পাঠ করা রামধনু Article: June 29, 1999

June 29, 1999

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The place is Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey. The বছর is 1999. On May 11, after months of careful research and planning, চিরশ্যামল গুল্মবিশেষ Evans launches vegetable seedlings into the sky.

On May 18, the young scientist reports on her experiment. চিরশ্যামল গুল্মবিশেষ intends to study the effects of extra-terrestrial conditions on vegetable growth and development. She expects the seedlings to stay aloft for several weeks before returning to earth.
Her classmates are speechless.

The তারিখ is June 29. Shortly after sunrise, a member of the Billings, Montana, Moose Lodge, hiking through the Rocky Mountains, makes a startling discovery.
Robert Bernabe is in a daze when he returns to camp. All he can say for the পরবর্তি several hours is, “TURNIPS!”

All over the country, the skies fill with vegetables.

Cucumbers বৃত্ত Kalamazoo.

Lima beans loom over Levittown.

Artichokes advance on Anchorage.

Parsnips pass দ্বারা Providence.

And ব্রোকলি lands with a big bounce in চিরশ্যামল গুল্মবিশেষ Evans’s backyard.

In Ottumwa, Iowa, Tony Kramer emerges from his শস্যাগার and shouts for joy, “At last, the blue ribbon at the state fair is mine!”

দ্বারা midafternoon, all vegetables float safely to the ground.

Except for the peppers. For some reason, they need a little help.

TV news channels broadcast twenty-four-hour coverage of the “airborne vegetal event.” ফুলকপি carpets California, শাক blankets Greenwich, and arugula covers Ashtabula.
চিরশ্যামল গুল্মবিশেষ is puzzled. Arugula is not part of her experiment.

Vegetables become very big business. Peas from Peoria are shipped down the Mississippi to Mobile in exchange for eggplant.

Real estate booms in North Carolina.

Avocados bolster Vermont’s economy.

Potatoland is wisely abandoned.

The Big আপেল is renamed the Big Rutabaga.

Arugula, eggplant, avocado, and now rutabaga. As the তালিকা of vegetables that চিরশ্যামল গুল্মবিশেষ did not plant grows longer, she concludes that the giant specimens are not the results of her experiment.
আরো curious than disappointed, চিরশ্যামল গুল্মবিশেষ asks herself, “What happened to my vegetables?
“And whose ব্রোকলি is in my backyard?”

The place is the ionosphere. On June 29, the Arcturian starcuriser Alula Borealis was touring its sixth planet in four days, and the captain had just pointed out the fjords অথবা Norway off the port side.
In the galley an assistant fry cook accidentally jettisoned the entire খাবার supply. As their vegetables drifted toward the small blue planet below, everyone on board had the same thought: Where would their নৈশভোজ come from?

Snowy Day: Stories and Poems

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Sports Pages

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Sunken Treasure

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“It’s there! It’s really there!”
The rotting hull of a ship has been found on the ocean floor. Within the wreck lies a fabulous treasure.

The story of each underwater treasure hunt is different, but each goes back to the same beginning…the sinking of a ship. The story of the hunt for the Nuestra Señora de Atocha, a Spanish galleon, begins the same way.

THE ATOCHA
The Sinking

It is 1622. The Atocha with its fleet of sister ships, makes its way back from South America to Spain. The Atocha is a treasure ship, laden with gold, jewels, silver bars, and thousands of coins.
The fleet makes a...

The Bionic Bunny প্রদর্শনী

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“Good morning,” ব্যক্ত Wilbur.
“You’re late,” grumbled the director.
Wilbur had only ten মিনিট to get made up, go to Wardrobe, and finish learning his lines.

“Hold still,” ব্যক্ত Maxine, the makeup woman. “I have to make আপনি look strong and smart. It isn’t easy, আপনি know!” she joked.
With practiced skill, the Wardrobe Department transformed Wilbur into the Bionic Bunny.
First they snapped on his costume with the built-in muscles.
They tied his bionic sneakers, which made him taller.
They strapped on his bionic wristwatcher, which supposedly let him see anything anywhere.
Finally,...

