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Month: February 2023

Crocodylidae I Student Aashna Suvarna I Little Writers Program

By admin in Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Essay Writing on February 27, 2023

An original essay on Crocodile, written by our student Aashna Suvarna.

Aashna is 13 years old young writer from Mumbai. She loves music, reading and writing. We are proud to have her as a student of the Little Writers Program, an Online Creative Writing Program using Applied Storytelling & Theatre tools under the mentorship of Trainer Khusshbo Chokhaani. We congratulate Aashna for this exemplary true self-expression.

Crocodylidae

Two slit-shaped, emerald eyes with a blush of sepia crept out of the water’s surface, waiting patiently for their prey. A ripple in the waters sent these eyes in the direction of the incognizant target. Oblivious to the danger ahead in these tranquil waves, it steps its legs into the calm river. A slight movement and ripple of the water made the prey slightly terrified by this siren-like river and would definitely give the prey some chills down the spine. Just as the target lifted his head from the water, something pounced upon it. Enter the scene, the old and mean crocodile.

Many would say anger, a little less would say cunning and very few exist who would say crocodiles are patient. Their unlikeness to my aggressive nature is what attracts me to them. This patience and “strike the right chord attitude” is what years and years of their time on this plane have taught them. From seeing their dinosaurs’ pals dying to now watching their breed disappearing in the hands of poachers. Their past is too lengthy and mysterious like themselves.

To the fellow Capricorns, Capricorn is also known as the sign of the Makara, a creature believed to be half-deer, half-crocodile. A unique combination of prey and predator.  Even the Egyptian god, Sobek has a half-crocodile and half-human body.

These sociable carnivores, like their prey, find taste in scrumptious fruits. Also like their omnivore friends, dogs, they pant, or more scientifically for it, they ‘mouth gap’.  The crocodile jaw is a thing of supreme power and force. Although the muscles in their jaw are quite weak and incredibly sensitive to touch, they have one of the strongest bites in the animal kingdom.

“If that the earth could teem with woman’s tears,

Each drop she falls would prove a crocodile.”

How much ever you feel like punching Othello for his stupid jealousy at this line. But crocodiles will find another reason to punch him. For celebrating the famous phrase “crocodile tears.” It is difficult to trace the origin of this myth, but it’s easy to see why it has become so popular – for an unrepentant creature to weep over its victims is an irony that has inspired considerable prose and created a phrase that is still popular today.  But still, the fact remains that crocodiles cry tears contain proteins and minerals. The tears help keep their eyes clean. Just like most of the creatures that exist on earth do.

We all have worn Crocs at least once in our lives but guess what made the founders inspire this name from a crocodile? No, the lovely crocs you wear are not made of crocodiles. It’s just that when they looked at their clogs from the side, they resembled a crocodile snout.

Well, that’s all of my take on our lovely but extremely dangerous fellow beasts, the ‘Crocodiles’.

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The Adaptable Animal I Student Arnav Govil I Little Writers Program

By admin in Article Writing, Essay Writing, Paragraph Writing on February 21, 2023

An original essay on snake written by our student Arnav Govil.

Arnav is 12 years old young writer from Gurgaon. He is enthusiastic about Cricket. We are proud to have him as a student of the Little Writers Program, an Online Creative Writing Program using Applied Storytelling & Applied Theatre tools under the mentorship of Trainer Khusshbo Chokhaani. We congratulate Arnav for this exemplary true self-expression.

The Adaptable Animal

Imagine human beings, being the most adaptive, creative, and focused beings in this world. This seems impossible, right? Well, this may be a Utopian dream but there is someone who possesses all these qualities in the animal world. He is someone who has a skin of supple and living scales. Legless with eyes that never close or blink, even while sleeping. Known for his flickering forked tongue, a highly mobile creature, someone who will be right behind you and you wouldn’t even know about it. He can squeeze through cracks in rocks, climb vertical rock walls, climb the thinnest branch, and even swim at a very good speed. He is someone who has fangs that contain venom, capable of killing a human being. This is why we human beings are afraid of this powerful, dangerous, adaptive, creative, and responsible animal. By now you must guess it. If not, then he is who comes with a hisssssssssss – Snake.

Do you know how snakes protect themselves from their predators and how they catch their prey?  When the snake’s predator is nearby it can camouflage itself with the surrounding environment or also pretend to be dead by sticking its tongue act. This shows us the smartness and creativity of this animal. Humans must learn this trick from snakes. Snake is a master at catching its prey. It strikes out and reaches its target in about 50-90 milliseconds. That is very fast and extremely fascinating. This is what we humans need to do. We need to have complete focus on the target and act proactively.

Snakes are not only an integral part of the animal ecosystem but they also hold a strong presence in Hindu mythology. If you have ever seen a photo of the Hindu mythological Lord Shiva, you will notice he has a snake wrapped around his neck like a muffler. The name of shiva’s snake is Vasuki. It is believed that the snake represents the endless cycle of birth, death, and rebirth. Lord Shiva lives on Kailash a mountain that is very cold throughout the year. Vasuki lives around the neck of lord shiva who lives in this extremely harsh, cold, and rough environment. This proves to us that snakes are adaptable to any environment.  This is what we humans should learn from snakes, we should be adaptable to any environment. Why do we humans spend a lot of time adapting to an environment, why can’t we be like snakes? This is a question we need to ponder on and work towards a solution.

Finally, it’s important to see how this animal who has no limbs is able to catch his prey by virtue of his sharp focus. An important component of our eco-system that teaches humans the evergreen lesson to be adaptable, focused, and hardworking in order to achieve goals. Are we humans ready to be adaptable, adjustable, and completely focused beings?

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