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 Poems and Rhymes

Who ate
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This morning I had a bit of a shock –
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I found the left one then looked around,
But the matching sock could not be found...

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Under the couch and behind all the doors,
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 There was a little fellow, about two feet tall,
All covered in fuzz like a little dustball.
The monster looked like he was having fun,
He’d made a nest of my socks – and was eating one!

He had a frightened look upon his face

when I stuck my head into his hiding-place.
“What are you doing?” I exclaimed.
“When my socks go missing, I get blamed!”

The little chap looked at me in surprise

And stuttered, “I do apologise!
I’m a sock troll, and for me it’s a treat
To eat these things you put on your feet!

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Because these tasty treats always come in pairs.
I could eat both but that wouldn’t do,
So I always leave one sock for you!

“Woollen socks are chewy and tasty,

Little cotton socks are soft like pastry,
Sweet and sour polyester is sure to please,
And sweaty sports socks taste like cheese!”

Fnie\abgҮӂFnabhd]Xnbh`mi[dmbmƄh]Ү
But I need these ones, and they’re mine!”
The sock troll cheered up when I said,
“You can eat Dad’s socks instead!”

ANSWER: There are 5 green socks in total.

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 Storyteller’s Corner

The War of the

Fox and the Wolf
I n a cottage at the edge of a wild forest lived a
man named Simon and his wife Susan. She was
a kind person, but Simon was mean and selfish.
The couple owned two pets. Tibbles the cat had once been an
excellent mouse-catcher but was now old and part-blind. She
preferred snoozing in front of the fire to chasing rodents in the chilly
barn. Galahad the hound had been a fine guard dog, but now he was
a bit deaf and usually only woke up for dinner.
Simon grumbled about their pets to
his wife. “That cat hasn’t caught a
mouse for years, and that lazy dog
can’t hear a thing! When I get back
from the market, I’m going to drown
the cat in a bucket and finish the dog
off with my hatchet!”
When he left, Susan told Tibbles and
Galahad, “My dears, you have to go!
It is cold in the woods, but it is better
than the bucket and the hatchet!”
The frightened cat and dog fled
into the forest. When it began to
rain, they huddled for shelter beneath
a holly bush.
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In a clearing in the woods there lived
a fox called Reynard, who was having
troubles of his own. He was being
bullied by a big mean wolf, and the
wolf had two big friends with him:
a boar and a bear!
The wolf growled, “Mr. Fox, you might
think that you own these woods, but
it would be better around here if I was
in charge! I challenge you to a battle
here tomorrow. Whoever wins will rule
the woods, and we will soon see if
your cunning tricks are a match for
my mighty fangs!”
The fox had no choice but to agree
because otherwise all the woodland
creatures would think he was a
coward – but he was scared that the
wolf and his big friends would be
the end of him.
As he was worrying about the battle,
the fox spotted Tibbles the cat and
Galahad the dog shivering under
the holly bush. “What are you doing
here?” asked Reynard. “These are my
woods, you know!” Tibbles just hissed
at him, but Galahad replied, “Friend
fox, my companion and I have fled in
fear because our owner has decided
that we are useless and should be
killed! We have run into the woods
and taken shelter in this bush.”
This gave the fox an idea. He said to
the dog and the cat, “Help me in my
battle against the wolf and his friends
tomorrow, and I will make sure you
can go back home and live in peace!”
The dog and the cat didn’t really
trust the fox, but in the end Galahad
shrugged and said, “Even if we lose,
it is better to die in battle than to
starve in the woods!”
The next morning, the fox, the cat and
the dog set off for the clearing with
Reynard in front, Tibbles in the middle,
and Galahad behind. The wolf, the
boar and the bear were impatiently
waiting for the fox in the clearing.
“Bear! Go climb that oak tree and see
if you can spot that fox!” said the wolf.
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The bear climbed up the tree and When Reynard, Tibbles and Galahad
peered out with his little eyes. arrived in the clearing, they found a
very nervous wolf waiting for them.
He couldn’t see very well, so when
However, when the half-blind old
he saw the cat’s stiff tail sticking up
Tibbles spotted the boar’s ear in the
above the bushes as she walked, he
pile of leaves, she thought it was a
thought it was a sword. “I can see the
mouse and pounced on it!
fox!” roared the bear. “He has a big
sword!” This made the wolf nervous. This scared the boar, who exploded
out of the pile of leaves and ran away.
The boar then heard the ‘cling-clang’
The surprised cat leaped into the tree
sound made by the dog as he carried
– right onto the bear, who fell down
his bowl through the forest and
and squashed the wolf flat.
bumped it on rocks and branches.
“He’s wearing armour, too!” grunted The fox had won the battle with the
the boar. He dived into a pile of wolf, without even having to fight!
leaves, with only a little piggy
ear sticking out.
That evening the fox took Galahad
the hound and Tibbles the cat back
to Simon and Susan’s cottage and told
them, “Just do what I say and Simon
will welcome you back home!”
He gave Tibbles a dozen mice that
he had caught and told her, “Show
these fine mice to your master, and
he will welcome you back!” Then the
fox told Galahad, “Start barking very
loudly, and in the morning your master
will let you stay!”
Susan and Simon were eating dinner
when Tibbles came in, proudly
carrying a dozen mice in her mouth.
“What a good cat you are!” said
Susan. “Well, since you can still
hunt mice, you can stay!” said Simon.
When Galahad started barking
outside, Susan said, “Listen, the
dog is barking! Maybe he has heard
some thieves breaking into the barn!”
“I don’t think so!” grumbled Simon.
“The only thing that deaf old dog
can hear is the dinner bell!”
However, the next day Simon
discovered that someone had broken
into the barn and taken his sausages.
“Well I’ll be... that old hound was trying
to warn me of thieves – come back
home, boy, everything is forgiven!”
Everybody lived happily ever after
– including the fox, because he had
stolen the sausages!
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 Around the World Tales

