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2. My City, My Dogs 7. Tug of War
Facts about street dogs. There was once a fierce lion. All the animals in
1. There are about 34 million stray dogs in the forest were afraid of him. Every day, he chose
India. an animal to be his food. One day, it was the
2. The dogs put their tail behind their hind leg turn of a poor hare. The hare thought all night
whenever scared. about how he could save his life. Suddenly, an
idea struck him. In the morning, he ran about
3. They have few health issues & require less and rolled in the mud.
maintenance. Then, he went to the lion quite late.
4. They can be easily trained. The lion was very hungry and angry. He said, ‘O
5. They can easily eat anything that is edible. king, I am sorry to be late. I met another lion on
the way. He wanted to eat me for his breakfast.
4. Brave Rima But I somehow escaped him. I think that lion will
Mouse Deer and the Crocodile challenge you.’
One day, Mouse Deer went down to the river ‘Take me to him,’ roared the lion.
to drink some water. He had to be very careful The clever hare led him to a well filled with water.
because the Crocodile lived in the river. The
Crocodile often tried to catch him. Mouse Deer When the lion peered in, he saw his own reflection
had an idea. He decided to make sure if it was in the water. He thought there was another lion
safe to drink water from that part of the river. He in the well. He jumped into the water to attack
the other lion. And that was the end of the lion.
said loudly, ‘If that brown log is Crocodile, it will
not talk. But if it is a log, it will say that it is a log.’
At once, a loud, rough voice said, ‘Oh! Mouse 9. Bhima and Hanumana
Deer, I am a harmless log.’ Mouse Deer laughed The Mahabharata is an ancient Indian epic poem.
and ran away. He said, ‘Logs do not speak! It is so It was written almost 2000 years ago. It has one
easy to trick you, Crocodile!’ lakh verses in 18 sections and it is considered as
the longest epic of the world. It is believed that
5. The Paper Crane Ved Vyasa, who was himself a character in the
epic, composed it. He dictated the verses and
• Fold a rectangular piece of paper in half.
Lord Ganesha wrote them down.
• Fold in half again.
The main story revolves around two branches of
• Fold the two top corners towards the centre. a family—the Kauravas and the Pandavas—who
fight for the throne of Hastinapura.
• Fold up the edges on both sides.
When the time comes for a new king to ascend
• Pull the sides out and flatten.
to the throne, the eldest Kaurava, Duryodhana
• Fold the front and back layers up.
attempts to claim the throne. But Duryodhana is
• Pull the sides apart and flatten. younger than the eldest member of the Pandavas,
• Pull the top flaps outwards. Yudhisthara. So, Yudhisthara stakes claim to the
throne.
• Squish the bottom and pull the sides up.
• Your paper boat is ready!
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