |AND TOOK THE SOLDIER TO THE KITCHEN, NOW PLL PUT THIS STONE IN THE WATER ANP WAIT FOR IT THE FARMER ANP HIS WIFE SAT BACK TO | SOLDIER OPENED THE| POT AND PEERED IN. > LeT me TASTE IT... 5 | @ LITTLE LATER THE AH! IT’S COMING / Catone nee [...Bur tT NEEDS A BIT OF SALT. /wert, POD (Ger You) TINKLETHINK? THE FARMER WAS GETTING IMPATIENT, | SHOULD 4ES, YES, TASTE ITAGAIN| |\ BUT BE QUICK. DON’T You ABOUT IT! 1S IT VERY TASTY ? WOULDN’T AN ONION 20 TO WPROVE THE THE FARMER'S ne WENT OFF Wire,Go \- AND GET HIM AN ONION QUICKLY, OTHERWISE HE?LL +01 GOON A CHOPPED ONION WAS ADDED TO THE SOUP, TINKLEIT’S TAKING DELICIOUS ! BUT IF A LONG TIME, | ONLY | HAD SOME SHOULD TRY IT CARROTS AND ONCE AGAIN, < POTATOES TO ADD 1 THINK. 6Y NOW THE FARMER, TOO, WAS BEGINNING TO FEEL HUNGRY— war! G00, YERY G00D, YOU MUST SHARE DON?T YOU THINK, IT WITH ME YOU SHOULD TASTE_IT AGAIN? + BUT COULD | BOTHER A DELICIOUS AROMA you FOR A FEW ‘GAN TO CORIANDER LEAVES PLEASE RING THREE BOWLS AND SPOONS AND LET'S 4 BEGIN TO ENJOY TINKLE aFINALLY, THEY ALL SAT DOWN TO EAT. ALL THANKS 70 THIS STONE 01 MINE. -—>~ PM SORRY MY 600P FRIENDS, BUT, you MUST ALLOW THANK YOU ANP G06 NIGHT ! AND THE Si HS a | ON |= S—__ > | V0 Longer. OL DIER WENT WAY, HUNGRY TINKLETHE CLEVER FARMER Mlustrations : Dilip Kadam Based on Readers’ a story sent by Choice /Trilok Singh Chandwani, Mandsaur aT HERE, TAKE ’ EVERYTHING, AF =|YOu HAYE TAKEN | MUST HAVE EVERYTHING. AT LEAST SOMETHING TO TAKE SVE ME YOUR STICK. { HOME TO mY THE ROBBER RAN AWAY. AND | THE FARMER HAD NO MORE TROUBLE ALONG THE WAY. 7 TINKLEThe Baby Elephank z=: Mlustrations: M. Mohandas: Vetapalem ELEPHANTS AT ONE TIME HAD SMALL TRUNKS.ONE DAY A BABY ELEPHANT WAG WALKING NEAR A SWAMP... | WONDER. WHAT THEY +s AND HE SAW A CROCODILE COMING OUT OF THE RIVER. THESE ANIMALS SPEND ALL THEIR: TIME IN THELET HIM 60;40U BIG BULLY?! ++: AND TRIED TO Putt Hin AWAY PYTHON WRAPPED THE LOWER HALF FROM THE CROCODILE. WIS BODY POUND THE ELEPHANT...4 a \ | Zee N yp (WS ALONG TRUNK THE PYTHON WAS RIGHT, ALL ELEPHANTS COULD BE VERY TODAY HAVE LONG TRUNKS. AND THEIR USEFUL. TRUNKS ARE VERY, VERY USEFUL TO THEM) AR yHERE IT 18! LOOKING AT YOU WITH ITS E/GHT_EYES. YES, EIGHT! (eS rT 1% ny Nx YOU MUST HAVE SEEN SPIDER WEBS. BUT HAVE YOU SEEN THE GREAT WEAVER OF THE WEB AT CLOSE RANGE? IT HAS EIGHT ‘ IT HAS ARMS OF A «ss AND TWO SHARP LEGS TOO! LONG; SORT... FANGS CONNECTED: HAIEY LEGS.--.~ : TO PO/SON GLANDS. We =A Ue ie ALTHOUGH CLOSELY RELATED TO THE INSECT FAMILY THE SPIDER /S NoT AN INSECT. ITS BODY IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS — HEAD AND ABDOMEN. AN INSECTS BODY 18 DIVIDED INTO. THREE PARTS AND THEY HAVE SIX LEGS. HONEY-BEE— AN INSECT ALTHOUGH THE SPIDER HAS LET’S WATCH, EIGHT EVES, /TS EYES/GHT THIS 4OLING 75 POOR AND /7 HAS NETHER EARS NOR NOSE. WEB. HE DROPS [T DEPENDS MOSTLY ON DOWN FROM /TS SENSE OF TOUCH. 