Snowy Day: Stories and Poems

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WINTER MORNING
দ্বারা Ogden Nash

Winter is the king of showmen,
Turning বৃক্ষ stumps into snow men
And houses into birthday cakes
And spreading sugar over the lakes.
Smooth and clean and frost white
The world looks good enough to bite.
That’s the season to be young,
Catching snowflakes on your tongue.

Snow is snowy when it’s snowing
I’m sorry it’s slushy when it’s going.

SNOW
দ্বারা Karla Kuskin

We’ll play in the snow
And stray in the snow
And stay in the snow
In a snow-white park.
We’ll clown in the snow
And frown in the snow
Fall down in the snow
Till it’s after dark.
We’ll cook snow pies
In a big snow pan.
We’ll make snow eyes
In a round snow man.
We’ll sing snow songs
And chant snow chants
And roll in the snow
In our fat snow pants.
And when it’s time to go প্রথমপাতা to eat
We’ll have snow toes
On our frosted feet.

Sports Pages

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WATCH ME ON THE WING

Sweeper: the deeper I can play
the faster I can lay
out my traps for their fullback
moving too close to mid field.
I shine along the sidelines
from mid field
back to our goal.

I am the quickest,
sharpest,
most intelligent,
(and
most modest,) player on
my
team:
in this league.

I have the
superspeed:
I have the need to do a little
more
than play only one position. I
defend. I score. I run lik
wind
across the ভূট্টা fields of
this
town.
I am a brown tornado on a
muddy
day.
The opposition knows
I come to play with
all I bring. They
watch:

watch me on the wing.

SWEET

You are at the line. আপনি take a deep breath....

The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth

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In Ms. Frizzle’s class, we had been learning about animals’ homes for almost a month. We were pretty tired of it.
So everyone was happy when Ms. Frizzle announced, “Today we start something new.”

"We are going to study about our earth!" ব্যক্ত Ms. Frizzle. She put us to work লেখা reports about earth science.
“And for homework,” she said, “each person must find a rock and bring it to school."

But the পরবর্তি day, almost everyone had some excuse.

Only four people had done their homework. And Phil was the only one who had found a real rock.

“I guess we’ll have to go on a field trip and...

Three দ্বারা The Sea

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Lolly, মাকড়সা and Sam had a picnic on the beach.
“I’m as full as a tick,” ব্যক্ত Lolly.
“Me too,” ব্যক্ত Sam.
“Hot সারমেয় and সরবৎ always hit the spot.”

“Now for a swim,” ব্যক্ত Spider.
“Oh, no,” ব্যক্ত Lolly.
“Not so soon after lunch.”
“Rats,” ব্যক্ত Spider.

“How about a nap?” asked Sam.
“Oh, no,” ব্যক্ত the others.
“Naps are no fun at all.”
“Very true,” ব্যক্ত Sam.

“Want to hear a story?” asked Lolly.
“I brought along my reader.”
“A fine idea,” ব্যক্ত her friends.
“Then let’s begin,” ব্যক্ত Lolly.

LOLLY’S STORY

The ইঁদুর saw the cat and the dog.
“I see them,”...

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Is This A House For Hermit Crab?

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Hermit কাঁকড়া was forever growing too big for the house on his back.

It was time to find a new house. He crawled up out of the water looking for something to hide in, where he would be নিরাপদ from the pricklepine fish.
He stepped along the shore, দ্বারা the sea, in the sand...
scritch-scratch, scritch-scratch

...until he came to a rock.
Is this a house for Hermit Crab?
Turning himself around, Hermit কাঁকড়া backed his hind legs beneath the rock. The rock would not budge. It was too heavy.
So he stepped along the shore, দ্বারা the sea, in the sand...
scritch-scratch, scritch-scratch

...until he came to a rusty old...

Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie

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Martha Speaks

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Ludlow Laughs

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When Ludlow was born, everyone immediately noticed this shape:

It wasn’t a cute little dimple.
It wasn’t an adorable nose.

And as the rest of him grew and developed and changed
IT DIDN’T.
It only opened for food, an occasional Burp! and plenty of grumbling.

Ludlow worked in a complaint department.

At the end of the day, he felt grumpier than ever.
Night after night he came home, grumbling and growling, and went to bed,
But one night something happened.

Ludlow had a dream.
Not just any dream—THE FUNNIEST DREAM IN THE WORLD!!!
(Ludlow: Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!)
He giggled. He guffawed....

