www.AndhraEbooks.

com
www.AndhraEbooks.com

JUNE (FIRST) 2012 | ` 20

www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com

FOUNDER
JUNE (FIRST) 2012 NO. 832 VISHWA NATH
1917-2002

storytime
Zak Gets a New Bike 4
The Clever Maiden 11
Probe Explorer 16
ColourFul Vacation 24
Detective 007 32
The Failed Idea 39

funtime Pride goes before a Fall

Marvelous Marbles
43
46
Who am I ? 29 Meeku’s Gold Biscuit 55
Opical Illusion Game 30
It’s Funtime 38 comics
Coverpage Damru and Car Driving
Cheeku
28
36
Sheru is glad to see his cub’s picture
on the zoo guard’s T-shirt. Happy to Dadaji and Sailor 52
be famous!

Editor, Publisher & Printer : Paresh Nath reproduced in any manner without permission. The names of the
EDITORIAL, ADVERTISEMENT & PUBLICATION OFFICE: characters used in all fiction and semi-fiction articles are
Delhi Press Building, E-3, Jhandewala Estate, Rani Jhansi fictitious. Self-addressed stamped envelopes must be enclosed
Marg, New Delhi- 110055. Phone: 41398888, 23529557- with all manuscripts otherwise the rejected material will not be
62. Fax: 91-11-23625020. Printed at Delhi Press Samachar returned. Rates Inland: Single copy Rs 20. 1 year Rs 384,
Patra Pte. Ltd. A-36, Sahibabad, Ghaziabad and Delhi Press, 2 years Rs 720, 3 years Rs 1008, in India.
E-3, Jhandewala Estate, New Delhi- 110055 and published on Subscription should be remitted through money orders/bank
behalf of Delhi Press Patra Prakashan Pte. Ltd. from E- 3, drafts and cheques drawn in favour of Delhi Prakashan Vitran
Jhandewala Estate, New Delhi - 110055. Pte. Ltd at E-3 Jhandewala Estate, New Delhi- 55. Vpps not
This copy is sold on the condition that jurisdiction for all accepted.
disputes concerning sale, subscription and published matter ● Send articles at: [email protected]
will be in courts/ forums/ tribunals at delhi. ● Send invitation and press releases at: [email protected]
● Write to the editor at: [email protected]
Title registered with Govt of India as trade mark. Cheeku ● Subscription at: [email protected]
feature is registered with the Govt. Contents must not be www. facebook.com/ChampakMagazine
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com

Zak Gets a New Bike

By Ms. Monideepa Sharma

ak the Bear was walking to school one thought Zak, jumping up and down in delight.

Z hot sunny summer afternoon. It was a

scorching day, and Zak felt all the energy
drain out of him. Another half hour of brisk
“Since the bike seemed to belong to no one,
should I just take it?” Zak wondered.

walking would get him to school. The sun He stood there for a bit, undecided, but then
blazed and Zak marched on, feeling more than he gave in to both greed and need. With a
a little sorry for himself. hoop of pure joy, he jumped on the bike and
blazed his way to school at top speed. Halfway
Just as he walked into a slightly wooded area, there, he stopped his bike and stopped to think.
his eyes chanced upon an amazing sight. What if the bike belonged to someone at
Resting against a lone tree was a gleaming black school, he thought! He changed course and
bicycle. It looked brand new and there was no made his way back homewards.
one in sight! Zak eagerly walked towards the
bike for a closer look. It was his lucky day, Once there, he quickly found a can of red paint
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
lying in the basement and gave the bike a new
coat of paint. He stood back and admired his
handiwork. Now the bike was truly his. When
Zak's mom Coco asked him about the bike, he
mumbled that he had borrowed it for a couple
of days.

Zak felt heavy with guilt as he never lied to his

mother. “It is true,” he thought grimly, “to hide
one lie, one had to lie many more times.”

The next morning, Zak rode grandly to school

on his gleaming red bike. Soon his friends
surrounded him and heaped him with many
compliments.

“What a beauty!” exclaimed Mango the

Monkey. "May I have a quick ride?”

“You are so lucky,” sighed Lula the Goat. “I over and huge tears of agony rolled down his
have to walk to school every day!” chubby cheeks.

“Your bike is just so beautiful,” sighed A crowd gathered around him. “Let’s take him
Buttercup, the butterfly, admiringly. Though to the hospital,” said Bizoo the Deer.
Zak grinned widely, he felt sick with fear and
guilt. What if everyone found out that the bike “Let’s help him stand up,” said Elmo the Cat.
was not his, but was in fact stolen property!
“Let’s call his home,” said Felix the Dog. Zak
Zak decided to play truant from school the next trembled with fear. What would his mom say if
day. He left home at his usual time, waving a she found out that he was in fact loitering
cheery bye to his mother Coco. Instead of around instead of being at school?
heading to school, he rode around the town on
his shiny bike. He had the most amazing day, “That’s Zak,” said Gigi the Crow, “I know him;
riding his bike quickly, then slowly and then I will go get his mother.”
trying to spin a wheelie, balancing the bike on
just the back wheel. Before Zak could say anything, the crow flew
off to go fetch Zak’s mother. Zak had never
Before he knew it, he crashed on the road with seen his mother so angry. She was livid when
a big thud, and hit his head on the hard she saw Zak fallen by the side walk and glared
pavement. His head spun and he was hurt all at him.

June (First) 2012 5

www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
hands with joy. “This is awesome!”

“But what about the bike you were riding?

Who did that belong to?” asked Muff.

“I found it parked in the woods,” said Zak.

“And you just took it?” said Spark, deeply

shocked.

KEITH “You should always tell your parents when you

see an abandoned vehicle or bags," be it a car, a
“Why are you not at school?” she asked for the motorbike, or even a bicycle, so that they can
hundredth time. Zak stayed mum. “And tell me inform the authorities,” said Tux gravely. Zak
who lent you this bike; I want to have a word looked shamefaced, “Yes, I know better now.”
with him too.” Zak had no answers and all he
did was cry. “And you should not loiter here and there
during school hours. Your classes are
He was covered with bruises and hurt all over. important!” said Coco, his mother, as she
To top that, he felt ashamed that he had lied to strolled into the room.
his mother and was laden with guilt now that
the bike was smashed. His beautiful day of “I am sorry, I have now learnt my lesson,”
adventure had turned into a nightmare. said Zak.

