Mocomi TimePass The Magazine - Issue 91

1. Get Your Daily CopY! facebook.com/mocomikids ISSUE 91 JULY 2, 2020 GO tO Story of the Ant and the Grasshopper WHAT IS THE SPEED OF LIGHT? DO YOU LIKE BEDTIME STORIES? WHAT IS SATIRE?

2. FOLKTALE Preparing for Winter “Yes certainly, will you help me carry this? It is very heavy and my ant hill is still a few trees away,” said the ant. “Nah, frst you have to come and play with me and then I will help you with this,” said Mr Grasshopper. “Why are you working so hard anyway? Autumn is a beautiful season and you should enjoy it now,” the grasshopper said. Miss Ant was concerned and replied, “Mr Grasshopper, you should start collecting food for the winters from now on. Very soon it will be very cold. You will not be able to go out and there will be no food to eat.” “Never mind, I will go out anyway and fnd food when I am hungry. This is the time to enjoy, and have fun. It’s party time!” said the silly grasshopper. Miss Ant shook her head, picked up the grain of rice and went on. Finally, winter arrived and it was very cold. The ants did not dare to come out. However, they had sufcient food to eat and thus were happy and kept themselves warm. Mr Grasshopper on the other hand was cold and hungry. As he did not store any food for the winter, he had to go out in the biting cold, and hardly managed to get any food. He soon became very hungry and weak. Mr Grasshopper realized his mistake. “I wish I had listened to the ant. At least I would have had some food to eat now,” said Mr Grasshopper sadly, and went out to search for food. It was the time of the year when winter was approaching and the beautiful season of autumn was coming to an end. All the animals and insects were working extremely hard to gather food and store it for the winters. They knew that in the winters, it would get dark very soon and it would also be too cold to go out and get food. So, everyone in the forest was working very hard, except for Mr Grasshopper. He was very fond of autumn—it was his favourite season. Throughout the year, he waited for autumn to come, so he wanted to enjoy it to the fullest. The trees looked extremely pretty, flled with orange, yellow and red leaves. With the pleasant breeze, the leaves fell from the trees and covered the ground, creating a beautiful sight. All day long, Mr Grasshopper spent his time playing and singing, jumping from one fallen leaf to another. He loved the way the leaves wavered when he landed on them and the way they bounced, when he jumped from them. “Life is exciting and beautiful, I want to have fun and play forever,” sang Mr Grasshopper, as he hopped from one tree to another. Just then, Miss Ant was passing by, carrying a huge grain of rice all by herself. She was tired and stopped for a while. “Oh God, this is so heavy, I should have asked my brother to help me with this,” muttered Miss Ant. Mr Grasshopper heard Miss Ant complaining and said, “Do you need any help with the rice?” 1

3. Find the Ten Hidden Objects in the Picture Silly Rhymes The Man of Dumbree There was an old man of Dumbree, Who taught little owls to drink tea; For he said, "To eat mice is not proper or nice," That amiable man of Dumbree. 2

4. Healthy Me Importance of Bedtime Stories Listening to stories before you go to bed can have an emotional, cognitive and phys- ical efect on you. The act of listening to a story can create a feeling of safety within you, making you less vulnerable to bad dreams and restless sleep. After an active day of running around, you need a wind-down period after dinner to help settle you into a peaceful sleep. The window of time after you change into your pyjamas and brush your teeth and before you doze of is perfect for bedtime stories. It helps settle your mind and destress from the day's activities. Physically, this window of time is also important. You tend to become energetic after dinner and can often feel restless. For older children, your minds are may be else- where, thinking about school the next day or pending tasks. Regardless of age, listening to or reading a story before going to bed smoothens the transition be- tween feeling adrenaline-charged and falling into a comfortable sleep. Stories are also a wonderful way to understand issues you may face – be it socially, physically or emotionally. Stories have always been the perfect way to introduce subjects which are otherwise uncomfortable to directly talk to others about.

5. spot ten differences Engquiry Satire maybe defned as a genre of literature. A feature of satire is the strong dramatic use of emotions and words to highlight the follies and foibles of humanity, society or an individual. The four elements of satire are : Reversal – Satire uses reversal to present the opposite of the normal order. Reversal can focus on the order of events, or the hierarchical order. Parody – To imitate the techniques and/or style of some person, place, or thing in order to ridicule the original. But it is required to have an original frame of reference for the reader or the audi- ence to understand the parody. Exaggeration – To enlarge, increase or represent something beyond normal bounds so that it becomes ridiculous and its faults can be seen. Caricature is the exaggeration of a physical feature or trait. Cartoons are an example of this. Incongruity – To present things that are out of place or are absurd in relation to its surroundings. Particular techniques include oxymoron, metaphor and irony. Diferent Types of Satire : Roman Satire - The Roman writers Horace (Horatian Satire) and Juvenal (Juvenalian Satire) by their practice have left an indelible mark on formal satirical verse writing. Through their writings, they devised loosely defned rules of satire. Roman satire is of two types – Comical satire and tragical satire Menippean Satire - Another type of satire is Menippean satire which is usually in the form of prose with its central focus on mental attitudes and not individuals or entities. It is named after the Greek parodist Menippus. His works have infuenced other early Greek and Roman writers. Questions about the English Language What is Satire? So, cartoons are satire?

