The peacock

One day I and my mother went for our nature walk. We went up to a rock we called council rock, because it was a big rock like the one in the Mougli movie. Just as we were reaching it we heard the call of the peacock Meow meow. It was so close. As we came closer I saw the outline of a peacock. It was not too far away but as it was late we could just see its outline. It was walking. It looked so beautiful.

Snake in our garden

Snake in our garden
We have had a type of snake in our garden two times. It is a snake with black and white bands. This snake is called the common krait.
Once we were returning from our nature walk and I saw the house cat pawing at something. It was a baby common krait. The cat almost killed it. Then my father put a kundi on top of the snake and killed it.
Another time our neighbors were shouting “snake snake”. We went to look. We saw a baby common krait. My father killed it.
I was searching my cat so I kicked the scooter’s cover and something cold touched my foot. I looked and I saw a snake had fallen on the ground. It was a snake with black and white bands. It was a baby common krait. It was really tiny. My father killed it.

Common kraits are very venomous snakes. There are one of India’s four venomous snakes. The four venomous snakes of India is the cobra, saw scale viper, the rustles viper and the common krait. These are four snakes that are incredibly venomous.
The common krait comes out at night.

The paradise fly catcher

The paradise fly catcher is a bird with a white body and a bluish black crown.
Sometimes these birds come to our house. A few times I spotted them. They are extremely beautiful.
Once I my mother and father went to a place in Mahableshwar called Lingmala. It is a beautiful forest. I was cycling on my cycle when I saw a bird. It was the paradise fly catcher. I called my parents and they saw it.

Mystic and the Midnight Ride

Mystic and the Midnight Ride is written by Stacy Gregg. It is one of my favorite books. It is a book about horses.
Isadora Brown [for short Issie] is the main character of the book. She loves horses. She has a horse named Mystic and she is a member of the Chevalier Point Pony club where she trains for gymkhanas.
Then an accident happens and her horse Mystic dies. She is dejected.
And then she gets a new abandoned pony that has been mistreated. She names the pony Blaze. Will she be able to treat this new pony back to strength?
The pony turns out to be very hot-headed. Will Issie be able to train this spirited pony?
And then some people try to steal Blaze. Will Issie be able to save Blaze?
This is one of my favorite books. It is really captivating. It is an interesting story. It is interesting to find out how Issie saves Blaze from being stolen.

Our visit to Gureghar

One day I and my mother decided to go for a nature walk in Gureghar, a forest in Panchgani-Mahableshwar plateau. It is a thick forest with dense and leafy undergrowth.

We were walking in Gureghar forest when I saw a snake Slither on the forest floor. I said “snake snake”. My mother looked but the snake slithered away so fast that she had no time to see it. It was a long snake and I guess it was thick. The shake was a dark blackish brown colour. Maybe it was a cobra.
After that we came to a stream. Last time we had come to Gureghar we had followed this stream. But my mother hadn’t enjoyed it so this time only I followed the stream. It was wonderful. The branches were low and it was fun to walk in the water of the stream. Only bad thing was that I spoiled my trouser. I went further than when we had gone before. Finally my mother got worried for me and called me back.
We continued our walk. As we were walking we saw a group of buffalos. My mother is scared of all animals including buffalos. I am also scared of buffalos but I insisted that we continue because I did not want to turn back and we also couldn’t wait till they go. We continued. At times it was scary. Once a buffalo took a few steps towards us and looked at us. We got very scared. We walked as fast as possible. But we escaped. The buffalos didn’t charge at us.
We were walking farther away from the buffalos when we heard a grunt and then heard a creature crashing in the bushes. I and my mother got behind some bushes and we stayed very still. Then we heard another grunt and then silence. The creature then went away. The creature mostly was a wild pig because the noise we heard sounded like grunts. We continued the walk feeling a bit scared.
As we continued our walk we saw a big poodle. It was so big that it wasn’t a poodle but a pond. The water at the sides of the pond almost reached the top of my boots. In the middle of the poodle I think the water would have reached my knees.
After that we got out of the forest.

Akimbo and the lions

Akimbo and the lions is written by Alexander Mccall Smith.
Akimbo and the lions is one of my favorite books.
In this book Akimbo is the main character. He is a boy who lives in Africa.
Akimbo’s father says that there has been a lion attacking cattle in the village and he has to go to trap it. Akimbo wants to come with his father.
They make a trap to trap the lion. When they go to see if the lion has gotten trapped they realize that it was a female lion, and her cub had gotten trapped instead of her. The cub cannot live without its mother long so can Akimbo manage to raise it?
This is one of my favorite books and it is interesting. It is interesting to come to know how Akimbo manages to get the cub to drink milk.

The cobra

I and my mother go for nature walks every day.
One day on the nature walk I spotted a piece of bark lying on the middle of the path. As I came closer I discovered that it wasn’t a piece of bark but a cobra. I said “snake snake”. The cobra turned and slithered away fast. My mother had just enough time to see it.
Its body was so thick and big. The cobra was so large.
That day other people had also spotted it.

1. Cobras eat fish, frogs, toads, chicks and eggs. They also eat small mammals.

2. Cobras live for twenty years or more in the wild.

3. Cobras are at the top of the food chain. They have only two natural predators. Mongoose and man.

4. Cobras are venomous but there are not poisonous. They have venom in there sacs, but the rest of the cobra’s body is safe to eat.

Akimbo and the crocodile man

Akimbo and the crocokile man is one of my favourite books. It is written by Alexander Mccall Smith.
It is one of my favorite books. It is a story of a boy named Akimbo and a crocodile man.
John the crocodile man tags the crocodile babies. Akimbo is excited because this year he is going to help John when suddenly John gets attacked by a crocodile. There are on a island and the boat is broken. Now it is up to Akimbo to get out of the island and find help.
How will Akimbo get help?
This is one of my favorite books and the adventure is really captivating.

Egyptian pastries

I have made my own Egyptian pastries and I think you should try making some. Here I tell how to make them.
Things you will need
Wheat flour
Baking powder
Honey
Milk
Salt
Butter
Add salt and baking powder to the wheat flour. Now use your fingers to rub the butter into the mixture until it looks like fine bread crumbs. Add some honey to the mixture. Add some milk to it and kneed it up into a stiff dough. Shape the dough into balls. Then roll the balls of dough into strips. Now take each strip and coil them up into a spiral. Now sprinkle each pastry with jira seeds. Now place them on to a greased baking tray.
Now bake your pastries at 350 degrees.
Once your pastries are baked let them cool down then spread honey on them.
Now your pastries are ready.
I hope you like them.

Egyptian wall painting

Choose any Egyptian design you like. You can make animals, trees, humans and anything you like. Then you can make black outline for your picture. Now Color your Egyptian picture with pencils.
Now your Egyptian wall painting is ready.
Here I made my own Egyptian wall painting.
I made a painting of a gazelle some plants and a tree.

The last leopard

The Last Leopard is written by Lauren St John.
The Last Leopard is one of my favorite books. It is a really wonder full story of a leopard.
Martine and Ben her best friend are forced to go to the Matobo hills in Zimbabwe after an accident. There they come to know about a huge oversized leopard named Khan. Then they discover that Rex Ratcliffe and his group of hunter’s wan’t to hunt down Khan. A group of treasure seekers want to kill Khan because they believe that if the leopard Khan is dead then only can they find the treasure of an African king.
Will Martine and Ben manage to save Khan in time?
It is my favorite book and the adventure is really interesting and gripping.