Satya, Watch Out!

Author: Yamini Vijayan

Illustrator: Vishnu M Nair
 Satya can’t stay still.

He runs and jumps and spins and rolls...

... and falls!

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 "Sit quietly for a minute!" says Appa.

"If you get hurt, don’t come crying to me," says Akka.

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"Don’t you dare break anything!" says Thaatha.

"You're disturbing the class," says his teacher.

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 But what can Satya do
if his hands and legs are always dancing?

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Today is Sunday.

It’s Satya’s favourite day of the week — the day he goes to the farm where Amma
works.

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It’s a long walk to the farm, through secret up-and-down paths, open fields, thick
forests and gently flowing streams.

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Satya hops like a hare and sprints like a deer.

"The mud is squishy. Be careful!" says Amma.

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He crawls like a centipede and slithers like a snake.

"Look out for thorns!" says Amma.

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 He swings like a spider and leaps like a langur.

"Wheeeee!"

"Use the strong branches, my little monkey," says Amma.

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He paddles like a duck and swims like a frog.

"Stay in the shallows, okay?" says Amma.

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He climbs like a lizard and jumps like a goat.

"Don’t slip!" says Amma.

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 Satya flaps his arms like wings and tries to fly away.

He imagines himself soaring and gliding like a vulture.

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Late in the evening, when the sun sets and crickets begin to hum, it’s time to go home.

Tired Satya climbs on to his mother's back. They return through the up-and-down
paths, fields, forests and streams.

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At home, Appa, Akka and Thaatha take one look at bruised and muddy Satya, and burst
into laughter.

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 Thaatha bathes him.
Appa cooks him dinner.
Akka tells him his favourite story as he falls asleep.

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In his dreams, Satya runs and jumps and spins and rolls...

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... and flies away!

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 How do they move?
Oh, the way Satya moves! Did you know that animals, birds and
insects also move in many different ways and for different
reasons?

Like us, they move mainly to find delicious food, a cozy home
and a warm family. Some of them also move to escape from
being caught and eaten by other animals.

Find out how some of these creatures move!

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Dolphins are famous for how they
leap out of water. Can you leap?

Cheetahs are the fastest land

animals. They can run really fast and
sprint too, especially when they hunt.
Can you sprint?

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Crabs can walk sideways. Can you
walk sideways?

Grasshoppers can jump really high,

especially when they want to escape
from being eaten. Can you jump
really high?

Snails crawl. Slowly. Very, very slowly.

Can you crawl slowly?

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Satya, Watch Out! Jump and crawl and climb with Satya as he goes along with his
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(English) and wonderful ways in which we move.

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