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vi BRIEF CONTENTS
Epilogue 507
Looking Ahead…Making a Difference 507
Appendices 509
A National Health Education Standards 510
B Monthly Calendar: Health, Safety, and Nutrition Observances 513
C Federal Food and Nutrition Programs 516
D Children’s Book List 518
E Nutrient Information: Fast-Food Vendor Websites 523
Glossary 524
Index 531
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Contents
UNIT 1 romoting Children’s Health: Healthy Lifestyles

P
and Health Concerns 1
Chapter 1 Children’s Well-Being: What It Digital Download Teacher Checklist 2-1 Health Observation
Checklist 44
Is and How to Achieve It 2 Digital Download Teacher Checklist 2-2 Warning Signs of Potential Mental
1-1 The Preventive Health Concept 3 Health Problems 44
1-1a National Health Initiatives 4 2-3b Recording Observation Results 45
2-3c Confidentiality of Health Information 45
1-2 ealth, Safety, and Nutrition: An Interdependent
H TeachSource Video Connections Communicating with Parents about Health in
Relationship 8 Early Childhood: A Parent-Teacher Meeting 46
1-2a What Is Health? 8 2-3d Benefits of Health Observations 46
1-2b What Factors Influence Children’s Health? 9
1-2c Safety 10 2-4 Family Involvement 47
1-2d Nutrition 11 2-4a The Family’s Responsibility 47
1-3 Children’s Growth and Development 12 2-5 Health Education 48
1-3a Growth 13 Digital Download Partnering With Families Children’s Oral Health 49
TeachSource Video Connections Infancy Brain
Summary 51 Terms to Know 51 Chapter Review 51
Development 14
Case Study 52 Application Activities 52
1-3b Development 15
Helpful Web Resources 53 References 53
1-4 Promoting a Healthy Lifestyle 18
1-4a Injury Prevention 19
1-4b Body Mechanics and Physical Activity 19 Chapter 3 Assessing Children’s
Digital Download Teacher Checklist 1-1 Proper Body Mechanics for Adults 20
1-4c Oral Health 21
Health 54
Digital Download Teacher Checklist 1-2 Promoting Children’s Tooth 3-1 Health Records 55
Brushing 22 3-1a Child Health Histories 56
1-4d Mental Health and Social-Emotional Competence 23 3-1b Medical and Dental Examinations 58
Digital Download Teacher Checklist 1-3 Strategies for Managing Teacher 3-2 Screening Procedures 58
Stress 25 3-2a Height and Weight 58
Digital Download Teacher Checklist 1-4 Strategies for Increasing Children’s 3-2b Body Mass Index 59
Resilient Behaviors 31 3-2c Vision 59
1-4e Resilient Children 31 Digital Download Teacher Checklist 3-1 Early Signs of Visual Abnormalities in
Digital Download Partnering With Families Growing Your Child’s Infants and Toddlers 60
Brain 32 Digital Download Teacher Checklist 3-2 Signs of Visual Acuity Problems in
Summary 34 Terms to Know 34 Chapter Review 34 Older Children 62
Case Study 35 Application Activities 35 TeachSource Video Connections 0–2 Years: Sensation and Perception,
Helpful Web Resources 35 References 36 Vision in Infants and Toddlers 62
3-2d Hearing 64
Digital Download Teacher Checklist 3-3 Behavioral Indicators of Children’s
Chapter 2 Daily Health Observations 38 Hearing Loss 65
2-1 Promoting Children’s Health 40 Digital Download Teacher Checklist 3-4 Early Signs of Hearing Loss in Infants
and Toddlers 65
2-1a Gathering Information 41
3-2e Speech and Language 67
2-2 Observation as a Screening Tool 41 Digital Download Teacher Checklist 3-5 Strategies for Communicating with
2-3 Daily Health Checks 42 Children Who Are Hearing-Impaired 67
2-3a Method 43 3-2f Nutritional Status 70
TeachSource Video Connections Infants and Toddlers: Daily TeachSource Video Connections Students with Special Needs:
Health Checks 43 The Referral and Evaluation Process 74
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3-3 Referrals 74 5-4 Control Measures 117

Digital Download Partnering With Families Children’s Eye 5-4a Observations 117
Safety 75 5-4b Policies 118
Summary 77 Terms to Know 77 Chapter Review 78 Digital Download Teacher Checklist 5-1 Administering Medications to
Children 120
Helpful Web Resources 80 References 80 5-4c Immunization 122
5-4d Environmental Control 124
Digital Download Teacher Checklist 5-2 Universal Precautions for Handling
Body Fluids 124
Chapter 4 Caring for Children with Special TeachSource Video Connections Promoting Children’s Health:
Medical Conditions 82 A Focus on Nutrition in Early Childhood Settings 125
4-1 Inclusive Education: Supporting Children’s Digital Download Teacher Checklist 5-3 How and When to Wash
Success 83 Hands 126
Digital Download Teacher Checklist 5-4 Sanitary Diapering
4-2 Common Chronic Diseases and Medical Procedure 127
Conditions 85
Digital Download Teacher Checklist 5-5 Readiness Indicators for Toilet
TeachSource Video Connections Preschool: IEP and Transition Planning Training 127
for a Young Child with Special Needs 85
5-4e Education 129
4-2a Allergic Diseases 86
Digital Download Partnering With Families Giving Children
Digital Download Teacher Checklist 4-1 Cold or Allergy: How Medication 129
to Tell? 87
TeachSource Video Connections Promoting Children’s Health: Case Study 132 Application Activities 132
Teacher Takes Care of Child with Asthma 90
4-2b Asthma 90
Digital Download Teacher Checklist 4-2 Strategies for Managing Children’s
Asthma Attacks 92
4-2c Anemia 92
Chapter 6 Childhood Illnesses:
Digital Download Teacher Checklist 4-3 Children with Allergies and Identification and Management 135
Asthma 92 6-1 Common Communicable Childhood
4-2d Childhood Cancers 94 Illnesses 136
Digital Download Teacher Checklist 4-4 Children with Cancer 95
4-2e Diabetes 96 6-2 Common Acute Childhood Illnesses 145
Digital Download Teacher Checklist 4-5 Children with Diabetes 97 6-2a Colds 145
6-2b Diaper Rash (Diaper Dermatitis) 146
4-2f Eczema 98 6-2c Diarrhea 147
4-2g Excessive Fatigue 98 6-2d Dizziness 148
4-2h Lead Poisoning 99 6-2e Earaches 149
4-2i Seizure Disorders 101 6-2f Fainting 150
Digital Download Teacher Checklist 4-6 Strategies for Working with Children 6-2g Fever 151
Who Have a Seizure Disorder 102 6-2h Headaches 153
Digital Download Teacher Checklist 4-7 Information to Include in a Child’s 6-2i Heat Rash 153
Seizure Report 103 6-2j Lyme Disease 153
4-2j Sickle Cell Disease 104 Digital Download Teacher Checklist 6-1 Measures to Prevent Tick
Bites 154
Digital Download Teacher Checklist 4-8 Children with Sickle Cell
Disease 105 6-2k Sore Throat 154
6-2l Stomachaches 155
Digital Download Partnering With Families Children with Medical Conditions 6-2m Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) 155
and Physical Activity 105
Digital Download Teacher Checklist 6-2 Practices to Reduce the Risk of Sudden
Summary 107 Terms to Know 108 Chapter Review 108 Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) 157
Case Study 109 Application Activities 109 6-2n Teething 158
Helpful Web Resources 109 References 110 TeachSource Video Connections SIDS: Is There a Biological
Cause? 158
6-2o Toothache 158
Chapter 5 The Infectious Process 6-2p Vomiting 159
6-2q West Nile Virus 160
and Environmental Control 112 Digital Download Partnering With Families When to Call the
5-1 Risk Factors 113 Doctor 161
5-2 Communicable Illness 114
5-3 Stages of Illness 116 Helpful Web Resources 165 References 165
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UNIT 2 Keeping Children Safe 167
Chapter 7 Creating High-Quality Digital Download Teacher Checklist 8-4 Examples of Appropriate Toy Choices for
Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers 215
Environments 168 8-3b Classroom Activities 216
7-1 Identifying High-Quality Programs 169 Digital Download Teacher Checklist 8-5 Guidelines for the Safe Use of Electrical
Appliances 219
7-1a Educating Families 170
7-1b Resource and Referral Services 170 Digital Download Teacher Checklist 8-6 Safe Substitutes for Hazardous Art
7-1c Professional Accreditation 171 Materials 220
7-2 Early Childhood Program Licensure 171 8-3c Field Trips 220
8-3d Pets 221
7-2a Obtaining a License 172
7-2b Federal Regulations 173 Digital Download Teacher Checklist 8-7 Personal Safety Practices for the Home
Visitor 222
7-3 Features of High-Quality Programs 173 8-3e Personal Safety 222
7-3a Teacher Qualifications 173 8-3f Legal Considerations and Safety Management 222
7-3b Staffing Ratios 174 TeachSource Video Connections Preschool: Safety and Emergency Preparedness 223
7-3c Group Size and Composition 175
7-3d Program Curriculum 175 8-4 Emergency and Disaster Preparedness 224
TeachSource Video Connections The Quality of Child 8-4a Planning for Disasters and Emergencies: Where to Begin 225
Care 175 8-4b Preparing for Action 226
7-3e Health Services 176 Digital Download Teacher Checklist 8-8 Emergency Supply Kit 226
Digital Download Teacher Checklist 7-1 Principles of Emergency 8-4c Practice and Revise 227
Preparedness 177 8-4d Helping Children After A Disaster or Emergency 227
7-4 Guidelines for Safe Environments Digital Download Partnering with Families Sun Safety 228
178
7-4a Indoor Safety 179 Summary 230 Terms to Know 230 Chapter Review 230
TeachSource Video Connections Creating a Safe Physical
Environment for Toddlers 179 Helpful Web Resources 232 References 232
Digital Download Teacher Checklist 7-2 Inventory Checklist: Planning for
Program Security 182 Chapter 9 Management of Injuries
Digital Download Teacher Checklist 7-3 How to Conduct a Fire Drill 183
and Acute Illness 235
Digital Download Teacher Checklist 7-4 Teachers’ Safety Checklist: Indoor and
Outdoor Spaces 185
9-1 Responding to Medical Emergencies 236
7-4b Outdoor Safety 188 Digital Download Teacher Checklist 9-1 Basic First Aid Supplies for Schools 237
Digital Download Teacher Checklist 7-5 General Guidelines for Purchasing Digital Download Teacher Checklist 9-2 Modified First Aid Kits 238
Outdoor Play Equipment 191
9-2 Emergency Care vs. First Aid 239
Digital Download Teacher Checklist 7-6 Teacher Checklist: Sandbox Care and
Maintenance 192 9-3 Life-Threatening Conditions 240
7-4c Transportation 193 9-3a Absence of Breathing 240
Digital Download Partnering with Families How to Identify High-Quality Digital Download Teacher Checklist 9-3 Teacher Checklist: Foods Commonly
Programs 196 Linked to Childhood Choking 243
Summary 198 Terms to Know 199 Chapter Review 199 9-3b Foreign Body Airway Obstruction 243
Case Study 200 Application Activities 200 Digital Download Teacher Checklist 9-4 Objects Commonly Linked to Childhood
Helpful Web Resources 201 References 201 Choking 243
9-3c Anaphylaxis: Life-Threatening Allergic Reaction 246
9-3d Shock 246
Chapter 8 Safety Management 203 9-3e
9-3f
Asthma 247
Bleeding 247
8-1 What Is Unintentional Injury? 205 9-3g Diabetes 248
Digital Download Teacher Checklist 9-5 Teacher Checklist: Signs and Symptoms
8-2 Risk Management: Principles and of Hyperglycemia and Hypoglycemia 248
Preventive Measures 208
9-3h Drowning 249
8-2a Advanced Planning 209 9-3i Electrical Shock 250
8-2b Establishing Safety Policies and Guidelines 210 9-3j Head Injuries 250
Digital Download Teacher Checklist 8-1 Guidelines for the Safe Use of Play 9-3k Poisoning 251
Equipment 210 TeachSource Video Connections Working with Children Who Have Physical
8-2c Quality Supervision 211 Disabilities 252
8-2d Safety Education 212
9-4 Non–Life-Threatening Conditions 253
Digital Download Teacher Checklist 8-2 Positive Strategies for Managing
Children’s Inappropriate Behavior 212 9-4a Abrasions, Cuts, and Minor Skin Wounds 253
9-4b Bites 253
8-3 Implementing Safety Practices 213 9-4c Blisters 254
8-3a Toys and Equipment 214 9-4d Bruises 254
Digital Download Teacher Checklist 8-3 Guidelines for Selecting Safe Toys and Digital Download Teacher Checklist 9-6 Teacher Checklist: Burns—When to Call for
Play Equipment 214 Emergency Medical Assistance (911) 255
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9-4e Burns 255 10-5a Inservice Training 279

