Dhaka Tribune Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Volume 2, Issue 44
JONAKI AND FRIENDS
St patricks day
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Jonaki's
Headquarters
Hey friends,
Hope you guys are having an awesome
week. Well, my friends, you’ll have a
paper full of fun stuff to read for this
week. Take a peek at Jonaki and the
treehouse (pg 3) for a wonderful fiction
on the “Banshee” and find out the dark
side of the Pied Piper. Turn to Speedy’s
Zone (pg 5) to buy yourself this amazing
book by Ginger Spice from “Spice Girls.”
And if you still want more, there’s a
mythical creature hiding in Discobang’s
Pad (Pg 2). Wish you all the fun time.
You could write to us and send us your
drawings, poems etc at treehouse.dt@
dhakatribune.com
Take care!
Love
Jonaki
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Contributors
Pragya Rahman
Farhana Shahnaz
Benson Brother # 4 is the bank robber. To frame at least two of his brothers, he took off his wig, even changed pants, but the tassel on
top of his cap gave him away.
Cartoonist
Syed Rashad Imam Tanmoy
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Advertising
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2 Discobang’s pad
About the Irish
Irish Charms
Mythical Creatures
The Swallower (Ammit)
3 The Treehouse Library
5 Speedy’s Zone
4 Bhootum’s Classroom
6 Dr Meow’s Lab
Fiction
Banshee-wala
Amazing facts
British Council
Connect the dots
Book
Rise to Fame
DIY
Fold’em
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Discobang's
Pad
Discobang
is a real party
animal. He loves
meeting new
people. Join him
as he travels
the world.
Mythical Creatures
about the irish
Patrick’s Land
Ireland is a country in the United
Kingdom. The languages spoken in
Ireland are Gaelic (Irish) and English.
The money that is used there are called
Euros and British Pounds. Ireland is
also called Eire in Irish and is known
as the Republic of Ireland, where 4.75
million people have been living since
July 2013.
The place with the longest
name in Ireland is called
Muckanaghederdauhaulia and is in
County Galway. Dublin is the capital of
Ireland, it was called “Dubh Linn” which
means “black pool.” The name comes
from an ancient lake in the city. You can
still find it. Just look for the penguins
in the zoo. Surprisingly enough over
30% of people in Australia come from
Ireland.
The tallest identical twins were born
in Ireland in 1761, they were the Knipe
brothers from Magherafelt in County
Derry. The most powerful person in
the world, the President of America,
Barack Obama, has a connection
to Ireland, as his great, great, great
Grandfather Fulmuth Kearney came
from Moneygall in County Offlay to
America in 1850.
Interestingly enough the world famous
boxer, Muhammad Ali, also has
some Irish blood in him as his great
Grandfather was born in Ennis, County
Clare who moved to Kentucky and
married an African American woman
whose son also married an African
American woman, who then gave birth
to Ali’s mother, Odessa Grady. She
then married Cassius Clay, and Ali was
born in Louisville. The first person to
properly explain why the sky is blue
was also Irish. His name is John Tyndall
and in 1859. Ireland is also famous for
St Patrick’s day which is held on March
17 each year. Pragya Rahman
The Swallower
(Ammit)
The Swallower, also known, as Ammit is a female ancient
Egyptian and religious demon that looks like a lion, crocodile
and hippopotamus-the three largest man eating animals
known to ancient Egyptians. Ammit was a creature who only
ate humans after they died and lived near the ancient Egyptian
underworld. In the hall of truth, Anubis, the protector of the
graves who brought people into the underworld, weighed the
heart of a person coming in. If the heart was not pure Ammit
would eat it and the person who was undergoing judgment
would not be allowed to make their way towards Osiris, the God
of the afterlife and immortality. Once Ammit had swallowed
the heart, the soul of the person became restless forever and
this was known as “dying for the second time,” a very painful
and tiring way of torture. Ammit then stood by the lake of fire
and then he would spit out the hearts into the burning lake so
that it could burn causing more pain to the person to whom it
belonged to.
So you don’t have to worry about Ammit paying you a visit
anytime soon unless of course if you’re planning on dying in the
next few days or weeks or may be months. In that case please
be sure to pack your bags and fill up your heart with some good
deeds and pure energy. Good luck!