The Watermelon Prince

M any hundreds of years ago, a fierce storm struck the
kingdom of Vietnam. Mighty gales blew a ship onto
a reef, where it sank. Everybody on board was lost –
except for a baby boy, who floated ashore in a basket.
The baby was found by a fisherman’s wife,
who took the child to the king of Vietnam.
The king thought that the baby boy must
be specially blessed if he survived the
shipwreck, so he raised him as his son
and named him Mai An Tiêm.

The boy was given fine clothes

to wear, ate food from the king’s
table, and was taught
by the wisest scholars,
but he was always
humble and hard-
working, and the king
cared for him as if he
were his own son.

The king loved Mai An

Tiêm so well that he
married him to one
of his daughters.
The couple were very happy together, convinced him that he had to get rid of
and had three beautiful children. Mai An Tiêm in case they were true.

However, the king’s eldest son was
jealous of Mai An Tiêm, and was afraid
that the king might make the orphan
his heir! The prince bribed many
people in court to spread rumours
about Mai An Tiêm, saying that he was
ungrateful for what the king had given
him and that he planned to overthrow
the king and rule in his place.
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delicious foods, but now they and their
family had to shelter in a cave, drink
water from puddles, and eat berries
they found in the bushes. However,
Mai An Tiêm refused to give in to
despair. With only a blunt knife, he
built his family a little bamboo cottage,
hunted animals for meat, and planted
wild vegetables in a garden.

