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May 2008

Story: the spirit

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Story: driving on ice

0May 2008

Fun facts

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Riddles

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Jokes

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Story: the spiritarwaahmed

The Wee One, sat in her thinking place, puzzling. The purple hyacinths grew behind the moss covered rock she sat upon. She was wondering if what she wanted to do was the right thing. The longer she sat in her thinking spot, the more she believed her idea was a good one. With her mind made up to do something she had never done before, the tiny fae took flight on golden wings.

The fae flitted high into the air over the giant oaks and beyond the meadow. She fluttered down on the shore of the Sparkling Lake. The Wee One walked from one stone to another, towards a very large rock. It stood above the others, like a beacon. She hesitated for a moment before whispering to the stone. Suddenly it appeared to rise a little into the air.

The Wee One walked under the stone. A golden box sat beneath it. Quickly she lifted the lid of the box. A Spirit filled the tiny crystal box the fae now held in her hand. As the fae walked out from under the great stone, it settled down once again. Without a moment???s hesitation she took to the air. The fae flitted to her home in the ancient oak, the crystal box now safely in her pocket.

Once home, the Wee One set the box on her mushroom table. The fireflies gathered overhead. The crystal box glittered like diamonds. With trembling hands the Wee One opened the box. Suddenly, before her stood a beautiful Spirit. ???Will you help me???? The Wee One pleaded. The Spirit did not so much speak, as it thought. The Wee One knew, the Spirit would help her.

???We shall begin our journey now,??? the spirit thought. *poof* In a twinkling, both the Spirit and the Wee One were transported to a city, in the Land of Real.

The Wee One was not prepared for what she saw when they materialized. It was a place that had things called buildings. Some of the buildings were as tall as the Magic Mountain. The air smelled odd and tasted funny. There was not a tree or flower to be seen. ???I am frightened,??? the fae whispered to the Spirit. ???Is this where the children come from????

???Yes,??? the Spirit replied. The Wee One shivered a bit, but the Spirit thought, ???It will be okay, I???m with you.??? ???Now quickly before it gets light open your pouch and do what you have come to do.???

The Wee One reached deep into her pouch and gathered a handful of faerie dust. With the Spirit by her side, she sprinkled the magic dust

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Story: driving on icearwaahmed

In many northern states the winters are so cold that the lakes freeze right over. In Minnesota, Michigan, and Maine, the ice in these lakes can freeze two to three feet deep.
When the ice is that thick it becomes possible to actually drive a car or truck across the ice. While driving on ice sounds like something that people would do just for fun, a lot of people drive across frozen lakes for very practical reasons.

For example, there are people who live year-round on islands within these northern lakes. In the middle of winter the only practical way of traveling to the mainland is by driving across the frozen lakes.

Actually, when the lake is frozen two to three feet deep, this is a perfect opportunity for people living on islands to transport large objects onto or off the islands. Say, for instance, you owned a cabin on a small island in the middle of a lake in Michigan. Suppose you decided that you wanted to build an extra room onto the cabin.

Transporting all the building materials onto the island using a boat would take a lot of work and expense. But if you waited until winter, you could easily drive all the building materials across the lake.

How can you tell if a lake is frozen solid enough to drive on? The surest way to know is to wait until several other cars and trucks have safely driven across the ice. Even then, you should always be extra careful when driving across a frozen lake.

It's possible that one section of the lake has currents that prevent the lake from freezing solid. Or there might be a river or stream that brings slightly warmer water into one part of the lake. So even though most of the lake was frozen solid, one section of the lake could have thin ice.

Usually it takes at least two to three weeks of very cold weather before deep ice is formed on a lake. Here in the northern United States, deep ice doesn't form until mid-January, at the earliest. (In northern Canada and Alaska lakes sometimes freeze solid as early as November or December.)

Do the tires of cars slip when they drive across ice? Yes, sometimes they do. But almost every car and truck that drives on ice has snow tires, which creates extra friction between the tires and the ice. Some people also choose to put chains on their tires, which gives the tires an even stronger grip against the ice.

After a few cars have driven across a particular path on a lake the ice actually

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Fun factsarwaahmed

a cat can run about 20 kilometres per hour (12 miles per hour) when it grows up. This one is going nowhere today - it is too lazy !.

A cheetah can run 76 kilometres per hour (46 miles per hour) - that's really fast! The fastest human beings runs only about 30 kilometres per hour (18 miles per hour).

a cheetah does not roar like a lion - it purrs like a cat (meow).

A Zipper joins two pieces of material together.A zipper is used everywhere, on clothing, pencil cases, boots and suitcases, wallets, and a zillion other things. Everyone thinks it was Whitcomb Judson who invented the zipper but it was really Elias Howe. Elias was so busy inventing the sewing machine that he didn't get around to selling his zipper invention which he called a "clothing closure".

Did you know that the average lead pencil can draw a line that is almost 35 miles long or you can write almost 50,000 words in English with just one pencil? Amazing fact! Now imagine an eraser that could match it !!!