9-4f Eye Injuries 256
10-6 Reporting Laws 279
9-4g Fractures 256
9-4h Frostbite and Hypothermia 257 Digital Download Teacher Checklist 10-4 What to Include in a Written Child
9-4i Heat Exhaustion and Heat Stroke 258 Abuse/Neglect Report 280
9-4j Nosebleeds 259 10-6a Program Policy 280
9-4k Seizures 259
9-4l Splinters 259 10-7 The Teacher’s Role 281
9-4m Sprains 260 10-7a Early Identification and Reporting 281
9-4n Tick Bites 260 10-7b Providing a Supportive Environment for Children 282
9-4o Tooth Emergencies 260 10-7c Building Children’s Resilience 283
Digital Download Partnering with Families Poison Prevention in the Home 261 10-7d Reaching Out to Families 284
Summary 262 Terms to Know 263 Chapter Review 263 Digital Download Partnering with Families Anger Management 285
Case Study 264 Application Activities 264 Summary 287 Terms to Know 287 Chapter Review 287
Helpful Web Resources 265 References 265 Case Study 288 Application Activities 289
Chapter 10 Maltreatment of Children: Chapter 11 Planning for Children’s Health

Abuse and Neglect 267 and Safety Education 292
10-1 Historical Developments
11-1 Family Involvement in Health and Safety Education 293
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11-2 Teacher Inservice in Health and Safety Education 295
10-2 Discipline vs. Punishment 270
11-3 Effective Instructional Design 295
10-3 Abuse and Neglect 270
11-3a Topic Selection 296
Digital Download Teacher Checklist 10-1 Identifying Signs of Abuse and 11-3b Behavioral Objectives 298
Neglect 272 11-3c Content Presentation 298
Digital Download Teacher Checklist 10-2 Identifying Symptoms of Common Digital Download Teacher Checklist 11-1 How to Evaluate Printed Resource
Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) 274 Material 299
11-3d Evaluation 300
10-4 Understanding the Risk Factors for Maltreatment 275
TeachSource Video Connections Preschool: Health and
TeachSource Video Connections 0–2 Years: Observation Module for Infants Nutrition 300
and Toddlers 276
10-4a Characteristics of Abusive or Neglectful Adults 276 11-4 Activity Plans 301
10-4b Vulnerable Children 276 Digital Download Partnering with Families Evaluating Health and Safety
10-4c Family and Environmental Stresses 277 Information on the Internet 315
10-5 Protective Measures for Programs and Teachers 278 Summary 315 Terms to Know 316 Chapter Review 316
Digital Download Teacher Checklist 10-3 Strategies for Positive Behavior Case Study 317 Application Activities 317
Management 278 Helpful Web Resources 318 References 318
UNIT 3 Foods and Nutrients: Basic Concepts319
Chapter 12 Nutrition Guidelines 320 Summary 335 Terms to Know 336 Chapter Review
336
12-1 Dietary Reference Intakes 322 Helpful Web Resources 338 References 338
12-2 Dietary Guidelines for Americans 324 Chapter 13 Nutrients That Provide Energy
12-2a Additional Nutrition Guidelines 325
TeachSource Video Connections Young Children’s Stages of Play: (Carbohydrates, Fats, and Proteins) 339
An Illustrated Guide 326 13-1 Food as an Energy Source 340
12-3 MyPlate 326 13-1a Energy Utilization 341
13-1b Excess Energy and Obesity 343
12-3a Vegetables 327
12-3b Fruits 327 Digital Download Teacher Checklist 13-1 Health Improvement Tips for Children
12-3c Grains 328 Who Are Overweight 343
12-3d Protein Foods 329 TeachSource Video Connections Child Obesity and School
12-3e Dairy 329 Nutrition 343
12-3f Oils 329
12-3g Empty Calories 330 13-2 Carbohydrates as Energy Sources 344
12-4 Food Labels 13-2a Sugars (Simple Carbohydrates) 344
331 13-2b Starches and Dietary Fiber (Complex Carbohydrates) 346
12-4a Calories from Fat 333
13-3 Fats as Energy Sources 347
Digital Download Partnering with Families Children’s Sugar
Consumption 333 13-3a Saturated Fats 348
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13-3b Unsaturated Fats 349 14-3c Vitamins That Regulate Bone Growth 366
14-3d Vitamins That Regulate Energy Metabolism 366
13-4 Proteins as Energy Sources 350 14-3e Vitamins That Regulate Neuromuscular Function 367
Digital Download Partnering with Families Healthy Families 351 14-3f Vitamin Requirements 367
Summary 352 Terms to Know 352 Chapter Review 353 TeachSource Video Connections School Age Children: Teaching
Case Study 353 Application Activities 354 about Nutrition 367
Helpful Web Resources 355 References 355 14-4 Minerals 368
14-4a Minerals That Support Growth 368
Chapter 14 Nutrients That Promote Growth 14-4b Minerals That Build Bones and Teeth 370
14-4c Minerals and Blood Formation 370
and Regulate Body Functions 356 14-4d Minerals That Regulate Energy 371
14-1 Children and At-Risk Nutrients 358 14-4e Minerals That Regulate Neuromuscular Function 371
14-5 Water and Growth 371
14-2 Proteins 359
14-5a Water as a Regulator 372
14-2a Proteins for Growth 359
Digital Download Teacher Checklist 14-1 Non-animal Food Sources of Essential 14-6 Nutrient Functions: A Recap 373
Nutrients 361 Digital Download Partnering with Families Sugary Drinks vs. Water: A Weighty
14-2b Proteins as Regulators 361 Problem 374
14-2c Protein Requirements 361 Summary 375 Terms to Know 376 Chapter Review 376
14-3 Vitamins 363 Case Study 377 Application Activities 377
14-3a Vitamins that Support Growth 363 Helpful Web Resources 378 References 378
14-3b Vitamins and Blood Formation 366
UNIT 4 Nutrition and the Young Child 379
Chapter 15 Feeding Infants 380 15-5f