While Zak was resting at home, all his friends “It’s ok, Zak,” said his friends in unison. “We all
from the neighbourhood and school visited make mistakes and we learn from them.”
him. Muff the Squirrel, Spark the Sparrow and
Tux the Dog all visited him. They also had a “I have learnt my lesson the hard way,” said
special gift for Zak, to make him feel better. Zak. “I will never bunk classes again and I will
not take what is not mine, and if I see
“We heard your bike was smashed,” said Muff. abandoned bags or vehicles, I will tell my
parents about it!”
“So we all contributed from our pocket money
and collected a tidy sum.” Having said that, “See you at school tomorrow,” said his friends
Spark the sparrow and Tux the dog rolled a as they were leaving.
brand new bike into Zak’s room. Zak sat up in
bed, his eyes sparkling! The bike was a gleaming Though Zak had had an accident that day, and
red, brand new and beautiful. hurt all over, he couldn’t have had a better day.
He looked forward to going to school on his
“Wow, guys,” exclaimed Zak, clapping his super brand new bike! ●

6
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com

There are some mistakes in picture 2. Find out how many mistakes are there.
Send your answers through SMS. First type the keyword DPDKB. Then leave DPDKB
one space and then type the total number of mistakes. For example, DPDKB 7, 7

as shown in the photo of mobile. Then send the SMS on 57007. You may send as many SMS as
you like. Any 5 correct respondents will be asked to send their complete address. They will be
given a gift of Rs. 100 each. You can also send your answers by Post Card. Your answers should
reach us by 15 June, 2012.
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com

The Clever
Maiden
By Guruprasad Batni
ong ago, in ancient India, there lived a poor

L farmer called Somadutta in a village

Brahmagiri, on the banks of the Ganga.
Somadutta’s wife had passed
away at a young age, leaving
behind a daughter Saraswati. The
simple and humble Somadutta
was of a helpful nature, and
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
was highly respected in the village. But hurry to repay, and he could take his own
Somadutta was a worried man. His small sweet time.
piece of land just yielded enough crops to
sustain him and his daughter. But what Just when the loans had accumulated to such
about the future and Saraswati’s marriage….? an extent that it was beyond Somadutta’s
capacity to repay, Verma demanded all the
Saraswati grew up into a pretty young girl money back. A shocked and distressed
and was the envy of every family in the Somadutta pleaded with Verma for more
village. Not only was she beautiful, but she time to repay. Verma flatly refused and called
was also intelligent, talented, and helped the for the village Panchayat to mediate and help
villagers with various odd jobs. Boys and recover his money.
men of various ages secretly desired
Saraswati and wanted to marry her. The village elders heard both the parties, but
could not make up their minds. While they
One among them was Chatura Verma, the felt sorry for Somadutta, they did not want
wicked landlord of the village. Verma was to antagonize the rich Verma. Being aware of
already a married man and had a daughter as this, the wily Verma suggested a plan.
old as Saraswati. Knowing that his chances
of marrying Saraswati were slim, Verma He pointed out to a heap of black and white
devised a clever plan to acquire her. In the stones lying around. He offered to put a
guise of helping Somadutta, Verma lent black and a white stone in a bag, shake them
Somadutta money, time and again, without up and ask Saraswati to pick one of them. If
charging interest. The innocent and gullible she picked the white one, her father’s loans
Somadutta assured Verma every time that he would be written off. And if she picked the
would repay him soon. Verma, on his part, black one, the loans would still be written
kept telling Somadutta that there was no off, but she would have to marry Verma. The
entire village was shocked by
Verma’s insolence, even as
Somadutta protested
strongly against it. To
his dismay, Saraswati
turned to him and said
“Father, since there is
no other alternative,
we should agree to this
plan. Let us see what the
future holds for me.”
While Somadutta
continued to protest, a
delighted Verma grinned
shamelessly.

Verma led the elders,

Somadutta and Saraswati
to a heap of stones,
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
looking for a black and white one.
However, at the right moment
when no one was watching,
Verma picked up two black
stones and dropped them into
the bag quickly. Although
Saraswati noticed this, there was
nothing she could do about it.
Verma could always come up
with a new trick. She closed her
eyes, searching for some idea,
some clue, something that
could defeat Verma’s plans.
After a few minutes, she opened
her eyes. Apparently, she too
had a trick up her sleeve, as there
was a twinkle in her eyes now.

Saraswati picked up one of the

stones from the bag, and as if by
slip of the hand dropped it on the
ground quickly, among the heap of VENKI
stones. “Oh oh, how clumsy of me,”
she exclaimed! Verma, who had turned red
with anger, dropped to his knees and into the bag to retrieve the stone inside.
rummaged through the heap, looking for the
stone. Villagers scrambled around trying to “Oh, this is black!” he exclaimed. “It’s quite
help Verma. But how could one be sure clear then that Saraswati had picked up a
which was the stone Saraswati had dropped? white stone earlier. The matter is closed
then!” The villagers, who were fond of
Saraswati then offered a solution. “Why are Saraswati and her father, and hated Verma,
we struggling so much, my dear villagers?” howled in delight. Saraswati hugged her
she asked. “All we have to do is to look into father, who by now had tears streaming
the bag again. If there is a white stone there, down his cheeks. Saraswati gave a final look
I obviously would have picked up a black at Verma, and walked away holding her
one. And if there is a black one behind, I father’s hands. Verma looked like he had
obviously picked up a white one! So simple, seen a ghost.
right?” The villagers applauded, relieved that
they had found a simple solution to what For the rest of his life, Verma was a bitter and
was becoming a puzzle. Verma looked grumpy man, and spoke very little. Whether
shocked, and Somadutta was pale. he admitted it or not, he had understood a
big lesson in life, on that fateful day: “One
Saraswati quickly grabbed the bag from must think twice before doing something
Verma’s hand and handed it over to the cunning. Because sometimes, one’s own trick
village headman. The headman put his hand can be played back to them!” ●

June (First) 2012 13

www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com

Probe Explorer
By Surya Narayan Maurya
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
ll the planets, from Mercury to All the planets agreed to what Earth said

A Neptune, were joyously waiting.

Probe Explorer spacecraft from Earth
was swiftly approaching them.
and continued to revolve around the sun in
their orbits.

Probe was seriously immersed in his work. It

Earth had already told them that Probe had had already clicked a galaxy and now had
a powerful camera installed in it. spotted a shining star.

