Dear friends, How are you all? The earth is warming up. To save the earth, we have to gear ourselves to avoid those causes that are fuelling up the problem. So to guide you what you can do, we have covered this issue in our cover story section. Be safe and keep on writing to us! Edi
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Dear Edi, Hope my letter finds you in best of health and spirit. I hope that you remember me as I am the craziest & biggest fan of your magazine CN-YN.I have rejoined CN-YN after a long time, I think I am reading this issue of CN-YN after 8 or 9 months. You have improved the paper quality & writings as well. I appreciate your efforts towards kid’s magazine. I read the last issue of CNYN when I was in 9th class last year. Now, I am in 10th class. Please publish the poem I’ve sent to you. Your magazine is spreading love, kindness & education in the whole Pakistan. You should answer the letters because there are Young Nation-April 23, 2011
many important questions we want to ask you. When you published my first poem in CN-YN,I was given a prize in school. I appreciate your efforts a lot because I know how many hardships you face while preparing one issue.I am happy that CN-YN is a weekly magazine. Hope that you keep on performing your duty honestly. Your Biggest Fan, Izza Waheed, Age: 14 10th Class, Allied School System (ASS)
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The Rainbow By Christina Rossetti Boats sail on the rivers, And ships sail on the seas; But clouds that sail across the sky Are prettier than these. There are bridges on the rivers, As pretty as you please; But the bow that bridges heaven, And overtops the trees, And builds a road from earth to sky, Is prettier far than these. Once a cat By Zuhaa Fayyaz Lahore Once a cat Passed through my way I walked along I looked and stay It was afraid But I fed it a bowl of milk As I felt It hair was silky
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It looked at me With eye rolled Now I saw It became bold It was very cute It was like a stuff toy I was surprised That its owner was a boy. When you are in love? By A. K. Rasheed When you are in love? When you sought to be related with someone When you are alone When you look someone to hearten you Even in the crowd When this world seems deserted When you like to be touched profound Too profound to the soul When feeling of something missing Teases your soul & constrains you To win somebody When a winsome smile trans-
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fixes you Which compels you to blow up your love Then you are in love Memory of mother By Ayesha J Syed Everything has to die But our memories always lie I lost the sight of you Got the wounds that are true My bleeding will colour the way Leading to the path that will betray My breath has lost its ray Got a few moments to stay My heart is calling the name of love Keeping my eyes on my beloved I utter a few words in pain My blue sky will never rain
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Go Green
3. Recycle more Think before you throw away trash. Recycle instead. Cut down on how much you throw in the trash, which ultimately ends up in a landfill. And be sure to take e-waste, like computers, cell phones and hazardous waste to a special recycling facility.
2. Drive less Walk, bike, use public transportation like a subway, bus or even car pool. Talk to your parents about considering a hybrid, or alternative fuel vehicle. And keep your tires inflated properly. It can improve gas mileage by more than 3%.
1. Change a light Replace a regular bulb with a more energyefficient compact fluorescent bulb.
6. Adjust the temperatures Moving your temperature up to 26 degrees in summer can save a lot of energy. And ask your parents if there is a possibility of switching to solar energy. If so, consider switching.
5. Use less hot water It takes a lot of energy to heat water. Install a low flowing shower head and wash a full load of clothes in cold or warm water.
4. Avoid products with a lot of packaging When it comes to your shopping habits, consider buying products that are better for the environment or that are made from recycled materials, and have less or no packaging. And when it comes to food, support local farmers markets.
Here Are 10 Things You Can Do to Help Stop Global Warming, these should not be restricted for one day. We should take care of these steps at each second:
10. Go Green Work to make these changes in your daily life so it becomes second nature.
9. Spread the word Talk to your friends, family and school teachers. Teach them what you’ve learned and make your house and school as green as possible. Think of ways to raise awareness & educate others, create fund-raisers in your local community to make a change.
