A story and a poem

The lion and The cougar - a short story

Once upon a time, there lived a lion and a cougar who were very very best friends. They hunted together as there were the best of friends. On a hunting day, they met a leopard who said that he would also become their friend. But the two carnivores did not accept the leopard as their friend. As the two went on, they hunted a deer and returned to their den. They lived together and lived in one den. As spring ended, summer started. The sun rose high as a blazing ball. The heat was so strong that they could not go out hunting. They had to go hungry. As summer ended, winter came. The winter was even more horrible than summer. As the two toiled with hunger, they even became weak. As the days passed, spring started again. There was enough food around the jungle. They did not toil any more. They went hunting whenever they felt like that. Those happy days did not last for long. Soon, the same old, boring days loomed ahead. Times were not like when there was enough food. The two friends had to go hungry again. Their ribs now struck out as they were growing old. The two animals were really growing old. Their paws were now blunt to hunt. Now the lion's mane started to fall. As they became older and older, they died of starvation. End.

The moral is: make friends with others.

Sumanth G. Basavapatna, September 17, 2011

Tooth fairy dream - a poem

When I dreamed about the tooth fairy

There came the pain fairy

She attacked tooth fairy with swords

So tooth fairy could attack her with words

It was loud, I woke up, to see if my body had soaked up

Then I snored and snored, till I was bored and bored

It was a nice fight, for me a boring sight

It was then a pretty sight

Oh! that boring fight!

Then I was full of fright, as the room was turning bright

Then continued the fight

And I saw the pretty sight

Oh pretty sight, oh pretty sight, oh my pretty sight!

my “DREAM” had ended right!

Aparna G. Basavapatna, September 17, 2011

Colourful Thoughts

Colours

When i see green,

I feel happy and I think of netherlands.

When i see pink,

I feel happy and I think of tulips.

When i see red,

I feel perfect and I think of a rose

When I see blue,

I feel fantastic and I think of the skies.

when I see black,

I feel happy and I think of my hair.

When I see yellow,

I feel best of all and I think of mangoes.

-Aparna 30.8.11

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LALBAGH TRIP

On August 9, 2011, our class went to Lalbagh to see the flower show. First we went to class, ate our breakfast, took our lunch-bags and prepared to go to Lalbagh. All sections of 1std went to the flower-show. There were 33 of our class. Our class was 1A. As soon as we reached Lalbagh, we went to the glass house. The glass house was not only filled with flowers! It also had something else! It had the Lotus temple inside it! It was made out of roses and grass. It was awesome. We were left to see the show for A very long while. There were carnation, rose, aster, and many more flowers. The teachers were also with us. Then we chose a beautiful ground to eat our lunch and play. After we finished our lunch, we were left to play as much as we wanted. Some of my friends were playing with me. At the end of my trip, we went back to school. But, we were surprised. As soon as we came back, it was end of school.We quikly took our lunchbags and the other bag too and went home. Our trip was long and full of fun.

-Sumanth, 30.8.11

"Ekla chalo re!"

Starting today, August 15, 2011, my loving kids are beginning to blog. To begin, Sumanth (6 yrs) has penned the following lines about the animals that he learnt recently. Aparna (7) has drawn a piece on the occasion of Independence Day!

PS: "Ekla chalo re" is a patriotic song penned by the great Tagore. Sumanth sang this song at his school's independence day celebration today. Hence the title. To listen to Kishore Kumar singing this song, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmzvr3aZXQc&feature=related

Aparna has drawn the flag on the left. The text in "yellow" reads thus: "This is the day when fighters like Jhansi Ki Rani got freedom. In 1947, August 15 the British left. This great day is Independence Day."

Aparna - 15-8-11

Goats:

Goats are animals that have long legs, two sharp horns, short tail and a beard. They belong to the farm animal group. They are the same as sheep. But goats have horns. Sheep do not have horns. Goats have hooves too. Male goats are called Beligoats.

Tigers

Tigers are the same as lions, leopards and cheetahs. These animals are carnivorous animals. They eat flesh. All these animals eat flesh. They have paws. They have sharp teeth to tear the skin of animals they kill for their prey. All animals have sense of smell.

Sumanth 15.8.11