Pragya Rahman
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The Treehouse
Library
3
Have you read an awesome book lately? Tell us about it.
Send your book review to
[email protected]
Banshee-wala
Remember the Pied Piper? The
banshee is only its dark version you
would never want to meet. Ever. If only
Maliha had known better!
The banshee is known to awaken
only during the monsoons in the Tea
Estates. Quite like the Pied Piper, it
draws its victims by putting a spell on
them with its sad, calm tune. A tune so
gentle that no one can run away from
its magic. It then leads them to the
empty place, from where there is no
coming back.
The very few who could run away
lived to share the horror. The Banshee
is as large as a human, white as sheet,
but with very long twisted finger nails.
Its eyes are a crimson red, filled with
tears of blood, literally. In those eyes
you could still see its thirst for your
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Fiction
blood. Scaly dirt covered its whole
body. Behind the mess of the tangled
hair around its face are its brownish
pointed teeth. Probably brown from
the blood it drank from its victims.
When Maliha was unpacking at the
guest house, she was warned by a man,
who lived there, about the Banshee.
She knew. But she couldn't help but be
drawn to the Banshee's tune. Halfway
into the woods, Maliha came to her
senses but it was too late. She ran as
fast as she could but there was no end
to the woods. The tune of the Banshee
didn't seem to fade at all. She finally
gave up in sadness and fell to the
ground. As she looked helplessly at the
earth she noticed a drop of blood drip.
It wasn't her blood.
Farhana Shahnaz
Bhootum's
Classroom
4
Meet Bhootum, the landlady of the
Treehouse. She’s strict, but has a heart
of gold.
TONGUE
TWISTERS
Tongue twisters are difficult to say.
How fast can you say it without
making any mistakes?
I can think of six thin
things, but I can think of
six thick things too.
Find lots more fun things to do at
www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglishkids
© British Council 2013
Colour it
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5
Speedy's
Zone
Fiction
Book
Speedy might be a turtle, but he’s not slow.
Travelling the world and staying fit are his
favourite things.
ugenia lavender
Ask your older sister or cousin if they
heard of the “Spice Girls.” They might
remember that back in the day that
they were the most popular girl band
and musicians around and this book
we’re talking about is written by none
other than “Ginger Spice” herself-
Geri Halliwell. The book is called
“Ugenia Lavender” and it is about a
9-year old girl who is full of energy
and loves to explore new things. She
has brainwaves like thunderbolts of
lightning. The book contains three
stories as well as tips, big news from
Ugenia and puzzles that
you can solve. Ugenia is
a character in the book
who loves to go on new
adventures and is not
scared of anything in the
world; she’s always ready
with her bags packed. In
this book Ugenia learns
what it is like to be a
superstar and how this
lovely illness really cures
you, and does some
cooking with celebrity chef
Uncle Harry. Ugenia is a
wise, intelligent and smart
kid who will always keep
you entertained and teach
you a few things about the
real world.
Pragya Rahman
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Dr Meow's
Lab
6
Dr Meow is a genius doctor and
scientist who lives in the Treehouse.
DIY
Fold’ em
You are wise, old and strong enough to
do a lot of things on your own now. It’s
about time you started helping Mum and
Dad around the house for a few things.
Let’s start by folding clothes after our
laundry’s been done.
You can take some load off Mum or
Dad’s shoulders after they are done
with the ironing. Perhaps you could
get your Dad to do the folding on
weekends, since in most households
the Dad is always out to work for the
rest of the week, so it’s a good time to
help him out and spend some quality
time with him while you’re at it.
Now let’s start with shirts. The easy
way to fold them is by placing the shirt
on a flat surface, face down. Start by
folding in half one side of the shirt, that
is the arm (vertically). Then fold the
next arm onto the shirt. Follow on by
folding horizontally so that the hem of
the shirt touches the neck. Now that
we’re done with shirts let’s move onto
trousers. For trousers, smooth the pant
leg and fold half at the knees with the
bottoms and the waistline touching.
Bring the knees to the top, smoothly.
For t-shirts you have to fold it’s sleeves
back onto the main body of the shirt
then fold the shirt lengthwise before
rolling it up. All done? Now pat yourself
on the back for doing a great job!
Pragya Rahman
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