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The Golden Reed Pipe
Once upon a time there lived in the mountains a woman and her daughter. The daughter liked to dress in red. Hence her name, Little Red.
One day they were ploughing and sowing in the fields. All of a sudden, a gale blew up and in the sky there appeared an evil dragon who stretched down his claws, caught Little Red in a tight grip and flew off with her towards the west. Her mother vaguely heard daughter's words carried on the wind: Oh mother, oh mother, as dear as can
be! My brother, my brother will rescue me!
Wiping away her tears, her mother gazed into the sky and said, "But I only have a daughter. Who can this brother
be?"
She staggered...
The Jealous Crow
Far, far away there was a grove of shady mango trees. On one of the green trees there lived a cuckoo and a crow. They were quite alike in appearance. Both the birds were black. Only the crow was a little bigger. The cuckoo would lay all her eggs in the crow's nest. For quite sometime they lived as good friends. The cuckoo had a sweet voice and often she would fill the grove with her sweet melody.
One day, a traveller passed by. Night fell and there was darkness all around. The traveller was tired. So he decided to spend the night under the huge mango tree on which the crow and the cuckoo lived.
The night was exceedingly pleasant. Full moon...
West Cornwall
The area that was once the engine room of Britain’s mining industry has a haunting beauty. The towns of Redruth and its sibling Camborne were West Cornwall’s mining heartland. It is a place where one must spend time to recognize the beauty. Five kilometers to the west, the village of Portreath overlooks an area of sand, book ended by cliffs.
Portreath is the best village in the area. It began as the playground of the Redruth Camborn e miners. Now it is slightly middle-class resort filled in summer with families on holidays. In the mid 19th century the small harbour bustled with sailing vessels.
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MEDICINE FOR CHILDREN
Researchers are being invited to submit ideas for research into medicines or children as part of a new initiative by the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) programme. The programme is commissioning a portfolio of research projects into the area as part of its work with the newly created Medicines for Children Research Network (MCRN), set up to target the development of safe and effective medicines for the treatment of youngsters aged newborn to 18.
“Recent studies suggest that in the UK more than half of the medicines prescribed for babies in neonatal intensive care are unlicensed or off-label, and up to a quarter of all medicines...
The Chipmunk That Ran Away
Once upon a time, there was a nervous little chipmunk. She was always afraid that something bad happened to her.
One day, she heard a little noise. It was really only an apple that fell to the ground. But the little Chipmunk was afraid and said “The sky is falling in.” Then she ran away as fast as she could go.
Soon she met an old brother Chipmunk, who asked, “Where are you running to, little Chipmunk?”
And the little Chipmunk answered, “The sky is falling in, and I am running away.”
“The sky is falling in?” said the old brother Chipmunk. And he told the story to his brother chipmunk, until at last there were a hundred brother...
The Twins of the Kingdom of Taun
A long time ago, in a small kingdom near the present harbour of Lembar, there reigned a king known as Datu Taun, with his wife, Queen Dewi Mas. The people in the kingdom lived in happiness, peace and security, under the wise rule of Datu Taun, his ministers Aur and Gereng and his Queen Dewi Mas, who was praised far and wide for her kind heart and noble character.
There was only one thing to mar the happiness of the King and Queen, and that was the fact that they had not yet been blessed with a son or daughter who would one day inherit their beloved kingdom. As time went on Datu Taun felt that his life was slipping away,...
Around Bali
Bali, the fabled "Island of the Gods", has been enchanting visitors for cen- turies with its rich cultural traditions and spectacular panoramas. From lofty, misty enshrouded volcanoes and cool mountain lakes down through terraced rice fields to a golden strand lapped by azure waters, every square inch of Bali offers a fresh and unforgettable image.
No less enchanting are its people, some 2.7 million souls whose artistry and piety are recognised throughout the world. Balinese Hinduism, a complex fusion of Indian cosmology, Tantric Buddism and homegrown mythology, is the primary faith of Bali's inhabitants,...