Tight Times

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This morning I asked Mom, “Why can’t I have a dog?”
“Not now,” she said. “Not again.”
And not to bother her when she’s busy.

So I asked Daddy, “Why can’t I have a dog? Last বছর আপনি ব্যক্ত I could have one when I was bigger. And I’m a lot bigger, see? So why not now?”

“Because of tight times,” ব্যক্ত Daddy. He ব্যক্ত I was too little to understand.
“I’m not too little,” I said.
Daddy ব্যক্ত he’d give me a shoulder ride and tell me all about it at breakfast.

He ব্যক্ত tight times are when everything keeps going up.
I had a balloon that did that once.
Daddy ব্যক্ত tight times are...

Arthur's Eyes

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This is Arthur before he got glasses.
He looked fine, but he couldn’t see very well.
Sometimes he got headaches.

Arthur had to hold his book so close that his nose got in the way.
He couldn’t see the board.
Francine had to read Arthur the problems.
“Are আপনি blind?” she always asked.
Francine got every problem right.
Arthur didn’t.

No one wanted to play with Arthur.

Arthur’s father and mother took him to the optometrist.
Dr. Iris tested Arthur’s eyes.
“You need glasses,” ব্যক্ত Dr. Iris.

Arthur tried on all kinds of frames.
He chose the ones he liked best.
“You look very handsome in your...

Miss Nelson is Back

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One Friday Miss Nelson told her class that she was going to have her tonsils out.
“I’ll be away পরবর্তি week,” she said. “And I expect আপনি to behave.”
“Yess, Miss Nelson,” ব্যক্ত the kids in 207.

But at recess it was another story.
“Wow!” ব্যক্ত the kids. “While Miss Nelson is away, we can really act up!”
“Not so fast!” ব্যক্ত a big kid from 309. “Haven’t আপনি heard of Viola Swamp?”
“Who?” ব্যক্ত Miss Nelson’s kids.

“Miss Swamp is the meanest substitute teacher in the whole world,” ব্যক্ত the big kid. “Nobody acts up when she’s around.”
“Oooh,” ব্যক্ত Miss Nelson’s...

Stellaluna

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In a warm and sultry forest far, far away, there once lived a mother ফলমূল bat and her new baby.
Oh, how Mother Bat loved her soft tiny baby. “I’ll name আপনি Stellaluna,” she crooned.
Each night, Mother Bat would carry Stellaluna clutched to her breast as she flew out to খুঁজুন for food.

One night, as Mother Bat followed the heavy scent of ripe fruit, an owl spied her. On silent wings the powerful bird swooped down upon the bats.
Dodging and shrieking, Mother Bat tried to escape, but the owl struck again and again, knocking Stellaluna into the air. Her baby wings were as limp and useless as...

Owen

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Owen

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Owen had a fuzzy yellow blanket.
He’d had it since he was a baby.
He loved it with all his heart.

“Fuzzy goes where I go,” ব্যক্ত Owen.
And Fuzzy did.
Upstairs, downstairs, in-between.
Inside, outside, upside down.

“Fuzzy likes what I like,” ব্যক্ত Owen.
And Fuzzy did.
Orange juice, আঙ্গুর juice, চকোলেট milk.
Ice cream, চিনাবাদাম butter, applesauce cake.

“Isn’t he getting a little old to be carrying that thing around?” asked Mrs. Tweezers. “Haven’t আপনি heard of the Blanket Fairy?”
Owen’s parents hadn’t.
Mrs. Tweezers filled them in.

That night Owen’s parents told Owen to put Fuzzy...

Berlioz the ভালুক

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Zum. Zum buzzz. Zum. Zum. Buzz. Berlioz had been practicing for weeks, and now just when the orchestra was going to play in the village square for a gala ball, a strange buzz was coming from his double bass.
“Why now?” Berlioz ব্যক্ত to himself.

The musicians arrived with their instruments. As Berlioz watched them climb aboard the bandwagon, all he could think about was his double bass. What if his খাদ buzzed during the ball? What if the dancers stopped dancing and laughed at him?
Zum, zum, buzz. Zum, zum, buzz, he imagined.

Berlioz picked up the reins and clucked to the mule. Off they went...