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Poems and Rhymes

Who ate
my socks?

This morning I had a bit of a shock –
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I found the left one then looked around,
But the matching sock could not be found...

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Under the couch and behind all the doors,
I even checked the cupboard under the stair,
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There was a little fellow, about two feet tall,
All covered in fuzz like a little dustball.
The monster looked like he was having fun,
He’d made a nest of my socks – and was eating one!

He had a frightened look upon his face
when I stuck my head into his hiding-place.
“What are you doing?” I exclaimed.
“When my socks go missing, I get blamed!”

The little chap looked at me in surprise
And stuttered, “I do apologise!
I’m a sock troll, and for me it’s a treat
To eat these things you put on your feet!

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“I didn’t believe that anyone cares ANSWER: There are 5 green socks in total.
Because these tasty treats always come in pairs.
I could eat both but that wouldn’t do,
So I always leave one sock for you!

“Woollen socks are chewy and tasty,
Little cotton socks are soft like pastry,
Sweet and sour polyester is sure to please,
And sweaty sports socks taste like cheese!”
F nie\ abgҮ ӂF nabhd ]Xnbh` mi[dm bm Ƅh]Ү
But I need these ones, and they’re mine!”
The sock troll cheered up when I said,
“You can eat Dad’s socks instead!”

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Storyteller’s Corner

The War of the
Fox and the Wolf

In a cottage at the edge of a wild forest lived a
man named Simon and his wife Susan. She was
a kind person, but Simon was mean and selfish.

The couple owned two pets. Tibbles the cat had once been an
excellent mouse-catcher but was now old and part-blind. She
preferred snoozing in front of the fire to chasing rodents in the chilly
barn. Galahad the hound had been a fine guard dog, but now he was
a bit deaf and usually only woke up for dinner.

Simon grumbled about their pets to In a clearing in the woods there lived
his wife. “That cat hasn’t caught a a fox called Reynard, who was having
mouse for years, and that lazy dog troubles of his own. He was being
can’t hear a thing! When I get back bullied by a big mean wolf, and the
from the market, I’m going to drown wolf had two big friends with him:
the cat in a bucket and finish the dog a boar and a bear!
off with my hatchet!”
The wolf growled, “Mr. Fox, you might
When he left, Susan told Tibbles and think that you own these woods, but
Galahad, “My dears, you have to go! it would be better around here if I was
It is cold in the woods, but it is better in charge! I challenge you to a battle
than the bucket and the hatchet!” here tomorrow. Whoever wins will rule
the woods, and we will soon see if
The frightened cat and dog fled your cunning tricks are a match for
into the forest. When it began to my mighty fangs!”
rain, they huddled for shelter beneath
a holly bush. The fox had no choice but to agree
because otherwise all the woodland
creatures would think he was a

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coward – but he was scared that the battle against the wolf and his friends
wolf and his big friends would be tomorrow, and I will make sure you
the end of him. can go back home and live in peace!”

As he was worrying about the battle, The dog and the cat didn’t really
the fox spotted Tibbles the cat and trust the fox, but in the end Galahad
Galahad the dog shivering under shrugged and said, “Even if we lose,
the holly bush. “What are you doing it is better to die in battle than to
here?” asked Reynard. “These are my starve in the woods!”
woods, you know!” Tibbles just hissed
at him, but Galahad replied, “Friend The next morning, the fox, the cat and
fox, my companion and I have fled in the dog set off for the clearing with
fear because our owner has decided Reynard in front, Tibbles in the middle,
that we are useless and should be and Galahad behind. The wolf, the
killed! We have run into the woods boar and the bear were impatiently
and taken shelter in this bush.” waiting for the fox in the clearing.
“Bear! Go climb that oak tree and see
This gave the fox an idea. He said to if you can spot that fox!” said the wolf.
the dog and the cat, “Help me in my

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The bear climbed up the tree and When Reynard, Tibbles and Galahad
peered out with his little eyes. arrived in the clearing, they found a
very nervous wolf waiting for them.
He couldn’t see very well, so when However, when the half-blind old
he saw the cat’s stiff tail sticking up Tibbles spotted the boar’s ear in the
above the bushes as she walked, he pile of leaves, she thought it was a
thought it was a sword. “I can see the mouse and pounced on it!
fox!” roared the bear. “He has a big
sword!” This made the wolf nervous. This scared the boar, who exploded
out of the pile of leaves and ran away.
The boar then heard the ‘cling-clang’ The surprised cat leaped into the tree
sound made by the dog as he carried – right onto the bear, who fell down
his bowl through the forest and and squashed the wolf flat.
bumped it on rocks and branches.
“He’s wearing armour, too!” grunted The fox had won the battle with the
the boar. He dived into a pile of wolf, without even having to fight!
leaves, with only a little piggy
ear sticking out.