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His family now had shelter and
enough to eat, but his wife still missed
the sweet treats she had grown up
with in the palace.
One day when Mai An Tiêm was
walking on the beach he found some
seabirds fighting over some black
seeds, so he gathered a handful and
scattered them outside his house.
The next year, he was surprised to see
long green vines growing all over the
ground, and amazed when the vines
grew big round green fruit!
He cut one open and tasted the
delicious sweet red flesh within.
He shared the fruit with his wife and
children, and they all agreed it was
more delicious than any dessert they
had eaten in the king’s palace.
Mai An Tiêm grew a huge crop of
watermelons – so many that even his
hungry family could not eat them all.
So Mai An Tiêm carved his name in
the spare melons and floated them
out to sea, so that any sailors who
found them could taste this juicy
and delicious fruit.
Many ships found these floating
melons and came from far and wide
to buy more from Mai An Tiêm and his
family. Soon Mai An Tiêm could buy
fine clothes for his family,
and new tools, and timber for
a new house. In fact, he grew
so wealthy that he could hire
people to work on his farm,
and every year the watermelon
harvests grew bigger.
One day, a sailor took one of
the watermelons to the king
of Vietnam and told him of the
farmer on the desert island who
had made a fortune with this
marvellous fruit. When the king
saw Mai An Tiêm’s name carved
on the watermelon, he realised
that this fine hard-working farmer
was his adopted son whom he
had exiled many years before.
He sent a ship to collect Mai
An Tiêm and his family and
bring them back to the palace.
When he saw Mai An Tiêm, the
king cried and said, “My dear
adopted son, I was wrong to
have believed lies about you
and sent you away. You have
made a good life with your own
hard work, and I wish to make
you my heir!”
Many years later, when the old
king died, Mai An Tiêm became
the new king of Vietnam,
and under his wise rule the
kingdom flourished, just as his
watermelon farm had done.
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 Tales from Today

Moving day
W hen Isaac’s parents told him that they were moving
again, he was unhappy – but he was also not surprised.

He and his family had already moved from Birmingham to Kazakhstan to

Florida and then to the Aldrin Crater Moon Base, and he was tired of having
to pack up and leave his friends behind every time his parents got new jobs.

Isaac put all his things into moving crates… his books, his paint set, his X-Station
with Virtual Reality Module, Mr. Ringo the toy lemur, and of course his Cosmic
Challengers action figures. (Isaac had tried to leave some things behind, but
his parents made him bring his toothbrush and maths textbooks.)

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When everything was packed, Isaac the pocket of his astrosuit and hugged
went to meet his friends down by the his friends goodbye.
park zone. Octavia and Bradbury7 had
Later that day, Isaac’s parents loaded
only known Isaac for two years, but
up all their boxes and boxes of things,
they really liked him and were sorry
and they were on their way. The
to see him go.
journey took many months, but it was
Octavia told him, “Well, at least you’re only a few days before Isaac was
going somewhere exciting… I wish bored. He would normally play
I could go!” Bradbury7 held out his Summoner’s Quest on his X-Station,
hand and gave Isaac a small piece but the spaceship was now so far from
of metal that shone with all the Earth that the lag was ridiculous.
colours of the rainbow. “I found this
meteorite outside,” he said in his
slow, deep voice. “This meteorite
travelled a long way, just like you.
I want you to have it.”

Isaac didn’t know what to say,

so he tucked the little rock in

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He then explored the vehicle pod
and the oxygen gardens, while
wishing that there was someone to
play hide-and-seek with. His parents
were busy keeping everything running
and had no time to play, so for the last
part of the journey Isaac mostly stared
out of the window looking for asteroids
or played the Buccaneer’s Booty
puzzle game on his SciPad.
Isaac had got all the way up to level
97, ‘Plunder Cove’, when they finally
arrived on Mars. Once they landed,
there was a lot of hustle and bustle
as they unpacked their gear and
inflated their living domes. (Isaac
even got a little pod of his own to
live in, which he decorated with
posters and stickers.)
Octavia had told him that Mars would
be an exciting place to live, but as far
as Isaac could tell it was a bit dull.
The pink sky was pretty, but outside it
was all rocky and dusty, and because
they were the first settlers on the
planet, there were no other kids to
play with. His parents had to set up
solar panels to heat their home and
Isaac offered to help, but his mum told
him that the panels were much too big
for him to carry.
“Why don’t you go outside to play
for a while?” suggested his mum.
“Remember to turn on your satnav
locator so we know where you are
– and put on your oxygen helmet
properly so the air doesn’t leak out!”
“Yes Mum!” Isaac shouted as he put
on his helmet, went through
the air lock, and stepped out onto
the surface of Mars for the first time.
The first thing he discovered was that
because gravity on Mars is much
weaker than it is on Earth, he could
leap tremendously high very easily.
He was soon bouncing over the sand
and having a great time. Then he took
an extra-long leap over a hill – and
stumbled across a hidden cave!
After picking himself up and making
sure his astrosuit wasn’t damaged,
Isaac turned on his lamp and looked
curiously around the cave.
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In one corner he found something
very peculiar indeed. There were little
holes carved into the wall, and each
of them had a different mineral or
crystal in it. On a big shelf at the
bottom was something that looked
like a purple blob of slime. Isaac
nervously poked the blob, and
jumped back in fright when it
squeaked! A dozen eyes opened
all over the thing – it was alive!
Isaac wanted to run away, back to
the safety of his living pod, but then
he stopped and had a think. The poor
purple blob thing looked very scared,
and the crystals and minerals in the
holes were probably its collection
of special treasures. He had just
blundered into a Martian’s bedroom
and started poking it!
“I’m sorry for being so rude!” Isaac
apologised. I didn’t mean to come
into your very nice home uninvited.”
He reached into the pocket of his suit
and pulled out the shiny meteorite
that Bradbury7 had given him. He
offered it to the slime-thing and said,
“A friend gave this to me – would you
like to add it to your collection?”
The Martian opened several more
eyes, which grew wider as it stared
at the rock. It then extended a slimy
tentacle from its body, gently took
the meteorite from Isaac’s hand, and
carefully put it in an empty hole.
The Martian then made an excited
bubbling noise like a boiling kettle,
which probably meant that it was
feeling happy.