15-5g
Ear Infection 397
Obesity 397
15-1 Profile of an Infant 381 15-5h Choking 397
Digital Download Teacher Checklist 15-1 Recommended Infant Serving 15-5i Teething 398
Sizes 382 15-5j Constipation 398
Digital Download Partnering with Families Feeding Your Infant 398
15-2 Meeting the Infant’s Nutritional Needs for Growth and Summary 400 Terms to Know 400 Chapter Review 400
Brain Development 382 Case Study 401 Application Activities 401
15-2a P renatal Influence on Infants’ Nutritional Needs and Brain Helpful Web Resources 401 References 402
Development 383
15-2b The First 6 Months 384
15-2c The Teacher and the Breastfeeding Mother 385
Chapter 16 Feeding Toddlers and Young
Digital Download Teacher Checklist 15-2 Supporting the Nursing Children 404
Mother 386 16-1 Developmental Profiles: Toddlers, Preschoolers, and
15-2d The Teacher and the Formula-Fed Infant 386 School-Aged Children 405
Digital Download Teacher Checklist 15-3 Thawing Frozen Breast Milk
Safely 386 16-2 The Challenges of Feeding Toddlers 407
15-2e Preparation of Formula 387 16-2a What Foods Should Be Served and How Much 407
TeachSource Video Connections Infants and Toddlers: Health and Digital Download Teacher Checklist 16-1 Recommended Daily Food Group
Nutrition 387 Intakes 408
16-2b When to Serve Food 410
15-3 Feeding Time for the Infant 388 16-2c Making Mealtime Comfortable, Pleasant, and Safe 410
15-3a Burping 389
16-3 The Challenges of Feeding Preschoolers
15-3b Water 390
15-3c Supplements 390 and School-Age Children 411
16-3a Guidelines for Feeding the Preschooler 412
15-4 Introducing Semi-Solid (Pureed) Foods 391 16-3b Nutrient Needs of School-Aged Children 412
15-4a Developmental Readiness 391 16-3c Feeding Children with Special Needs 413
Digital Download Teacher Checklist 15-4 Age-Related Infant Eating 16-4 Healthy Eating Habits
Behaviors 392
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15-4b Physiological Readiness 392 Digital Download Teacher Checklist 16-2 Introducing New or Unfamiliar Foods 414
15-4c Infants with Special Needs 394 16-5 Health Problems Related to Eating Patterns 416
15-5 Common Feeding Concerns 395 16-5a Dental Caries 416
15-5a Food Allergies 395 16-5b Obesity 416
15-5b Colic 395 16-5c Hypertension 417
15-5c Vomiting and Diarrhea 396 TeachSource Video Connections Technology and Media Use by Children and
15-5d Anemia 396 Adolescents 418
15-5e Baby Bottle Tooth Decay 396 16-5d Cardiovascular Disease 418
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16-5e Diabetes 418 Digital Download Teacher Checklist 18-1 Correct hand washing
16-5f Common Feeding Behaviors and Concerns 419 technique 460
Digital Download Partnering with Families Feeding Toddlers and Young 18-2c Separate Foods 462
Children 421 Digital Download Teacher Checklist 18-2 Checklist for evaluating sanitary
Summary 422 Terms to Know 423 Chapter Review 423 conditions in food service areas 463
Case Study 424 Application Activities 424 18-2d Food Storage 467
Helpful Web Resources 424 References 425 18-2e Cook and Serve Foods Correctly 468
TeachSource Video Connections Promoting Children’s Health: A Focus
on Nutrition in an Early Childhood Setting 470
Chapter 17 Planning and Serving 18-2f Discard Spoiled Food 470
Nutritious and Economical Meals 426 18-3 Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point 470
17-1 Developing the Menu 427 18-4 Food-Borne Illnesses 473
17-1a A Well-Designed Menu Meets Children’s Nutritional Needs 428
17-1b
A Well-Designed Menu Meets Funding and/or Licensing 18-5 National and International Food Supply
Requirements 429 Safeguards 477
17-1c A Well-Designed Menu Is Appealing 437 18-5a Commercial Food Production 477
17-1d A Well-Designed Menu Includes Familiar and New Foods 437 Digital Download Partnering with Families Wash Those
17-1e Steps in Menu Planning 439 Hands! 479
17-2 Writing Menus 442 Summary 480 Terms to Know 481 Chapter Review 481
17-3 Nutritious Snacks 442
17-3a Suitable Snack Foods 443
17-4 Meal Service 444
Digital Download Teacher Checklist 17-1 Making Mealtime a Pleasant
Chapter 19 Nutrition Education: Rationale,
Experience 445 Concepts, and Lessons 484
17-5 Planning the Menu within Budget 446 19-1 Rationale for Teaching Children About Nutrition 485
17-5a Menu Planning 446 19-1a The Role of Schools in Children’s Nutrition Education 487
17-5b Food Purchasing 446 19-1b Family Involvement in Children’s Nutrition Education 488
17-5c Food Preparation 447 19-2 Planning a Nutrition Education Program
17-5d Food Service 447
17-5e Recordkeeping 447 for Children 488
TeachSource Video Connections School Age: Cooking Activities 447
19-2a Basic Nutrition Education Concepts 489
19-2b Planning Guidelines 490
Digital Download Partnering with Families Planning Healthy TeachSource Video Connections Preschool: Cooking Activities 492
Meals 448
19-2c Safety Considerations 492
Case Study 451 Application Activities 451 19-3 Developing Lesson Plans for Nutrition Activities 494
Helpful Web Resources 452 References 452 19-4 Where Else Do Children Learn About Nutrition? 500
19-4a Family Influence 500
19-4b Teachers 501
Chapter 18 Food Safety 454 19-4c Peer Groups 502
18-1 Food-Related Illness 455 19-4d Television and the Media 502
18-1a Food-Borne Contaminants 456 Digital Download Partnering with Families More Fruits and Vegetables
18-1b Conditions That Promote Bacterial Growth 456 Please 503
18-2 Measures to Keep Food Safe 457 Summary 504 Terms to Know 504 Chapter Review 504
18-2a Examine Food Carefully 459
18-2b Maintain Clean Conditions 459 Helpful Web Resources 505 References 506
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Epilogue 507
Looking Ahead…Making a Difference 507
Appendices 509
A National Health Education Standards 510
B Monthly Calendar: Health, Safety, and Nutrition Observances 513
C Federal Food and Nutrition Programs 516
D Children’s Book List 518
E Nutrient Information: Fast-Food Vendor Websites 523
Glossary 524
Index 531
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Preface
Children’s state of wellness has an unquestionable effect on their development and ability to
learn. Our understanding of the factors that shape and influence a child’s well-being, including
nutrition, environmental conditions, and emotional and social health, continues to improve as a
result of ongoing research. In turn, this information has led to noteworthy changes in our views
about health, approaches to health care, and the critical importance of addressing health educa-
tion during the early years. It has also contributed to the development of numerous resources
(e.g., National Health Education Standards, MyPlate, Healthy People 2020, NAEYC’s Standards
for Early Childhood Professional Preparation, National Health and Safety Performance Stan-
dards for Child Care) that currently guide personal and classroom practices. Additionally, our
knowledge of wellness and the importance of promoting healthy lifestyle behaviors draw increas-
ing attention to the pivotal role teachers play in identifying children’s health needs, creating high-
quality environments that are safe and support learning, and providing comprehensive health
education in schools.
Health, Safety, and Nutrition for the Young Child, now in its ninth edition, has become the
standard text in the early childhood field. Its comprehensive approach and well-documented stu-
dent/teacher-oriented focus continue to make it the best-selling, full-color textbook about chil-
dren’s well-being. Most importantly, this book provides students and teachers with a functional
understanding of children’s health, safety, and nutrition needs and guides them in implementing
effective classroom practices. It also emphasizes the importance of respecting and partnering
with all families to help children establish healthy lifestyles and achieve their learning potential.
Health, Safety, and Nutrition for the Young Child accomplishes this by addressing all three essen-
tial components of children’s wellness in one book:
.. promoting children’s health through awareness, assessment, early identification of special
health needs, and meaningful health education
.. creating and maintaining safe learning environments and fostering children’s understanding
and development of protective behaviors
.. meeting children’s essential nutrition needs by planning healthy meals, providing safe and
nutritious food, and educating children about consuming a nutritious diet.
Extensive resources, lesson plans, teacher checklists, video clips, references, and family education
materials are also provided throughout the book to aid busy students and practicing teachers in
making a difference in children’s lives.
The Intended Audience

First and foremost, Health, Safety, and Nutrition for the Young Child is written on behalf of young
children everywhere. Ultimately, it is the children who benefit from having families and teach-
ers who know how to protect and promote their safety and well-being. The term families is used
throughout the text in reference to the diverse caring environments in which children are cur-
rently being raised and that may or may not include their biological parents. The term teachers
is used inclusively to describe all adults who care for and work with young children-including
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educators, therapists, coaches, camp leaders, administrators, health care providers, legislators,
and concerned citizens, whether they work in early education centers, home-based programs,
recreation activities, public or private schools, community agencies, or after-school programs.
The term teacher acknowledges the important educational role that families play in their chil-
dren’s daily lives. Its use also recognizes the valuable contributions of the many educators who
dedicate their lives to children.
Health, Safety, and Nutrition for the Young Child is written for several primary audiences:
.. Students and preservice teachers who have chosen a career in early education
.. Experienced teachers in community schools, home-based programs, early childhood cen-
ters, Head Start programs, agencies that serve young children, and before- and after-school
programs
.. Allied health professionals and child advocates who work in any role that touches children’s
lives
.. Families, who are children’s most important teachers!
Organization and Key Content