“Probe, take my picture first. Only I have It set the focus to click a picture of that star
such a huge and beautiful ring,” Saturn said, when a huge mass came in front and hid the
flaunting its spectacular ring. star. The camera clicked the picture of that
mass instead of the star.
“I am the brightest planet of the solar
system, so take my picture first,” Venus “Hey, this seems to be something new,”
piped in with excitement. Probe was pleasantly surprised and instructed
his computer HTX 8311. “HTX, send radio
“Look Probe, I am the largest planet of the waves towards that mass and send all the
solar system, so I should be photographed data to the space centre on the Earth. If we
first,” Jupiter came up with his own reason. have made a new discovery, then our names
will be etched in history for the generations
The other planets were not to be left to come.”
behind in the race. They too praised their
own unique qualities and asked it to take HTX collected all the data with a lightning
their snap. speed, but had worry on its face the very
next moment.
“Hey, stop all this nonsense. I am not able
to do my work properly,” Probe was getting “What is it, HTX? Why are you looking
perturbed by the irrational behaviour of anxious?” Probe asked.
the planets.
“Probe, I have calculated the data of that
“Who is stopping you from doing your rock and…”
work? We just want ourselves
photographed,” said Mercury, who had “And what does your calculation say?” Probe
been quiet until now. interrupted HTX before it could complete its
sentence.
“Look, I have been sent to capture
pictures of stars and galaxies only,” Probe “This huge rock is going to collide with the
explained and began taking pictures of a Earth after 39 hours. As it will come closer to
faraway star. the Earth, its speed will escalate, and the
collision will happen in still less time,” HTX
“Probe is right. In the last 100 years, many elaborated.
pictures of you all have been taken. Even a
small child can search for your image on the Now it was Probe’s turn to get tense.
Internet these days. Let Probe do its job,”
Earth defended Probe’s act. “Time is running short. HTX, don’t send any

June (First) 2012 17

www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
collide with the small planets, it
will break down to pieces,”
Mercury said angrily.

“No, Mercury, the asteroids are so

tiny in comparison to the rock that
they won’t affect the rock.
Nonetheless, your suggestion is
good. If Jupiter and Mars block the
way of that rock, it will break
down. However, it is difficult to
ascertain the impact of that
collision on these two,” HTX said.

“We don’t care what would happen

to us. Earth is our dear sister. If we
can help in any way, then we’ll be
very happy,” Mars nodded in
information regarding this rock to the space agreement at Jupiter’s words.
centre, else the entire world will panic. First
decide whether this rock will really collide “These planets can’t come in the way of
with the earth.” that rock, but we can,” HTX said showing
the graph.
“Probe, I am a supercomputer. This rock is
definitely approaching the Earth. You can see
its graph if you wish.”

Probe saw the rock’s orbit graph and was

convinced. “Oh! This will certainly collide
with the Earth.”

When Probe called all the planets and told

them everything.

They were stunned. Earth was the worst hit

by this news.

“Of all the planets, only Earth has life on it.

If it is destroyed, our entire solar system
would become lifeless,” Saturn said.

“Why are you saying such negative things

already? The rock is still far away. It is near
KEITH

Uranus’s orbit. It has to cross Jupiter’s orbit

and the asteroid belt. When that rock will
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
“What?” All the planets, along with Probe,
were astounded.

“Unless we collide with the massive rock in

high speed, we won’t be able to do anything
to it. There is still some fuel left in the fuel
tank. The energy from the solar panels can
be used to burn the fuel so we can give a
sideway collision to the rock. If we are
successful in changing the route of the rock
by even a one degree angle, then it will take
a detour from the Earth,” HTX explained in
detail.

Now there was a ray of hope.

Probe took the picture of that shining star

which he had been trying to take at first.
Then he turned towards the planets.

“Friends, forgive me. I had refused to click

your pictures. Saturn, pose with your ring
and give a nice smile. I have to send a
beautiful picture to the space centre,” Probe
said, setting the focus of its camera again.

After that, all the planets got clicked one-by-

one. Probe sent all the pictures to the space
centre and then HTX sent the solar energy to
the fuel tank.

As expected, the asteroid belt couldn’t harm

the rock. It had crossed the orbit of Mars
and was coming towards the Earth with
alarming momentum.

After exactly 10 minutes, Probe Explorer

collided with the rock with a very high pace
and broke into bits.

The rock moved from its trajectory by an angle

of 5 degrees and moved away from the Earth.
The courage and sacrifice of the Probe
Explorer had saved the Earth from impending
doom, protecting the lives of its inhabitants. ●
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
Spot the things mentioned in the rhyme.

It’s adventure time!!!

Can you spot 4 Inline skates, 3 jackets,
4 Air Balloons and a huge tent.
4 Headlamps, 3 Squash Rackets,
2 Compasses and a colourful parachute for rent.
Find 2 Wind surfers, 3 Scuba divers,3 Snowboarders
and 2 Hand Gliders.
2 Kayaks, 3 Rock climbers,
3 Skateboarders and 2 Horse riders.
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com

davp 06301/13/0004/1213
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com

By Sangeeta Sethi
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
eha loved to visit her maternal weakness. Both brother and sister had their

N grandmother’s house during her

vacations. Feasting on delicious food
prepared by Granny, playing and sleeping;
mind stuck on mouth-watering delicacies made
by their Aunt. Meanwhile, their Mom took out
poori and potato vegetable for them to eat.
these were the only activities which formed a Bholu made a bad face at the look of the food.
part of her daily routine there. Last year her
Uncle had gotten married during her vacation. “Mom, you are so old-fashioned!” Neha spoke
So this year Neha was excited to spend her out her thoughts. “Couldn’t you bring pizzas
holidays with her new Aunt. “Wow, it would be for us?”
great fun!” She was thinking. Her younger
brother Bholu was also eager to visit Granny’s Neha’s Mom smiled sheepishly, “We don’t get
house in anticipation of the fun ingredients for pizza to prepare it in our city.
they would have there. They have the ingredients in Dehradoon.”

The day arrived when It was all fun in Granny’s house. Bholu and
they boarded the train Neha had a sound sleep at night. Now they had
which moved the entire days to themselves. They would sleep
speedily towards the until late and then bother their Aunt and
serene mountains of Granny the whole day with their endless
Dehradoon. Bholu demands. Neha’s Mom would sleep after
and Neha were having a meal, but Aunt would either paint or
happy to meet their do beautiful crochet work on clothes. Mom
new Aunt. And they would ask her to sleep, but Granny would
had heard from Mom interrupt by saying, “You sleep. Don’t worry
that she was an expert in about her. She doesn’t sleep in the afternoon
making scrumptious and keeps herself engaged in some work.”
pizzas and burgers!
Neha and Bholu noticed this
Bholu was thinking of and instead of
asking Aunt to make wandering idly,
noodles for him as began being
they were his
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
While everyone else went to their respective
PROITI ROY rooms for their siesta, Aunt took out some old
boxes. She had papers, cards and glue which
she gave to Bholu and Neha. Bholu was asked
to cut the papers according to the size of one of
the boxes, and Neha was required to stick them
on the boxes with the help of glue. Bholu and
Neha were given brushes to paint on the boxes
using their favourite colours.