PLAY IT! to try out

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“I just moved here from the Moon, and don’t have any friends here yet… hey,
would you like to play Buccaneer’s Booty with me?” Isaac showed the Martian
his SciPad, which had an image of a glowing treasure map on its screen.
“You have to find the hidden treasure, but don’t get caught by the pirates…”
Isaac explained.

The little alien peered at the screen with its many eyes, and touched it with a
tentacle. It bubbled gently as Isaac began to teach it the game. Maybe Mars
wouldn’t be so lonely after all – he had already made a friend!

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Favourite Fairy Tales

Kisa The Cat

O nce upon a time in Iceland, there was a queen
who lived in a far-off castle on a hill, and her
best friend was a cat called Mira.
Mira was beautiful, with silky grey fur and glowing
blue eyes, and she had a kitten named Kisa, who
was coloured just the same. Yet the queen was sad,
and she told Mira, “You are so lucky, for you have
beautiful Kisa to play with, but I have no child.”

So Mira sneaked out of the castle, and visited

a fairy that lived in a high rocky place. Mira
asked if the fairy could help her mistress
have a child, so the fairy cast a spell… and
some months later the Queen gave birth to
a baby daughter she named Ingibjorg.

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 Ingibjorg and Kisa became the best of friends. Together they
ran around the castle and played pouncing games in the
garden. When Ingibjorg grew tired and fell asleep, Kisa
curled up on her like a fluffy grey blanket.

However, one day Kisa disappeared and nobody could find her.
Little Ingibjorg was so upset that she couldn’t stop crying, and
the Queen told her servants to turn the castle upside down to
find the kitten and promised a reward for whoever found her.
The servants searched all the rooms of the castle, opened
every drawer that could hold a kitten, and checked
every cellar and attic, yet Kisa could not be found.

Some years passed. Mira the cat died of old age, and
as Ingibjorg grew older she forgot her kitten friend. One
hot summer’s day, Ingibjorg went with her servants for a
picnic in the shady woods beyond the castle. After they
had eaten, the servants grew drowsy and fell asleep on
the grass, so Ingibjorg took the chance to go exploring
deeper into the woods.

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As she was looking for squirrels and nuts and berries, she was surprised by a
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Ingibjorg is an Icela
It is pronounced
‘IN-gi-berg’.

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It was pulled by two stout ponies, and it was being driven by Kisa the cat,
qaiqXm[lX[dbh`a]lgX`hbƄ[]hnnXbeebd]Xqabjұ

Kisa carried her injured friend onto the cart and took her to a snug little cottage in
the woods, where she laid her down on a soft bed of heather. Kisa then dressed
Ingibjorg’s ankles with herbs and fresh bandages. She gently licked the salty tears
from Ingibjorg’s cheeks and said, “Sleep, my sister, and I will make things better.”