That evening the fox took Galahad dog is barking! Maybe he has heard
the hound and Tibbles the cat back some thieves breaking into the barn!”
to Simon and Susan’s cottage and told “I don’t think so!” grumbled Simon.
them, “Just do what I say and Simon “The only thing that deaf old dog
will welcome you back home!” can hear is the dinner bell!”

He gave Tibbles a dozen mice that However, the next day Simon
he had caught and told her, “Show discovered that someone had broken
these fine mice to your master, and into the barn and taken his sausages.
he will welcome you back!” Then the “Well I’ll be... that old hound was trying
fox told Galahad, “Start barking very to warn me of thieves – come back
loudly, and in the morning your master home, boy, everything is forgiven!”
will let you stay!”
Everybody lived happily ever after
Susan and Simon were eating dinner – including the fox, because he had
when Tibbles came in, proudly stolen the sausages!
carrying a dozen mice in her mouth.
“What a good cat you are!” said ACT IT OUT!
Susan. “Well, since you can still fDroomwnsltooardytoimurefmreaegcahzainraec.cteormm/farsekes
hunt mice, you can stay!” said Simon. to act out the story (and maybe
give it a different ending!)
When Galahad started barking
outside, Susan said, “Listen, the

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Around the World Tales

The Watermelon Prince

Many hundreds of years ago, a fierce storm struck the
kingdom of Vietnam. Mighty gales blew a ship onto
a reef, where it sank. Everybody on board was lost –
except for a baby boy, who floated ashore in a basket.

The baby was found by a fisherman’s wife,
who took the child to the king of Vietnam.
The king thought that the baby boy must
be specially blessed if he survived the
shipwreck, so he raised him as his son
and named him Mai An Tiêm.

The boy was given fine clothes
to wear, ate food from the king’s
table, and was taught
by the wisest scholars,
but he was always
humble and hard-
working, and the king
cared for him as if he
were his own son.

The king loved Mai An
Tiêm so well that he
married him to one
of his daughters.

The couple were very happy together, convinced him that he had to get rid of
and had three beautiful children. Mai An Tiêm in case they were true.

However, the king’s eldest son was With a heavy heart, the king sent
jealous of Mai An Tiêm, and was afraid Mai An Tiêm, his wife and their
that the king might make the orphan children away on a ship, which
his heir! The prince bribed many \lijj]\ na]g iƂ ih X \]m]ln bmeXh\ҫ
people in court to spread rumours
about Mai An Tiêm, saying that he was Mai An Tiêm and his wife had once
ungrateful for what the king had given lived in a palace and dined on
him and that he planned to overthrow delicious foods, but now they and their
the king and rule in his place. family had to shelter in a cave, drink
water from puddles, and eat berries
=n Ƅlmn na] dbh` \b\ hin Z]eb]p] na]m] they found in the bushes. However,
rumours, but eventually his ministers Mai An Tiêm refused to give in to
despair. With only a blunt knife, he
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hunted animals for meat, and planted
wild vegetables in a garden.

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His family now had shelter and He shared the fruit with his wife and
enough to eat, but his wife still missed children, and they all agreed it was
the sweet treats she had grown up more delicious than any dessert they
with in the palace. had eaten in the king’s palace.

One day when Mai An Tiêm was Mai An Tiêm grew a huge crop of
walking on the beach he found some watermelons – so many that even his
seabirds fighting over some black hungry family could not eat them all.
seeds, so he gathered a handful and So Mai An Tiêm carved his name in
scattered them outside his house. the spare melons and floated them
out to sea, so that any sailors who
The next year, he was surprised to see found them could taste this juicy
long green vines growing all over the and delicious fruit.
ground, and amazed when the vines
grew big round green fruit! Many ships found these floating
melons and came from far and wide
He cut one open and tasted the to buy more from Mai An Tiêm and his
delicious sweet red flesh within. family. Soon Mai An Tiêm could buy

fine clothes for his family, He sent a ship to collect Mai
and new tools, and timber for An Tiêm and his family and
a new house. In fact, he grew bring them back to the palace.
so wealthy that he could hire
people to work on his farm, When he saw Mai An Tiêm, the
and every year the watermelon king cried and said, “My dear
harvests grew bigger. adopted son, I was wrong to
have believed lies about you
One day, a sailor took one of and sent you away. You have
the watermelons to the king made a good life with your own
of Vietnam and told him of the hard work, and I wish to make
farmer on the desert island who you my heir!”
had made a fortune with this
marvellous fruit. When the king Many years later, when the old
saw Mai An Tiêm’s name carved king died, Mai An Tiêm became
on the watermelon, he realised the new king of Vietnam,
that this fine hard-working farmer and under his wise rule the
was his adopted son whom he kingdom flourished, just as his
had exiled many years before. watermelon farm had done.

