Hundreds of naturally-forming Ice Balls were washed ashore along Lake Michigan shoreline in Ottawa country. The phenomenon is an awesome work of Nature which occurs when the small pieces of ice break off in the water and are smoothened by the waves. The small chunk of ice grows by thin measures as it tumbles in […]
Farmer George had a ram, Hummer, who drew a cart when the farmer was picking apples. Hummer was a peaceful fellow and enjoyed trotting around hitched to the cart. One day, Hummer wouldn’t trot steadily. He jumped and kicked out and tossed his head. Farmer George tried to hold him steady, but suddenly Hummer shot
Farmer Coole did all his accounts on every Friday. He was better at working in the fields than writing in his books! He spilt ink all over the place and got into a lot of trouble with Mrs Coole. “Mr Coole, I am sick of cleaning ink stains,” she announced one day, “If you spill
Mysterious Cavern structures were found deep inside a French cave in the 1990. According to scientists the walls date back to at least 1,75,000 years ago and are the work of Neanderthal builders. Neanderthals lived in Eurasia from about 4,00,000 to 40,000 years ago and died out just as modern humans arrived. Extraordinary constructions are
Henry had a habit of bringing all kinds of creatures to the farmhouse. Farmer Dawson checked his room to find out what he might have hidden inside. One day, Mr Dawson could hear some scuffling noises in Henry’s room. He knocked and Henry opened the door. Mr Dawson looked around, but everything seemed quiet. Henry
It had been a long day for Farmer Blake. The harvest season was going on and he was tired. As he settled down to read a book, Jim, one of his farm hands, came in. “Sir, there’s a man at the gate,” said Jim, “He says he wants to meet you.” “At this time?” asked
A Mud Volcano is a formation that was created by geo-excreted gases and liquids. The main gas it emits is usually methane, but it might also emit incombustible gases such as helium, nitrogen and carbon dioxide. This volcano is found all over the world but mostly in Eastern Azerbaijan. Scientists think there may even be
Bouncer, the rabbit, lived in a burrow on Farmer Southey’s farm. He had one torn ear and whenever anyone asked him how it was torn, he sighed and said, “That’s a long and sad tale!” “It happened when Farmer Southey shot me!” he began, “You see, Farmer Southey was a very angry man and he
Michael loved to tell tall stories to everyone. “They’re just stories!” he would say, “They’re not lies.” One day Mr Felton, a large man, had come from the bank to meet his father, Farmer Strobes, about a loan to buy four more cows. He went round the farm to inspect it. Michael followed them. When
Jenny had a bet with Peter that they could walk from the farmhouse to the old ruined church in the dark. Their parents, Farmer Beale and his wife, knew nothing about this. So when Mrs Beale found that the two children were not in their beds, she screamed in panic! Mr Beale and the farm
In Farmer Brent’s yard stood an old tree, dry and shrivelled. He had asked one of his men to chop it down. The tree heard and was very sad. Then Hannah, the Farmer’s daughter, came home. She looked at the tree and said, “Father, don’t cut it down. Let me see what I can do.”
Timothy scurried out of the farmhouse kitchen, frightened out of his wits. He was a tiny mouse and the farm cat, Clover, had just eaten up his mother! He ran helter-skelter around the yard. Suddenly, reaching the stable, he hurried into it and hid himself behind a bale of hay. “Have you seen a mouse?”
Mrs Atlee’s cat, Snowball, wanted to live on a farm, and was very unhappy in the city. There was simply nothing for her to do. A farm would be so interesting. That summer Mrs Atlee visited her brother, Farmer Mailer, and took Snowball with her. Snowball was thrilled! There was so much space to run
Mount Roraima is the highest of the Pakaraima mountain chain and lies on the southeastern corner of Venezuela. It is one of the world’s most extraordinary natural geological formations defined by 400-metre tall cliffs on all sides and includes the borders of Brazil, Venezuela and Guyana. It is about 14 km long and 2,772 metres
Mr Lamont had to carry out an inspection at Mr Smalley’s farm. Sitting in his little car, he looked at the broken wooden signboard. It had two arms, one showing Hunterdon village to the right and the other pointing to the sky! “Where does the third road go?” wondered Mr Lamont. There was a third