The ninth edition of Health, Safety, and Nutrition for the Young Child maintains its original pur-
pose to focus attention on the three critical areas that influence children’s well-being: promoting
children’s health (Unit 1); creating high-quality, safe environments (Unit 2); and, supporting chil-
dren’s nutrition (basic and applied), healthy eating behaviors, and nutrition education (Units 3
and 4). This arrangement maximizes student learning and offers instructors flexibility in design-
ing their courses. However, the interrelatedness of these three subject areas must not be over-
looked despite their artificial separation.
Chapter content is presented in a clear, concise, and thought-provoking manner. It reflects the
latest research developments and applications regarding children and wellness within a diverse
and family-oriented framework. Key topics, including national health initiatives, children’s men-
tal health, bullying, fostering resilience and social-emotional competence, brain development,
childhood obesity, emergency and disaster preparedness, and food safety have been added and
updated. More information about children with special health challenges and school-aged chil-
dren has also been provided. Without a doubt, this comprehensive book is a resource that no
teacher (new or experienced) should be without!
New Content and Special Features

The ninth edition continues to include numerous features, tables, and checklists designed to
engage students, reinforce learning, and enhance their ability to apply the information in con-
temporary educational settings:
.. Chapter Content Linked to National Association for the Education of Young Children Pro-
fessional Preparation Standards—NAEYC standards, identified at the onset of each chapter,
enable students to relate chapter content to the association’s professional education framework.
.. New Learning Objectives—correlated to the main sections in each chapter show students
what they need to know to process and understand the content. After completing the chapter,
students should be able to demonstrate how they can use and apply their new knowledge and
skills.
.. New Digital Downloads—include most of the Teacher Checklists presented in the textbook for
students to download, often customize, and use in the classroom! Look for the Digital Down-
loads label that identifies these items.
.. New Did You Get It? quizzes—allow students to measure their performance against the learn-
ing objectives in each chapter. One question for each learning objective is featured in the
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textbook to encourage students to go to CengageBrain.com, take the full quiz, and check their
understanding.
.. New Chapters—Several chapters have been rewritten, reorganized, and expanded to improve
student learning. A new section, Emergency and Disaster Preparedness, has been added to
Chapter 8. Former Chapters 14 and 15 have been combined into a new Chapter 14, “Nutrients
That Promote Growth and Regulate Body Functions (Proteins, Vitamins, Minerals, and Water.”
Technical detail has been replaced with material that is easier for students to understand. Chap-
ter 18, “Food Safety,” has been reorganized and new information added to draw attention to a
serious health concern.
.. New Teach Source Video Connections—feature footage from the classroom to help students
relate key chapter content to real-life scenarios. Critical-thinking questions provide opportuni-
ties for in-class or online discussion and reflection.
.. New Partnering with Families—is a feature designed to address the importance of family
engagement and inclusion in children’s health, safety, and nutrition education. Information
on a variety of topics is provided in letter format for busy teachers to copy and send home or
share with families in a newsletter, program handbook, website posting, parent conference, or
bulletin board display.
.. Additional Teacher Checklists—are a well-received feature that has been expanded in every
chapter to provide teachers with quick, efficient access to critical information and best prac-
tices. Beginning practitioners will find these concise reference lists especially helpful in learn-
ing new material. Experienced teachers and administrators will appreciate their easy access for
classroom use and staff training purposes. Most of the Teacher Checklists are also available as
Digital Downloads.
.. New Connecting to Everyday Practice—presents real-life situations that challenge students to
resolve common dilemmas by applying chapter content. Thought-provoking questions encour-
age self-reflection and group discussion.
.. Classroom Corner Teacher Activities—showcases lesson plans aligned with the National
Health Education Standards. Learning objectives, materials lists, and step-by-step procedures
are provided to save teachers preparation time and present children with meaningful learning
experiences.
.. New Did You Know . . . ?—offers interesting facts in a new marginal feature to increase student
curiosity and interest in chapter content.
.. Monthly Calendar of National Health, Safety, and Nutrition Observances—provides a
month-by-month listing of national observances and related website resources that teachers can
use when planning learning experiences for children. This information is located in Appendix B.
.. Children’s Book List—is an extensive, updated collection of children’s books that can be used
for teaching about health, safety, and nutrition while also encouraging literacy skills. This
resource is located in Appendix D and includes titles that address topics such as dental health,
mental health, self-care, safety, nutrition, special needs, and physical activity.
Chapter-by-Chapter Changes
Chapter 1 Children’s Well-Being: What It Is and How to Achieve It
.. New information on national health programs and initiatives, including National Health Edu-
cation Standards, Coordinated School Health Program, Healthy People 2020, Children’s Health
Insurance Program, and Let’s Move.
.. Emphasis placed on health promotion and its effect on children’s learning, development, and
behavior.
.. New information on early brain development, cultural influences on health, childhood stress,
bullying, and cyber-bullying.
.. New TeachSource Video Connections feature: “Infancy Brain Development.”
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Chapter 2 Daily Health Observations

.. Additional Teacher Checklists highlighting key information for easy access.
.. New references reinforcing teachers’ role in early identification.
.. New TeachSource Video Connections features: “Infants and Toddlers: Daily Health Checks”
and “Communicating with Parents about Health in Early Childhood: A Parent-Teacher
Meeting.”
Chapter 3 Assessing Children’s Health
.. Greater emphasis placed on the teacher’s role in identifying health problems (e.g., vision, hear-
ing, language, nutrition) that affect learning.
.. New Teacher Checklists for easy access to critical information.
.. Additional content on childhood obesity and the short- and long-term consequences on health
and learning.
.. New TeachSource Video Connections features: “0–2 Years: Sensation and Perception, Vision
in Infants and Toddlers” and “Students with Special Needs: The Referral and Evaluation
Process.”
Chapter 4 Caring for Children with Special Medical Conditions
.. New section on inclusive classrooms and special education services, including a discussion of
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA), Individualized Educa-
tion Plans (IEPs), Individualized Family Service Plans (IFSPs), and Individualized Health Ser-
vices Plans (IHSP).
.. Updated information on the signs, symptoms, and management strategies for common chronic
childhood diseases and medical conditions.
.. New TeachSource Video Connections features: “Preschool: IEP and Transition Planning for a
Young Child with Special Needs” and “Promoting Children’s Health: Teacher Takes Care of
Child With Asthma.”
Chapter 5 The Infectious Process and Environmental Control
.. The latest national childhood immunization recommendations (and chart).
.. New information on classroom infection control practices, including hand washing and green
cleaning products.
.. Newly issued warnings and recommendations on mixing bleach solutions.
.. New TeachSource Video Connections feature: “Promoting Children’s Health: A Focus on Nutri-
tion in Early Childhood Settings.”
Chapter 6 Childhood Illnesses: Identification and Management
.. New information on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).
.. New Teacher Checklists highlighting critical information about childhood illnesses.
.. New TeachSource Video Connections feature: “SIDS: Is There a Biological Cause?”
Chapter 7 Creating High-Quality Environments
.. New information on safety features associated with high-quality environments, including out-
door play areas for children.
.. More emphasis on the importance of outdoor play and physical activity in the prevention of
childhood obesity, diabetes, and behavior problems.
.. Field-based activities and a new case study reinforce application of chapter content to everyday
practice.
.. New TeachSource Video Connections features: “The Quality of Child Care” and “Creating a Safe
Physical Environment for Toddlers.”
Chapter 8 Safety Management
.. New section on emergency and disaster preparedness, including strategies for helping children
to cope following such an event.
.. Additional information on school security.
.. New TeachSource Video Connections feature: “Preschool Safety and Disaster Preparedness.”
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Chapter 9 Management of Injuries and Acute Illness

.. Updated emergency and first aid techniques from the American Heart Association and Red Cross
.. New information on initial injury assessment and assembling first aid kits.
.. New section on anaphylaxis (life-threatening allergic reaction).
.. New TeachSource Video Connections feature: “Working with Children Who Have Physical
Disabilities.”
Chapter 10 Maltreatment of Children: Abuse and Neglect
.. New research-based information about the immediate and long-term emotional, cognitive, and
economic effects maltreatment has on children’s development.
.. New information on vulnerable children, cultural implications, strategies for increasing
resilience, and anger management.
.. Updated booklist that teachers and families can use to address maltreatment with children and
to build resilience.
.. New TeachSource Video Connections feature: “0–2 Years: Observation Module for Infants and
Toddlers.”
Chapter 11 Planning for Children’s Health and Safety Education
.. Updated information on the National Health Education Standards and Health Education
Curriculum Analysis Tool (HECAT).
.. New lesson plan on “Yoga and Wellness.”
.. Additional teacher resources and children’s book lists to use for lesson planning.
Chapter 12 Nutrition Guidelines

.. New information on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs),
MyPlate, Healthy People 2020, and food labels.
.. Emphasis placed on eating locally and the role of physical activity in health promotion.
.. New TeachSource Video Connections feature: “Young Children’s Stages of Play: An Illustrated Guide.”
Chapter 13 Nutrients that Provide Energy (Carbohydrates, Fats, and Proteins)

.. Additional information on childhood obesity, excess energy consumption, and weight manage-
ment strategies for children.
.. New Teacher Checklists highlighting key nutrient information.
.. New TeachSource Video Connections feature: “Child Obesity and School Nutrition.”
Chapter 14 Nutrients that Promote Growth and Regulate Body Functions (Proteins, Vitamins,
Minerals, and Water)
.. New chapter that combines Chapters 14 and 15 from the eighth edition. Content is presented in
less technical terms and restructured to promote better understanding.
.. New section on at-risk nutrients in children’s diets.
.. Additional information about vegetarian meal patterns.
.. New case study challenges students to apply chapter content to real-life situations.
.. New TeachSource Video Connections feature: “School-Age Children: Teaching about Nutrition.”
Chapter 15 Feeding Infants