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Tales from Today

Moving day

W hen Isaac’s parents told him that they were moving
again, he was unhappy – but he was also not surprised.

He and his family had already moved from Birmingham to Kazakhstan to
Florida and then to the Aldrin Crater Moon Base, and he was tired of having
to pack up and leave his friends behind every time his parents got new jobs.
Isaac put all his things into moving crates… his books, his paint set, his X-Station
with Virtual Reality Module, Mr. Ringo the toy lemur, and of course his Cosmic
Challengers action figures. (Isaac had tried to leave some things behind, but

his parents made him bring his toothbrush and maths textbooks.)

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When everything was packed, Isaac the pocket of his astrosuit and hugged
went to meet his friends down by the his friends goodbye.
park zone. Octavia and Bradbury7 had
only known Isaac for two years, but Later that day, Isaac’s parents loaded
they really liked him and were sorry up all their boxes and boxes of things,
to see him go. and they were on their way. The
journey took many months, but it was
Octavia told him, “Well, at least you’re only a few days before Isaac was
going somewhere exciting… I wish bored. He would normally play
I could go!” Bradbury7 held out his Summoner’s Quest on his X-Station,
hand and gave Isaac a small piece but the spaceship was now so far from
of metal that shone with all the Earth that the lag was ridiculous.
colours of the rainbow. “I found this
meteorite outside,” he said in his
slow, deep voice. “This meteorite
travelled a long way, just like you.
I want you to have it.”

Isaac didn’t know what to say,
so he tucked the little rock in

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He then explored the vehicle pod arrived on Mars. Once they landed,
and the oxygen gardens, while there was a lot of hustle and bustle
wishing that there was someone to as they unpacked their gear and
play hide-and-seek with. His parents inflated their living domes. (Isaac
were busy keeping everything running even got a little pod of his own to
and had no time to play, so for the last live in, which he decorated with
part of the journey Isaac mostly stared posters and stickers.)
out of the window looking for asteroids
or played the Buccaneer’s Booty Octavia had told him that Mars would
puzzle game on his SciPad. be an exciting place to live, but as far
as Isaac could tell it was a bit dull.
Isaac had got all the way up to level The pink sky was pretty, but outside it
97, ‘Plunder Cove’, when they finally was all rocky and dusty, and because

they were the first settlers on the the air lock, and stepped out onto
planet, there were no other kids to the surface of Mars for the first time.
play with. His parents had to set up
solar panels to heat their home and The first thing he discovered was that
Isaac offered to help, but his mum told because gravity on Mars is much
him that the panels were much too big weaker than it is on Earth, he could
for him to carry. leap tremendously high very easily.

“Why don’t you go outside to play He was soon bouncing over the sand
for a while?” suggested his mum. and having a great time. Then he took
“Remember to turn on your satnav an extra-long leap over a hill – and
locator so we know where you are stumbled across a hidden cave!
– and put on your oxygen helmet
properly so the air doesn’t leak out!” After picking himself up and making
“Yes Mum!” Isaac shouted as he put sure his astrosuit wasn’t damaged,
on his helmet, went through Isaac turned on his lamp and looked
curiously around the cave.

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In one corner he found something “I’m sorry for being so rude!” Isaac
very peculiar indeed. There were little apologised. I didn’t mean to come
holes carved into the wall, and each into your very nice home uninvited.”
of them had a different mineral or He reached into the pocket of his suit
crystal in it. On a big shelf at the and pulled out the shiny meteorite
bottom was something that looked that Bradbury7 had given him. He
like a purple blob of slime. Isaac offered it to the slime-thing and said,
nervously poked the blob, and “A friend gave this to me – would you
jumped back in fright when it like to add it to your collection?”
squeaked! A dozen eyes opened
all over the thing – it was alive! The Martian opened several more
eyes, which grew wider as it stared
Isaac wanted to run away, back to at the rock. It then extended a slimy
the safety of his living pod, but then tentacle from its body, gently took
he stopped and had a think. The poor the meteorite from Isaac’s hand, and
purple blob thing looked very scared, carefully put it in an empty hole.
and the crystals and minerals in the
holes were probably its collection The Martian then made an excited
of special treasures. He had just bubbling noise like a boiling kettle,
blundered into a Martian’s bedroom which probably meant that it was
and started poking it! feeling happy.

PLAY IT!

