DOLLY IS" MY BEST FRIEND"

If you ask a little girl , "What is your favorite toy? ", most of the girls will say "I love dolls!". I think the parents of girls will  agree with me  that girls always prefer a doll over other toys. As a woman and  as a mother of two daughters , I know that a small girl is so  attached with her doll . I  want to tell you an incident of my childhood days, my brother and I had a small fight and he hid my dearest doll which was a birthday  gift from my grand father . Though my naughty bro felt sorry for what he did and gave back my doll with a big "I am sorry smile" but I still remember that how badly I cried for my doll and how happy I was after getting it back.  
                                                              

A small girl spends most of the time with her doll, she cleans her, changes her clothes makes her hair and cares for her. She likes to talk with the doll and share her feelings with her . Playing with a doll helps the little girl to grow as a person . It  improves her communicating skills and helps her to express her feelings easily. 
Doll-play makes a girl a caring and helping person she learns to take a good care of small babies, and that could be very helpful for the little girl her in future  when she will have her own family and kids to take care of . 
                                       
Now I am sharing the pictures of dolls of some countries .I hope you will enjoy watching the images. 
                                                   Indian doll , beautiful!                      


     

           
 
American Doll , lovely!








                                      
    African doll , so cute! 




                                                





                                   
Arabic doll , very nice! 











  Chinese doll,  pretty!  









                                              


                                                                      Russian doll , good looking!
                                                                                                          



Japan's traditional doll, graceful!












  English Doll, wonderful !                    











   -Aunt Mary

"How does a baby bird become a bird''


Dear children, in this post I am sharing some interesting facts about the life of birds. So read that how a bird's life begins, and how a baby bird grows into an adult bird.              


                              

The mother bird lays eggs in the nest which she makes during the spring days with the help of father bird . She lays one egg every day for four to five days.In order to keep the eggs warm , mother and father bird take turns sitting on the eggs .
 After ten to fourteen days the eggs hatch and the baby birds come out .These baby birds are called  ''Hatchlings".
Both the mother bird and father bird try to keep  their babies warm and they have to feed them in every 15 minutes .The baby bird is too delicate and almost blind at this time.        

                   
The baby birds ask their parents for food by opening their beak and peeping. Different type of birds eat different kind of food.Some birds eat grains, some eat worms and some birds eat berries.
Day by day the babies start growing,now they can open their eyes and their feathers start to grow, At this stage we can call them "Nestlings"
After two weeks their feathers become long and they have a tail too.They want to go out of the nest but unable to fly .These young birds are called "Fledglings".At this time papa and mommy bird teach them to search the right food.The young birds try to hop on the ground.  

 After four weeks The fledglings become adult bird.They have fully grown feathers and a long tail.Now they can fly in the sky and are no more dependent on their parents, though they are not mature enough  .They are called "Juvenile".This is the story of a bird's life.

Hope you liked the article.                  
                                -Aunt Mary
                            

Don't make castles in the air ( Moral Story)

                                                   

Once upon a time a man lived in a village , he was a very lazy person. He did not want to do any work  and that's why he was very poor.The lazy man lived in a small hut and used to beg for his living . One day there was a marriage in a house of the village and the man got a big pot filled with curd from that house when he went to beg there .He was very happy , he ate some curd and kept the remaining curd safely on the stool near his bed and laid down on the bed .  
He looked at the pot of curd and thought," In the morning I will make butter from the milk,from the butter I will make ghee (clarified butter ) and then I will sell the ghee  in the market at a good price , then I will buy  hens by that money ,the hens will lay eggs .... and I will sell the eggs....and....and....,'' He started daydreaming.
''I will buy a sheep , sheep will have lambs , then I can sell those lambs and will become rich.''The daydreaming continued...

               

''After being rich I will marry a beautiful girl and have children.
It will be small happy family. I shall be a very good father but very strict too, if my kids will not obey me I will slap them hard.'' 
The man in real started moving his hands as he was beating his children. His hand touched the pot and the pot of curd fell on the ground and broke . The lazy man's dream was broken too.                             Moral of the story-"Don't make castles in the air''
                                               

                                                                        (Panchtantra story)     
                                                       Retold by  - Aunt Mary


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Thief And Cop ( Rhyme)


                                                   

A cunning thief  who was running from a cop,                                   
climbed up a tree and sat on it's top.

He saw a spider was sitting there too,       
scared thief  cried, "shoo- shoo- shoo". 
                                    
