BY: SNEHA, AASHI, DISHA,GUNJAN,SHARVI, SAHIL

CLASS: VI-C

Mother duck had two little baby ducklings.

Every day mother duck took her baby ducklings to the river. She said to them, “Babies, stay near me. Do not go far from me. If you go far, the fox

will eat you up.”

Every day the fox saw the baby ducklings. He wanted to eat them. But mother duck was big and strong. The fox was afraid of her.

One day mother duck and the baby ducklings went to the river. The fox saw them. He was hungry. He said, “Today I shall eat the baby

ducklings.”

The fox too went to the river. He hid behind a bush. He thought, “When

mother duck goes away, I shall eat the baby ducklings.”

The baby ducklings liked to swim. They had a jolly time in the river. Then they said, “Mother, we are hungry. We want some

frogs to eat.”

Mother duck said, “I shall go and catch some frogs. Wait for me. Do not go out of the water, or the fox will catch you.”

“Very well, mother,” said the baby ducklings . Mother but please be fast.

Mother duck went away to catch frogs. The fox saw her going. “The baby ducklings are all alone,” he said. “Now I shall eat them up.”

The baby ducklings were in the water. The fox wanted to catch them.

The fox said, “Babies, come out of the water. I shall give you frogs to eat.”

The baby ducklings said, “Mother told us not to come out of the water. So we shall stay here only.”

The fox was very angry. Then he saw a log of wood in the river. “Oh, I shall jump on the log,” he said to himself. -when the log goes near the

ducklings, I shall catch them.”

The fox jumped on the log. The log floated down the river. But it did not go near the baby ducklings. It took the fox far, far away. Now the baby

ducklings were safe.

When mother duck came back the ducklings said, “Mother, the fox wanted to catch us. He called us outside the river. But we did not get out of the water. Mother, the stupid fox jumped on a log to catch us. But the

log took him far, far away

Mother duck was very happy. She said, “I am glad the fox is gone. He will not come again now. Quack-quack ! Quack-quack !”

“Quack-quack !” said the baby ducklings. “Have you got the frogs, mother ?”

“Yes, babies,” said mother duck. She gave the babies lots of frogs to eat. The baby ducklings were very happy.

Scientific principleInvolved in it:

Wood is less dense than water , hence it floats over water.

Moving water produces currents that can move things along with it