Rainforests as Economic Reserves
We discovered previously that rainforests are essential to our life on Earth. They also provide a rich variety of economic resources that are used all over the world. This presents countries with a serious dilemma. Rainforests are used for a number of economic purposes, ranging from agricultural to urban and industrial use. The dilemma facing many rainforest-rich countries, including Australia, is that, as these economic demands grow, the planet's rainforests are placed under increasing threat of destruction. The economic resources provided by the world's rainforests are enormous. Here are just some of the more important...
Recycling
Much of what we throw away could be used again. Recycling puts "garbage" to good use. Recycling helps preserve precious resources because it saves on the use of raw materials and energy. It also reduces the pollution caused when the waste is dumped.
Glass can be remelted. This is better than making fresh glass from raw materials, but it is even better to reuse the bottle whole. Metals can be recycled by being remelted and then used to make other new items. The metals to recycle from an ordinary household are aluminium and steel from cans. Scrap from cars gives several different metals for recycling.
Paper is easy to recycle. Every home...
Australia's Natural Environment
Australia has many unique features: a variety of landforms ranging from rugged mountains to coastal plains and beaches; many different kinds of vegetation, such as tropical rainforests and grasslands; and a climate varying from Mediterranean (dry summers and wet winters) to tropical (wet summers and dry winters).
Australia's particular combination of climate and landform is responsible for the dry and flat landscape. In Australia, large amounts of rain tend to fall on the eastern seaward side of the continent in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. This is because of the influence of southeast trade winds. These winds pick up...
Why Does the Cock Eat the Millipede?
Long ago the cock had a pair of beautiful horns on his head. But at that time there was a dragon who was prevented from ascending into heaven because he lacked a pair of horns. And so he offered the millipede as a guarantor, and borrowed the horns from the cock!.
When the millipede came for the horns, he said to the cock: "When you want your horns back, you must call out at dawn: 'Give me back my horns!' and they will be returned to you at once. You need have no occasion to be concerned in the least."
The kind cock knew how difficult it was to ascend to heaven, so, reassured by the good security the millipede offered, he loaned his horns...
Miss Mole Catches a Ghost
Quite often Miss Mole would look after the young ones who lived in the woodland, when their parents went out in the evening.
"I just love baby-sitting," sighed Miss Mole, as she gazed at the little animals, "you're all such darlings!"
"But we're not babies," grumbled the fieldmice twins, "we're almost grown up!"
"Well you'll always be babies to me," giggled Miss Mole, as she gave them all a great big hug.
But one evening when Miss Mole was baby-sitting, something very strange happened ...
All the little animals had walked over to Miss Mole's house just before dark. They were laughing and joking and making lots of noise as they went along.
All...
Teddy Bear Time
When a visitor to Bearborough last year forgot to put on her watch, she asked some local bears the time- and she got some strange answers.
"Half past three," the bear who sells fruit and vegetables said, glancing up
at the Town Hall clock.
"A quarter to nine," the bear in the bakery replied, looking at the clock high on the church.
"Nine minutes after five," the bear who sells ice cream on the corner of the main street said, peering at the clock in front of the train station.
You have probably guessed that all the clocks in Bearborough were wrong. That was because old Mr Minim, the only clock mender in town, had become a little shaky...
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Ali Baba was such a poor man that he had only had one shoe for his two feet. Even the mice in his house were hungry.
One day, his wife said, "We have no food in the house. No rice. No potatoes. Go and collect leaves in the forest so that I can make a soup."
Ali was a lazy man. He looked for leaves for about ten minutes and then he climbed a tree to sleep. He was afraid of wolves. When he woke up, he was surprised to see forty thieves on forty horses. They stopped in front of a big rock.
"Open Sesame!" shouted the leader. A door on the rock opened. The thieves carried sacks full of gold into the cave. When they had finished, the leader...
What Are Thunder and Lightning?