8. Turn off electronic devices Simply turning off your TV, DVD player, stereo, and unplugging your iPod and cell phone charger when not in use, will save you thousands of pounds of CO2 a year.
7. Plant a tree A single tree will absorb one ton of carbon dioxide over its lifetime.
What can one person do to help stop global warming? A lot! Our “carbon footprint” is the carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere sphere from our norma normal daily activities. Carbon dioxide contributes to global warming. Leaving the water running while you brush your teeth, having Mom or Dad drive you to school instead of walking and throwing out a paper cup after one use, are bad for the environment.
What can you do?
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Planet Earth had been around for only a few million years when the Mord discovered it. They were tiny green beings, with three eye stalks each, and very long lived, and their curiosity about other planets and other beings was insatiable. They wanted to know everything about everybody. Not in a bad way, though. They liked making friends and where they could, they even helped out the people of other planets by providing food and water in times of drought, and there
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was one case in which they had actually transferred the team of scientists off a newly discovered planet when its sun had started going nova. Oh yes, the Mord were good people. When they discovered Earth, they were really happy because, compared to them, the people of Earth were extremely shortlived so that the Mord would be
able to observe them properly. I mean, to the Mords’one billion Earth years for each person, an Earthling on average lived only about 70 or 80! This really surprised the Mord scientists, and dismayed them. It meant that they couldn’t make friends with the Earthlings, because oh, you just had time to say “Hello!” and the person was gone!
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Oh, well. They could still observe them. And for the watchers they sent several enthusiastic people who happily looked at the Earth and its rivers and oceans and deserts and forests for thousands of years at a time. When the Earth was boiling and the air was unbreathable, they were there. When the first life crawled out of the oceans, they were there to cheer. When the dinosaurs ruled the planet, they were there to marvel over them. When human beings discovered fire, the Mord held a grand party to celebrate. Then industry started up, and that’s when all the trouble began. One day Mori, the Main Watcher who had the job of sitting at his station and looking at the Earth, went to Morin the Chief Watcher with a worried expression on his face. Morin was sitting happily drinking tea, a pleasant drink the people of Earth had discovered. He was not pleased to be disturbed. “What is it, Mori?” he asked grumpily. “I think it’s trouble, Chief,” said Morin. Morin sat up and took no-
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tice. “What’s wrong?” he asked. “Well,” said Mori, “You remember in my last report two thousand years ago, I said that Earth’s environment was healthy, and they had all these forests and glaciers and deserts and things?” “Yes?” said Morin. “Well, they’re losing them.” “What?” Morin jumped up in surprise. “What do you mean?” “Environmental degradation,” said Mori. “There’s deforestation, there’s desertification, and what’s really worrying me is that their water sources seem to be drying up. Their glaciers are retreating…” “That means global warming, climate change,” said Morin sadly. “Yes,” said Mori. Morin sighed. “Let’s have a look,” he said. They went into the room where the scanner-telescope was kept. The picture on the viewscreen was of a mountain that was mostly brown, with a small white line in a corner. “There, see?” said Mori. “That tiny white line. Now, look at this.” Mori showed Morin a two thousand year old picture.
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The glacier was a lovely long, broad river of ice that flowed down the mountain, spectacular, proud and beautiful. “Oh, dear,” said Morin. Mori showed him more. Forests replaced by factories, water bodies full of garbage, pollution everywhere. Morin, his face a sickly green instead of glowing blue, sat down heavily on a chair. He wasn’t feeling well at all. “Can we help them?” asked Mori. Morin sighed. “No,” he said. Mori was shocked. “But we always help people! How can we just leave them?” “We can’t help them,” said Morin. “Have you seen how many there are? There are six and a half billion of them! There are one million of us! How do you think we can help six and a half billion people? We can’t transport them off the planet, where would we take them? We can’t help them fix their planet, we don’t have the resources!” “Overpopulation,” whispered Mori. “Yes, overpopulation,” said Morin. He was so tense; he was beginning to have trouble breathing. He put his hand on his chest. “We can’t help them. They’ll just have to help themselves.” “And if they can’t…” they both turned to the screen again. It showed the brown mountain again, with the tiny white line in the corner.
