Wisdom tale
Certificate of honesty
Sanvi Mohapatra, AIS Gurugram 43, VI
Once upon a time, there was a king named Narendra Dev. He was blessed with a beautiful baby boy after many years of penence. The king was so happy on having a son that he decided to give away 10 kgs worth of flour to every household in the kingdom. The next day, all the people of the kingdom received bags full of flour. Among these people was a poor but honest labourer called Shyam. He was happy knowing that his family wouldn’t have to starve for the next few days. Upon reaching home, he excitedly opened the bag, only to find two gold coins gleaming on the top.
“I must return these to the king,” Shyam told his wife. “Don’t be foolish. If destiny has put a little money in our hands, then why should we return it?” she asked. Shyam, who could not bear the thought of being dishonest, replied, “It will wrong if we don’t return what’s not ours. I will go back to the palace tomorrow and return it to the king..”
So, Shyam set out to return the coins the very next day. He reached the palace, where he told the king about the gold coins that he had accidentally found in his bag of flour. King Narendra Dev was so pleased with Shyam’s honesty that he gave him a thousand gold coins as a reward for his honesty. Shyam was overjoyed. Soon, the tale of his honesty spread like wildfire, and reached the ears of a crooked merchant called Raju.
Raju was delighted at the thought of a thousand gold coins and hatched a plan. Dressed up as a poor man, he went to the king. On meeting the king, he presented him with a bag full of flour and ten gold coins. Sheepishly, he said, “I found these coins in my bag and wanted to return them to you.”
Now, king Narendra Dev was very generous, but also very intelligent. He found something tricky about Raju’s story. The king’s suspicions were confirmed when he spotted a diamond ring on the merchant’s finger. “Very good,” said the king, “your honesty must be acknowledged!” Hearing this, Raju was convinced that he would receive at least 5000 gold coins for showing such honesty. But the king turned to his royal advisor and said, “Issue a letter of honesty to this man, stating that he is the most honest person in the entire kingdom.”
The poor merchant was left with no option, but to accept the certificate and give up even his own gold coins.
Homemade jewelry
Eva Singh & Kartikey Nath, AIS Vasundhara 1, VI
Material required
- Wool in different colours
- Buckram paper
- Fabric glue
- Sewing needle
- A pair of scissors
- Pom-pom balls
- Two thin hoop earrings
Method
- Take three strands of thick wool of different colours. Knot the three together at one end and braid them .
- Secure the other end also in a knot. Make three braids in the same manner.
- Draw a large ‘C’ on a buckram paper and cut it out for the base of the necklace.
- Stick the braids next to each other in the centre of the ‘C’ shaped cut-out using the fabric glue.
- Paste the readymade pom pom balls lining the edge of the topmost braid.
- Now, pierce a needle with yellow coloured wool and pass it through the third braid loop by loop.
- Take wool of any colour and cut strings of length equal to your longest finger.
- Paste one end of the string below the lowest braid, so that the other end is free and looks like a tassel.
- For the earrings, wrap wool around the hoop earrings and hang the pom pom balls on each hoop to finish.
- Your DIY homemade necklace set is ready!
Riddle Fiddle
Shreya Chakrabarty, AIS MV, VII
1. Which table can be eaten?
2. Which alphabet has lots of water in it?
3. What do we buy to eat but don’t actually eat it?
4. What begins with T ends with T and has T in it?
5. What kind of a tree can you carry in your hand?
6. What can you ask a person many times and get a different answer each time?
Answer: 1.Vegetable 2.The letter ‘C’ 3.Plate 4.Teapot 5.Palm tree 6. “What is the time?”
POEMS
A litter of limericks
Akshat Aggarwal, AIS Saket, V B
Pancakes were cooking in a pan
But I don’t think I’m a fan
And when I turned around
I quickly pushed the pan down
And cooked eggs in another pan
There was an old man
Who hit me with a can
When I broke his favourite pot
How to save myself I thought
I tickled the man and ran
When I went to a mall
I saw a red coloured shawl
And I tore it by mistake
With a start I came awake
I dreamt I went to a mall
When I was reading a book
I read about captain hook
He was sailing a ship
His iron hook had a pointed tip
He lost at the end of the book
There was a cute little boy
Playing with a cute little toy
When I saw him sitting there
I told him he has very soft hair
He told me his name was Roy
I looked out a window glass
I spotted a blue coloured flask
Stepped on the land a hound
Crushing the flask to the ground
I saw glass break through glass
When father heard my limericks
He laughed so hard he fell sick
I gave a tablet to cure him
And a chocolate to please him
He told me they were slick.
It’s Me
know me better!
My name: Divina Pamnani
My Class: KG E
My school: AIS Noida
Born on: January 7, 2015
my favourites
Book: Motu Patlu
Game: Football
Mall: Logix mall
Food: Samosa
Teacher: Poonam ma’am
Poem: Hum Bharat ke rehne wale
Subject: Math
about me
Role Model: My parents
Best Friend: Reet
I like: Watching cartoon Motu Patlu
I dislike: Loud sound
I want to become: A painter
I want to feature in GT because: It’s my favourite newspaper. It tells us everything. I love The Global Times.
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