.. New emphasis on the feeding relationship and its effect on infant biological, learning, and
developmental needs.
.. Additional information on nutrient contributions and early brain development.
.. New tables on behavioral signs of hunger and fullness (satiety).
.. New recommendations regarding vitamin D and fluoride supplementation.
.. New TeachSource Video Connections feature: “Infants and Toddlers: Health and Nutrition.”
Chapter 16 Feeding Toddlers and Young Children

.. New guidelines for feeding preschool and school-age children aligned with the national standards.
.. New information on safety considerations for children who have special feeding challenges
and/or health problems.
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.. Additional information on increasing children’s acceptance of unfamiliar foods and media

influence on children’s food preferences and eating habits.
.. Updated information on feeding challenges and health problems (e.g., cardiovascular heart
disease, diabetes, hypertension) related to children’s dietary habits.
.. New TeachSource Video Connections feature: “Technology and Media Use by Children and
Adolescents.”
Chapter 17 Planning and Serving Nutritious and Economical Meals
.. New meal planning guidelines based on revised National School Lunch Program and Healthy
Hunger-Free Kids Act standards.
.. New resource tables and additional Teacher Checklists.
.. Suggestions for incorporating more whole grain products, fresh produce, and ethnic foods into
children’s meals.
.. New TeachSource Video Connections feature: “School-Age Children: Cooking Activities.”
Chapter 18 Food Safety

.. Reorganized content that reflects contemporary food safety concerns, research, and practices.
.. New tables highlighting pesticide residues on fresh produce and safe cooking temperatures.
.. New section added on national and international efforts to improve the safety of food supplies,
including commercial food production practices.
.. New TeachSource Video Connections feature: “Promoting Children’s Health: A Focus on Nutri-
tion in an Early Childhood Setting.”
Chapter 19 Nutrition Education: Rationale, Concepts, and Lessons
.. Greater emphasis placed on family engagement and educating children about healthy eating
and physical activity.
.. Lesson plans that include children’s book lists.
.. New Teacher Checklists highlighting key nutrient information.
.. New TeachSource Video Connections feature: “Preschool: Cooking Activities.”
Pedagogy and Learning Aids

Each chapter includes additional pedagogical features based on sound educational principles that
encourage active student-centered learning, mastery, and application. The features also reflect
student differences in learning needs, abilities, and styles.
.. Bulleted lists are used extensively throughout the book to present important information in a
concise, easy-to-access format.
.. Multicultural color photographs taken on location at centers and schools show children as
they work and play in developmentally appropriate settings.
.. Full-color illustrations and tables reinforce and expand on important chapter content.
.. A bulleted Summary concludes each chapter and recaps the main points of discussion.
.. Terms to Know are highlighted in color throughout the chapters. Each term is defined on the
page where it initially appears and also in a comprehensive glossary located at the end of the book.
.. Chapter Review offers thought-provoking questions to reinforce student learning and compre-
hension. Questions can also be used for group discussion.
.. Case Studies present real-life situations that require students to analyze and apply basic theory
to solving everyday problems.
.. Application Activities provide in-class and field projects that encourage students to practice
and reinforce what they have learned in each chapter.
.. Helpful Web Resources take advantage of technology to extend student learning beyond the
pages of this book and to access valuable resource materials.
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Acknowledgments
A special thank you is extended to the instructors, students, and colleagues who use Health,
Safety, and Nutrition for the Young Child in their classes and professional endeavors. Their
suggestions continue to influence and improve each new edition. I would also like to rec-
ognize the contributions of dedicated teachers and families everywhere who strive to better
children’s lives.
I am grateful to have had the opportunity to again work with Lisa Mafrici, who has been
my developmental editor on several book editions. Her professional expertise, insight, and
encouragement have always been exceptional and led to a well-deserved promotion in the
midst of this revision project. Although she will truly be missed, I wish her the very best! I
also want to acknowledge and thank Kate Scheinman, who bravely stepped into an ongoing
revision. She made the transition smooth, has been a pleasure to work with, and helped to
produce another beautiful and improved edition. I would also like to extend my gratitude
to Mark Kerr for his continued support, vision, and enthusiasm. The field is a better place
because of his hard work and dedication. I thank Teresa, Catherine, and the production staff
at Wadsworth Cengage Learning, who exercised their “Cinderella effect” and turned manu-
script pages into a thing of worth and beauty! Thank you, too, to the many other behind-the-
scenes individuals who contributed so much to making this book a success and to getting the
word out!
Finally, I want to thank my husband and family for their patience and understanding during
times when writing took precedence over times spent together.
I also offer my sincere appreciation to the following reviewers for sharing so many construc-
tive suggestions:
Margaret Annunziata, Sharon Hirschy,

Davidson County Community College Collin County Community College
Vella Black-Roberts, Bridget Ingram,
Ohlone College Clark State Community College
Dawn Burgess, Sharon Little,
San Diego Community College South Piedmont Community College
Cindy Calhoun, Rajone Lyman,
Southern Union State Community College Houston Community College
Johnny Castro, Janelle Meyers,
Brookhaven College St. Charles Community College
Mary Cordell, Dawn Munson,
Navarro College Elgin Community College
Karan Demchak, Sandra Owen,
Allan Hancock College Cincinnati State Technical and Community
College
Irene Den Bleyker,
University of New Mexico Gallup Olivia Wagner Wakefield,
Central Carolina Community College
Heather Flatness,
Wenatchee Valley College Janette Wetsel,
University of Central Oklahoma
Adrienne Gunn,
Santa Monica College Andrea Zarate,
Hartnell College
Marissa Happ,
Waubonsee Community College
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About the Author

Lynn R. Marotz received a Ph.D. from the University of Kansas, an M.Ed. from the University of
Illinois, and a B.S. in nursing from the University of Wisconsin. She served as the health and safety
coordinator and associate director of the Edna A. Hill Child Development Center (University of
Kansas) for 35 years. She has worked closely with students in the Early Childhood teacher edu-
cation program and taught undergraduate and graduate courses in the Department of Applied
Behavioral Science, including issues in parenting, health/safety/nutrition for the young child,
administration, and foundations of early childhood education. She provides frequent inservice
training in first aid, children’s safety, recognizing child abuse, childhood obesity, and identifying
children’s health problems for early childhood students and community educators.
Lynn has authored several invited chapters on children’s health and development, nutrition,
and environmental safety in national and international publications and law books. In addition,
she is the co-author of Developmental Profiles-Pre-Birth through Adolescence, Motivational Lead-
ership, and By the Ages. She has been interviewed for numerous articles about children’s nutrition
and well-being that have appeared in national trade magazines, and has served as a consultant
for children’s museums and training film productions. Her research activities focus on childhood
obesity and children’s health, safety, and nutrition. She has presented extensively at international,
national, and state conferences and held appointments on national, state, and local committees
and initiatives that advocate on children’s and families’ behalf. However, it is her daily interac-
tions with children and their families, students, colleagues, and her beloved family that bring true
insight, meaning, and balance to the material in this book.
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Promoting Children’s
Health: Healthy Lifestyles
and Health Concerns
Children’s Well-Being: What It Is
1 and How to Achieve It
2 Daily Health Observations
3 Assessing Children’s Health
Caring for Children with Special

4 Medical Conditions
The Infectious Process and
5 Environmental Control
Childhood Illnesses: Identification
6 and Management
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CHAPTER VIII
HEALING OF HATE AND FEAR
hat dog," Ghond took up the story, "must have
lost his French master early in the war. Probably
the Germans had shot the man, and after that,
when he saw his master's home looted and the
barn set on fire, he went wild with terror and ran
away into the woods, where he lived hidden from
the sight of men under the thick thorn-bush,
spacious as a hut and dark as the interior of a tomb. Probably he
ventured out only at night in quest of food, and being a hunting dog
by heredity, all his savage qualities returned as he spent day after
day and night after night in the woods like an outlaw.
"When he came across me, he was surprised because I was not
afraid. I gave out no odour of fear. I must have been the first man in
months whose fear did not frighten him to attack.
"Of course he thought, like himself, I too was hungry and was
looking for food. So he led me to the German food depôt, and
through an underground passage he crawled into a vast provision
chamber—a very gold mine of food—and fetched some meat for me.
I drew the conclusion that there were a series of underground
chambers in which the Germans kept not only food, but also oil and
explosives, and I acted accordingly. Thank the Gods it turned out to
be correct. Let us change the subject.
"To tell you the truth I hate to talk about the war. Look, the sunset is
lighting the peaks of the Himalayas. The Everest burns like a
crucible of gold. Let us pray.
"'Lead me from the unreal to the Real,

