Young Nation Magazine 23 June 2012

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C o v e r s t o r y

C o v e r s t o r y

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1: The person, who makes it, sells it. The person who buys it never uses it and the person who uses it doesn’t know who they are. What is it?

2. What always runs but never walks, often murmurs, never talks, has a bed but never sleeps, has a mouth but never eats?

3. I never was, am always to be. No one ever saw me, nor ever will. And yet I am the confidence of all, to live and breathe on this terrestrial ball. What am I?

4. At night they come with-out being fetched. By day they are lost without being stolen. What are they?

5. There was a green house. In-side the green house there was a white house. Inside the white house there was a red house. Inside the red house there were lots of babies. What is it?

6: What has a head, a tail and has no legs?

7. All about, but cannot be seen, Can be captured, cannot be held, No throat, but can be heard?

8: Until I am measured I am not known, yet how you miss me. When I have flown?

9: No sooner spoken than bro-ken. What is it?10. You use a knife to slice my head and weep beside me when

I am dead. What am I?11. From the beginning of eter-nity To the end of time and spaceTo the beginning of every endAnd the end of every place.What am I?

12. My life can be measured in hours;I serve by being devoured.Thin, I am quick; fat, I am slow.Wind is my foe.What am I?

13. I fly, yet I have no wings. I cry, yet I have no eyes. Darkness follows me; lower light I never see.14: I have hands that wave at you,Though I never say goodbye.It’s cool for you to be with me,Especially when I say, “HI.”What am I?

Answers

1. Coffin 2. A river 3. Tomorrow4. The stars 5. A watermelon 6. A penny7. The wind 8. Time 9. Silence10. Onion 11. The letter ‘e’ 12. A candle13. A cloud 14. An electric fan

RiddlesBy Sadaf Afreen

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Sea bird:

“Atlantic Puffins”Atlantic puffins are also known as ‘sea parrots’ or ‘clowns of the sea,’. Their colouring is black and white like a penguin, but the large, brightly-colour beaks, make them different from the penguin. Atlantic puffins are in fact not related to penguins at all. They are small seabirds that belong to the Alcidae (auk) family.

Interesting facts:

• Puffinslayonly1eggayear.• Theyoftenlive20yearsormore.Theoldestknownpuffinlived to be 36 years. • Apuffincommunicatesinformationinitsmannerofwalking.If the puffin is walking rapidly with its head down it is saying, “I am just passing through and don’t mean any trouble.” • Eachyear,asapuffingrowsolder,itsbeakgrowsbigger.• Apuffin’sdietcomesfromtheicydepthsoftheocean,they eat small fish. • Thelargestrecordednumberoffishinapuffin’sbeakatoncewas 62.• CurrentlyeightislandsaroundtheworldarenamedPuffinIsland–becauseoflargenumbers of puffins that live there.• GlobalpopulationofPuffinsisestimatedtobeabout6millionbirds.

Features:

• The Atlantic Puffin is mainly black above andwhite below, with grey to white cheeks, red-orange legs and colourful beak.• Itisashortandchunkydivingseabirdabout10inches in length and wingspan of 20-24 inches. • A puffin weighs about the same as a can ofCoke.• Atlantic Puffins livemost of their lives at sea,resting on the waves, in the North Atlantic Ocean. Most of the puffins are found in Iceland. • They are excellent swimmers; they usually stayunderwater for only 20 or 30 seconds and use their wings as the paddles.• Puffinscanfly,beatingtheirwings100-400beatsper minute to go high.

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Sea bird:

“Atlantic Puffins”Atlantic puffins are also known as ‘sea parrots’ or ‘clowns of the sea,’. Their colouring is black and white like a penguin, but the large, brightly-colour beaks, make them different from the penguin. Atlantic puffins are in fact not related to penguins at all. They are small seabirds that belong to the Alcidae (auk) family.

Interesting facts:

• Puffinslayonly1eggayear.• Theyoftenlive20yearsormore.Theoldestknownpuffinlived to be 36 years. • Apuffincommunicatesinformationinitsmannerofwalking.If the puffin is walking rapidly with its head down it is saying, “I am just passing through and don’t mean any trouble.” • Eachyear,asapuffingrowsolder,itsbeakgrowsbigger.• Apuffin’sdietcomesfromtheicydepthsoftheocean,they eat small fish. • Thelargestrecordednumberoffishinapuffin’sbeakatoncewas 62.• CurrentlyeightislandsaroundtheworldarenamedPuffinIsland–becauseoflargenumbers of puffins that live there.• GlobalpopulationofPuffinsisestimatedtobeabout6millionbirds.

Features:

• The Atlantic Puffin is mainly black above andwhite below, with grey to white cheeks, red-orange legs and colourful beak.• Itisashortandchunkydivingseabirdabout10inches in length and wingspan of 20-24 inches. • A puffin weighs about the same as a can ofCoke.• Atlantic Puffins livemost of their lives at sea,resting on the waves, in the North Atlantic Ocean. Most of the puffins are found in Iceland. • They are excellent swimmers; they usually stayunderwater for only 20 or 30 seconds and use their wings as the paddles.• Puffinscanfly,beatingtheirwings100-400beatsper minute to go high.

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