Common name : Great Japanese dog Scientific name : Canis lupus familiaris Family : Canidae Native to : Japan Interesting fact : Helen Keller brought the first Akita to the USA in 1937. The akita comes from the Spitz stock (like the Siberian husky), found in the higher reaches of Japan. They may be American […]
Two bunnies, two bears, two chicks, a cow, a cat and a mouse all lived together in a field next to an apple orchard. The animals loved the apples. But every spring before the first blossom, Mr. Winesap walked over to the fence. He looked at the animals in the field and then at the
Two young men named Ryan and Logan lived in a town. Both of them were extremely intelligent. Ryan used his intelligence to build a successful career. On the other hand, Logan was very helpful in nature and tried to help as many people as he could. He had a very small circle of friends, but
Andy was a very special boy. He could not walk. But he always remained happy. Everyone called Andy as ‘Cheerful Andy’ because his joyful and enthusiastic nature was very inspiring. One day, a young boy named Charlie came to Andy’s town on a holiday. Charlie was a very irritable and cranky boy. He always found
Once, there was a boy named Jackson. His forefathers were pirates. His whole family was expecting that he would turn out to be a great pirate. But, young Jackson did not like the idea of spending his life robbing people. Jackson knew that a person undergoes immense unhappiness after getting robbed. He had experienced this
Common name : Common agouti Scientific name : Dasyprocta Family : Dasyproctidae Native to : Central and South America Interesting fact : Razor-sharp incisors keep growing through their lifetime. The agouti is the name of three species of rodents–common agoutis, acouchis and pacas. The common agoutis are related to the guinea pig, and live in
Smith was a five-year-old boy. His favourite thing was to jump on his bed. His mother kept telling him, “Do not jump on the bed, Smith. One day you will hurt yourself.” But Smith never listened to his mother. One morning, Smith climbed out of bed and put on his clothes. He jumped back on
Once, some circus-animals were travelling on a ship. Among them were two monkeys named Bambi and Dora. Bambi was old and big, while Dora was young and naughty. One day, Dora accidently fell into the sea while playing. Bambi was worried. She looked around for help. When she saw no one around, Bambi tied a
There lived a frog named Freya, who was the best chef in the whole swamp. All the other frogs were big fans of her delicious food. One day, Toby, a big toad, came to her restaurant. Freya served Toby her fine delicacies. But, he said that the dishes were not tasty at all! This made
Once, there lived a small boy named Tom. He had two toy puppets, Chip and Dale. These puppets were very naughty. One day, Chip and Dale went to the kitchen and took out a box of matchsticks. They knew very well that playing with matchsticks could be very dangerous. Still, they took out one matchstick
Scientific name : Loxodonta africana Family : Elephantidae Native to : Eastern, Southern and West Africa Interesting fact : The elephant’s trunk has more than a 1,00,000 muscles. Conservation status : Vulnerable The African elephant is of two types–the bush elephant and the forest elephant, the former being the largest terrestrial animal. The elephant has
Common name : Groot otter, Cape clawless otter Scientific name : Aonyx capensis Family : Mustelidae Native to : Sub-Saharan Africa Interesting fact : Love to play with logs. Conservation status : Least Concern It is the second largest freshwater species of an otter. Their feet are clawless; they are distinct due to white facial
Once upon a time, the greatest treasure in the world was hidden in a chest. The chest was locked and was buried on the top of a mountain, covered with a boulder. All the animals in the jungle decided to find the treasure together. A monkey found the key to the chest, an elephant managed
Miss Celine believed in giving assignments to students to help them learn more effectively. Once, she gave her students a new assignment. The subject was ‘happiness’. Her students came up with splendid ideas. But among all, Alice did something really amazing. Alice came to the class with a file. She gave Miss Celine the file
Long ago, there lived some evil dwarfs in a faraway forest. An old man who could barely see, hear or move, also lived in this forest. The dwarfs never respected the man and always played pranks on him. The man was fragile, so he never put up a fight against the dwarfs. A magician saw