6. Tickle your funny bone A: Cricket Q: What do you call a 100 year old ant? A: Ant-ique! Q: Why is it better to be a grasshopper than a cricket? A: Because grasshoppers can play cricket but crickets can't play grasshopper! Q: What do you call two bugs that live on the moon? A:Luna ticks! Q: Which sport does a grasshopper like? Mathematically, light travels at the speed of 300000000 meters per second in vacuum. It is a con- stant quantity which remains the same throughout the reaches of humans. This constant attribute, though changes when the medium changes. In vacuum, there is no obstacle for the light waves and hence, it travels unobstructed. Let us now analyze the diference in the speed of light as the medium in which it travels changes: Speed of Light - Vacuum: 3 x100000000 meters per second. Water: 2.26 x100000000 meters per second. Air: 2.9 x100000000 meters per second. Glass: 1.9 x100000000 meters per second. As opposed to what is written above that the speed of light is constant throughout, why do we see such discrepancy in the speeds while traveling through diferent mediums then? Light has a dual nature. It means light behaves as particle as well as waves. Hence, it has the properties of waves as well as particles. Due to this, when light travels through vacuum, it has no obstructions on the way. Where as when it travels through any medium, such as water, the atoms and molecules pose as a hindrance for light to travel at its constant speed, gets absorbed and re-emitted and hence, its speed lowers. Medium or no medium, speed of light still leads the charts for being the fastest! Science explorer What is the Speed of Light?

7. stories from history Akbar Akbar the Great was born on 14 October 1542, at the Rajput Fortress of Umerkot in Sindh. He was the son of Humayun and his wife Hamida Banu Begum. Akbar was born at a time when his parents were in exile. Akbar spent his entire childhood learning how to fight and hunt. He had no interest in learning how to read and write. However, Akbar was the only Mughal Emperor who was illiterate and still had a penchant for knowledge. Akbar was made king at the age of 13, after the death of his father. Akbar was with Bairam Khan at the time of his father’s passing and Bairam was made Regent, as Akbar was too young. On many occasions Bairam led campaigns on Akbar’s behalf to expand the kingdom. 6

8. Hemu, the Hindu minister of an Afghan Prince, Adil Shah, was waiting for a chance to defeat Akbar. Hemu attacked the kingdom of Delhi and emerged victorious, crowning himself ruler of Delhi. Akbar launched a scathing attack in the Second Battle of Panipat. The two armies fought valiantly and it seemed as the Moghals were fighting a losing battle until an arrow hit Hemu’s eye and he fainted. Hemu’s men thought that he was dead and put down their weapons, accepting defeat. Akbar became king again. As Akbar grew older, he won many more battles and added more regions to his kingdom, stretching from the Indo-Ganges Basin to Kashmir and Afghanistan, all the way down to Bengal in the east and part of Deccan in the south. Although Akbar was a young king, he was a shrewd and organised. He got rid of all his ministers who he felt were too ambitious and were looking to covet his posi- tion. He removed restrictions on religions and allowed his people to practice the religion of their choice, without having to fear for their life. Akbar was fair to his people and abolished unfair taxes on non-Muslims. He also played an important role in bringing in social reforms such as the abolishment of child marriage, permission for widows to re-marry and the removal of bans to build Hindu temples. Although illiterate, Akbar was surrounded by scholars such as Birbal, Abul Fazl and Tansen who were all part of the Nine Gems or Navaratnas. Akbar took keen interest in religion, music, painting, poetry and philosophy. He had a huge collecting of books and manuscripts and was also the owner of a number of artworks from across the region. His biggest accomplishment however, lay in architecture. He built great structures like the Jama Masjid that stands tall even today. He even built a palace for his wife close to the Hawa Mahal.

9. Akbar fathered three sons, Jahangir, Murad and Daniyal. Jahangir was the only surviv- ing son as the other two died very young. Jahangir and Akbar did not share a very good relationship and were at constant logger-heads with each other. Pondering Corner Do Insects Sneeze? It is difcult for an insect to sneeze or cough as insects do not have noses. They breathe through tiny holes in their body called spiracles. These holes or spiracles are connected to tubes or tracheae that again branch out into smaller tubes. These are connect- ed to all tissues in the insect body. Oxygen enters the spiracles and fows down through the tracheae and ends up in a liquid that is located at the bottom of each tube. This liquid helps the oxygen to dissolve. The liquid moves into other cells of an insect’s body to provide oxygen to other parts. Insects can take in air or oxygen through their mouth as well but it doesn’t do much because insects do not have lungs. But some insects breathe in air through their mouths to increase their body volume. Some insects like the june beetle, luber grasshopper or the Madagascar hissing cockroach make hissing noise for communication by forcing air out of their spiracles. There are insects that may cough up or regurgitate. This means they might spit out materials from their gut but it is mainly to distract predators or a defensive action.

10. All the grasshoppers gathered one afternoon to have a little contest. They wanted to know which one of them could jump the furthest. The oldest of the grasshoppers was keeping score, with a close eye on all the excited young ones. The frst grasshopper stood at the starting line, bent its knees and pushed itself forward... Complete the Story... fun facts with Hamlet the Hamster To know or not to know, that is the question! Well, wouldn’t you prefer to know? Facts about Grasshoppers A single grasshopper can eat half its body weight in plants per day. There are around 11,000 known species of grasshopper found around the world. The grasshopper can jump as far as it does because its hind legs act like miniature catapults. Some species of grasshopper make noises by either rubbing their back legs against the forewings or body, or by snapping their wings when flying.

11. Fun With Words Use the letters in GRASSHOPPER to make 10 new words. Example - Sea Help Mr Grasshopper Meet Miss Ant

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