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Vol. 27
No. 292
April 2016
132 pages
Specials
Tantri the Mantri: New Age Nuisance…...........................................10-15
Two Many Cooks................................................................................28-30
Bob the Bacterium and How He Met His End…..............................34-39
(Extra) Ordinary Inventors…..............................................................40-41
Caveman Capers: Fowl Means….....................................................81-86
Caveman Classes…................................................................................87
What Were They Thinking?................................................................88-89
Stories
The Super Sleuth Mystery IX: The Trophy Perplexity…....................21-26
Today’s Junk, Tomorrow’s Treasure…...............................................42-46
Explorer: The Cat….............................................................................51-55
Defective Detectives: The Conspiracy.............................................58-63
Outsmarting the King…......................................................................64-65
Little Suppandi: First Aid Flop…...............................................................70
The Astronomical Daydreams of Galileo: Dreamers.......................…72
So, You Think You Can Prank?..........................................................76-80
Features
Alicia Souza’s Myth Buster…...................................................................16
The Super Sleuth Mystery VII: The Ruby Racket Winners.................…27
Digest Times…..........................................................................................50
What’s in a Word?…..........................................................................66-67
Invent-A-Word.....................................................................................….68
It Happened to Me 2!….....................................................................74-75
An Open Letter to Subjects....….......................................................92-93
Classic Tinkle Toons

Tinkle Classics.................….99-130
Little Suppandi Tantri the Mantri
The childhood The rotten schemes of an
exploits of Tinkle’s most evil minister who is always
beloved simpleton. attempting to overthrow his
king, Hooja.
Wall of Honour
Here are the Tinkle stars of the month!
The Defective Detectives Caveman Capers Galileo

A loony detective duo The life and times A small puppy with an
that manages to solve of a brilliant caveman astronomical imagination
cases despite fumbles inventor and his who daydreams of being
and mess-ups. dim-witted assistant. larger than life.
Dear friends,
It's exam time and once again fear has raised its ugly head.
I remember the way I used to nervously tremble before an exam,
wondering if I had done enough revision or if I had retained all
those facts and figures I had memorized. What if I didn't do well?
No one would ever talk to me again! And then I'd have to leave
school. No, leave town and go somewhere else far far away
from here! Maybe I’d go to South America where they didn’t
speak the same language and wouldn't know how badly I had
done in my exams!
All of us are prone to making leaps in this manner. Whenever we
are faced with a tough situation that demands the best from us,
our fears tend to make us leap to conclusions that have no basis
in reality. It's like saying, because the apple fell to the earth due
to gravity I should eat oranges!
But what if you could change the leap of fear into a leap of faith?
I know it isn't easy to conquer your fears in the face of a
challenge, and I might go as far as to say that it is near
impossible. But what is possible is to recognize your fears and
inhibitions and take on the challenge anyway. And in doing so,
showing faith not just in yourself but in the fact that no matter
what the outcome, you'll be okay.
When you have taken leaps of faith enough times, you will notice
that you have become far more confident and that the fears you
felt have turned into excitement. So this time when your exams
come around, feel afraid, but give them your best anyway.
Take a leap of faith. After all, it's a leap year! ;-)
Love,
Shriya
Dear friends,
There was a time when I hated eating vegetables. I found them gross,
awful and completely unnecessary. I also disliked butter. I found it too
yellow, greasy and smelly. It was another matter altogether that I
hadn’t eaten any of them even once!
I would avoid vegetables and butter at any cost. I would squirm if
they were on my plate, or make faces, and sometimes throw a
tantrum. My mother tried everything from sweet talk to threats, but
nothing worked.
One day, at the dinner table, my father saw me stabbing away at the
brinjal on my plate without putting a morsel in my mouth, and very
patiently said, “How would you behave if this brinjal was a person
you had never met?”
I couldn’t understand what he was trying to say, but I was intrigued.
He went on—
“If you’ve never tried brinjal before, how would you know if you liked it
or not? Think of it as meeting someone for the first time. Would it be
right to assume the person is good or bad without even saying hello
to them?”
For some reason, my dad’s explanation got through to me. And guess
what? I tried the brinjal. What’s more, I liked it! It even became my
favourite vegetable. From then on, I began trying everything without
judging it first. I began liking other vegetables. I tried butter too and
didn’t like it so much. But this time, I made up my mind after eating it.
New experiences in life are like butter and vegetables. So long as the
experience isn’t dangerous, give it a go without judgement. You never
know, you might just find your next favourite thing to do!
Shriya
Corrigendum: There were some errors in the feature ‘Tinkle Sports

