"Attila" is a brilliant short story, written by the famous Indian author, R.K. Narayan. R.K. Narayan has depicted the story of a guard dog in this literary work.

Summary:

Attila is actually the name of the guard dog of a family. The family is worried that their dog might be not a good security guard material. They have had entrusted him with the role of protecting their property in their absence. However, Attila has turned out to be a pet dog with very timid and generous nature. He is easily wooed with good behaviour or treat. But to his fortune, the young member of the family is hellbent on supporting the innocent dog and likes to think him to be an actual guard dog.

The story takes a turn when the thief, Ranga, robs off the entire property of the family and runs off without getting a scratched from the supposed guard. If anything, Attila follows Ranga to his shelter and becomes Ranga's faithful pet. Much to Ranga's annoyance, the dog stays rooting for him wherever he goes.

The story reaches its end when the young defender of Attila sees him on the street accidentally. He thinks that the snooping detective instinct in the dog has followed the thief so that he would get caught. Attila is rewarded and honoured for his achievement even though it was not the case. Attila never wanted Ranga to be caught, in fact, he has never understood that Ranga may have done something wrong. The dog is too innocent for his own good. But, fortune helps him anyhow to regain his place in the family..

What was Patrick’s wish?

Ans: Patrick wanted the little man to do all his homework till the end of the semester, which was for 35 days.

Heterogeneous mixtures is a type of mixture in which all the components are completely mixed and all the particles can be seen under a microscope. We can easily identify the components and more than one phase can be seen by naked eyes.

khichadi  is  Heterogeneous mixtures

One day the king of that country visited the shepherd in disguise. He visited the shepherd because he had heard that the shepherd was very wise and understood people's sorrows and troubles, and helped them face their problems with courage and common sense. The new governor called to the palace because he used to carry an iron chest with him all the time and the king wanted to know the secret of that chest.

• Take a small quantity of the dal into test tube.
• Add 10 drops of water and shake the test tube.
• Using a dropper add two drops of copper sulphate solution to the test tube.
• Add 10 drops of caustic soda solution and shake the test tube.
• Observe the colour of the mixture.
• Violet colour indicates the presence of proteins in the tested food item.

Steps in making cotton yarn

1. The raw cotton is loosened and cleaned; to remove straw and dried leaves.
2. The cleaned cotton is then fed into a machine. The cotton fibre are combed, straightened and converted into a rope like structure called sliver.
3. The sliver of cotton fibre is converted into yarn by spinning using machines.

Weaving: The process of arranging two sets of yarn together to make a fabric is called weaving. The big reels of yarn are called bobbins. These bobbins are used for weaving the cloth. Cloth is woven on looms. After that they bleached and dyed to give a finish.

Knitting: Knitting can be done by hand and machine. Just two yarns are used in knitting, while more than two yarns are used in weaving. Sweater, socks, scarf and caps are knitted from the wool.

When the seeds begin to grow (or germinate) by developing roots they are called sprouts. Sprouting means the process by which seed germinate into sprouts. Some seeds that sprout is Moong, Black Gram (chana), green Gram, etc.

Diversity: Difference among people on the basis of religion, language, eating habits, etc. is called diversity.

A person may follow a particular religion, while another person may follow another religion. Different people speak different languages. Even if they speak the same language, different people among them may be speaking the same language in different accents.

People show diversity in their eating habits as well. Some people eat non-vegetarian food, while some others eat vegetarian food. For example; majority of the people from Gujarat are vegetarians. On the other hand, majority of people from West Bengal are non-vegetarians.

Computational Thinking (CT) is a problem solving process that includes a number of characteristics and dispositions. Formulating problems in a way that enables us to use a computer and other tools to help solve them. Logically organizing and analyzing data. Computational thinking is an approach to problem-solving that involves critical and logical thinking in order to solve problems, the same way a computer would. Pattern recognition is finding similarities within the problem and among other problems, using what has worked before to help you solve the task at hand.

Vitamin C is easily destroyed by excessive heat and water, as well as exposure to air. Water soluble vitamins including Vitamin B complex and Vitamin C are easily destroyed by heat. Hence it is important to cover foods while cooking.

Because different foods provide different types and amounts of key nutrients, it is important to choose a variety of foods from within each food group. As a bonus, choosing a variety of foods will help to make your meals interesting, so that you don't get bored with your diet.

There are three components of map, viz. distance, direction and symbol.

Distance: Maps are two-dimensional drawings. It reduces the entire world or a part of the world on a small sheet of paper. While making a map, cartographers pay attention to properly represent the distance between two places. This helps us in finding the actual distance between two places.

Direction: A map also contains information about directions. On most of the maps, you will usually see an upward arrow and the letter ‘N’. This shows the north direction. Once we know the north, we can easily find the other directions. North, South, East and West are the four major directions. These are called Cardinal Directions. Some maps also show the intermediate directions, viz. north-east, south-east, south-west and north-west.

Symbols: Cartographers also need to show various details; like important structures, landmarks, etc. on a map. These things are shown by some standard symbols on the map. You can understand that it is not possible to draw pictures of hospital or temple or railway line or a monument on a map because of the lack of space. Hence some conventional symbols have been made on the basis of an international agreement.

In my locality, people belonging to various regions and religions live. The list of festivals celebrated here are:

• Holi: Celebrated by Hindus
• Diwali: Celebrated by Hindus all over the country
• I’d: Celebrated by Muslims
• Christmas: Celebrated by Christians
• Ganapati: Main festival of Maharashtra
• Navratri: Main festival of Gujarat
• Pongal: Main festival of Tamil Nadu
• Onam: Main festival of Kerala
• Lohri: Main festival of Punjab