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“I just moved here from the Moon, and don’t have any friends here yet… hey,
would you like to play Buccaneer’s Booty with me?” Isaac showed the Martian
his SciPad, which had an image of a glowing treasure map on its screen.
“You have to find the hidden treasure, but don’t get caught by the pirates…”
Isaac explained.
The little alien peered at the screen with its many eyes, and touched it with a
tentacle. It bubbled gently as Isaac began to teach it the game. Maybe Mars
wouldn’t be so lonely after all – he had already made a friend!

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Favourite Fairy Tales

Kisa The Cat
Once upon a time in Iceland, there was a queen
who lived in a far-off castle on a hill, and her
best friend was a cat called Mira.
Mira was beautiful, with silky grey fur and glowing
blue eyes, and she had a kitten named Kisa, who
was coloured just the same. Yet the queen was sad,
and she told Mira, “You are so lucky, for you have
beautiful Kisa to play with, but I have no child.”
So Mira sneaked out of the castle, and visited
a fairy that lived in a high rocky place. Mira
asked if the fairy could help her mistress
have a child, so the fairy cast a spell… and
some months later the Queen gave birth to
a baby daughter she named Ingibjorg.

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Ingibjorg and Kisa became the best of friends. Together they
ran around the castle and played pouncing games in the
garden. When Ingibjorg grew tired and fell asleep, Kisa
curled up on her like a fluffy grey blanket.

However, one day Kisa disappeared and nobody could find her.
Little Ingibjorg was so upset that she couldn’t stop crying, and
the Queen told her servants to turn the castle upside down to
find the kitten and promised a reward for whoever found her.
The servants searched all the rooms of the castle, opened
every drawer that could hold a kitten, and checked
every cellar and attic, yet Kisa could not be found.
Some years passed. Mira the cat died of old age, and
as Ingibjorg grew older she forgot her kitten friend. One
hot summer’s day, Ingibjorg went with her servants for a
picnic in the shady woods beyond the castle. After they
had eaten, the servants grew drowsy and fell asleep on
the grass, so Ingibjorg took the chance to go exploring
deeper into the woods.

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As she was looking for squirrels and nuts and berries, she was surprised by a
Ƅ]l[] Xh\ o`es `bXhnҫ E] `lXZZ]\ a]l Zs na] qlbmn Xh\ liXl]\Ү ӂTaXn Xl] sio
\ibh` mhiijbh` Xlioh\ bh gs qii\mҶ Vio qbee [ig] ni gs aig] Xh\ Z] gs
meXp]ұӃ Qa] `bXhn joee]\ a]l ]p]h \]]j]l bhni na] ^il]mnҫ Fh`bZcil` mnlo``e]\ Xh\
[Xee]\ ^il a]ej Xm ma] qXm \lX``]\ ip]l li[dm Xh\ nalio`a Zoma]m Xh\ ZlXgZe]mҫ

BbhXees na] `bXhn eimn abm n]gj]l Xh\ liXl]\Ү ӄPbh[] sio qihӆn mnij s]eebh`Ү Fӆee `bp]
sio mig]nabh` ni [ls XZionұӃ E] na]h om]\ abm `bXhnӒgX`b[ ni l]gip] Fh`bZcil`ӆm
^]]n ^lig a]l e]`mұ Monnbh` a]l ^]]n bh abm ji[d]nҮ na] `bXhn na]h mnigj]\ iƂ aig]Ү
e]Xpbh` na] jiil jlbh[]mm Xeih] bh na] qii\mҫ

Fh`bZcil` qXm m[Xl]\ naXn ma] [ioe\ h]p]l `]n ion i^ na] qii\m qbnaion a]l ^]]nҮ
Zon na]h ma] a]Xl\ X logZebh` mioh\Ү Xh\ X [Xln Zolmn ion i^ na] nl]]mҫ

How do
you say it?
an Icelandic name!
Ingibjorg is pronounced
It is
‘IN-gi-berg’.

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It was pulled by two stout ponies, and it was being driven by Kisa the cat,
qai qXm [lX[dbh` a]l gX`hbƄ[]hn nXbe ebd] X qabjұ
Kisa carried her injured friend onto the cart and took her to a snug little cottage in
the woods, where she laid her down on a soft bed of heather. Kisa then dressed
Ingibjorg’s ankles with herbs and fresh bandages. She gently licked the salty tears
from Ingibjorg’s cheeks and said, “Sleep, my sister, and I will make things better.”
While Ingibjorg slept, Kisa slinked through the woods until she found the rocky
tower belonging to the giant and his wife. From deep within the tower she heard
the booming voices of the giants. “I found a little weakling in the woods, and when
she wouldn’t stop crying I taught her a lesson by stealing her feet,” boasted the
`bXhnҫ ӂQaXn bm Z]nn]l naXh ma] \]m]lp]\ұӃ mh]]l]\ na] `bXhnӆm qb^]ҫ ӂVio maioe\
Ƅh\ a]l nigilliq Xh\ nXd] a]l aXh\m Xm q]eeұӃ
Cunning Kisa had a plan. While the giants said nasty things about Ingibjorg,
she sneaked into the tower’s kitchen.