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Always obey the
By: Umair Jamal
School ool rules l and d regulations are de not to be broken. They made are made for the safety and better ter welfare of the students chool. Rules are very imporin school. tant for the students in schools because the essential purpose of making rules is to develop the manners in students of social life of the school. Rules help the students to acquire knowledge and skills which are helpful for them and the society as a whole. Schools are developed
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to teach students manners, rules, discipline and self-control and this purpose can only be achieved through democratic values. Students can not be equipped with knowledge and skill if they are not disciplined. The students who follow the school rules can easily adjust themselves in any field of life. Rules justify that school is an influential institution. Punctuality is important for institutions because it shows
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how the employees and students value their time and their discipline when it comes to time management. There are professors who do not accept students who come in late for their class and employees often receive salary deduction every time they arrive late for work. Rules provide the teachers and students with such environment that enables both to get maximum benefit from the teaching-learning process.
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Part-2
Under the Great,
Old Banyan Tree One day, Nadia’s aunt announced that she had decided to go out of town to visit her elder sister. Everybody knew that Nadia’s aunt’s sister was an evil churail who happened to own an evil, spell producing factory. This factory released all its evil spells into the clean river waters, and as a result, the whole river had become poisonous. The land near the factory was also barren; no plant could grow there and no animal could live there. This was truly an evil place. Yet Nadia’s aunt loved her sister dearly and missed her a lot. So, everyone in the house busied themselves packing all kinds of foods, presents, and goodies for the aunt’s greedy sister. However, this time, Bhalu was to stay at home, and Nadia was to take care of him. So, before leaving, Nadia’s aunt said to her, “Take care of my adorable son. Make sure he has enough candies every day. If anything happens to him, even if he gets a single scratch... I will send you to Young Nation-April Nation-April 23, 16, 2011 2011 Young
work in my sister’s poisonous factory!” She then drove off in her evil, spell producing car to visit her sister. Nadia and Bhalu were now all alone in the big, spooky house. After the aunt left, Nadia got back to her household chores. Many tasks were waiting to be done; the dishes needed to be washed, the clothes needed to be ironed, and all the floors needed a good sweep. With so much work, Nadia lost track of time. And then she heard the grand clock chime to announce that it was lunch time. The meal was ready in no time, but Bhalu was nowhere to be found! Nadia looked everywhere: under the beds, in the pantry, on the roof, and inside all the cupboards, but she could not find him. “Maybe he is playing in the garden,” she thought. Outside, she called out his name, but nobody replied. The whole garden was without birds, squirrels, or frogs—not a single animal could be seen. But where was the boy? “Could he be hiding
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behind the banyan tree?” she wondered. But when she looked behind the tree, there was nothing except the filthy pond. Just when Nadia was about to walk away, she heard a voice in the wind calling out to her, “Look under me!” “What could that mean?” she wondered. When she looked under the tree, she saw a small hole that was only big enough for a child to wriggle through. “Could Bhalu be lost inside the tree?” she puzzled. But before she could do anything, she found herself slipping into the hole and falling down a very long tunnel! Nadia had no idea where the tunnel led to, but after some time, she landed with a huge bang on a very hard floor. It was an enormous white marble pavement. All around her, there were many animals walking here and there, minding their own business. Everywhere Nadia looked she saw owls, woodpeckers, and mama frogs busy shopping or selling, the place looked as if it were a