Camp’ in Tinkle Digest 291, including the definitions of the two types
of spin bowling which were reversed. We apologize for these errors.
digest.editor@ack-media.com
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TAKE A CHANCE THIS MONTH AND TRY SOMETHING
NEW—IT MIGHT JUST CHANGE YOUR LIFE, OR MAYBE
EVEN THE WOR LD! ENJOY STORIES ABOUT RISK, BOLD
EXPERIMENTS AND CR EATIVITY IN THIS ISSUE OF
TINKLE DIGEST. HAPPY EXPERIMENTING!
A vandal ruins the awards

of a rising sports star in a
new Super Sleuth Mystery
this month. Put on your
detective hat and resolve
The Trophy Perplexity,
Page 21-26
The genius of William

Shakespeare is revealed in the
many words he invented for the
English language, as well as in
his clever ways of Outsmarting
the King, Page 64-68
Grunk and Duh embark

on one of their many
Caveman Capers as
they are challenged to
catch a notoriously
elusive jungle fowl in
Fowl Means,
Page 81-86
TANTRI the MANTRI: New Age Nuisance
Writer Pencils & Inks Colours Letters
Dushyant S. Vineet Nair Akshay Khadilkar Pranay Bendre
Extra sugar for diabetes, Dinner is served,

extra oil for cholesterol my king!
and double dessert for
obesity… perfect!
Oh! That’s just

how I like it!
Your husband ruins

my boy! Look how
fat he’s made him
with this diet!
Well, His Highness stresses out

Tantri too! All night he tosses and
turns, muttering in his sleep.
Hoki, look
at this… Perfect!
TINKLE DIGEST 292 APRIL 2016
A month of rejuvenation
at a mountain retreat!
10 @TinkleDigest Tinkle Comics Studio

And so- Greetings, brothers!
Welcome to The Temple of
Body and Soul. We hope
your month-long stay
is transformational.
Wow, this place

looks beautiful!
Are we in time
for lunch?
Ha-ha! Yes, you are,

brother. Follow me.
But-
What’s this?
Where’s all the
real food?
This is a vegan* menu,

brother. No animal was even
touched to make this meal.
So, no kebabs No malai kulfi Nooooooo!

for starters? for dessert?
No. No.
*A way of life where a person does not eat or

use any animal products, including milk and eggs 11
but, Your Majesty,
They’re killing me, Tantri! the food really is good
I won’t last a day here, if you just try it.
let alone a month!
Gak! What are you
saying Tantri?!
One month later-

Thank heavens! Take us
home quick, driver!
You gotta slow down, Maj. Your

chakras are going to misalign…
I’m Never doing Soon-

that again!
So, Tantri, what have
we missed? What’s
on our agenda?
Yoga.
If you foster
negativity, it
shall in turn
foster you,
Your Highness.
You’ve become a Yikes!

whole new man, Tantri.
I’m not very happy about
it... but if it helps you,
good for you!
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Tantri’s latest avatar had people around the palace befuddled-
What’s wrong Instead of trying to

with him? kill Hooja, he’s improving
his health!
why are we doing

this, tantri?
That month in
the mountains (Groan) I’m
was life-changing, stopping
brother. We can’t for snacks.
live trapped Men, bring in
in pettiness. the snacks!
But- Hike?! Are

you trying to kill
me, Tantri?!
No! No!
Not these!
That’s all in the

past-I mean, in
your mind, Your
Majesty. Heh-heh.
When will you be
open to trying
something new?
But you must
eat them! You
need energy
for our morning
hike tomorrow.
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Next morning- besides, How
am I to get energy
Isn’t this the most with health food?
wondrous sight?
Stop it,
Tantri! We’re
not even 15
minutes
outside Hujli!
I’m taking
a break.
Oh yes, come
here, cheese and
mayo… yesssss...
How dare you!
Especially when
I packed a
basket of fruits
and veggies.
aaarrgh! NO
MORE FRUITS!
at ch
tc h
sn
s na
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GRRRR OH dear.
SW
IPE
WHAM
And then-
I’m going back! You
can’t make me do this!
p
bum
k
kll
uuN
NKK
Wait, Your Maje-
An hour later- And so, Tantri went back-