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The clever cat then tipped a big bag of

HIDDEN TREASURES

How many pairs of shoes are
hidden in this picture? Write
your answer in the box.

salt into the soup bubbling over the fire!

Can you spot these 5 things in the scene? Qb[d na] Zir]m qa]h sio Ƅh\ na]g.

Answer: There are 5 pairs of shoes.

The giants soon grew hungry and gobbled down big bowls of the soup, but it was
so salty that it made them dreadfully thirsty. “Something’s wrong with your soup,
wife! Do you want to poison me? I’m getting a drink from the river!” grumbled the
giant. “Me first!” yelled the lady giant. “You might drink the river dry!” When the
two giants stomped out, Kisa took Ingibjorg’s feet and some magic thread that
was lying on the table.
Kisa returned to the tiny cottage where Ingibjorg still slept. Using the magic thread,
the clever cat sewed Ingibjorg’s feet back on so they were as good as new. The
princess was so happy when she awoke and saw her feet that she danced around
and hugged Kisa and promised that she would never let them be apart again.
Kisa took Ingibjorg back to the castle, and the queen was so happy to see
her dear daughter again that she promised Kisa the cat anything she wanted.

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Kisa looked at her with her big blue eyes and said, ‘I just want
to sleep for a night at the bottom of Ingibjorg’s bed.” The queen
was amazed, but let Kisa onto Ingibjorg’s bed, and the cat and
the princess fell asleep together like when they were young.

When Ingibjorg awoke, she was shocked to see that instead of
her cat at the foot of her bed, there was a beautiful young woman
with blue eyes and silver hair.

The stranger spoke: ‘Do not be afraid my sister, it is I, your dear Kisa.
Many years ago my mother and I were turned into cats by an evil
witch, but doing a good deed by saving you from the giants has broken
the spell! My mother is gone, but I can be with you in my true form,
my dear friend!”

Ingibjorg hugged Kisa, and they remained as close as sisters for the
rest of their lives.

Famous Fables

The Fly and the Moth

One day a fly was buzzing lazily around the kitchen,
weaving through the sunbeams and sniffing all the
delicious things there were to smell. “What do I feel like
eating today?” he thought.

“Daddy’s stinky running shoes by the door have an interesting smell…
and what’s this? Jem hasn’t emptied the rubbish bin again – there must be
lots of old fruit and vegetable peelings getting nice and rotten in there…”

Then the fly smelled something that was different and delicious.
Something sweet and tasty.

He couldn’t believe his many eyes: someone had left a jar of honey
open on the kitchen table! The fly buzzed down to the very edge of
the jar and licked a bit. It tasted even better than it smelled!

The fly began eating
more and more of
the delicious golden
honey and went
further and further
into the jar to
gobble greedy
gooey mouthfuls.

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However, when the fly was full and tried to fly away, he found that the honey
was all over his legs, and he was now stuck! The fly did his best to escape,
buzzing and flapping his wings as hard as it could – but it was no use.
When evening came, the moth yawned, stretched her fuzzy wings, and decided
it was time to flap around a bit. When she flew into the kitchen, she saw the
honey pot on the kitchen table, with the fly still stuck inside. The moth fluttered
down near the jar so she could make fun of the fly.
“What are you doing in that honey, you silly little fly? Your problem is that you’re
too greedy! You should think with your brain and not your stomach!” The fly
was feeling angry, but he couldn’t think of anything clever to say.

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The moth was going to keep mocking
na] ƇsҮ Zon na]h ma] mXq mig]nabh`
gil] bhn]l]mnbh`ҫ Joggs aX\ ebn X
[Xh\e] ih X ab`a ma]e^Ү Xh\ na] gina
qXm \Xuue]\ Zs bnm Zlb`anh]mmҫ ӂKiq naXnӆm
go[a gil] bhn]l]mnbh` naXh X \ogZ ƇsұӃ ma] naio`anҫ
ӂF l]Xees gomn `]n X [eim]l eiidҬӃ

Qa] gina Z]`Xh [bl[ebh` Xlioh\ na] Z]Xonb^oe Zlb`an eb`anҮ
`ibh` [eim]l Xh\ [eim]l ]p]ls nbg]Ү asjhinbm]\ Zs bnm Z]Xonsҫ =h\ na]hҬ