While Ingibjorg slept, Kisa slinked through the woods until she found the rocky
tower belonging to the giant and his wife. From deep within the tower she heard
the booming voices of the giants. “I found a little weakling in the woods, and when
she wouldn’t stop crying I taught her a lesson by stealing her feet,” boasted the
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Ƅh\a]lnigilliqXh\nXd]a]laXh\mXmq]eeұӃ

Cunning Kisa had a plan. While the giants said nasty things about Ingibjorg,
she sneaked into the tower’s kitchen.

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The c ig b ag of
lever cat then tipped a b

HIDDEN TREASURES
How many pairs of shoes are
hidden in this picture? Write
your answer in the box.
 salt into the soup bubbling over the fire
!

Can you sspot these 5 things in the scene? Qb[dna]Zir]mqa]hsioƄh\na]g.

Answer: There are 5 pairs of shoes.

The giants soon grew hungry and gobbled down big bowls of the soup, but it was
so salty that it made them dreadfully thirsty. “Something’s wrong with your soup,
wife! Do you want to poison me? I’m getting a drink from the river!” grumbled the
giant. “Me first!” yelled the lady giant. “You might drink the river dry!” When the
two giants stomped out, Kisa took Ingibjorg’s feet and some magic thread that
was lying on the table.

Kisa returned to the tiny cottage where Ingibjorg still slept. Using the magic thread,
the clever cat sewed Ingibjorg’s feet back on so they were as good as new. The
princess was so happy when she awoke and saw her feet that she danced around
and hugged Kisa and promised that she would never let them be apart again.

Kisa took Ingibjorg back to the castle, and the queen was so happy to see
her dear daughter again that she promised Kisa the cat anything she wanted.

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 Kisa looked at her with her big blue eyes and said, ‘I just want
to sleep for a night at the bottom of Ingibjorg’s bed.” The queen
was amazed, but let Kisa onto Ingibjorg’s bed, and the cat and
the princess fell asleep together like when they were young.

When Ingibjorg awoke, she was shocked to see that instead of

her cat at the foot of her bed, there was a beautiful young woman
with blue eyes and silver hair.

The stranger spoke: ‘Do not be afraid my sister, it is I, your dear Kisa.
Many years ago my mother and I were turned into cats by an evil
witch, but doing a good deed by saving you from the giants has broken
the spell! My mother is gone, but I can be with you in my true form,
my dear friend!”

Ingibjorg hugged Kisa, and they remained as close as sisters for the
rest of their lives.
 Famous Fables

The Fly and the Moth

O ne day a fly was buzzing lazily around the kitchen,
weaving through the sunbeams and sniffing all the
delicious things there were to smell. “What do I feel like
eating today?” he thought.
“Daddy’s stinky running shoes by the door have an interesting smell…
and what’s this? Jem hasn’t emptied the rubbish bin again – there must be
lots of old fruit and vegetable peelings getting nice and rotten in there…”

Then the fly smelled something that was different and delicious.
Something sweet and tasty.

He couldn’t believe his many eyes: someone had left a jar of honey
open on the kitchen table! The fly buzzed down to the very edge of
the jar and licked a bit. It tasted even better than it smelled!

The fly began eating

more and more of
the delicious golden
honey and went
further and further
into the jar to
gobble greedy
gooey mouthfuls.

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However, when the fly was full and tried to fly away, he found that the honey
was all over his legs, and he was now stuck! The fly did his best to escape,
buzzing and flapping his wings as hard as it could – but it was no use.

When evening came, the moth yawned, stretched her fuzzy wings, and decided
it was time to flap around a bit. When she flew into the kitchen, she saw the
honey pot on the kitchen table, with the fly still stuck inside. The moth fluttered
down near the jar so she could make fun of the fly.

“What are you doing in that honey, you silly little fly? Your problem is that you’re
too greedy! You should think with your brain and not your stomach!” The fly
was feeling angry, but he couldn’t think of anything clever to say.

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 The moth was going to keep mocking
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 Storyland Adventures

The Tin Man

in Trouble!
I t was morning in the town square
when the Hare ran into town,
splashing in the puddles and going so
^XmnnaXnabmjimngXhӆm[XjƇ]q
iƂabma]X\ұE]qXmaie\bh`
a letter in his paw.
“Great news, everybody!
Dorothy’s friends the Scarecrow
and the Tin Man are coming
from Oz to visit us!”