2 BRANCH, ITS LEGS ARE COVERED PRESSING OUT WITH VERY SENSITIVE ayes cn HAIRS AND SPINES. fA a ae THE END OF HIS: De HIS, ‘ \ ABDOMEN. a " TINKLEHE _FIXES THE END _OF THE THREAD TO THE LOWER BRANCH AND CLIMBS BACK UP THE THREAD. THE. TWO VERTICAL THREADS ARE JOINED TOGETHER BY 4 HORIZONTAL ONE. THEN HE PULLS ALL THE THREE THREADS TIGHT WITH A FOURTH ONE. NOW A CRIGS- CROSS SUDDENLY, HE LEAVES THE CENTRAL SPIRAL, GOES TO THE QUTSIDE AND STARTS BUILDING ANOTHER SPIRAL FROM THE OUTSIDE, TOWARDS THE CENTRE OF THE WEB. THIS THREAD IS VERY STICKY. OF THREADS .. THE NON- STICKY SPIRAL WHICH HE HAD MADE AT THE CENTRE, HE CUTS 17 OFF AND REPLACES IT WITH THE STICKY THREAD, THE WEB /S READ% Dp IT 18 STRONG AND } «ss AND THE FRAMEWORK IS READY. HE MAKES) A SPIRAL _AT “ THE CENTRE. TINKLEBUT FOR THE SPIDER IT 1S A eK OF ART. THIS DELICATE WEE LET'S WATCH f THE (8 A TRAP TO SPIDER 1S HIDDEN CATCH SMALL UNDER _A LEAF. BUT HE IS HOLDING ONE OF THE THREADS WITH HE LEGS. . A FLY WENT TOO CLOSE 3 HE_RUNS OUT, GRABS AND HAS GOT STUCK IN HIE THE INSECT, AND THE WEB. LZ. STABS IT WITH HIS : POISONOUS THE = 2 MOVEMENT << THROUGH HIS Ta LEGS. (i THEN HE WRAPS THE VICTIM NOW THE SPIDER INSERTS HIS FANGS IN THREADS. THE POISON —INTO_THE VICTIM’S BODY AGAIN AND PARALYSES THE INSECT. USES THEM AS STRAWS TO [7 ALSO TURNS THE SUCK OUT THE LIQUIO. SPIDERS CAN'T INNER PARTS OF THE CHEW OR SWALLOW SOLID FOOD. INSECT INTO A LIQUID. L f THE EMPTY (/ SHELL OF THE i FLY IS (PP THROWN AWAY. THE OWNER OF TH/S WEB /S MUCH LARGER THAN HIM. SHE /S A FEMALE. TINKLETHE MALE GOES UP TO HER,HOLDS = THEN. THEY MATE. giv HER AT A DISTANCE WITH HIS FRONT AFTER MATING 75 LEGS AND CATCHES HOLO OF HER THE MATE = FANGS, 80 THAT SHE RUNG FOR ff \ CANT BITE HIM. HIS. LIFE® ABOUT THREE MONTHS LATER THE FEMALE LAYS HER EGGS IN SILKEN COCOONS. EACH COCOON HOLDS AROUND 600 EGGS. AFTER SOME DAYS THE EGGS HATCH. AS SOON AS THE SPIDERUNGS (BABY SPIDERS) COME OUT «+4 AT THIG STAGE, MALES ANO FEMALES ARE. OF EQUAL SIZE,BUT FEMALES GROW RAPIDLY AND BECOME LARGER. THEY SPIN SPIDERS GROW BY PB MASS OF MOLTING . THEY SILKEN THREADS. ABOUT § 70 12 IT 1S THER . TIMES AND WITH/N TEMPORARY HOME. A YEAR THEY a BECOME ADULTS. ee YOU HAVE JUST MET THE GARDEN SPIDER. THERE ARE SOME 40,000 SPECIES OF SPIDERS. ALMOST ALL OF THEM SPIN WEBS (THOUGH THE PATTERNS ARE DIFFERENT). SOME SPECIES HAVE FEWER EYES. THE NEPHILA IT 18 A LARGE SPECIES OF GARDEN SPIDER FOUND IN SOUTHEAST MAY BE AS MUCH AS 2-4METRES ACROSS, BETWEEN TREES. THE 4 THREAD IS SO THICK AND TOUGH | ff THAT THE LOCAL PEOPLE USE | THE LARGEST SPIDER.IT [718 SMALLER IN SIZE HAG A LEG SPAN OF THAN THE GARDEN R SPIDER. IT SPINS AN IRREGULAR WEB. NEXT ISSUE: MEET THE MULE TINKLE