Cop heard the sound and he looked up,
saw that thief and shouted, "Hands up!".                                                                             
He was happy,he called his chief,
"Good news sir, I caught that thief!"                                                                                                    -  Aunt Mary   
                   


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"AUTUMN" THE SEASON I LOVE ( Article)


Monsoon has already said goodbye,post monsoon season has begun and my favorite "AUTUMN" is knocking at the door. Beautiful season of Autumn with cloudless clear sky and the bright sunshine . When the days  become shorter,and the breeze becomes cooler,the weather is pleasant and perfect,  it is time for leaves to change their color from green to yellow,orange or red and finally  they fall from the tree and they feel sad because they have to get separated from the tree but  feel happy at the same time because this fall will give a new life to the tree . The leaves show their feelings by making a rustling sound .
 This season is also the time for harvesting, festivals and celebration  in many parts of the world which bring happiness and joy for all.So enjoy watching these lovely images related to this beautiful season .
   
            "Autumn Sings of freedom and new beginnings"  
                                         
"Autumn blessings for you ,  Birds are singing for you  "
                              " Fall means more work to do "                                                              
"I am enjoying the gentle breeze of fall with a touch of cold"
"Hear the sound of cracking of laves some one is coming shshsh.....I
think it's "WINTER"

              "Autumn is the season of ripe and juicy fruits "


"It is time for farmers to get the result of hard work "      

"And for the ants this is the right time to collect the food for winter"

          

Wonderful facts

Hello my dear children, how are you all ? Well today I am here again to tell you some interesting , amazing and  wonderful facts.
I am sure that you will like them and will share them with your family and friends . So this is the first fact of today's post -

1. Most of you like to eat honey don't you ? It is so healthy and  nutritious but do you know that honey is the only food that does not spoil.

                                                                        


2. You often see mommy crying while cutting onions But you can stop her tears by giving her a gum to chew .Chewing gum while slicing onions can prevent crying.    
          

                                                                       
3. As you know that every planet is named after a God.
      Earth is the only planet that is not named after a God.

                                                                         
  4. Owls are the only birds who can see the color blue.
                                                                        


5.A person is born with 300 bones but when he or she becomes an adult has 206 bones .

                                                                        
6. Do you know "rhythm " is the longest English word without any vowel .

                                                                  
7.Most dust particles in our homes are made up of our dead skin.
                                 

8.More people are killed by honey bees than by snakes every year.
                                                                            
                                                     
   
9.Now the good news for right handed people right-handed  people live nine years longer than left-handed people.
10.The last fact of the day is that women" BLINK" twice as much as men.    

I hope that you will enjoy the post and the facts. Keep smiling and take care.
                                                                                                                - Aunt Mary
                                                  

The Lame Excuse (Short Story)

                                                               

It was a bright sunny morning . Monty's mom went into his room to wake him up . "Monty, Monty come on, get up , it's 8.30 now ."

" Mom please let me sleep ,I am not feeling well , my head is spinning I think I have fever too.''Monty covered his face with the blanket ."Oh let me see, mom said" ."
No mom please do not disturb me, let me take some rest , I will not be able to go to school today" . "But Monty", mom tried to say some thing ... "Oh, no mom please don't say anything I can't go to school , I really am not feeling well , please leave me alone ", Monty said in a weak voice .                        
"But dear ,you do not have to go to school today It's Sunday.I am going to call the doctor", Mommy said .
 "Oh no! how could I forget that! No mom you don't need to call the doctor, I think I am feeling better now !" Monty at once  jumped out of the bed , "Can you please get my breakfast ready? I have to go to play football with my friends", Monty said and rushed in to the bathroom.Mom held her head! "Oh boy you are just too much. 
                                                                                  - Aunt Mary


The River (Poem )

                       A mother with her child is standing on the river bank and looking at the moving river
                               
                                    Splash,splash, splash
                                    hear the sound of water,                                 
                                    Gush, gush, gush
                                    look at the gushing river.
                                   The river is on  it's way,
                                    nothing can make it stay.
                                    Rapidly flows and goes,
                                    where to go it knows.
                                    It has to merge in the ocean,
                                    ocean.. it's final destination.
                                                                                         - Aunt Mary                                                                                                                             
A river is flowing
           

A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS


A picture always says something to you when you look at it . A picture expresses feelings, emotions and thoughts without speaking a single word , as they say the picture speaks louder than words but to define the beauty of a  picture and to compliment it we have to take help of words .
So here are some beautiful pictures with amazing quotes for you . 



                        

           The soul never thinks without a picture -Aristole 


                A picture is a poem without words -Horace

                         


Every day we should hear at least one little song,read one good poem , see exquisite picture and, if possible speak a few sensible words -Johann Wolfgang

                     
                
 I enjoy trying to figure out the best way to compliment the picture    and do not over power it - David Duchovny   

                       

There are always two people in every picture , the photographer 
and the viewer -Ansel Adams

                

Pictures still speak the most universally understood language -Walt Disney company
                            
                                    
  
                                         
A good picture is equivalent to a good deed -Vincent Van Gogh


                          
Life is painting a picture not doing a sum - Oliver Wendell Holmes
                                        


                      A picture is a fact- Ludwig Wittgenstein 
 

                               
                                             
In nature light creates the colour , in picture colour creates the
 light- Hans Hoffman