Did I just knock Tantri, this lunch is
myself out chasing for Hooja’s Thank you,
superb! Good to have
company? And did he try to hurt My Lord!
the real you back!
me?! That’s my job! I hurt him
him!
Enough of this madness! Hope you enjoy
the rat poison
in it! Ha!
the end?
15
Thomas Edison certainly created an
electric light bulb but he wasn’t the first.
Humphrey Davy, an English inventor, was
responsible for first producing light with
electricity. He built a basic electric battery
which he connected to two carbon rods.
This created an arc of electric light. Other
inventors then attempted to improve
Davy’s original invention. So when Edison
came up with his light bulb, it was just a
practical and affordable version of Davy’s
original idea.
Invented by a Swiss chemist, Jaques Brandenberger,

cellophane paper was originally supposed to be a
cloth that repels liquid. Jacques tried to create such a
cloth by spraying a liquid waterproof coating on
viscose, a synthetic fabric. But this created a stiff
fabric that couldn’t be used as a cloth. However,

its coating easily came off and gave birth to a new
transparent material—cellophane! Today, cellophane
is used to package food, wrap candies and create
adhesive tape, and also has industrial applications.
Who knew the original invention would lead to a
whole new invention!
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The Super Sleuth Mystery IX:
The Trophy Perplexity
Aparna Sundaresan Avik Kumar Maitra Umesh Sarode Pranay Bendre
Vasudha Housing Society But-

was about to announce its
Sportsperson of the Year WHAAAT! Somebody
award in a few days- vandalized all
my awards!
Wait until you
see all the sports
awards I have won
for my society!
I’m going to win
Sportsperson
of the Year!
Akshay told his family and the president of his

society’s club house what had happened-
I’m sorry this happened, Akshay. We don’t usually lock the case since
there’s no need for that kind of security. But from now on we will.
In the meantime, you can take your trophies home and clean them.
That’s very
difficult to find
out, since a lot of
people visit the club
But who did this? house and there are
I have to know! no CCTV cameras.
Worry not, dear brother. I shall find the culprit

behind this heinous crime! I shall question each and
every person who visited the club house today!
That’s more than a hundred people,

silly! Instead, why don’t you ask my fellow
nominees? They’re all jealous of me and
have the strongest reason to spite me. Errr yes. I can
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do that too.
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And so, suspect no. 1, Leena was questioned first-
Isn’t it true that

you paint in your
free time?
Yes.
Eh… not really.

I’m more annoyed
because he won’t
And isn’t it true that you shut up about
are jealous of Akshay? winning the award.
Aha! J’accuse*! You’re annoyed First, I don’t see how

at Akshay AND you paint in your vandalizing his trophies
spare time, therefore you have will help me win the award.
vandalized his trophies! And second, I paint only
with watercolours. This
looks like oil paint.
Eh?
I think she’s telling

the truth, sis.
Hmm... we shall
see about that!
22 *I accuse!
Suspect no. 2, Sharad, was questioned next-
You! You knew you would

lose the Sportsman of the
Year award to Akshay, so
you did this to spite him! What? Are
you nuts?!
I don’t have time to engage

in these petty feuds! I’ve been
busy helping my mother with her
art exhibition. In fact, I should
be with her right now, helping
her hang her paintings at the
venue. So if you’ll excuse me,
I’ll be on my way.
Whoa! What’s Ha-ha-ha! Isn’t

with him? THIS one of your
trophies, Akshay?
What did you do?
Ha-ha! You’re
clumsier than
you look!
Never mind
him! What can
you tell us about
this, Harriet?
I didn’t
Harriet was suspect no. 3. do it!
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Okay, okay. Maybe you dropped
paint on it by accident. He-He!
What’s the big deal? You can
just wash it off.
Yes, thank you for your super

helpful input. If it was washable,
we would have done it by now.
Finally, suspect no. 4, Yes, I do. I was watching a

