The Young Chronicle: For 1st Graders December 5th 2014 | Page 4

YOUNG CHRONICLE November 28th, 2014 Chu Chu Chidiya fights back Little Chu Chu Chidiya, was now three and a half months old, and had already won the Junior Flying Championship. This Flying Championship did make her a Star in no time, but at her own peril. Some humming birds had become her friends, and others arch enemies. The arch enemies were predictable, it was the two-faced friends that Chu Chu’s mother wanted to protect her from. Even though Chu Chu had a championship in her kitty, she was fairly innocent and easy to fool. Her mother wanted to make Chu Chu strong, but wanted her to learn herself. So in the morning, when Chu Chu went flying with the migratory birds living near the pond, Chu Chu’s mother and her siblings plotted a plan. She arranged a party near the pond with her best friend, the Siberian Crane who visited her every year. When Chu Chu returned, she was surprised to find all her friends lined up near the pond, to welcome her and celebrate her flying championship victory. After having some grains and crackers, the birdies decided to play in the pond. Chu Chu was scared of water so she got a little float which her crane friends had made for her, and sat on it. Chu Chu’s mother was alert, as she knew that some birds would want to harm her precious little one, but she watched from the shore. Mother’s instinct you see. But she wanted Chu Chu to learn how to fight such birdies. Soon, some sly humming birds hatched a plan of busting the float and toppling Chu Chu down. 3 Read the rest of the story on the next page. If you haven’t subscribed yet, click on full version to do so. Science is Fun! Try this simple experiment at home and you will be truly amazed. What happened in the experiment? Why did the milk start moving away from the ear bud? Well, when we dipped the ear bud in the milk, the detergent quickly left the bud and tried to mix with the fat and protein molecules in the milk; while it did this, this attaching and detaching caused the surface tension (the reason why milk forms a skin on top when it is left outside for too long) of the milk to reduce, causing the milk to move.