From darkness into Light,
From sound into Silence.'"
After meditation was over, Ghond silently walked out of our house to
begin a journey from Calcutta to the Lamasery near Singalele. But
before I recount his adventure there I must tell the reader how
Ghond happened to be transferred from the battlefields of France to
our home.
The last part of February 1915 it became quite clear to the Bengal
Regiment that Gay-Neck would fly no more. Ghond, who had
brought him, was no soldier. With the exception of a tiger or a
leopard he had never killed anything in his life, and now that he too
was sick, they were both invalided back to India together. They
reached Calcutta in March. I could not believe my eyes when I saw
them. Ghond looked as frightened as Gay-Neck and both of them
appeared very sick.
Ghond, after he had delivered my pigeon to me, explained a few
matters, before he departed to the Himalayas. "I need to be healed
of fear and hate. I saw too much killing of man by man. I was
invalided home for I am sick with a fell disease—sickness of fear,
and I must go alone to nature to be cured of my ill."
So he went up to Singalele to the Lamasery, there to be healed by
prayer and meditation. In the meantime I tried my utmost to cure
Gay-Neck. His wife and full-grown children failed to help him. His
children saw in him but a stranger, for he showed no care for them,
but his wife interested him intensely, though even she could not
make him fly. He refused steadily to do anything but hop a little, and
nothing would induce him to go up in the air. I had his wings and legs
examined by good pigeon doctors, who said that there was nothing
wrong with him. His bones and both of his wings were sound, yet he
would not fly. He refused even to open his right wing; and whenever
he was not running or hopping he developed the habit of standing on
one foot.
I would not have minded that, if he and his wife had not set about
nesting just then. Towards the middle of April when vacation for the
hot weather began, I received Ghond's letter. "Your Gay-Neck," he
informed me, "should not nest yet. If there are eggs, destroy them.
Do not let them hatch under any circumstances. A sick father like
Gay-Neck—diseased with fright—cannot but give the world poor and
sick baby pigeons. Bring him here. Before I close, I must say that I
am better. Bring Gay-Neck soon; the holy Lama wishes to see you
and him. Besides, all the five swifts have arrived this week from the
south; they will surely divert your pet bird."
I took Ghond's advice. I put Gay-Neck in one cage and his wife in
another, and set out for the north.
How different the hills were in the spring from the previous autumn.
Owing to the exigencies that had arisen, my parents had opened
their house in Dentam months earlier than usual. After settling down
there towards the last week of April, I took Gay-Neck along with me
and set out in the company of a Thibetan caravan of ponies for
Singalele, leaving his wife behind, so that if he were able to fly again
he would return to her—just the thing needed to cure him. She was
to be the drawing card. He might do it, Ghond had hoped, in order to
return and help her hatch the newly laid eggs, though the day after
our departure my parents destroyed the eggs; for we did not want
sick and degenerate children who would grow up to shame the name
of Gay-Neck.
I carried my bird on my shoulder, where he perched all day. During
the night we kept him safely locked up in his cage, which proved
beneficial to him. Twelve hours of mountain air and light improved
his body, yet not once did he make the effort to fly off my shoulder
and return to his mate to help her hatch the eggs.
The Himalayas in the spring are unique. The ground glittered with
white violets, interspersed with raspberries already ripening here and
there in the hot moist gorges where the ferns were spreading their
large arms as if to embrace the white hills lying like precious stones
on the indigo-blue throat of the sky. Sometimes we passed through
thick forests where stunted oaks, prodigious elms, deodars (cedars)
and chestnuts grew in such numbers that their branches shut out all
sunlight. Tree against tree, bough against bough, and roots
struggling with roots fought for light and life. Below them in arboreal
darkness many deer grazed on abundant tall grass and saplings,
only to be devoured in their turn by tigers, leopards and panthers.
Everywhere life grew in abundance, all the more intensifying the
struggle for existence among birds, beasts and plants. Such is the
self-contradictory nature of existence. Even insects were not free of
it.
When we emerged from the forest darkness and beheld the open
spaces, the hot tropical sunlight suddenly shot its diamond points of
fire into our helpless eyes. The golden tremble of dragonflies filled
the air; butterflies, sparrows, robins, grouse, parrots, papias (Indian
thrush), jays, and peacocks clamoured and courted from tree to tree
and peak to higher peak.
Now in the open space between tea gardens on one side of the road
and pine forests on our right, we strove and staggered up inclines
almost straight as knives. There the air was so rarefied that we could
hardly breathe. Sounds and echoes travelled very far: even a
whisper could not escape being overheard from a distance of yards,
and men and beasts alike became silent. Save for the clatter of their
hoofs the ponies as well as the men moved with a sense of
reverence for the solitude and stillness that shut down upon us. Here
the indigo-blue hollow of the sky remained untainted by clouds, and
untroubled by any movement save the sighing flight of cranes going
northwards, or the deep-toned plunge of an eagle into declivities
nearby. Everything was cold, keen, and quickening. Orchids burst
out almost overnight and opened their purple eyes upon us;
marigolds brimmed with morning dew, and in the lakes below, blue
and white lotuses opened their petals to the bees.
Now we were near Singalele. The Lamasery raised its head and
beckoned us from the hillside. Its wing-shaped roof and ancient walls
floated like a banner against the horizon. I was encouraged to
quicken my pace and another hour's time found me climbing the
steep pathway of the monastery.
What a relief it was to be there among men who lived above the
battle of our everyday life! It being noon, I went down with Ghond
through a forest of balsam to the spring in which we bathed
ourselves and gave Gay-Neck a thorough wash. After he had had
his dinner in his cage, Ghond and I went to the dining room where
the Lamas were waiting for us. The room looked like a colonnade of
ebony whose capitals were decorated with dragons of gold. The teak
wood beams, grown quite dark through many centuries, were carved
into broad clear lotus designs, delicate as jasmine but strong as
metal. On the floor of red sandstone, orange-robed monks were
seated in silent prayer, which was their grace before each meal.
Ghond and I waited at the entrance of the dining room until the
prayer was concluded with the chanting in unison, like the Gregorian
chant:
Budham mē sáránām
Dhārmám mē sáránām
Ōm Manī pádmē Ōm.
"In wisdom that is the Buddha is our refuge

In religion is our refuge
In the jewel of Truth (shining in the lotus of life) is our refuge."
Now I went forward and saluted the Abbot, whose grave face
wreathed with smiles as he blessed me. After I had saluted the rest
of the Lamas, Ghond and I took our seats at the table made up of a
series of small wooden stools; which came up to our chests as we
squatted on the floor. It was nice to sit on the cool floor after a very
hot day's journey. Our meal was of lentil soup, fried potatoes and
curried egg-plants. Since Ghond and I were vegetarians we did not
eat the eggs that were served at the table. Our drink consisted of hot
green tea.
After dinner, the Abbot invited Ghond and me to take our siesta in his
company, and we climbed with him up to the topmost cliff, which was
like an eagle's eyrie, over which grew a clump of firs, where we
found a hard bare cell, without a stick of furniture anywhere, which I
had never seen before. After we had seated ourselves there, the
holy man said, "Here in the monastery we have prayed to Infinite
Compassion twice every day for the healing of the nations of earth.
Yet the war goes on, infecting even birds and beasts with fear and
hate. Diseases of the emotions spread faster than the ills of the
body. Mankind is going to be so loaded with fear, hate, suspicion and
malice that it will take a whole generation before a new set of people
can be reared completely free from them."
Infinite sadness furrowed the Lama's hitherto unwrinkled brow, and
the corners of his mouth drooped from sheer fatigue. Though he
lived above the battle in his eagle's eyrie, he felt the burden of men's
sins more grievously than those who had plunged the world into war.
But he resumed smiling, "Let us discuss Gay-Neck and Ghond who
are with us. If you wish your pigeon to wing the serenity of the sky
again, you must meditate on infinite courage, as Ghond has been
doing for himself these many days."
"How, my Lord?" I asked eagerly. The Abbot's yellow face suffused
with colour; no doubt he was embarrassed by the directness of my
question and I felt ashamed. Directness, like hurry, is very sordid.
As if he knew my feeling, the Lama in order to put me at my ease
said: "Every dawn and sunset, seat Gay-Neck on your shoulder and
say to yourself: 'Infinite courage is in all life. Each being that lives
and breathes is a reservoir of infinite courage. May I be pure enough
to pour infinite courage into those whom I touch!' If you do that for a
while, one day your heart, mind and soul will become pure through
and through. That instant the power of your soul, now without fear,
without hate, without suspicion will enter the pigeon and make him
free. He who purifies himself to the greatest extent can put into the
world the greatest spiritual force. Do what I advise you twice a day.
All of our Lamas will help you. Let us see what comes of it!"
The Lama, after a moment's silence, continued: "You have been told
by Ghond, who knows animals better than any other man, that our
fear frightens others so that they attack us. Your pigeon is so
frightened that he thinks the whole sky is going to attack him. No leaf
tumbles without frightening him. Not a shadow falls without driving
panic into his soul. Yet what is causing him suffering is himself.
"At this very time the village below us—yes, you can see it over there
to the North-west—is suffering from the same trouble as Gay-Neck.
As it is the season for the animals to come north, all the frightened
inhabitants are going about with old matchlocks in order to kill wild
beasts, and behold, the beasts attack them now, though they never
did so before! Bisons come and eat up their crops, and leopards
steal their goats. Today news was brought here that a wild buffalo
has killed a man last night. Though I tell them to purge their minds of
fear through prayer and meditation, they will not do it."
"Why, O blessed Teacher," asked Ghond, "do you not permit me to
go and rid them of these beasts?"
"Not yet," replied the Lama. "Though you are healed of fear in your
waking moments, yet your dreams harbour the curse of fright. Let us
pray and meditate a few days longer and your soul will be purged of
all such dross. Then after you are healed, if the villagers below are
still hurt by the beasts, you may go and help them."
CHAPTER IX
THE WISDOM OF THE LAMA
fter about the tenth day of strict and most
sincere meditation in the manner he had
prescribed, the Lama sent for Gay-Neck and
myself. So with the pigeon between my hands, I
climbed up to his cell. The Lama's face, generally
yellow, today looked brown and very powerful. A
strange poise and power shone in his almond-
shaped eyes. He took Gay-Neck in his hands, and said:
"May the north wind bring healing unto you,

