Lord Bao And The Stone (Chinese Folktale)

                                     

Hundreds of years ago a man lived in south China . He was a government official. He was so honest and fair , people loved him and they called him "Lord Bao".
One day during his routine visit to a town Lord Bao found a little boy who was crying badly. 

''Why are you crying my child'' ?  Kind hearted Lord Bao asked the young boy.
''Sir, I use to sell oil to earn my livings.  I have lost all my money." 
 ''How ?", asked Lord Bao.
"In the afternoon I felt tired , I put my  the money next to me and put my head on this stone and fell asleep'' the boy said pointing towards a stone.  
''When I got up I found out that my money wasn't here.'',he added. 
                                                
''Oh! So the stone has stolen your money, it is the thief.'' ,said Lord Bao. He lifted the stone with his hands and screamed,''Where is the money of this little boy , give it back! '   People who heard him shouting laughed and whispered in each others ears, '' How can a stone steal the money? Lord Bao has gone crazy."                     

 ''How dare you people call me crazy? Now each one of you will pay fine of one cent.'' Lord Bao ordered one of his men to collect the coins in a bag. 

While the people were putting their coins in the bag , Lord Bao was checking every coin by himself. 
"He is the thief , catch him!", suddenly Lord Bao pointed his finger towards a man and shouted. 

"But how can be you so sure that he is the thief ?", Someone  questioned Lord Bao.
''See! the coin has oil on it and the boy is an oil seller, he must be having  oil on his hands therefore there is oil on the coins too. This is little boy's coin.'' , said Lord Bao.
All the people gathered around the man..... he got scared and took out all the boy's money which he had stolen. 

Bao returned all the collected coins. The little boy got his money back and thanked Lord Bao. People praised Bao for his intelligence.

                                                                                                       Chinese Folktale
                                                                     Retold by - Aunt Mary

AMAZING FACTS ABOUT BIRDS

                                                      

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  Birds are found in every part of the world. They live in plains, mountains, jungles, gardens, sea shores, river banks , cliff faces and on the roofs of houses too.They are warm blooded creatures and they lay eggs. There are more than 9000 species of  birds in the world. 
Here are some interesting facts about birds-

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Most of the birds have hollow bones with air sacks in them,it makes them lighter, so they can fly easily.
                                               

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They have high body temperature and they use a lot of energy so they have to eat lots of food compare to their weight. 
                                             

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Scientists believe that birds evolved from theropod dinosaurs.
                                                

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Some birds have the ability to create tools and to use them.
                                                       

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   Birds are of many sizes from the Bee Hummingbird that is only 60 mm long to the Ostrich which stands 2.5 metres high. 
                                                     

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The only bird which can swim but cannot fly is penguin . It is also the only bird which can walk upright.  

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 They  are the only animals which have feathers , feathers help them to fly.       
                                               

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They don't have teeth , they have strong beaks instead of teeth.                                                     

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Many species of birds migrate to high latitude in the season of spring and summer. In the months of autumn and winter they migrate to the places of low latitude.
                                                  

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Kiwi bird of New Zealand is the only bird in the world which is wingless.                           
                                                    

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                                    Hope you liked these facts. 
                                                                                          -Aunt Mary