“OUCH!” s]ee]\ na] gina Xm a]l qbh` Zloma]\ X`Xbhmn na] ƇXg] Xh\ [Xo`an Ƅl]ҫ

Pa] aX\ ni ƇXj a]l qbh`m ^lXhnb[Xees ni jon na] Ƅl] ionҮ Xh\ na] liig mo\\]hes
mg]ee]\ ebd] Zolhn ginaҫ

J]Xhqabe]Ү na] Ƈs aX\ gXhX`]\ ni meiqes [lXqe ion i^ na] aih]sҮ Xh\ qXm
]hcisbh` na] mb`an i^ na] gina ƇXjjbh` Xlioh\ bh X jXhb[ҫ Kiq bn qXm abm nolh
ni eXo`aҫ ӂEXaXұ Vio naio`an F qXm mi ^iiebma ni `]n mno[d bh na] aih]sҮ Zon
sio q]l] hin qbm] ]hio`a ni mnXs XqXs ^lig na] ƇXg]ұ F `o]mm sio Xl]hӆn
mi [e]p]l X^n]l XeeұӃ

Fn bm ]Xms ni m]] ^iiebmah]mm bh ina]lmҮ Zon gil] \bƉ[oen
ni m]] bn bh iolm]ep]mұ

Storyland Adventures

The Tin Man

in Trouble!

It was morning in the town square
when the Hare ran into town,
splashing in the puddles and going so
^Xmn naXn abm jimngXhӆm [Xj Ƈ]q
iƂ abm a]X\ұ E] qXm aie\bh`
a letter in his paw.

“Great news, everybody!
Dorothy’s friends the Scarecrow
and the Tin Man are coming
from Oz to visit us!”

Puss in Boots’ ears pricked up.
“How exciting!” the cat purred,
twirling his whiskers. “When are
they arriving?”

The Hare quickly scanned the
letter. “It says they are coming
through the Bramble Woods and
should be here by midday!”

Midday came and went, but there was “Disaster!” he exclaimed. “The Tin Man
no sign of the Scarecrow or the Tin and I were walking along the Bramble
Man. At one o’clock, the White Rabbit Woods path from Oz when we were
tapped his big watch and frowned. caught in the rain! He wanted to stop
“If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s and take shelter, but like a dummy,
people who are late!” he grumbled. I said we should keep walking.”

It was nearly two o’clock when the The Scarecrow paused to wipe a tear
Scarecrow staggered into the town from his eye. “But the rain got into my
square, quite sodden and bedraggled. friend’s joints and he began to rust.
Goldilocks brought him a warming cup He walked more and more slowly,
i^ [i[iXҮ Xh\ qa]h a] aX\ Ƅhbma]\ bn until he couldn’t move at all! I got here
he explained what had happened. as fast as I could, but I got really damp
from all that rain!”

While Goldilocks took the Scarecrow
into her café to a nice warm seat close
ҚZon hin nii [eim]ұқ ni na] Ƅl]Ү na]
Storyland folk in the square discussed
how to rescue the Tin Man. “How will
we carry him?” asked Puss in Boots.
“The Tin Man is terribly heavy, you
know.” “We should get Daddy Bear

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to carry him out!” suggested Tom into the woods along the Bramble
Thumb, who was sitting on the table. Tii\m jXna Xh\ ƄhXees ^ioh\ na]
Tin Man, who was quite rusted up
“No good!” said Puss in Boots. “The and standing like a statue in the
Bears are hibernating late this year.” middle of the path. They tipped him
into the wagon, and the big billy goat
“I know what to do!” the Hare said. pulled him out of the woods.
“Pinocchio can build us a cart that
[Xh [Xlls abgҮ Xh\ Zb` TbeebXg CloƂ Finally they got back to the town
will pull it if we ask him nicely.” square, but they still had to solve
the problem of how to help the Tin
So the group went to Pinocchio’s Man move again. They asked Milly
Carpentry Shop, and he agreed to Қqai Ƅr]\ Xee na] niqhӆm Zb[s[e]mҮ
make them a wagon to carry the Tin tricycles and unicycles) if she had
Man. “This wagon will be fast enough any oil or grease to spare, but she
to win the Great Storyland Rally had just run out.
Race!” promised Pinocchio, as his
nose grew an inch. Then the White Rabbit had a bright
idea. “If we don’t have any oil, we
Qa] EXl]Ү Momm bh >iinmҮ TbeebXg CloƂ could use butter instead!”
and the Scarecrow took the wagon

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Goldilocks fetched a big yellow pat of butter and everyone rubbed it into the
Tin Man’s rusty joints until he could move again. When his jaw could open,
the Tin Man said, “Thank you all for your help, from the bottom of my heart!
I thought I was going to be stuck in the woods forever!’
Goldilocks said, “You must be starving after being in the forest for so long.
Would you like a hot cup of tea and a nice scone with jam and butter?”
“Just the jam, please!” laughed the Tin Man. “I think I’ve had quite enough
butter for one day!”