May the south wind bring healing unto you,
May the winds of east and west pour healing into you.
Fear flees from you,
Hate flees from you,
And suspicion flees from you.
Courage like a rushing tide gallops through you;
Peace possesses your entire being,
And serenity and strength have become your two wings.
In your eyes shines courage;
Power and prowess dwell in your heart!
You are healed,
You are healed,
You are healed!
Peace, peace, peace."
We sat there meditating on those thoughts till the sun set, smiting
the Himalayan peaks into multicoloured flames. The valleys, the
hollows and the woods about us put on a mantle of purple glory.
Slowly Gay-Neck hopped down from the Lama's hands, walked out
to the entrance of the cell and looked at the sunset. He opened his
left wing, and waited. Then softly and ever so slowly he opened his
right wing, feather by feather, muscle by muscle, until at last it
spread out like a sail. Instead of doing anything theatrical such as
instantly flying off, he carefully shut his two wings as if they were two
precious but fragile fans. He too knew how to salute the sunset. With
the dignity of a priest he walked downstairs but hardly had he gone
out of sight than I heard—I fancied I heard—the flapping of his
wings. I was about to get up hastily and see what had really
happened, but the holy man put his hand on my shoulder and
restrained me while an inscrutable smile played on his lips.
The next morning I told Ghond what had happened. He replied tartly,
"Gay-Neck opened his wings to salute the setting sun, you say.
There is nothing surprising in that. Animals are religious though man
in his ignorance thinks they are not. I have seen monkeys, eagles,
pigeons, leopards and even mongoose adore the dawn and sunset."
"Can you show them to me?"
Ghond answered, "Yes. But not now; let us go and give Gay-Neck
his breakfast."
When we reached his cage we found its door open—and no pigeon
within. I was not surprised, for I had left the cage unlocked every
night that we had been at the Lamasery. But where had he gone?
We could not find him in the main building; so we went to the library.
There in a deserted outer cell we found some of his feathers, and
nearby Ghond detected a weasel's footsteps. That made us suspect
trouble. But if the weasel had attacked and killed him, there would be
blood on the floor. Then, whither had he fled? What had he done?
Where was he now? We wandered for an hour. Just as we had
decided to give up the search we heard him cooing, and there he
was on the roof of the library, talking to his old friends the Swifts,
who were clinging to their nest under the eaves. We could make out
their answer to his cooing. Mr. Swift said: "Cheep, cheep, cheep!" I
cried to Gay-Neck in joy, and I gave him his call to breakfast: Aya—á
—ay. He curved his neck and listened. Then as I called again he saw
me, and instantly flapped his wings loudly, then flew down and sat on
my wrist, cool as a cucumber. During the earliest dawn he must have
heard the priests' footsteps going up to their morning meditation, and
gotten out of his cage, then gone astray to the outer cell where no
doubt a young and inexpert weasel had attacked him. A veteran like
Gay-Neck could easily outwit the weasel by presenting him with a
few feathers only. While the young hopeful was looking for the
pigeon inside a lot of torn feathers, his would-be victim flew up into
the sky. There he found his old friend, Swift, flying to salute the rising
sun. And after they had performed their morning worship together,
they had come down for a friendly chat on the roof of the monastery
library.
That day very terrible news reached the Lamasery. A wild buffalo
had attacked the village that the Lama had spoken of the day before.
He had come there during the previous evening and killed two
people who were going home from a meeting of the village elders
that was held around the communal threshing floor. The villagers
had sent up a deputation to the Abbot to say a prayer for the
destruction of the beast and begging him to exorcise the soul out of
the brute. The holy man said that he would use means that would kill
the murderous buffalo in twenty-four hours. "Go home in peace, O
beloved ones of Infinite Compassion. Your prayers will be answered.
Do not venture out of doors after nightfall. Stay home and meditate
on peace and courage." Ghond, who was present, asked: "How long
has this fellow been pestering your village?" The entire deputation
affirmed that he had been coming every night for a week. He had
eaten up almost half of their spring crop. Again begging for strong
and effective incantation and exorcism to kill the buffalo, they went
down to their village.
After the deputation had left, the Lama said to Ghond, who was
standing by: "O, chosen one of victory, now that you are healed, go
forth to slay the murderer."
"But, my Lord!"
"Fear no more, Ghond. Your meditations have healed you. Now test
in the woods what you have acquired here by this means. In solitude
men gain power and poise which they must test in the multitude. Ere
the sun sets twice from now, you shall return victorious. As an
earnest of my perfect faith in your success, I request you to take this
boy and his pigeon with you. Surely I would not ask you to take a
boy of sixteen with you if I doubted your powers or the outcome of
your mission. Go, bring the murderer to justice."
That afternoon we set out for the jungle. I was overjoyed at the
prospect of spending at least one night in there again. What a
pleasure it was to go with Ghond and the pigeon, both whole and
well once more, in quest of a wild buffalo. Is there any boy on earth
who would not welcome such an opportunity?
So, thoroughly equipped with rope-ladders, a lassoo and knives, with
Gay-Neck on my shoulder, we set out. The British Government
forbids the use of fire-arms to the common people of India, and so
we carried no rifles.
About three in the afternoon we reached the village north-west of the
Lamasery. There, we took up the trail of the buffalo. We followed it
through dense woods and wide clearings. Here and there we
crossed a brook, or had to climb over mammoth fallen trees. It was
extraordinary how clear the buffalo's footprints were, and how heavy!
Ghond remarked: "He must have been frightened to death, for look
how heavily he has trodden here. Animals in their normal unafraid
state leave very little trace behind, but when frightened, they act as if
the terror of being killed weighed their bodies down. This fellow's
hoofs have made prodigious and clear marks wherever he went.
How frightened he must have been!"
At last we reached an impassable river. Its current, according to
Ghond, was sharp enough to break our legs had we stepped into it.
Strangely enough, the buffalo too had not dared to cross it. So we
followed his precedent, looking for more hoof-prints on the bank. In
twenty more minutes we found that they swerved off the stream bank
and disappeared into a thick jungle which looked black as a pit
although it was hardly five in the afternoon. This place could not
have been more than half an hour's run from the village, for a wild
buffalo of any age.
Ghond said: "Do you hear the song of the water?" After listening for
several minutes I heard the sound of water kissing the sedges and
other grass not far off with gurgling groaning sounds. We were about
twenty feet from a lake into which the river ran. "The murderous
buffalo is hiding—probably asleep somewhere between here and the
lagoon," cried Ghond. "Let us make our home on one of the twin
trees yonder. It is getting dark and I am sure he will be here soon.
We should not be found on the floor of the jungle when he turns up.
There is hardly a space of four feet between the trees!"
His last words struck me as curious. So I examined the space
between the trees. They were tall and massive, and between them
lay a piece of earth just broad enough to afford room for both of us
walking abreast of each other.
"Now I shall lay down my fear-soaked tunic half-way between these
Twins." Then Ghond proceeded to take from under his tunic a bundle
of old clothes which he had been wearing until today. He placed
them on the ground, then climbed one of the trees. After Ghond had
gone up, he swung down a rope ladder for me. I climbed up on it
with Gay-Neck fluttering and beating his wings on my shoulders in
order to keep his balance. Both of us safely reached the branch on
which Ghond was sitting, and since the evening was coming on
apace, we sat still for a while.
The first thing I noticed as the dusk fell was bird-life. Herons,
hornbills, grouse, pheasant, song-sparrows and emerald flocks of
parrots seemed to infest the forest. The drone of the bee, the cut-
cut-cut of the woodpecker and the shrill cry of the eagle far overhead
blended with the tearing crying noises of the mountain torrent and
the staccato laughter of the already waking hyenas.
The tree on which we made our home for the night was very tall. We
went further up in order to make sure that no leopard, or serpent,
was above us. After a close inspection we chose a couple of
branches between which we hung our rope ladder in the shape of a
strong hammock. Just as we had made ourselves secure on our
perch, Ghond pointed to the sky. I looked up at once. There floated
on wings of ruby a very large eagle. Though darkness was rising like
a flood from the floor of the jungle, in the spaces above the sky burnt
"like a pigeon's throat" and through it circled again and again that
solitary eagle who was no doubt, according to Ghond, performing his
worship of the setting sun. His presence had already had a stilling
effect on the birds and insects of the forest. Though he was far
above them, yet like a congregation of mute worshippers, they kept
silent while he, their King, flew backward and forward, and vaulted
before their God, the Father of Light, with the ecstasy of a
hierophant. Slowly the ruby fire ebbed from his wings. Now they
became purple sails fringed with sparks of gold. As if his adoration
was at last concluded, he rose higher and as an act of self-
immolation before his deity, flew towards the flaming peaks burning
with fire, and vanished in their splendour like a moth.
Below, a buffalo's bellowing unlocked the insect voices one by one,
tearing into shreds and tatters the stillness of the evening. An owl
hooted near by, making Gay-Neck snuggle closely to my heart under
my tunic. Suddenly the Himalayan Doël, a night bird, very much like
a nightingale, flung abroad its magic song. Like a silver flute blown
by a God, trill upon trill, cadenza upon cadenza, spilled its torrential
peace which rushed like rain down the boughs of the trees, dripping
over their rude barks to the floor of the jungle, then through their very
roots into the heart of the earth.
The enchantment of an early summer night in the Himalayas will
remain for ever indescribable. In fact it was so sweet and lonely that
I felt very sleepy. Ghond put an extra rope around me that held me
secure to the trunk of the tree. Then I put my head on his shoulder in
order to sleep comfortably. But before I did so, he told me of his plan.
"Those cast-off garments of mine are what I wore while my heart
was possessed of fear. They have a strange odour. If that brother-in-
law (idiot) of a buffalo gets their scent, he will come hither. He who is
