The Clockwork Monthly January 2022!

“What’s that?” said Town .

“It’s the ,” said Country ,

“Run as fast as you can!”

And they ran away.

“I don’t like it in the country,” said

Town , “Come with me back to

the town.”

So off they went.

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“What a funny !” said Country

. “What funny food!” “What a

funny !”

And the two mice went for a walk.

Suddenly, they heard a noise:

PARP PARP!

“What’s that?” said Country .

“It’s only a ,” said Town .

But Country was very

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Then they heard another noise:

WAIL! .
“What’s that?” said Country

“It’s only a ,” said Town .

But Country was very frightened.

Then they heard another noise:

MEOW!

“What’s that?” said Country .

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“It’s the !” said Town ,

“Run as fast as you can!”

And Country ran very fast—all the

way back to the country!

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Story Key:
Town Mouse

&
Country Mouse

MOUSE HOUSE BED

COW GOOSE OWL

CAR FIRE CAT
ENGINE
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Working With Words

‘Working With Words’ is a simple game for
youngsters. The objective of the game is to find
maximum words from the given one. For example:
FOOTBALL . You can derive the words foot, ball, fall,
boot, tall, loot, fool, bat, tab, fat, tool etc. . Have fun
unscrambling some of the words given here!
Send your answers to the
[email protected] before the 29th of
January.

FISHBOWL SEAWEED

OCTOPUS SEASIDE

SEASCAPE SHIPWRECK

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Word Ladder

The Word Ladder is a simple game that was supposedly
created by Lewis Carrol, the author of the evergreen
classic for children, Alice In Wonderland. The rules of
the game are simple.
A word will be given and you have to change one
letter and create another word. Then, you have to
change another letter again and make another new
word. Five words, including the first one, make a word
ladder.
For example: READ. You can change the letter A to E
to get the word REED. Again, REED TO DEED, DEED
to SEED, and SEED to SEEN. Now that I have five
words, my word ladder is ready!
Remember : The above given word can create a word
ladder with different solutions. If you change R in
READ, to L, you get LEAD. Like that, you can obtain
many solutions to one word itself.

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Create your own five-step word ladders for the words given
below!
Send your answers to the [email protected]
with your name and age. Answers will be given in the next
issue. Answers of the previous issue will be given in the next
page.

1. Mice to Rats
2. Milk to Pail
3. Think to Share
4. Class to Bliss
5. Soul to Seer

1.REST 2.REST
RENT TEST
SENT TENT
SEND Lent
LEND lend

These two are examples of word ladders beginning with the
same word.
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The answers given below might not include your
answers, but that’s okay, because you might have
been able to find many more word ladders than what
we were able to include. Answers of the words from
the previous issue :

1. KITE to TIDE
Kite > Site > Side > Ride > Tide

2 . TELL to TALE
Tell > Fell > Fall > Tall > Tale

3 . WISH to LIST
Wish > Fish > Fist > Mist > List

4 . BRIM to TRAM
Brim > Grim > Gram > Pram > Tram

5 . FALL to FEAT
Fall > Fell > Feel > Feet > Feat

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Puzzle Corner

JACK ice3

HANDED SECRET
SECRET
SECRET

Answers:
1. Jack in the Box
2. Ice Cube
3. Red Handed
4. Top Secret
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