When they had done the work as directed, a

beautiful holder was ready. Aunt said, “See!
Your holder is ready. You can keep your pens in
it, colour pencils or even make it a spoon stand
around their Aunt all the time. Sometimes they for the kitchen. Isn’t it useful?”
would open up paint bottles for her and
sometimes bring water for her to dip in her When everybody was up in the evening,
paint brushes. Bholu and Neha showed off their holder
to Granny-Grandpa, Uncle and Mom.
Neha would wash the paint brushes and From then on, Bholu and Neha would
keep them clean. Aunt would be completely spend every afternoon with Aunt. Some
engrossed in her art while painting on the days they would paint an old bottle to
canvas. When she would do crochet work, make a vase and some days they would
Bholu and Neha would help her with decorate an old cardboard box with laces
the thread. and pearls to make a jewellery box for
Granny. Neha had learnt crochet work and
One day Bholu expressed his desire to Aunt, had made a beautiful lace for her frock.
“Aunt, I too want to paint like you.” Neha said,
“And Aunt, I want to make beautiful laces with The excitement of learning new things had
crochet like you. I’ll put them on my frocks.” brought them closer to Aunt and they would
even help her in other chores. Playing in the
Their interest in her craft made Aunt very harsh sunlight had stopped and this had led to
happy. She agreed immediately, “Yes, I’ll Granny breathing it easy.
definitely teach you, but it will be a gradual
process. You will also have to eat green The vacations were getting over now. When it
vegetables. I’ll make pizzas and burgers only on was time to leave, the children were very sad.
Sundays.” Neha and Bholu looked at each Their Mom hugged Nisha Aunt and said,
other and nodded in agreement. “What a positive change you have brought in
my kids! This time they have spent their
The next day the children were waiting keenly vacations in learning new things rather than
for their afternoon time with Aunt. Neha even wasting time.”
helped her in preparing food and Bholu in
laying the table. After lunch, both the children “Yes, Aunt, this time our vacations had become
were ready to help Aunt and learn something very colourful,” Neha said. Nisha Aunt hugged
new from her. and kissed both the children with affection. ●

26
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com

June (First) 2012 27

www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
DAMRU AND CAR DRIVING THIS TIME DAMRU DONKEY WANTED TO
LEARN CAR DRIVING. SO HE REACHED RINKU
BY SHIVESH SRIVASTAVA MONKEY’S DRIVING SCHOOL.

DAMRU, I’LL TEACH

YOU HOW TO DRIVE
BUT DON’T MESS WITH NO, MY FRIEND. I WILL LEARN DRIVING VERY SERIOUSLY
THE RULES. AS I AM GOING TO APPLY FOR THE POST OF A DRIVER
IN THE GOVERNMENT OFFICE OF THE JUNGLE.
LOOK DAMRU, YOU ARE MY DON’T WORRY
AT ALL, RINKU. LOOK DAMRU, THIS IS THE ACCELERATOR. THIS IS
GOOD FRIEND, SO I AM BRAKE AND THIS, GEAR. ALWAYS START THE CAR IN
TEACHING YOU IN MY NEW CAR. NOTHING WILL
HAPPEN. THE FIRST GEAR AND THEN MOVE ON TO THE
DON’T DO ANY MISCHIEF. SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH GEAR.

DAMRU, I’LL JUST COME IN A

MINUTE. TILL THEN YOU PRACTICE
CHANGING GEARS, BUT BE CAREFUL.

AS SOON AS RINKU REACHED HIS

HOME AFTER GETTING DOWN FROM
THE CAR, HE HEARD A LOUD SOUND.

OH NO! YOU RAMMED MY

NEW CAR INTO THE WALL OF
MY HOUSE! MY CAR AND MY
HOUSE BOTH GOT DAMAGED!

OH NO! THAT IS THE YOU REVERSED MY DRIVING

RINKU, YOU HAD TOLD ME ABOUT
REVERSE GEAR. THE CAR SCHOOL. I WAS THINKING OF
FIVE GEARS. I THOUGHT LET ME
MOVES BACK AND NOT MOVING IT AHEAD WITH MY
TRY THE SIXTH GEAR TOO!
AHEAD WITH THAT GEAR! NEW CAR!

THEN WHY
DIDN’T YOU
TELL ME
BEFORE?
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com

How Much
Do You Know?

Who Am I ?

1. The rich need it 1. The oldest Indian language is :

The poor have it (a) Hindi (b) Tamil
If you eat it you will die
(c) Telugu (d) Punjabi
Who am I?

2. I am once in ocean but twice in 2. Who developed small pox vaccination ?

Moon. (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alexander Fleming
I am essential to creation (c) Albert Einstein (d) Marie Curie
And I surround every place.
What am I?
3. Who was the first to reach the South Pole ?
3. Give me food, and I will live (a) Rear Admiral (b) Roald Amundsen
Give me water, and I will die. (c) Capt. R.E. Scett (d) Sir Edmund Hillary
What am I?

4. I have holes in my top and 4. Badminton is the national sport of :

bottom, (a) Malaysia (b) Scotland
my left and right, and in the middle. (c) China (d) India
But I still hold water.
What am I?
5. On which date is Nobel Prize awarded ?
(a) December 10 (b) January 10
1. (b), 2. (a), 3. (b), 4. (a), 5. (a)
How Much Do You Know? : (c) May 20 (d) June 20
(3) Fire (4) Sponge
(1) Nothing (2) Letter
Answers Who Am I? :

June (First) 2012 29

www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
Det
onu ranked
ecti
M first in his
school exams and
so his father bought him a pet
By
Re
nu
ve
Ma 007
dog as a gift. It was a very cute dog nd
al
with brown fur. Monu named his
dog “Dollar”.

Monu and his parents loved the dog

very much. The dog was very happy
with its new masters. Monu started
playing a lot with Dollar. When
Monu left for school, Dollar used to cricket in the evening. Also, when
accompany him to the bus stop. Monu did his homework, Dollar sat
Monu fed Dollar after returning next to him reading Champak.
from school and they both played
Dollar had read a few detective series
from Champak and was fascinated by
them. He thus thought that
becoming a detective would be very
exciting and wanted to try it out
atleast once.

