Co-operation in the insect world The insect world exists in enormous and bewildering variety, serving its main purpose of helping to maintain the balance of nature, supplying birds with food, and occasionally man himself. More often than not, insects do great harm, destroying crops and...
Co-operation ‘Co-operation’ means, literally, ‘working together’, and it has always been a feature not only of human life, but also of the animal, and to some extent the insect world. Anyone who examines an anthill will notice that the different kinds of ants have different...
Children’s Safety News headlines about heinous criminal acts against children such as kidnapping, abuse, assault, murder, and rape are more than just disturbing. They are shocking. It is right that we condemn these despicable acts. While our hearts go out to the aggrieved parents who...
The Birds Within the past few years, interest in all aspects of our environment has increased in proportion to the damage we are doing to it. Birds form not only an attractive but an essential part of the environment. Yet the protection afforded to them...
The Shrinking Earth While the world shrinks owing to modem means of communication and transport, the land available for our habitation also shrinks, posing a problem which, if not attended to now, can threaten food production. Agricultural land is disappearing fast and soil is being...
The sea is a bottomless rubbish pit First, we should be clear as to what is meant by ‘the sea’. To get the concept into proportion, it is worth remembering that the area of the earth’s surface covered by water is 140m square miles, i.e....
Lion and Brahmin There was a dense forest near a village. A lion lived in that dense forest. Sher roars went to the village and killed the villagers’ goats, poultry, etc., so much so that the villagers were quite paralyzed by the villagers, to get...
Power of Unity There was a huge (Snake)dragon in a forest. He was very arrogant and extremely cruel. When he came out of his bill, all the creatures feared him and stood firm. His mouth was so rare that it was swallowed up by the...
The Effect of Bad Company There was a Seth in a city, Seth had a son, Seth’s son’s friendship was with some boys who had bad habit, lived in bad company, Seth did not like all this, Seth could explain to his son Seth did...
Jackal and ass It was a matter of time that a donkey lived near a washer. Dhobi used to dress clothes on him and wash the clothes on the river every day. In the free time during the day, the donkey used to eat grass...