frightened responds to the odour of fear. If he comes to investigate
my cast-off dress, we shall do what we can to him. I hope we can
lassoo and take him home tame as a heifer...." I did not hear the rest
of his words for I had fallen asleep.
I do not know how long I slept, but suddenly I was roused by a terrific
bellowing. When I opened my eyes Ghond, who was already awake,
undid the rope around me and pointed below. In the faint light of the
dawn at first I saw nothing, but I heard distinctly the groaning and
grunting of an angry beast. In the tropics the day breaks rapidly. I
looked down most intently. Now in the growing light of day I saw....
There could be no two opinions about what I saw. Yes, there was a
hillock of shining jet rubbing its dark side against the tree on which
we sat. It was about ten feet long, I surmised, though half of its bulk
was covered by the leaves and boughs of the trees. The beast
looked like a black opal coming out of a green furnace, such was the
glitter of the newly grown foliage under the morning sun. I thought,
the buffalo that in nature looks healthy and silken, in a Zoo is a
mangy creature with matted mane and dirty skin. Can those who see
bisons in captivity ever conceive how beautiful they can be? What a
pity that most young people instead of seeing one animal in nature—
which is worth a hundred in any Zoo—must derive their knowledge
of God's creatures from their appearance in prisons. If we cannot
perceive any right proportion of man's moral nature by looking at
prisoners in a jail, how do we manage to think that we know all about
an animal by gazing at him penned in a cage?
However, to return to that murderous buffalo at the foot of our tree.
Gay-Neck was freed from under my tunic and left to roam on the
tree, which Ghond and I descended by a number of branches like
the rungs of a ladder, till we reached a branch that was about two
feet above the buffalo. He did not see us. Ghond swiftly tied around
the tree trunk one end of the long lassoo. I noticed that the buffalo
was playing underneath by putting his horns now and then through a
tattered garment, what was left of Ghond's clothes. No doubt the
odour of man in them had attracted him. Though his horns were
clean, there were marks of fresh blood on his head. Apparently he
had gone to the village and killed another person during the night.
That roused Ghond. He whispered into my ear: "We shall get him
alive. You slip this lassoo over his horns from above." In a trice
Ghond had leaped off the branch near the rear of the buffalo. That
startled the beast. But he could not turn round, for close to his right
was a tree which I mentioned before, and to his left was the tree on
which I stood. He had to go back or forward between the twins in
order to get out from them, but before this happened I had flung the
lassoo over his head. The touch of the rope acted like electricity
upon him. He hastened backwards, in order to slip off the lassoo, so
fast that Ghond, had he not already gone around the next tree,
would have been trampled and cut to death by the sharp hoofs of the
beast. But now to my utter consternation, I noticed that instead of
gripping his two horns at the very root, I had succeeded in lassooing
only one of them. That instant I shrieked to Ghond in terror: "Beware!
only one of his horns is caught. The rope may slip off that one any
time. Run! Run up a tree."
But that intrepid hunter ignored my advice. Instead he stood facing
the enemy a short distance away from him. Then I saw the brute
lower his head and plunge forward. I shut my eyes in terror.
When I opened them again, I saw that the bull was tugging at the
rope that held him by the horn and kept him from butting into the tree
behind which Ghond stood. His monstrous bellowing filled the jungle
with a fearful racket. Echoes of it coursed one after another like
frightened shrieking children.
Since the bull had not yet succeeded in reaching him, Ghond drew
his razor-sharp dagger, about a foot and a half long and two inches
broad. He slowly slipped behind another tree to the right, then
vanished out of sight. The bull just ran straight at the spot where he
had seen Ghond last. Fortunately the rope was still clinging tightly to
his horn.
Here Ghond changed his tactics. He ran away in the opposite
direction, zig-zagging in between different trees. This he did to go
where his odour could not reach the bull blown down to him by the
wind. But though he was bewildered, yet the bull turned and
followed. He again saw the bundle of Ghond's clothes on the ground
under our tree. That maddened him. He sniffed, and then worried it
with his horns.
By now Ghond was down wind. Though I could not see him, I
surmised that he could tell by the odour where the bull was in case
the trees hid him from view. The beast bellowed again, as he put his
horns through Ghond's clothes, which raised a terrific tumult in the
trees all around. From nowhere came flocks of monkeys running
from branch to branch. Squirrels ran like rats from trees to the
jungle-floor, then back again. Swarms of birds, such as jays, herons
and parrots were flying about and shrieking in unison with crows,
owls and kites. Suddenly the bull charged again. I saw that Ghond
was standing there calmly facing him. If ever I saw a man calm as
calmness itself, it was Ghond. The bull's hind legs throbbed and
swept on like swords. Then something happened. He reared in the
air; no doubt it was the pull of the lassoo rope of which one end was
tied to our tree. He rose several feet above the ground, then fell.
That instant, like a dry twig, snapped by a child, his horn cracked
and flew up in the air. The breaking created an irresistible
momentum that flung him sideways on the ground. He almost rolled
over, his legs kicking the air violently. Instantly Ghond leaped forward
like a spark from the flint. Seeing him, the buffalo balanced himself
and sat on his haunches snorting. He almost succeeded in rising to
his feet, but Ghond struck near his shoulder with the dagger. Its
deadly edge dug deep and Ghond pressed on it with his entire
weight. A bellow like a volcanic eruption shook the jungle, and with it
a fountain of liquid ruby spurted up. Unable to bear the sight any
longer, I again shut my eyes.
In a few minutes when I came down from my perch, I found that the
buffalo had died of a hæmorrhage. It lay in a deep pool of blood. And
nearby sat Ghond on the ground, wiping himself from the stain of his
encounter. I knew that he wished to be left alone. So I went to the old
tree and called to Gay-Neck. He made no response. I went all the
way up to the topmost branch of the tree. But in vain—he was not
there.
When I came down, Ghond had cleansed himself. He pointed at the
sky. We beheld nature's scavengers. Kites below, and far above
them vultures flew. They had already learnt that someone had died
and they must clean up the jungle.
Ghond said: "We will find the pigeon in the monastery. He flew with
the rest of the birds doubtless. Let us depart hence soon." But before
starting homeward, I went to measure the dead buffalo to whom flies
had been swarming from every direction. He was ten feet and a half
in length; and his forelegs measured over three feet.
Our trudge back towards the monastery was made in silence which
was only broken when about noonday we had reached the stricken
village and informed its headman that their enemy was dead. He
was relieved to hear of it, though he was very sad because during
the previous evening the buffalo had killed his aged mother, who was
going to the village temple to her worship before sunset.
We were very hungry and walked fast, and soon we reached the
monastery. At once I made inquiries about my pigeon. Gay-Neck
was not there! It was terrible. But the old holy man said as we
chatted in his cell, "He is safe as are you, Ghond." After a pause of
several minutes he asked: "What is troubling your peace of mind?"
The old hunter thought out quietly what he was going to say.
"Nothing, my Lord, save this. I hate to kill anything. I wanted to catch
that bull alive and alas! I had to destroy him. When that horn of his
broke, and there was nothing between him and me, I had to put my
knife through a vital vein. I am so sorry I could not get him alive in
order to sell him to a zoo."
"O, you soul of commercialism!" I exclaimed. "I am not sorry that the
bull died. Better death than to be caged for the rest of his life in a
zoo. Real death is preferable to living death."
"If you had only slipped the lassoo over both horns!" Ghond retorted.
The holy one ejaculated: "Both of you should be concerned about
Gay-Neck, not about what is already dead."
Ghond said: "True. Let us search for him on the morrow."
But the holy one replied, "No. Return to Dentam, my son. Your family
is anxious about you. I hear their thoughts."
The next day we left for Dentam on a pair of ponies. By forced march
and changing ponies twice a day at different posts, we reached
Dentam in three days' time. As we were going up towards our house,
we encountered a very excited servant of my family. He said that
Gay-Neck had returned three days ago. But since we had not come
back with him my parents had begun to worry, and they had sent out
parties searching after us, alive or dead.
He and I almost ran up to the house. In another ten minutes my
mother's arms were around me, and Gay-Neck, with his feet on my
head, was fluttering his wings in order to balance himself.
I cannot begin to describe how overjoyed I was to hear that Gay-
Neck had flown at last. He had winged all the way from the
Lamasery to our home in Dentam. He had not faltered nor failed! "O,
thou soul of flight, thou pearl amongst pigeons," I exclaimed to
myself as Ghond and I accelerated our steps.
Thus ended our pilgrimage to Singalele. It healed both Gay-Neck
and Ghond of the disease of fear and hate that they had caught in
the battlefields. No labor would be in vain if it could heal a single soul
of these worst ills of life.
Instead of spinning out a sermon at the end of this story, let me say
this:
"Whatever we think and feel will colour what we say or do. He who
fears, even unconsciously, or has his least little dream tainted with
hate, will inevitably, sooner or later, translate these two qualities into
his action. Therefore, my brothers, live courage, breathe courage
and give courage. Think and feel love so that you will be able to pour
out of yourselves peace and serenity as naturally as a flower gives
forth fragrance.
"Peace be unto all!"

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UNIT 1  romoting Children’s Health: Healthy Lifestyles

3-3 Referrals 74 5-4 Control Measures 117

UNIT 2 Keeping Children Safe 167

9-4e Burns 255 10-5a Inservice Training 279

Chapter 10 Maltreatment of Children: Chapter 11 Planning for Children’s Health

UNIT 3 Foods and Nutrients: Basic Concepts319

UNIT 4 Nutrition and the Young Child 379

Chapter 15 Feeding Infants 380 15-5f

The Intended Audience

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Chapter 2 Daily Health Observations

Chapter 9 Management of Injuries and Acute Illness

Chapter 12 Nutrition Guidelines

Chapter 13 Nutrients that Provide Energy (Carbohydrates, Fats, and Proteins)

Chapter 15 Feeding Infants

Chapter 16 Feeding Toddlers and Young Children

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