Innholdsfortegnelse for March 2023 i Storytime

One morning, as they were jumping and tumbling across the meadow, they knocked over a pot hidden in the grass. The two animals were astonished to discover that it was made of gold! “Look what I found!” croaked the frog. “Think of how much I will get when I sell it!” "No, I hopped over it first!” said the rabbit. “That pot belongs to me!" The two friends began arguing and shouting at one another. In the end, the rabbit said, “I know how we can settle this argument. We’ll have a race tomorrow! The first one to run to the top of the mountain will get to keep the golden pot!” The frog agreed that this was a good idea! They decided to meet by the big maple tree…

SPOT IT! Tick off these things when you find them! Answer: There are five fish! How many blue fishes are there in this scene? Write your answer here! "Who are you?” Raj asked. The girl Looked surprised! She quickly wiped her eyes and replied, “I am the servant of the god Shiva, who is meditating over there. Do not disturb him, or he will get angry!” Raj felt sorry for her. Her Life as the servant of a shorttempered god must be very difficult! He took off his sash and used it to bandage the girl’s finger. She thanked him politely. “You should come away with me!” he told her. “You don’t seem happy here, and there are many wonderful things to be found in the world above the sea!”…

They say that after the Fourth World was drowned in a great flood, the gods remade it as the Fifth World. The new world was fertile and beautiful, with mountains and rivers and seas and animals of all kinds – but no people! “This world needs humans who will worship us!” declared Quetzalcoatl the feathered serpent-god. He decided to create them using the bones of the people who had lived before, in the Fourth World. The only problem was that the bones were in Mictlan, the Aztec underworld! It was a dark and scary place – but Quetzalcoatl was brave and determined. He summoned his dog-headed brother Xolotl, and they ventured into the underworld together. The two gods explored that gloomy realm, and after many adventures they outwitted the Lord…

“Another fine day!” she said to herself, even though it was still dark outside. “I’m going to be the best shepherdess in the world!” Bo-Peep’s sheep were not as keen to get up, though. When she banged on the door of their barn, there was a chorus of sleepy bleats. “Come on, you lazybones! There’s a whole lot of grass out there to graze!” There was a particularly grumpy baaa from Bruno. The old ram was the bellwether of the flock. He led the sheep and wore a big bell so Bo-Peep always knew where he was! Bruno didn’t like being told what to do, and he was particularly grumpy in the morning. After five minutes of cajoling, Bo-Peep convinced the flock to leave their snug barn. They set off…

“I hope I don’t catch anything!” he said to himself. “I’d rather just sit here and enjoy a quiet evening!” That was when something grabbed the hook on his fishing line and PULLED very hard indeed! “It must be a big one!” the puppet-boy gasped as held onto his rod. Something came out of the water. It seemed to be the size of a rowing boat… no, a ship… no, an island two miles across! But then Pinocchio noticed that it had huge scales, rows of mighty teeth and two great gleaming eyes. “Gosh!” he gasped. “It’s the Terrible Dogfish that once swallowed me and my dear papa!” “Ah yes, terribly sorry about that!” the huge fish rumbled. “I have been looking for you everywhere, because I have a problem!”…

“It would be wonderful if he moved away - then we could get more sunlight!” people would grumble. They were sick of living in darkness! One day, the crab decided that he wanted to return to the ocean. He slowly stood up and began crawling towards the sea. His eight legs were thicker than tree trunks, and the whole earth shook as he walked. An old man felt the land tremble, so he knew that the crab had finally moved! He ran to his home village, which lay on the coast. “The crab is coming!” he yelled to his fellow villagers. “We must build a raft, quickly!” They looked confused. “Why should we do that?” asked one of them. “Because the crab is going to the ocean!” the old man…

1 GIANT CRAB SHADOWS The giant crab casts a huge shadow! Can you spot which one is the shadow this crab would have made? 2 PRAYER PATTERNS Pasang is helping to put up new sets of prayer flags around the temple – but each set needs to follow a pattern! Colour in the blank flags so they continue the patterns! 3 FAIRY MAZE Bo-Peep has to find her way out of the forest with her sheep – and collect their tails on the way! Help her to find the path that will take her home! TEE HEE! Q. What do you call a dancing sheep? A. A baa-llerina! 4 STOMACH SUDOKU Pinocchio is sorting out the things he found in the Dogfish’s stomach! Fill in all the squares with these…

The monks in the temple were chanting, blowing horns and banging cymbals. The noise echoed down the valley. Behind the temple, Pasang could see mountains reaching towards the sky. He knew their names by heart: Tawache, Nuptse, Lhotse, Ama Dablam and Thamserku. The greatest of them all was Sagarmatha, which foreigners called Mount Everest. Far below, he could see a group of people coming up the rocky track to the village. The path was marked with brightly coloured prayer flags, which were said to bring blessings of peace to the world. The people on the path were tourists from other countries. Visitors almost always stopped at his mum and dad’s teahouse – so his parents would need his help getting ready! The boy ran down the steep mountainside, leaping from…

How to Play You will need two or more counters, two dice and the board on these pages. Download the counters from storytimemagazine.com/free – print them and cut them out! ★ The players take their counters and put them on the space marked START. ★ The aim of the game is to get to the bottom first – but this rollercoaster has some dangerous corners where you can go flying off! ★ The youngest player goes first. They can roll one dice OR two dice, and must move that many spaces down the track. If you roll one dice, you are being careful – and if you roll two, you are going as fast as you can! ★ The red parts of the board are tricky areas called DANGER ZONES.…