Lightning is a sudden, violent flash of electricity between a cloud and the ground, or from cloud to cloud. A lightning flash, or bolt, can be several miles long. It is so hot, with an average temperature of 34,000° Centigrade, that the air around it suddenly expands with a loud blast. This is the thunder we hear.
Lightning occurs in hot, wet storms. Moist air is driven up to a great height. It forms a type of cloud called cumulo- nimbus. When the cloud rises high enough, the moisture freezes and ice crystals and snowflakes are formed. These begin to fall, turning to rain on the way down. This rain meets more moist air rising, and...
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The Lost Caterpillar
Seven worms are walking happily. Their mother is leading them. They have just had their breakfast on a big tree near a river.
“Come on, children. Let’s go home,” Mama Worm says.
Suddenly, a cricket says, “Your last child is ugly!” “Ugly?” asks Mama Worm. Then she looks at the child. He is not the same as her other children. “Hey, ugly!” she says, “You are not my child. Go away!”
The little brown worm walks away. He is very sad. When he is near a lake, he looks into the water.
“Oh, how ugly I am,” he cries.
“You are not ugly,” says a voice. “Oh, I find you, my child.”
The worm looks around. There is a beautiful big butterfly...
What Is a Kangaroo?
The largest kangaroos are the Great Grey Kangaroo and the Red Kangaroo. Adults grow to a length of 1.60 metres and weigh over 90 kilos.
Kangaroos are marsupials. This means that the female kangaroo has an external pouch on the front of her body. A baby kangaroo is very tiny when it is born, and it crawls at once into this pouch where it spends
its first five months of life.
A kangaroo is an animal found only in Australia, although it has a smaller relative, called a wallaby, which lives on the Australian island of Tasmania and also in New Guinea.
Kangaroos eat grass and plants. They have short front legs, but very long, and very...
The Tortoise and the Hare
One bright, sunny morning a tortoise–we shall call him Mr Tortoise– was taking a walk when suddenly he met a hare. Now he did not like this hare at all, for he was very sarcastic, and always laughed at the tortoise. Nevertheless, the tortoise smiled and greeted him, "Good morning, Mr Hare. How are you?"
The hare did not answer, but as soon as he saw the tortoise, he began to laugh very loudly.
"Oh, oh. I can't help laughing at you, Mr Tortoise!"
"Why, what's so funny?"
"You! You are so slow, Mr Tortoise."
"Me?...
Marsupials
Do you know marsupials? Marsupials are animals that have a built-in baby carrier. You know, marsupial mothers have a pouch on the front of their bodies. You know what? A marsupial mom puts her newborn baby in her pouch. She carries the baby around until it is ready to go out on its own.
Kangaroos are one kind of marsupial. But there are many other kinds, too. Where do they live?
Er … most marsupials live in Australia and New Zealand. A kind of opossum is the only marsupial that lives in North America. A few other kinds of marsupials live in Central and South America.
Some marsupials live in deserts. Others live in deep forests....
Elephants : The Amazing Animals
Elephants are the largest land animals on earth. They have the largest brains of any mammal. Elephants talk to each other. Researchers have discovered more than 50 different types of calls that they use to communicate with each other. Their trunks are strong enough to pick up trees but sensitive enough to pick up a flower. They use them as tools to sweep paths, to scratch themselves, to swat flies, and to draw in the dirt. They are good swimmers and use their trunks like snorkels. They live together in family groups. They help each other when in trouble. They join together to care for and rescue their young....
GORILLAS
Gorillas are the largest of all the primates. A male gorilla can be 180 centimeters tall and can weigh 200 kilograms. Gorillas are very strong but they do not often fight. In fact they are peaceful animals.
Gorillas live in small family groups of about 15. In a group there is one strong, older male, some young males, and a few females with their babies. They move slowly around a large area of jungle eating leaves and bushes.
In some ways gorillas are very like humans. When they are happy, they laugh and wave their arms. When they are angry, they beat their chests. When they are sad, they cry....