38 hoNledxatftuinmFea:rTmheerSstMorayrlkaentd!ers

Myths and Legends

MaahnisdhDausurrgaa

Many ages ago, the
mighty Mahishasura
was king of the powerful
and warlike beings known
as the Asuras.

He ruled Pataal-lok, the kingdom of the
Asuras, but he was greedy and also
wished to conquer Bhu-lok, home of
the mighty but peaceful Devas, and the

world where human beings dwelt.
That was when he came up with a
plan to get the power he would
need to conquer his enemies.

Mahishasura went deep into
the wilderness and spent a
long time meditating and
praying to Brahma, the
god of creation.

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Brahma was wise and knew that to declare war on the Devas. Indra,
Mahishasura lusted for power, but king of the Devas, led his army against
also felt he had to give Mahishasura the invading Asuras, but he could not
a reward for his prayers. hurt Mahishasura and had to flee.

He appeared before Mahishasura To celebrate this victory, Mahishasura
and asked, “What do you wish for?” used his power to create storms and
change the paths of the moon and
Proud Mahishasura declared, “I want sun, and made the seasons go out of
to be made invincible!” Brahma shook control! The people of the Earth were
his wise head and said, ‘You ask for terrified by what Mahishasura had
too much, for I cannot trust you with done, and the whole world trembled.
that much power.” Mahishasura
replied, “If you will not make me Indra of the Devas went to the god
invincible, make me so mighty that Brahma and his brothers Vishnu and
neither man nor beast can defeat me!” Shiva, and begged them for help
against Mahishasura.
Brahma fulfilled this wish, and
Mahishasura used this new power

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The gods thought carefully. When Durga came close to
Mahishasura was so powerful that Mahishasura’s castle, the footsteps
neither man nor beast could hurt him of her lion shook the ground.
– but what if a woman was sent to Mahishasura saw her approach,
fight the king of the Asuras instead? carrying weapons in her many
arms, and with her eyes flashing
Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva used their like lightning and her hair swirling
powers to create a mighty warrior around her head like a stormcloud.
woman with eight arms, and named
her Durga. They gave her powerful The king of the Asuras sent his army
weapons with which to attack her out to attack Durga, but she just blew
enemies, including a bow, a spear, them away like dry leaves with her
a sword, a shield, a lightning bolt, a powerful breath. Mahishasura was
trident, a chakram (a round throwing surprised but not afraid – after all,
weapon), a lotus (a kind of flower) neither man nor beast could hurt him!
and a conch (a seashell). He charged into battle, but the warrior
woman blocked every attack he made.
They also summoned a fierce lion for
her to ride into battle, and Durga rode For fifteen days Mahishasura battled
her new mount to the Asura kingdom Durga. Mahishasura fought furiously,
of Pataal-lok. roaring in anger, but Durga stayed
quiet and calm, which made
Mahishasura even madder.

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He changed into the form of many different animals – Today Durga is still
an ape, a snake, and even an elephant – to try a powerful symbol
and trick her, but she was not fooled. On the fifteenth of the fight against
day, Mahishasura changed into a great buffalo and people who would
charged at Durga, but she struck him down, and the
king of the Asuras was defeated once and for all. try to oppress others.
She is worshipped in
With Mahishasura defeated, order returned to the the Hindu religion,
world, and humans and Devas alike thanked Durga with festivals held
for protecting them from the evil Asura. Durga became
a symbol for people who fought to defend the innocent in her honour, and is
against those who wanted to conquer them. important to followers
of the Sikh and Jain
faiths as well.

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Storytime

Playbox

Try our quizzes, colour in a lion, complete the
crossword, and grab the treasure in our puzzle game!

1 WONDERFUL Can you count all of the
watermelons on Mai An
WATERMELONS Tiêm’s farm? How many
whole watermelons are
there? Write it here!

2 VOWELLING H SS D
WL D
WOLF GR Rk D

Can you complete the words

that describe the sounds

by the animals in our tal B
about the fox and the w f
The missing letters are

all vowels (A, E, I, O or U)!

ST3 ART

The Tin Man is rusting
in the Bramble Woods –
can you help the Ha e
ni Ƅh\ abgҶ

How many berri s
can you find i
the woods?