Mukund was questioned- documentary on artists and their
tools just yesterday. A lot of the
Oh, wow! Where did you artists talked about this particular
get that paint? It’s really paint because it’s thick, permanent,
difficult to find. None of and spreads well.
our local stationery
shops have it!
Aha! So you
recognize the paint!
Permanent! Nooo!
Yes. It’s an exclusive and Later-

expensive paint that’s available Well, that didn’t go anywhere.
in very few specialized art And now I have the extra headache
shops. That’s why I want to of figuring out how to get rid of
know where you bought it! this paint. This is awful!
Oh, I didn’t
find it. It
found me.
(Sigh)
But we can at
least make the
culprit pay for
the clean-up! And
I have a pretty
good idea who
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that is…
Who is the culprit that Sangeeta has figured out?
Circle the person and write below why they are guilty.
(A) Leena (B) Sharad
(C) Harriet (D) Mukund
This person is guilty because
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THE RUBY RACKET WINNERS
The thief was Sunaina for two reasons: one, if her baby had cried in the
middle of the night, it would have woken up at least Mrs. D’Souza, a light
sleeper, if not the other passengers, and two, she claimed she had washed her
baby at 2:30 a.m. when there was no water supply until 5 a.m.
While most of you got it right, several said she was guilty because she was a
woman and only women like jewellery. Some also said that Leo was the thief
because only men have the courage to steal and lie. Both assumptions are false.
All three suspects could have stolen the ring and sold it for a hefty sum of money.
It doesn’t matter if they were male or female.
Here are 20 sharp-eyed detectives who provided both reasons for Sunaina’s
guilt and had the most creative detective names. Congratulations! You each
receive one piece of Tinkle merchandise!*
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Walkie Talkie Srivatsan Chennai, Tamil Nadu
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Brainy Chick Tripti Agarwal Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Agent Gyaani Baba Aujaswi Mishra Noida, Uttar Pradesh
SUPPANRUBY Amiti Nagda Solapur, Maharashtra
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Agent Hanging Chandler Revant Madnani New Delhi
Rambo Solver Abhineet Agarwal Rourkela, Odisha
Agent Meteor Aditi Sikder Kolkata, West Bengal
Detective Master-Blaster Kavin Devraj Mudhaliyar Pune, Maharashtra
Case-Cracker
Butter Rhino C.U. Amitha Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Detective #trainmystrysolver Apoorv Tandon Chandigarh

Miss Musketeer Mam Mira Anwyesa Mohanty Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Detective Gina Gemstone Anuja Wagle Mumbai, Maharashtra
Agent ‘SS’ (Sam, the Spotter) Sameera Saraswathula Warangal, Karnataka
Agent Alwaysalert Aishwarya Rammohan Hyderabad
Detective Khujraaz Akshat Ghosh New Panvel, Maharashtra
Detective ICanSolveIt Dyuti Sonaal Mysore, Karnataka
ROSS 27 DO NOT CROSS DO NOT CROSS DO NOT CROSS DO NOT

Writer
Two Many Cooks
Archita Mitra
Art
Savio Mascarenhas
Letters
Pranay Bendre
One afternoon-
Let’s take
Yes! I a break, Rohit.
won again! I’m hungry.
My mother has gone to the

market, and you know my sister and so-
can’t cook to save her life!
Yuck! This must be another

one of Tulsi’s concoctions!
She must have put it on the
stove and completely
Who needs her? We forgotten about it.
can cook something
for ourselves!
That’s a marvellous
idea, Adi! I love
kheer! But I don’t

know how to make it.
It looks like milk to

me. Let’s use this to
make some kheer*.
How hard can it be?
28 *A dessert dish consisting of rice and

sugar boiled in milk or coconut milk
We’ll figure it out! Let’s
just get started.
It smells weird right
now... let’s add some vanilla
essence for fragrance.
And so-
(Sniff sniff) It smells

like a cake now.
Can’t have a sweet dish

without the sweetness!
Are you sure you aren’t

adding too much sugar? Maybe There’s nothing like ‘too
we should check the quantity much sugar’. Kheer should be
with a cookbook. sweet. What else can we add?
I found dry fruits! I know their cooking became

my mother adds some when more experimental- Some candy
she makes kheer. to give it a
little zing…
I found some bars
of chocolate.
Let’s add them as
well. Everything
tastes better with
chocolate! Yum!
and some
raw rice...
This will be the best kheer

anyone has ever made!
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Ten minutes later-
“To thin out a mixture add
This doesn’t some vegetable oil…” we
look right. It’s found our solution!
too thick.
Good thinking! We
should now taste it
to check.
Maybe we
are forgetting
something. Let’s
check my mother’s
recipe book.
Yuck! This tastes Just then-