Puss in Boots’ ears pricked up.

“How exciting!” the cat purred,
twirling his whiskers. “When are
they arriving?”

The Hare quickly scanned the

letter. “It says they are coming
through the Bramble Woods and
should be here by midday!”
Midday came and went, but there was
no sign of the Scarecrow or the Tin
Man. At one o’clock, the White Rabbit
tapped his big watch and frowned.
“If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s
people who are late!” he grumbled.
It was nearly two o’clock when the
Scarecrow staggered into the town
square, quite sodden and bedraggled.
Goldilocks brought him a warming cup
i^[i[iXҮXh\qa]ha]aX\Ƅhbma]\bn
he explained what had happened.
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“Disaster!” he exclaimed. “The Tin Man
and I were walking along the Bramble
Woods path from Oz when we were
caught in the rain! He wanted to stop
and take shelter, but like a dummy,
I said we should keep walking.”
The Scarecrow paused to wipe a tear
from his eye. “But the rain got into my
friend’s joints and he began to rust.
He walked more and more slowly,
until he couldn’t move at all! I got here
as fast as I could, but I got really damp
from all that rain!”
While Goldilocks took the Scarecrow
into her café to a nice warm seat close
ҚZonhinnii[eim]ұқnina]Ƅl]Үna]
Storyland folk in the square discussed
how to rescue the Tin Man. “How will
we carry him?” asked Puss in Boots.
“The Tin Man is terribly heavy, you
know.” “We should get Daddy Bear
to carry him out!” suggested Tom
Thumb, who was sitting on the table.
“No good!” said Puss in Boots. “The
Bears are hibernating late this year.”
“I know what to do!” the Hare said.
“Pinocchio can build us a cart that
[Xh[XllsabgҮXh\Zb`TbeebXgCloƂ
will pull it if we ask him nicely.”
So the group went to Pinocchio’s
Carpentry Shop, and he agreed to
make them a wagon to carry the Tin
Man. “This wagon will be fast enough
to win the Great Storyland Rally
Race!” promised Pinocchio, as his
nose grew an inch.
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and the Scarecrow took the wagon
into the woods along the Bramble
Tii\mjXnaXh\ƄhXees^ioh\na]
Tin Man, who was quite rusted up
and standing like a statue in the
middle of the path. They tipped him
into the wagon, and the big billy goat
pulled him out of the woods.
Finally they got back to the town
square, but they still had to solve
the problem of how to help the Tin
Man move again. They asked Milly
ҚqaiƄr]\Xeena]niqhӆmZb[s[e]mҮ
tricycles and unicycles) if she had
any oil or grease to spare, but she
had just run out.
Then the White Rabbit had a bright
idea. “If we don’t have any oil, we
could use butter instead!”
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 Goldilocks fetched a big yellow pat of butter and everyone rubbed it into the
Tin Man’s rusty joints until he could move again. When his jaw could open,
the Tin Man said, “Thank you all for your help, from the bottom of my heart!
I thought I was going to be stuck in the woods forever!’

Goldilocks said, “You must be starving after being in the forest for so long.
Would you like a hot cup of tea and a nice scone with jam and butter?”

“Just the jam, please!” laughed the Tin Man. “I think I’ve had quite enough
butter for one day!”

Nex
t
hold time: The
a fun Storylanders
38 Farmers
Market!
 Myths and Legends

Mahishasura
and Durga
M any ages ago, the
mighty Mahishasura
was king of the powerful
and warlike beings known
as the Asuras.
He ruled Pataal-lok, the kingdom of the
Asuras, but he was greedy and also
wished to conquer Bhu-lok, home of
the mighty but peaceful Devas, and the
world where human beings dwelt.
That was when he came up with a
plan to get the power he would
need to conquer his enemies.

Mahishasura went deep into

the wilderness and spent a
long time meditating and
praying to Brahma, the
god of creation.