In the story ‘Mahishasura
ambhni gdah]Dtly ugrlgiXoa`n’h,. DbWƄu[hr]gyhann ogritdiceooshlaonҶu r
Most lions are yellow,
brown and gold, but this
magical beast can be any
colour you like!

an you match the kind of sock ith

5 SMAOTCCHKINSG what the Sock Troll likes about them?
ҫ Taste like cheese
ҫ Cotton socks

ҫ Polyester socks ҫ Chewy and tasty

[ҫ Woollen socks ҫ

Sports socks ҫ Sweet and sour

6 ASK AMAKE CrUNCHY HONEY BALLS!

GROWN-UP!@i sio ebd] aih]sҮ comn ebd] na] Ƈs bh ӄQa] Bes Xh\ na] JinaӆҶ

Qa]h sioӆee eip] na]m] \]eb[biom aih]s ZXeemҫ Vio \ihӆn ]p]h
h]]\ Xh ip]h ni gXd] na]gұ

YOU NEED: • In a bowl, mix the oats with the peanut
1 ¼ cups rolled oats
½ cup peanut butter butter to create a sticky mixture.
¼ cup honey
¼ cup chopped almonds • Add the honey and the chopped almonds
?i[ihon ƇXd]mҮ lXbmbhmҮ
and mix until they are all blended together.
il ƇXr m]]\m ҚijnbihXeқ
• Vio [Xh X\\ mig] lXbmbhm il ƇXr m]]\m ^il

some extra sweetness or crunch!

• Oiee na] gbrnol] bhni ZXeem XZion na] mbu] i^ X

ping-pong ball and line them up on a baking
sheet or plate.

• To make your honey balls extra-special, roll them

bh [i[ihon ƇXd]m ^il X hb[] honns ƇXpiolҫ

• I]Xp] na]g bh na] ^lb\`] ni m]n ^il Xn e]Xmn

nqi aiolm Z]^il] ]Xnbh`ұ

TIP! Honey Balls are the perfect snack for your lunchbox.
They are healthy and sweet and easy to pack too.
Gomn gXd] mol] ni maii na] Ƈb]m XqXsұ

7 DRAW A CUTE CAT!

Draw a cute kitty like Kisa using the picture and grid below,
then colour it in – what colour coat will your kitten have?

RIDDLE!

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A. Mice crispies!

TEE HEE!

Q.catWs hpautrrkbinedsto?f
A. Purr-sians!

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6 2. Which fruit did Mai

7 An Tiêm discover?

ANAGRAM TIME! P I NOCCH I O

Arrange the coloured 8 8

letters to spell the name of
the latest visitor to Storyland!

O

L I ON R

HONEY E

TM

MAR S R

ANSWERS: 1. Wonderful Watermelons – 12; 2. Vowelling Wolf – E FEET
i, e, o, e, a, e; 3. Lost in the Woods – see left, and 21 berries;
5. Matching Socks – a3, b4, c2, d1; Storytime Crossword – YT
see left, and TIN MAN.
GALAHAD

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Try out a fun version of the
Buccaneer’s Booty game

Buccaneer’s Isaac and his alien friend
play in ‘Moving Day’.
CARDS
WHAT THEY DO
BHow to TPlaYy ! PIRATE
These are the scurvy
seadogs that are
hunting for you
and the treasure!

These are clues about
where the treasure is.
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clue cards and NO
storytimemagazine.com/free. pirate cards to claim
the Treasure! card
TthreeCaruestusotrueo!tfctthaheerd1c7aancrdadsrpd, uastnoidtntptohlaeocsneeetpshaiedgmee,sfta,hcteaenk-desohowuufntflteihne and win the game!
a 4-by-4 pattern (don’t peek!)
TRICK These cards get rid of
a Pirate card! You can
discard a Trick card
AND a Pirate card
citawrTeithfhueolluyytoplueinctktgiinengsgttuphpleaayoetchrae(r‘rdPplaalanyydeerlroA(o’‘)PksilnatagyretasrtBfwir’)shsta,etbeiys. on together at any time.
When you play the
Pickpocket! card, you
get to pick a random
hwaaPvneltattyooettreaAlklesthatheyestrcwuathhrad! tPfirlsoamoynePrtlhBaeycceaarnrAdc,h–oorbo‘supetatsihfset’.hyedyon’t DOUBLE card from your
If they pass, Player A has to keep it. opponent’s hand!
When you play the
Holdup! card, your
opponent must give
tTehlTlePhpellanayyiete’rsrsAPclwaohynaetitrnkBuie’nsdttouortfnacktaeordtpuiicrtnkissud(porraalwiceianargdbcoaaunrtddist!) CROSS you a Clue or Trick
card, if they have one.
from the table. After playing a

Doublecross card,
you must discard it.
There are five different kinds
of cards – check the table on the
right to find out what they do!

When a player has three TREASURE! ftohrigsectartdo cut
Clue cards and NO Pirate cards too!
in their hand, they can take the
Treasure! card – that means
they win the game!

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