And one fine day his wish was

granted. Monu’s mother couldn’t
find her gold chain. She, along with
Monu and Dollar, searched for it in
each nook and corner of the house
but still couldn’t find it. She then
recalled Ramia, their maid
servant, and said to Monu’s
father, “I think Ramia has
stolen the chain.”

“How can you be so

sure about it?”
asked father.

Mother replied,
“The previous
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
but did not find it.
Hence he was sure that
Ramia had not stolen
it. Dollar thus returned
home.

But that was not

all; Dollar was
determined to find
night, I had kept it on the table in out who had stolen the chain. He
our bedroom. This morning when I kept on thinking about the ways in
went for a walk, Ramia had entered which he could do so and finally a
the bedroom for cleaning and must fantastic idea struck his mind.
have robbed it then.”
He took a 500-Rupee note from
To this, father said, “We are not sure Monu’s mother and kept it on the
if Ramia has stolen the chain. bedroom table at night. He hid
Without proper proof, we cannot himself behind the door and kept an
accuse her. You should search for it eye on the note while everyone else
in the house again. It may have been slept. Around midnight, Dollar heard
misplaced.” some murmuring sound. He quietly
peeped into the room and was
Dollar was silently listening to this stunned to see Latku and Matku, the
conversation and decided to find out two naughty rats chatting
if Ramia was the culprit. He peeped with each other.
into the kitchen and saw Ramia
washing the utensils. He grabbed this
opportunity and thought of
searching for the chain in Ramia’s
house. He put on his detective hat,
wore black glasses and proceeded
towards her house.

Ramia stayed in the servants’

quarters opposite Monu’s house. The
main door was locked and Dollar got
in from an open window at the
backside of the quarters. He wore
gloves on his hands and carefully
searched for the chain everywhere
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
jumped onto the table and caught
hold of both the rats with his strong
paws and said, “So you both were
the culprits who stole the chain.”

Latku and Matku tried hard to free

themselves. Hearing all this
commotion, Monu and his parents
got up from their sleep. Dollar said
to them, “These are the thieves who
had stolen the chain.”

Monu and his parents were shocked

to see the rats. The rats said, “We are
really sorry. We shall return your
chain right away.”

SONAL SUMIT
Dollar then asked Monu’s father,
“Now what punishment should we
impose upon them?”

Latku said, “A 500-Rupee note! We To this father said, “We will put them
can nibble at it with ease.” into a rat-trap and free them into
the jungle.”
Matku replied, “You are absolutely
right, Latku. The gold chain that we Monu immediately got the rat-trap,
took yesterday was so hard that I put Latku and Matku into it and
couldn’t nibble at it and now my released them in the jungle.
tooth is paining because of that.
Let’s take this note away and keep Monu’s mother was very delighted to
the gold chain back here.” get her chain back. Everyone in the
house praised Dollar.
To this Latku said, “Don’t be foolish,
Matku. The current gold rates are so From that day onwards, Monu and
high that if we sell the chain in the his friends started calling Dollar
market, we will get lots of money ”Detective 007”.
and can enjoy life to the fullest.”
Dollar was also glad that his wish of
Latku and Matku took the 500-rupee becoming a detective was fulfilled
note and were leaving when Dollar and that he got a new name. ●

34
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com THE SUMMER I KNEW THAT YOU WOULD HAVE A
VACATIONS WERE OVER. GOOD TIME IN SHIMLA. HERE WE
EVEN THE SCHOOLS WERE HAVING A TOUGH PERIOD
BY DAS HAD BEEN REOPENED. IN THE SIZZLING SUMMER.
HEY DABBU, HOW
WAS YOUR SHIMLA
TOUR?

VERY NICE. I
DIDN’T EVEN
REALIZE WHEN
THE VACATIONS
GOT OVER.

LEAVE THAT, LET US MY COUSIN SHOWED ME WOOD MARKET?

HEAR FROM DABBU AROUND THE MALL ROAD OF
WHAT DID HE SEE IN SHIMLA. ITS WOOD MARKET LOOK, I HAVE
SHIMLA! IS WORTH SEEING. BROUGHT A SNAKE
MADE OF WOOD.

WE WENT TO JAKHU HILL AS THERE IS A TEMPLE

WOW! THIS SURROUNDED BY
WELL. IT’S A VERY STEEP CLIMB.
LOOKS REAL. BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPES.
WHAT IS THERE
IN JAKHU? I HAVE HEARD THAT
WE CAN DO SKATING
IN SHIMLA?

EVEN I AM GETTING
YES, THERE IS A SKATING RING EXCITED HEARING ALL
NEAR THE MALL. GO THERE AND THIS FROM YOU.
DO SKATING. I HAD EVEN SLIPPED. HAVE YOU SEEN
SNOW IN
SHIMLA?
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
YES, I HAD GONE TO KUFRI. THERE
AT THIS MOMENT, THE TEACHER
ENTERED THE CLASS.
THE MOUNTAINS WERE COMPLETELY
COVERED WITH SNOW, MAKING THEM SILENCE! CHILDREN, I HOPE YOU
LOOK LIKE A WHITE BED SHEET. ENJOYED YOUR VACATIONS.

YES, MADAM.

ALL OF YOU MUST HAVE GONE

SOMEWHERE DURING THE VACATIONS. WHAT WILL WE WRITE? WE YES, EVERYONE WILL
TODAY YOU WILL WRITE AN ESSAY DIDN’T GO ANYWHERE. MAKE FUN OF US.
ABOUT THE PLACE WHERE YOU WENT.
BE QUIET. DON’T TELL
ANYONE ABOUT IT.

CHEEKU, WHAT ARE YOU IT IS SO DIFFICULT TO WRITE I HAVE WRITTEN A

WRITING? YOU HAVE ALREADY BY TRYING TO REMEMBER. TRAVEL STORY.
FINISHED TWO PAGES. YES, I’LL WRITE THAT I HAD
FALLEN DOWN FROM A TRAVEL STORY?
HORSE WHILE IN SHIMLA. OF WHERE?

OF SHIMLA. I JUST HAD TO WRITE AN ESSAY. BUT WHAT DID YOU WRITE?
WHO WOULD KNOW WHETHER I
BUT YOU NEVER HAD GONE THERE OR NOT!
WENT THERE! I HAVE WRITTEN
EVERYTHING
WHAT DABBU
NARRATED!
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com

A little boy wasn’t getting good marks in school. One day

he told his teacher, “I do not want to scare you, but my
daddy says if I don’t get better grades, somebody is going to
get a spanking .” - Ishant

Teacher : Why are you late ?