Something’s
worse than my We are
gone wrong...
feet smell! What are you making the
two boys upto? world’s
best kheer!
You idiots! That was

the pot in which I was The starch!

boiling some starch That’s what’s
to starch my sari! wrong with it!
Awk!
Yes, boys, that’s

the only thing
that’s wrong
with it... He-he!
30 THE END
Comics about how kids think, play, eat and live around the globe
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Turkey
India
P
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In association with Skipping Stones magazine.
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Hello! You are on board the Explorer. Join us as we learn the
heart-warming story of a cat in Turkey that touched the lives
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of its adoptive family!
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BOB THE BACTERIUM
AND HOW HE MET HIS END
Shriya Ghate Avik Kumar Maitra Akshay Khadilkar Pranay Bendre
Closer!
Psst! Here!
You have
to get really
close. As close as
a microscope!
Finally! Hi!
I’m Bob the
bacterium, and
these are my Hello!
friends. Say
hello, friends! Hello!
Thanks to Reena, the

girl who was supposed
to drink her soup hot but
didn’t, I’ve been enjoying
a relaxing afternoon.
Whoa! Spoke
too soon!
Here she
comes! Runnnn!
We’re all going

to diiiieeeeee!
It’s her mom!

She’s going to heat up
the soup again before Watch oooooooouuuuuut!
serving it to Reena. Time
to sink or swim!
Hot pan!
Hot pan!
splat
But it’s good to
be alive! Some of
Eoowwwch! Hard landing! my friends weren’t
so lucky. TINKLE DIGEST 292 APRIL 2016
splat
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In today’s world, living as a
bacterium is tedious and dangerous
work. But it wasn’t always so...
’For centuries, we ruled the ’But one day in 1864, our

world. We even caused the Black world began to shake...
Plague*,
Plague our greatest achievement
thus far. What’s this!
Why dost the
earth shake?!
Great infection,
old chap. Capital!
’...and BOIL! ‘I have been running

ever since.’
It’s the
lake of fire! Save
yourselves! Jump!
36 *A pandemic in the 1300s that killed more than 75 million people

It’s all thanks
to this man-Louis
Pasteur! Ever heard the STAGNANT FOOD = ACIDS =
word pasteurization?
It comes from this BIRTH OF MICROORGANISMS
infernal busybody!
You see, for the longest
time, humans believed that
an acidic substance which
formed in unattended milk,
wine, or any food, gave rise
to microorganisms. Some even
thought we appeared out
of nowhere magically!
Ha-ha-ha-ha! can you
believe that?
’They couldn’t believe that

the air around us carries
microorganisms and that
we can travel around on
tiny dust particles-
’But in 1864-
Boiling this flask of soup

removes microorganisms from it.
If I keep it covered, unexposed to
air, no microorganisms form. But
what if I just leave this flask to
cool, exposed to the air?
’He found that if exposed to air,

the soup would once again be full
of microorganisms. This may seem
Bacteria Regiment, Attack! obvious now, but back then this was
a big discovery and settled a
long-debated issue among scientists.’
What Louis discovered was that It explained how
if a microorganism was found disease spread from one
somewhere it wasn’t supposed place to the next. But more
to be, then it had to come from importantly, it meant that
somewhere else. diseases could be stopped.
Pah! If not for such scientific

discoveries, my life would have
been very different. Your life
would’ve been very different...
How does all of this

make my life more difficult?
Well, for starters, humans
now boil everything from
water to milk to kill any
microorganisms that they
may contain. This process of
killing off bacteria
is called ’pasteurization’.
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No more
washing hands
and feet! No more
disinfectants! No
more pasteurized
milk! I would roam
free, I’d have so
many bodies to
infect, so much-
SWIFFF
Unfortunately, Bob could not finish his story as he was killed by

a cloth soaked in disinfectant. Sorry Bob, but Reena’s mom is too
much of a stickler for good health and hygiene.
THE END
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(EXTRA) ORDINARY INVENTORS
Did you know that certain inventions were created by people who had
set out to make a specific thing but instead invented something
life-changing? Here are five such inventions:
Chocolate chip cookies