big underground Sunday market! Then, out of nowhere, a huge crowd of animals began to rush off in one direction. Without hesitating, Nadia followed the crowd. It seemed like most of the animals were heading toward a great big stadium. Nadia could hear a deafening noise, as if there was a huge crowd jeering at something. As soon as she arrived at the entrance to the stadium, she quickly hid herself behind a pillar. Something was going on in the center of the arena’s stage. The audience comprised all kinds of animals: squirrels, woodpeckers, frogs, worms, and even a few owls. All of them were well dressed and chanting, “Death! Death! Death!” In the center sat a frog wearing a red robe and a huge turban on his white wig; he looked like a judge. He began frantically banging his gavel against his table, ordering the crowd to be quiet, and soon, the crowd calmed down. After some time, the judge called out, “Mrs. Woodpecker, please come before the court.” Suddenly, out of the audience flew a large woodpecker wearing a black robe. She landed tactfully right in front of the judge. “Your honor,” she said, and then went peck, peck, peck. “The accused has confessed his… peck... crimes. His punishment should be severe. If wicked boys like him are allowed to go scot free, then what will happen to our environment? The whole earth will become one large, filthy pond, just like the one created next door, my lord, peck, peck. Your honor, in addition to contaminating our clean water, this boy has deprived us of our homes, children, and main source of food.” And with this, Mrs. Woodpecker ended her speech and flew back to her seat. Now, it was the judge’s turn. He leaped out of his chair and onto his table, signaling the guards to bring in the accused. Lo and behold, who
did they bring in? None other than our nasty little boy, Bhalu. Bound by chains from head to toe, he was being dragged in by two big frog guards. Now, any other girl would have been happy to see this, but not Nadia. She felt sorry for her cousin, and she knew she had to do something—but what? Meanwhile, the boy was dragged to the center of the room, where the guards left him and returned to their posts. “Human boy, what do you have to say for yourself?” asked the judge. But what could Bhalu say? His mouth had been gagged. The judge did not seem to notice this. The judge continued, “Nasty boy, you have been found guilty of all charges! Kidnapping twenty-six innocent tadpoles, tying our lady squirrels’ tails to a pole, and last but not least, dumping all your trash into a nice, clean pond, when you should have dumped it in a trash can. You will pay for your evil deeds; you will be imprisoned in the deepest, darkest, hottest hole that we can find!” Then the judge banged his gavel again, and everyone cheered in support of his wise decision. “No!” cried Nadia as she ran into the arena and hugged her chained cousin. “Good frog, I implore you to let my cousin go free.” The sight of the kind girl crying brought everyone to tears, for they knew her for her many kind deeds. Even the angry judge took pity on Nadia. After much thinking, the judge said, “Your cousin will be freed, but on one condition: you must complete the three tasks that we shall assign to you.” “Yes, my lord, I accept this condition,” said Nadia, wiping away her tears. Then the judge said, “The tasks are not easy; first, you will clean our pond, freeing it
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from all the trash that has been dumped there, but beware, the pond should be so clean that you can see your reflection in the water.” “Agreed. And what is the second task, my lord?” inquired Nadia. “To feed all the birds that pass by your house. If even one bird passes by hungry or does not eat his share, you will fail in this task.” “Agreed, my lord. And the last task?” asked Nadia. “The last one is the most difficult. You will free the plants in this garden from the hoard of cockroaches that are gnawing on their roots. Beware, you must not use any chemicals, and if even one cockroach or egg is left, you shall fail in this task. However, should you succeed, then not only will you win your cousin’s freedom but you will be well rewarded for your good deeds.” And before Nadia could say, “Agreed, my lord,” she found herself back in her aunt’s garden, sitting under the Great, Old Banyan Tree. Nadia knew that there was no way she could complete all these tasks, and she began to cry. “What ails you, young girl?” a sweet voice asked. Nadia could not tell who was speaking to her, for she could see no one nearby. Then, again, she heard the sweet voice ask, “What ails you, my little girl?” She was still unable to see anyone except for the Great, Old Banyan Tree. So, Nadia said to the tree, “O kind Banyan Tree, as miserable as I am…” and she narrated her sad story, but mentioned only the first task that she was required to complete. She feared that mentioning all the tasks might scare the tree. After hearing her story, the Great, Old Banyan Tree replied, “Little girl, do not worry. I will help you, for you have been very kind. But you will have to do exactly what I tell you to do.”
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