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Brahma was wise and knew that
Mahishasura lusted for power, but
also felt he had to give Mahishasura
a reward for his prayers.
He appeared before Mahishasura
and asked, “What do you wish for?”
Proud Mahishasura declared, “I want
to be made invincible!” Brahma shook
his wise head and said, ‘You ask for
too much, for I cannot trust you with
that much power.” Mahishasura
replied, “If you will not make me
invincible, make me so mighty that
neither man nor beast can defeat me!”
Brahma fulfilled this wish, and
Mahishasura used this new power
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to declare war on the Devas. Indra,
king of the Devas, led his army against
the invading Asuras, but he could not
hurt Mahishasura and had to flee.
To celebrate this victory, Mahishasura
used his power to create storms and
change the paths of the moon and
sun, and made the seasons go out of
control! The people of the Earth were
terrified by what Mahishasura had
done, and the whole world trembled.
Indra of the Devas went to the god
Brahma and his brothers Vishnu and
Shiva, and begged them for help
against Mahishasura.
The gods thought carefully.
Mahishasura was so powerful that
neither man nor beast could hurt him
– but what if a woman was sent to
fight the king of the Asuras instead?
Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva used their
powers to create a mighty warrior
woman with eight arms, and named
her Durga. They gave her powerful
weapons with which to attack her
enemies, including a bow, a spear,
a sword, a shield, a lightning bolt, a
trident, a chakram (a round throwing
weapon), a lotus (a kind of flower)
and a conch (a seashell).
They also summoned a fierce lion for
her to ride into battle, and Durga rode
her new mount to the Asura kingdom
of Pataal-lok.
When Durga came close to
Mahishasura’s castle, the footsteps
of her lion shook the ground.
Mahishasura saw her approach,
carrying weapons in her many
arms, and with her eyes flashing
like lightning and her hair swirling
around her head like a stormcloud.
The king of the Asuras sent his army
out to attack Durga, but she just blew
them away like dry leaves with her
powerful breath. Mahishasura was
surprised but not afraid – after all,
neither man nor beast could hurt him!
He charged into battle, but the warrior
woman blocked every attack he made.
For fifteen days Mahishasura battled
Durga. Mahishasura fought furiously,
roaring in anger, but Durga stayed
quiet and calm, which made
Mahishasura even madder.
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He changed into the form of many different animals –
Today Durga is still
an ape, a snake, and even an elephant – to try
a powerful symbol
and trick her, but she was not fooled. On the fifteenth of the fight against
day, Mahishasura changed into a great buffalo and people who would
charged at Durga, but she struck him down, and the try to oppress others.
king of the Asuras was defeated once and for all. She is worshipped in
the Hindu religion,
With Mahishasura defeated, order returned to the with festivals held
world, and humans and Devas alike thanked Durga in her honour, and is
important to followers
for protecting them from the evil Asura. Durga became
of the Sikh and Jain
a symbol for people who fought to defend the innocent
faiths as well.
against those who wanted to conquer them.

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 Storytime
Playbox
Try our quizzes, colour in a lion, complete the
crossword, and grab the treasure in our puzzle game!

Can you count all of the

1 WONDERFUL watermelons on Mai An

Tiêm’s farm? How many
WATERMELONS whole watermelons are
there? Write it here!

2 VOWELLINGH SS D
WOLF
GR WL D
Can you complete the words
that describe the sounds
by the animals in our tal

B Rk D
about the fox and the w f
The missing letters are
all vowels (A, E, I, O or U)!
 3
ST
AR
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The Tin Man is rusting

in the Bramble Woods –
can you help the Ha e
ni Ƅh\ abgҶ
How many beb rri s
can you find i
the woodds?

ra
I the story ‘Mahishasu
In
sa
and Durga’, Durga ride
lour
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Most lions are yellow,
is
brown and gold, but th
any
magical beast can be
colour you like!
 5 MATCHING an you match the kind of sock ith
what the Sock Troll likes about them?
SOCKS
ҫ Cotton socks ҫTaste like cheese
ҫ Chewy and tasty
ҫ Polyester socks
[ҫ Woollen socks ҫ