Ruby : Because of the sign.
Teacher : What sign?
Ruby : The one that says, "School Ahead, Go Slow."
- Rebecca

Father : Sam, why are you doing your Maths sums on the floor?
Sam : Dad, you told me to do it without using tables!
- Vaibhav

Friend 1 : I saw a man beating a donkey and stopped him.

Friend 2 : Wow! What a brotherly love! - Shyam

A man goes to the doctor and says, "Doctor, wherever I

touch, it hurts."
The doctor asks, "What do you mean ?"
The man says, "When I touch my shoulder, it really hurts. If
I touch my knee - OUCH! When I touch my forehead, it
really, really hurts."
The doctor says, "I know what's wrong with you
- you've broken your finger!" - Keerti

Bus stops at bus station. Train stops

at train station. Now you understand
why in offices it is called a work
station ? -Parul
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
“Do not worry Tosqui,” said Mosqui,
“I have an idea to solve this
problem.

We mosquitoes try to get into

the mosquito net at night when
the human beings sleep inside it
and we fail to get through. In
the afternoon, these humans do
not use the net and thus it is
open. From now onwards, you get
inside the net in the afternoon and
hide in there until the night comes.
When the humans fall asleep at night,
you can feast happily on their blood.”

The Failed Idea Tosqui was convinced with the idea

and decided to implement it. After a
By Pankaj Rai few days, Mosqui met Tosqui and was
surprised to see Tosqui healthy and
Mosqui the Mosquito was considered happy like before. This was because
very intelligent amongst all other Tosqui had implemented Mosqui’s
mosquitoes. He was believed to have
solutions to almost any kind of
problem.

One day, he met his friend Tosqui

who seemed to be weak and feeble.

Mosqui asked, “What is wrong with

you Tosqui? You look ill.”

To this Tosqui replied, “Yes my friend,

I am becoming weaker day by day
because I am at the verge of
starvation. These human beings have
started using mosquito nets through
which I cannot pass and thus don’t get
to suck their blood. That is the reason
why I have become so thin and weak.”

June (First) 2012 39

www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
hospital. Chloroform works like
anaesthesia and one does not feel
any sensation of pain. Before biting
a human being, you dip your
proboscis in chloroform. After that,
the human being will not feel any
pain and you can suck as much
blood as you want.”

Losqui loved the idea and headed

straight to the nearby hospital to fetch
chloroform. He dipped his proboscis
in the bottle of chloroform and
KIMBERLY SODERBERG started to move towards his target.

idea and it was successfully working. But before he could bite a human
Tosqui then thanked Mosqui for that being, Losqui himself fell unconscious
idea and moved on. due to the effect of chloroform.

That day onwards Mosqui became He was lying unconscious in the

very well known for giving effective middle of the hospital when an elderly
solutions for all sorts of problems. mosquito noticed him. He quickly
Several mosquitoes started coming to lifted Losqui and took him to a safe
Mosqui with their problems and place. After about two hours, Losqui
walked out with wonderful ideas to regained consciousness. By this time,
solve their problems. Losqui’s family members and friends
had reached there to see him.
One evening, a mosquito called
Losqui approached Mosqui with a Mosqui was also present there and
problem. Losqui said, “When the was feeling sad about Losqui’s
humans are asleep and I suck their condition. The elderly mosquito
blood, they feel a painful sensation of then said to everyone present there,
my bite, get up from their sleep and “Now that you all have witnessed the
start scratching themselves. Is there a result of practicing Mosqui’s vague
way by which I can suck their blood ideas, I request each one to not ask
without them feeling any pain?” Mosqui for any kind of suggestions
from now on.”
Mosqui thought for a minute and
said, “Oh! That is not a problem at Mosqui felt sorry and decided never
all. Chloroform is available in every to give any ideas to anyone. ●

40
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com

will you
chew?”

These words irked

the teeth.

“Dear tongue, maybe you are

not aware that it is we who are
responsible for an enchanting smile.
Without us, nobody can look
attractive.”

“No one will bother about you, if

we are not there,” one tooth
remarked.

“So much pride for nothing! You

are 32 in number, but have no sense
at all.” The tongue’s retaliation
further incensed the teeth. They
moved towards the tongue to bite it,
but it swiftly evaded the attack.

“That’s all you do, scare the weak,” the

tongue began crying.The lips, on hearing
their conversation, consoled the tongue,

Pride goes “Don’t cry, tongue. They are like this all the
time. They keep biting me too.”

before a Fall
The tongue had just stopped crying when a
tooth bit it. It got hurt badly and started
crying again, but the teeth were insensitive.
By Keshav Jangid
They just laughed at its condition.
Teeth and tongue fought again today. Teeth However, this made the tongue more
were claiming to be more important while determined to teach the teeth a lesson they
tongue was calling itself to be more hard- would never forget.
working. The tongue showed off its
significance, “All you 32 teeth are useless One day when the lips got up in the
without me. If I stop tasting the food, what morning, they yawned. The mouth opened.

June (First) 2012 43

www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com

KHALIL

The tongue saw that the wrestlers were

that some hefty coming in their direction. This
wrestlers were lead to panic amongst them
exercising in front and they began clattering in fear.
of them. The teeth were A wrestler punched hard on the mouth. The
still asleep. They hadn’t tongue and lips ducked, but the teeth
even brushed and so had a couldn’t move. The impact of the punch was
foul breath. hard. All the teeth broke and fell down,
some even out of the mouth.
An idea clicked in the tongue’s
mind. It went close to the lip and “Sister tongue, please forgive us,” they said.
told it about the plan. Then both This incident brought sense in the teeth.
burst out laughing at the imagination “We’ll never harm you again and we will be
of what was to happen. The tongue cordial with the lips too.”
challenged the wrestlers, “Hey fatso, what are
you exercising? If you are daring, come and “Being proud and causing harm to others
fight with me.” has never been a good trait. Just remember
that,” the tongue said. From that day
The lips too laughed at the wrestlers. By that onwards, the teeth made friends with the
time, the teeth were also awake. They saw tongue and the lips. ●

44
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com

v
Identify the
Whose animals by
looking at the
given picture of
teeth? their teeth.

w x y

z { |

} ~ vÆ
June (First) 2012 45
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com