The Snow Bride
Many years ago, when great forests still covered the hills of Japan, a samurai named Hikaru lost his way in a sudden winter storm. Snow pellets sharp as spears pierced his cloak and drove him blindly into the deep woods.
Cold stalked him, and he had no weapon to battle this in-visible enemy. Finally his horse burst into a clearing. The wind rattled the tree limbs, but no snow fell here. A wooden house squatted beside a huge camphor tree. The snow was a smooth white carpet. This quiet place seemed peaceful enough, but he sensed someone watching, waiting in silence.
A door opened. A white-haired...
Greenhouse Effect
The Greenhouse effect is raised temperature at the planet’s surface as result of heat energy being trapped by gases in the atmosphere. Certain gases cause the atmosphere to act like the glass in a greenhouse. As a result, the temperature of a planet’s surface may be higher than it otherwise would be–on Earth about 33º C (59ºF) higher. The main gases that produce the greenhouse effect on Earth are water vapour and carbon dioxide. Scientists suspect that an increased discharge of carbon dioxide from human activity (notably motor transport and industry) is contributing to global warming.
Greenhouse...
Birth Control
Most people agree that some form of family limitation or spacing is desirable for the good of the family and society. But individuals and groups– especially religious groups–differ sharply on the methods of birth control that they consider moral and acceptable.
Couples that practice birth control do so for various reasons. They may want to limit or space their children, or to have no children at all. Young couples often postpone having children so that both partners can work full-time. Other couples space their children so they can give each child as much attention as possible. Some women are advised...
Doctor Knowall
There was once upon a time a poor peasant called Crabb, who drove with two oxen and a load of wood to the town, and sold it to a doctor for two talers. When the money was being counted out to him, it so happened that the doctor was sitting at table, and when the peasant saw how well he ate and drank, his heart desired what he saw, and would willingly have been a doctor too. So he remained standing a while, and at length inquired if he too could not be a doctor. ‘Oh, yes,’ said the doctor, 'that is easily done.' ''What must I do?" Asked the peasant.
"First buy yourself an A B C book of the kind which has a cock on the frontispiece; second,...
What Causes Air to Rise?
There are four ways in which the air can be forced to rise, thus causing the water droplets to condense. We will look at each of these in turn.
1. The air is heated from the ground.
This tends to occur mainly in the tropics, where the air in contact with the ground is warmer than the air above, so it will rise. As a result, sometimes huge thunder–clouds (called cumulonimbus clouds) form and the associated rainfall can be very heavy. This type of rainfall is called convection rain.
2. The air is forced to cross a mountain barrier.
As an air mass crosses a mountain barrier, it is forced to rise. If the mountains are sufficiently high...
Nasi Lemak dan Sambal Ikan Bilis
Nasi Lemak
Ingredients:
- 1 cup rice
- salt to taste
- 3 screw pine leaves
- 1 grated coconut
Method:
• First, clean the rice and drain.
• Then, squeeze out 2 cups of thick coconut milk with screw pine leaves. Add in salt.
• If you desire, you can also add in some sliced onions and ginger.
• Finally, serve this rice with sliced hard-boiled eggs, cucumber, and Sambal Ikan Bilis.
Note :
Nasi Lemak is usually served with Sambal Ikan Bilis.
Sambal Ikan Bilis is made of dried ikan bilis (anchovies), bombay onion, onion, garlic, tamarind
juice, dried chilies, shrimp...
Acid Rain
Acid rain is rain that is highly acidic because of sulphur oxides, nitrogen oxides, and other air pollutants dissolved in it. Normal rain is slightly acidic, with a pH of 6. Acid rain may have a pH value as low as 2.8.
Acid rain can severely damage both plant and animal life. Certain lakes, for example, have lost all Àsh and plant life because of acid rain.
Acid rain comes from sulphur in coal and oil. When they burn, they make sulphur dioxide (SO2). Most sulphur leaves factory chimneys as the gaseous sulphur dioxide (SO2) and most nitrogen is also emitted as one of the nitrogen...