It was a sunny day, but the climate was enjoyable. Everyone in the railway station was waiting for the train to arrive. Among the crowd, there was a group of friends, youngsters who were on board for vacation.
It was a busy station with juice shop, mobile restaurants, coffee and tea stalls, newspaper shop, restaurants, etc. The announcement regarding the arrival of the train was made and everyone prepared to get into the train to their appropriate places.
The group of friends made loud noise to welcome the train as it entered the station. They ran to get their reserved seats before anyone could get into the train.
The empty seats were filled and the train whistled to move. An old man with a young boy aged around 15 years came running to catch the train. They entered the train and the train started to move. They had their seats just adjacent to the friends’ group.
The young boy was so surprised to see everything.
He acclaimed at his father, ‘Dad, the train is moving and the things are moving backwards.’
His father smiled and nodded his head.
As the train started moving fast, the young boy again screamed, ‘Dad the trees are green in colour and run backward very fast.’ His father said, ‘Yes dear’ and smiled.
Just like a kid, he was watching everything with great enthusiasm and happiness loaded with tons of surprises.
A fruit seller passed selling apples and oranges. The young boy asked his dad, ‘I want to eat apples.’ His father bought him apples. He said, ‘Oh apple looks so sweet than it tastes’ I love this colour.
The group was watching all the activities of this boy and asked the boy’s father ‘Is your son having any problem? Why is he behaving very differently?
A friend from the group made fun of him and shouted, ‘His son is mad I think.
The father of the young boy, with patience, replied to the friend-group.
‘My son was born blind. Only a few days before he was operated and got the vision. He is seeing various things in his life for the first time.
The young friends became very quiet and apologized to his father and son.
Think Before You Speak
KIDS AND HEALTH
Why do I burp?
You cover your mouth with your hand, but it’s too late. The people at the next table in the lunchroom already heard. As you turn back to your soda, you think: Where did that burp come from?
A burp — sometimes called a belch — is nothing but gas. When you eat or drink, you don’t just swallow food or liquid. You also swallow air at the same time. The air we breathe contains gases, like nitrogen (say: NY-truh-jen) and oxygen (say: AHK-sih-jen).
Sometimes when you swallow these gases, they need to get out. That’s where burping comes in! Extra gas is forced out of the stomach, up through the esophagus (say: ih-SAH-fuh-gus, the tube for food that connects the back of the throat to the stomach), and out of the mouth as a burp.
Some kids find that drinking soda or other carbonated beverages makes them burp more. Can you guess why? If you’re thinking that it’s because these drinks contain extra gas, you’re right! The gas that makes the drinks fizzy is carbon dioxide (say: KAR-bon dy-AHK-side), another gas that can bring on big burps.
Sometimes eating or drinking too fast can cause indigestion, which can make a person burp because this can send extra air into the stomach. The same thing happens when you drink through a straw: extra air in = more burps out.
Burping is almost never anything to worry about. Everybody does it at least once in a while, and it’s very unusual for burping to mean something is wrong in a kid’s body.
It seems like the only people who can get away with really loud burps are little babies — their parents cheer when they burp because it means that the babies won’t feel the extra gas in their stomachs and cry. But unless you’re tiny and bald, it’s probably a good idea to be polite when it’s time to burp.
So what can you do if you’re around people and you feel a burp coming on? Try to burp quietly and cover your mouth. Of course, whether your burp is loud or quiet, saying “excuse me” can’t hurt either.
RIDDLES
1. I’m full of keys but I can’t open any door. What am I?
2. What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive?
3. I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest man can’t hold me for more than 5 minutes. What am I?
4. What gets sharper the more you use it?
5. What belongs to you but is used more by others?
6. What goes up and never comes down?
7. How can a man go 8 days without sleep?
ANSWERS
1. A piano 2. A glove 3. Breath 4. Your brain 5. Your name 6. Your age 7. He only sleeps at night.
Did you know?
1. Fleas can jump around 130times their own height. So if a flea were a person six feet high, it can jump 780 feet high just like that. No superpowers needed!
2. There are about 8.7 million unique species living on the earth! Of these, 2.2 million are in the oceans and the rest on land.
3. The population of the world is over seven billion right now and is estimated to reach eight billion by 2025.
4.Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system. The surface temperature is 450 degrees celsius there!
QUIZ
1. Denro-ishashi community is located in which part of the country
2. What is a canine?
3. Name a musical instrument that start with “X”
4. Where is second largest delta in the world is located?
5. What is another word for lexicon?
ANSWERS
1.Ogun State 2. Dog 3. Xylophone 4. Niger Delta 5. Dictionary