Marvelous Marbles
By Anil Satija

ryan and Aneesha had once set for Aneesha’s amusement. The box

A out for a morning walk

with their pet dog,
Marshal. On the way Aryan
fell from Aneesha’s hand and all
the marbles got scattered on
the road.
handed over a box full of
marbles to Aneesha and “What have you done
said, “Look Aneesha, Harsh Marshal?” said Aryan,
gifted me these marbles “Aneesha, please help me
yesterday.” collect the marbles before
someone slips over them.”
“Wow! They are indeed very Just then, a tall man
beautiful. They are with a big moustache
sparkling like pearls”, said came running and
Aneesha. No sooner did
she say this, and then
Marshal the dog
jumped onto the box
to find out the reason
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
slipped over the marbles with a thud. nearby. He understood that it was that
man’s wallet and said to Aneesha,
Aryan helped him get up and said, “I “Let’s follow him and return his
am sorry sir. It was due to my dog’s wallet. He may not have gone too far.”
mischief that the marbles fell on the
road.” The man angrily said, “Do not Aryan sent his pet dog Marshal home
justify your act. Had I not been and they both started walking. The
running late, I would man entered an old bungalow and
have definitely Aryan and Aneesha followed him
taught you there. In no time, the man
both a disappeared inside the bungalow.
lesson.” Aryan and Aneesha felt very strange
when they entered the bungalow.
He said this
and left. After Aryan said, “I cannot see even a
a few seconds, bird fluttering around here.
Aryan found a Where has that man disappeared?”
wallet lying
They then felt the wooden
floor shaking slightly.
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
Aneesha said, “I think there is a have to be done tomorrow only.”
basement down here and I can hear
the footsteps of someone coming out “You lock the door now and go home.
from there.” Come back tomorrow with Danny.
Do not come late like you came in
“I can sense something dangerous today,” said the man.
here. Let us hide behind this sofa and
see what happens,” said Aryan. “I am sorry for being late Boss. I will be
Aneesha and Aryan quietly hid behind on time tomorrow,” said the tall man.
an old sofa lying nearby. They saw the
same tall man with a moustache “Ok. You can leave now,” said his boss
coming out of the basement and drove away in his car. Mike too
accompanied by another man dressed locked the door of the bungalow and
up in a formal suit. left from there. Aryan and Aneesha
got trapped in the bungalow.
The tall man asked the other one,
“Boss, why did you stop printing the “What should we do now?” asked
currency notes so early today?” Aneesha.

The other man replied, “Mike, our Aryan replied, “I have carried my
printer is not working properly. We father’s mobile phone for getting it
will have to call the technician for repaired. We’ll call Inspector uncle
getting it repaired. The now.” He called Inspector
printing of notes will Sharma and
narrated the whole
incident. Just then
the door opened

GOKUL
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com

and the kids were startled to see Mike. marbles and injured his back. Before
he could manage to get up, Aryan and
Mike was shocked to see them there Aneesha carefully managed to pave
and said, “What are the two of you their way through the marbles and
doing here? And how did you get in?” fled from there. After coming out,
Aryan quickly locked the main door
“We had come to return your wallet,” from outside and said in jest, “It has
said Aneesha, “Now please take your been such a bad day for this man. He
wallet and let us go.” slipped over the marbles twice and
now will end up in the jail.”
Mike said, “I heard your conversation
over the phone. You both know about In no time, Inspector Sharma and his
our secret. Now I will not let you get team reached the spot and arrested
out of here.” Mike. They also traced his boss and
other partners and put all of them
“Well that is a bet! Catch us if you can!” behind the bars.
exclaimed Aryan. Mike was about to
run towards them when Aryan quickly Once again, Aryan and Aneesha had
took the marble box in his hand and done a brave job and the newspapers
scattered the marbles on the floor. were full of reports about their witty
act. Their bravery and quick-wittedness
Mike once again slipped over the was highly appreciated and rewarded. ●

June (First) 2012 49

www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
Marble Maze : Little marble is stuck in the middle of the maze. Help him
find a way to reach the other marbles at the bottom of the page.
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
What’s wrong?
Find 10 things wrong in the given picture.

Answers on last page

●
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
DADAJI AND SAILOR RIYA, YOU ARE
LOOKING LIKE A BUT DADAJI, I AM
GOING TO BE A SAILOR
By Vivek Chakravarty PLAYER IN THIS
WHITE DRESS. FOR THE FANCY DRESS
COMPETITION!

DADAJI, GUESS WHAT

AM I GOING TO ENACT
AS IN THE FANCY
DRESS COMPETITION?

BUT YOU ARE NOT WEARING A SAILOR’S CAP,

RIYA, YOU SHOULD HAVE ENACTED
SO HOW WILL I KNOW WHETHER YOU ARE A
AS A PLAYER LIKE ME. WHY ARE
SAILOR OR A PLAYER.
YOU PARTICIPATING AS A SAILOR?
OH! I FORGOT TO
PUT ON THE CAP IN
MY RUSH.

BROTHER, THE IDEA CAME IN MY MIND WITH THE

THOUGHT THAT SAILORS ARE SO BRAVE AND IT IS SO
ADVENTUROUS TO SAIL A SHIP IN THE SEA.

HOW CAN A SAILOR BE YES DADAJI, JUST AS IT

COURAGEOUS? HE JUST WAS IN SINDBAD THE
ROAMS AROUND HERE AND SAILOR.
THERE ON HIS SHIP AND
WASTES HIS TIME.

RAJU, THERE IS GREAT

ADVENTURE IN THE LIVES OF
THE SAILORS AND THAT IS
WHY THEY ARE CONSIDERED
DARING…

ALSO DO YOU KNOW

THAT WAS JUST A WHAT, DADAJI? WHAT HAPPENS
STORY, RIYA, BUT SOMETIMES?
SAILORS HAVE TO
FACE GRAVE
DANGERS IN REALITY
TOO. SOMETIMES
THEY HAVE TO
GRAPPLE WITH HIGH
TIDES AND
SOMETIMES WITH
STORMS.
SOMETIMES THEY HAVE TO FACE
WHALES AND PIRATES AS WELL.
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
PIRATES? YES. RAJU, DO YOU KNOW THAT IN THE OLD TIMES WHEN
THERE WERE NO PLANES, THE BRAVE SAILORS WERE
RESPONSIBLE FOR DISCOVERIES OF FAR-OFF PLACES?

DADAJI, A SAILOR MIGHT BE HAVING

ADVENTURE IN HIS LIFE, BUT IT IS STILL
WASTEFUL TO JUST ROAM AROUND IN A
SHIP WITH NO PURPOSE.

PORTUGUESE SAILOR VASCO DE GAMA HAD FOUND

THE WAY TO REACH INDIA FROM EUROPE THROUGH
THE SEA, WHEREAS ITALIAN SAILOR CHRISTOPHER
COLUMBUS HAD DISCOVERED AMERICA. THIS IS HOW
THE OTHER COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD CAME TO
KNOW ABOUT THESE COUNTRIES.