Did you know the first bicycle that was made in 1817 by Baron von Drais didn't have any pedals? People walked it along
The first metal bicycle was called the High-Wheel or Penny Farthing. People had a hard time keeping their balance on this type of bicycle
Did you know the first toy balloon, made of vulcanized rubber, was thought of by someone in the J.G.Ingram company in London, England in 1847.

9pin bowling was made up in Germany during the Medieval ages
Karl Benz invented the first gas powered car. The car had only three wheels. The first car with four wheels was made in France in 1901 by Panhard et LeVassor.
The first pick-up truck in the world was made by Gottlieb Daimler in 1886. Gottlieb produced the world's first motorcycle in 1885.
Gottlieb Daimler also built the world's first taxi in 1897. It was called the Daimler Victoria and had a taxi meter. On 16 June of that year the taxi was delivered to Stuttgart transportation entrepreneur Friedrich Greiner who used it to start the world's first motorized taxi company.

The first steam powered train was invented by Robert Stephenson. It was called the Rocket.

Did you know there are two kinds of pandas? There is the Long-tailed Himalayan carnivore that looks like a raccoon and there is the Giant panda bear that lives in Western China.

The Blue Whale

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Riddlesarwaahmed

What vehicle is spelled the same backwards and forwards?

What do lazy dogs do for fun?

What do sea monsters eat?

When does a boat show affection?

What kind of cheese is made backwards?

What kind of stones are never found in the ocean?

What city has no people?

Why did the clock in the cafeteria always run slow?

Why was the baby ant confused?

Why did the banana go to the doctor?

What month has 28 days?

What do you get when you cross a parrot with a tiger?

What do you get when you cross SpongeBob with Albert Einstein?

What do you get when you cross a snowman with a wolf?

What gets wetter the more it dries?

What building has the most stories?

What flowers do you always wear?

What can make an octopus laugh?

If a fire hydrant has H2O inside, what does it have on the outside?

What's the difference between a jeweler and a jailer?

What is in the middle of Paris?

If you drop a yellow hat in the Red Sea, what does it become?

What grows down when it grows up?

What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment and never in a thousand years?

How could a cowboy ride into town on Friday, stay two days, and ride out on Friday?

What is so fragile even saying its name can break it?

What do moths study in school?

What can you put in a wood box that will make it lighter?

What bone keeps getting longer and shorter?

What goes up but never goes down?

What 11-letter English word does everyone pronounce incorrectly?

What seven letters did Old Mother Hubbard say
when she opened her cupboard?

Why won't bikes stand up by themselves?

Why do sharks only swim in salt water?

Why do chickens lay eggs?

When can you put pickles in a door?

Why is six afraid of seven?

What do you call your father-in-law's
only child'

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Jokesarwaahmed

Little Tim was in the garden filling in a hole when his neighbour peered over the fence. Interested in what the cheeky-faced youngster was up to he politely asked: "What are you up to there, Tim?"
" My goldfish died" replied Tim tearfully without looking up "and I've just buried him".
The neighbour frowned. "That's an awfully big hole for a gold fish isn't it?"
Tim patted down the last piece of earth.
" Well", he replied, "that's because it's inside your cat."

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A fireman comes home from work one day and tells his wife "you know, we have a wonderful system at the fire station. Bell One rings and we all put on our jackets. Bell two rings and we all slide down the pole. Bell three rings and we're ready to go on the engines. "That's super dear" says his old lady. "From now on" continues the fire fighter "we're going to run this house the same way. When I say Bell one I want you to strip naked. When I say Bell two I want you to jump into bed. When I say Bell three we are going to have all night." So the next night the fireman comes home from work and yells "Bell one" and his wife takes of all her clothes. "Bell two" he shouts and she jumps into bed. "Bell three" he barks and they begin to have .. But after just a couple of minutes his wife yells "Bell four" "What???s this bell four?" the husband asks. "More hose" she replies "you're nowhere near the fire!"

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After months of ill heath, a man goes to his doctor for a full check-up. The doctor brings out the results and says 'I'm afraid I've got some very bad news. You're dying and you don't have much time left'. The man looks shocked. 'Oh that's terrible! How long have I got?' 'Ten' replies the doctor. 'Ten?' the man asks. 'Ten what? Months? Weeks? What on earth do you mean?' The doctor looks at him sadly. 'Nine... Eight...'

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A yuletide meal at an expensive restaurant is disturbed when a woman starts screaming. "My son is choking" she cries, "He's swallowed the sixpence in the Christmas pudding. Please anyone help!" Without speaking a man stands up at a nearby table and walks over nonchalantly. Smiling pleasantly he grips the boy by the gonads and squeezes. The boy coughs and out pops the coin. "Thank you so much" beams the relieved mother, "are you a paramedic?" "No" replied the man "I work for the inland revenue".

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Sitting together on a train, travellin

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