Sports socks ҫ Sweet and sour

6 MAKE CrUNCHY HONEY BALLS! GRO A AS K

@i sio ebd] aih]sҮ comn ebd] na] Ƈs bh ӄQa] Bes Xh\ na] JinaӆҶ
W N -UP!
Qa]h sioӆee eip] na]m] \]eb[biom aih]s ZXeemҫ Vio \ihӆn ]p]h
h]]\ Xh ip]h ni gXd] na]gұ

YOU NEED: • In a bowl, mix the oats with the peanut

1 ¼ cups rolled oats
½ cup peanut butter
¼ cup honey
¼ cup chopped almonds
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ilƇXrm]]\mҚijnbihXeқ
butter to create a sticky mixture.
• Add the honey and the chopped almonds
and mix until they are all blended together.
• Vio [Xh X\\ mig] lXbmbhm il ƇXr m]]\m ^il
some extra sweetness or crunch!
• Oiee na] gbrnol] bhni ZXeem XZion na] mbu] i^ X
ping-pong ball and line them up on a baking
sheet or plate.
• To make your honey balls extra-special, roll them
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• I]Xp]na]gbhna]^lb\`]nim]n^ilXne]Xmn
nqiaiolmZ]^il]]Xnbh`ұ

Honey Balls are the perfect snack for your lunchbox.

TIP! They are healthy and sweet and easy to pack too.
GomngXd]mol]nimaiina]Ƈb]mXqXsұ
 7 DRAW A CUTE CAT!
Draw a cute kitty like Kisa using the picture and grid below,
then colour it in – what colour coat will your kitten have?

R I D D LE !
Q. What do
cats like t
o eat
for breakf
ast?
A. Mice crisp
ies!

TEE H E E ! n d of
Q. W h
p
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cats
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U R P I C T U R E
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6 sour in the po
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An Tiêm disco

ANAGRAM TIME!
Arrange the coloured 8 8
letters to spell the name of
the latest visitor to Storyland! O I N O C C H I P
O
O N I L R
E H O N E Y
M T
R M A R S
F E E T E
see left, and TIN MAN. Y T
5. Matching Socks – a3, b4, c2, d1; Storytime Crossword – G A L A H A D
i, e, o, e, a, e; 3. Lost in the Woods – see left, and 21 berries; O W
P
ANSWERS: 1. Wonderful Watermelons – 12; 2. Vowelling Wolf –
 cc a n e e r’ s Try out a fun version of the
Buccaneer’s Booty game

Bu Isaac and his alien friend

T Y !
play in ‘Moving Day’.

BHow to Play CARDS

PIRATE
WHAT THEY DO
These are the scurvy
seadogs that are
hunting for you
and the treasure!

These are clues about

where the treasure is.
To start, all you need is a pair of scissors and a You need to have three
mighty opponent to play against. If you need more CLUE clue cards and NO
cards, print off our Buccaneer’s Card Set from pirate cards to claim
storytimemagazine.com/free. the Treasure! card
and win the game!
Cut out the 17 cards on these pages, take out the
These cards get rid of
Treasure! card and put it to one side, then shuffle a Pirate card! You can
the rest of the cards, and place them face-down in
a 4-by-4 pattern (don’t peek!) TRICK discard a Trick card
AND a Pirate card
together at any time.
The youngest player (‘Player A’) starts first, by
carefully picking up a card and looking at what is on When you play the
it without letting the other player (‘Player B’) see. Pickpocket! card, you
get to pick a random
Player A says what is on the card – but they don’t card from your
have to tell the truth! Player B can choose if they opponent’s hand!
want to take the card from Player A, or ‘pass’. When you play the
If they pass, Player A has to keep it. DOUBLE Holdup! card, your

Then it’s Player B’s turn to pick up a card and CROSS opponent must give
you a Clue or Trick
tell Player A what kind of card it is (or lie about it!) card, if they have one.
The players continue to take turns drawing cards After playing a
from the table. Doublecross card,
you must discard it.
There are five different kinds
of cards – check the table on the
right to find out what they do!
When a player has three
Clue cards and NO Pirate cards
in their hand, they can take the
Treasure! card – that means
they win the game!
cut
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illustrated by William Santiago (Caterpillar
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