YES, DADAJI. YOU NOT ONLY THIS,

ARE RIGHT. BUSINESSES WERE
CARRIED ABOUT
BETWEEN TWO
COUNTRIES THROUGH
SEA ONLY. ALSO
CRICKET PLAYERS OF
VARIOUS COUNTRIES
WOULD REACH
OTHER COUNTRIES
ONLY THROUGH SONAL SUMIT
SHIPS.

DO YOU NOW REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT SAILORS AGREED, SAILORJI. NOW PLEASE TAKE
ARE? IF IT WAS NOT FOR THEM, THE PLAYERS THIS PLAYER TO THE PLACE OF
COULDN’T HAVE GONE TO OTHER COUNTRIES TO COMPETITION.
PLAY MATCHES IN THE OLD TIMES.
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com

MEEKU’S GOLD BISCUIT

By Shantha Nagarajan

fter working as a cook in Tommy noticed two gold biscuits

A Dubai for two years, Meeku

Rabbit at last returned to
Champakvan. At the Champakvan
hidden deep inside the bag.

“Ha! Gold biscuit! I shouldn’t miss

Airport Tommy Fox, the officer this golden opportunity to own
was checking the bags and baggages gold!”
of the passengers for hidden guns
or drugs. Tommy had in the past cheated
many passengers at the airport by
While searching Meeku’s large bag, taking away costly items from their
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
Meeku ran to the police station and
complained about Tommy to
Inspector Chimpu Monkey. The
police immediately rushed to
Tommy’s burrow to search for
the gold biscuit. As soon as
Tommy saw the police van, he
became alert.

“Oh! Police! They are coming

to search my home. Where
shall I hide the gold biscuit?”

He had a flash of an idea! He

MICHAILA saw Mishki Kangaroo sitting
and snoring near his door.
In a trice, Tommy
dropped the gold
biscuit into Mishki’s
pouch.

Meeku and
Chimpu
Monkey
searched all over
the burrow but
couldn’t find the biscuit. So
baggages.There were many they went away.
complaints about him.
After the police left, Tommy dashed
Tommy was so attracted to the gold to Mishki Kangaroo to take the gold
biscuit that he robbed one of the biscuit.“Come on, let me search
biscuits while pretending to be your pouch… I hid something
checking the contents of the bag. inside it.”
It was only after he went home and Tommy flew into a rage when he
opened the bag thatMeeku noticed found the pouch empty. He accused
one biscuit missing. “Oh! Cheated! Mishki of playing mischief. Poor
I’m sure it is the rogue Tommy who Mishki was in tears. It was Mishki’s
is the culprit.” baby Meesha who did the mischief.

56
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
While Inspector Chimpu was
searching Tommy’s burrow, Meesha
came running and slipped into her
mother’s pouch. “Ouch! What’s
inside?”

Meesha took the biscuit in her

hand. “Ha! A toy!”

She ran to her friends playing under

the tamarind tree. “Hei, I’ve got a
plaything!”

Jilly Jackal, who was seated above

them on the tamarind tree, saw
the biscuit.

“Oh my God! A gold biscuit!” He

dived down. He pulled out a
chocolate bar from his pocket.
“Baby, you give me the plaything in
your hand and take this toffee,” said
Jillu.

Meesha’s mouth watered and she

readily gave the biscuit to Jillu.

“Ha! This must be worth a few

thousand rupees! Let me at once go
to Bablu Bear’s jewellery shop and
sell it.”

He then sped to the shop of Bablu

Bear the Goldsmith. He quickly sold
the biscuit and sped away.

At Meeku Rabbit’s house everyone

advised him to sell the only gold
biscuit remaining with him before
somebody robs that. So he took the
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
Answers to puzzles
biscuit to Bablu Bear’s shop. Map Game What’s Wrong?
When Bablu saw the gold biscuit in
Meeku’s hand, he exclaimed: “Oh!
Just now a similar biscuit was sold
to me by Jillu!” He then showed the
biscuit to Meeku. “Ah! It’s the one I
brought from Dubai.”

Meeku at once contacted Inspector

Chimpu. Jillu was arrested and he
admitted that he had gotten the
biscuit from Meesha. DecodeMe
A Stitich in Time Saves Nine.
When Chimpu questioned Meesha,
Teeth
she told him that she found the
1. Elephant. 2. Rabbit. 3. Shark. 4. Lion. 5. Dinosaur.
biscuit in her mother’s pouch. “Now 6. Human. 7. Snake. 8. Hippopotamus. 9. Walrus.
if we question Mishki Kangaroo, 10. Crocodile.
we’ll know who the culprit is,”
CROSSWORD Down
said Chimpu.
Across 1. CRICKET.
5. INSECTIVORE. 2. ANT.
Mishki was brought to the police 9. TARANTULA. 3. BEETLE.
station. She complained about 11. FIREFLY. 4. DRAGONFLY.
12. YELLOW. 6. FLEA.
Tommy Fox. “Tommy is beating me. 14. BUTTERFLY. 7. LADYBUG.
He says he hid something in my 16. CENTIPEDE. 8. BUMBLEBEE.
pouch, he’s now asking me to give 18. MOSQUITO. 10. HONEY.
19. MANTIS. 13. COCOON.
it to him, but there was nothing in 20. SCORPION. 15. TERMITE.
my pouch.” 17. SPIDER.

Shadows — v. e, w. bU, x. d§, y. c.

“Ha ha… Now I know the answer!
Tommy Fox had hidden the stolen gold Figure out
biscuit inside Mishki’s pouch when we 1.Yes. You can draw lines over them and check.
2. Look closely. This is not possible.
went to search his burrow. But alas, 3. It can be a rabbit or a bird. It’s the way you interpret it.
baby Meesha removed it from her 4. Yes. The wave-like placement of the squares can give
mother’s pouch and the cheat lost it,” you an illusion that the verticals lines are not straight.
But they are parallel.
remarked Inspector Chimpu. 5. 1, 2, 3, and 6 are the hidden numbers.
6. No. Look closely, it’s an illusion. The circles are static
Chimpu immediately arrested but appear to be moving both clockwise and anti-
clockwise.
Tommy Fox who had to admit to
his crime. ● Find fake gold : PYRITE

58 June (First) 2012

www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com
www.AndhraEbooks.com (REGISTERED) RNI 26884/75 DL(C)-14/1094/2012-14 WPP U(C) 145/75/2012-14