Ruth Wakefield, an American
woman, and her husband owned an
inn where Ruth would prepare the
food for the guests.
One day in 1930, she was baking
butter cookies when she realised she
had run out of baker’s chocolate. This
particular chocolate, when mixed
with the dough, would melt and
infuse the cookies with a chocolate flavour.
So, she improvised and added a few chunks of a semi-sweet chocolate bar,
assuming it would do the job just as well. But to her surprise, the chunks
barely melted, and the famous chocolate chip cookie was born!
Mauve
Scientist William Perkin was trying to
create artificial quinine, an anti-malaria
drug squeezed out of a tree bark. But his
experiment failed and all he was left with
was a huge mass of thick sludge in a
unique shade of purple. He found that the

sludge coloured cloth and wouldn’t fade
or wash out. William named the sludge
mauve and it became the first-ever permanent synthetic dye. He set up a
factory and started manufacturing mauve-coloured items as this colour
became very popular in the fashion industry.
But the best part of this story is that his failed experiment inspired many more
lab experiments which eventually led to the discovery of artificial quinine.
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X-rays
Layout: Prasad Sawant

German physicist Wilhem Rontgen
was studying the path of electrical
beams via cathode ray tubes. Air
was sucked out of these tubes and a
special gas was pumped in. So
when electricity passed through
these tubes, they glowed.
Wilhelm then covered the tubes
with a black cardboard box to make
Writer: Karthika Raveendran

sure the light wouldn’t escape. However, when he turned on the
machine to let the electricity pass through, a certain chemical placed a
few feet away began emitting a glow.
This surprised Wilhelm. It turned out the cathode ray tube was also
emitting invisible light that could pass through paper, wood and even
skin. A chemical few feet away lit up, giving away the presence of these
invisible unknown rays. Wilhelm named them X-rays.
The first X-ray image he created showed that the rays couldn’t pass
through bone and metal, which gave way to X-ray imaging that doctors
use to diagnose injuries in patients to this day.
Cornflakes
John Kellogg was the chief medical
officer of a sanatorium in Michigan,
USA. His brother, William Kellogg
was the book keeper there. Both
were interested in nutrition and
health. They were looking for a more
nutritious substitute for bread for
their patients. So, they boiled wheat

to create healthy dough. But the
wheat turned into large flat flakes instead. On baking these flakes, the
brothers found an easily digestible, healthy snack alternative for their
patients. William tried the same experiment with corn, which gave
birth to cornflakes—their biggest hit. According to the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, at least one lakh packets of cornflakes were
produced and shipped out soon after their invention!
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Writer Art
Archita Mitra Sarthak Sinha
Letters
Prasad Sawant
I am so tired. My current Let’s go check

laptop is so our rooms one
And my hands five years ago! If I last time. The
are aching! use it any longer, I more stuff we
will be the laughing throw out, the
stock at school. more willing
Mum will be
to buy us
It’s for a good new stuff.
cause. Mum said
she wouldn’t buy us
new video games or
laptops until we
cleared out all
our old stuff.
Suddenly-
Anand, you It doesn’t really
will never matter! There’s no
learn to one home except
park quietly! us, remember?
Huh! Who
Did you hear that? are you?
It came from
the basement.
Let’s go check.

Wedding receptions are such a
Uh... hi, Anand. bore! You have to wear formal clothes
I am you, from that you can’t dirty, and a dozen
20 years in different relatives pull your cheeks
Is this some and ask you about your life!
the future. kind of prank?
No prank.
I am Diya from
the future.
We needed
to talk to you
both, and now
was the best
time since
our-your-
parents are Oh, you said exactly
at a wedding. what I think. I guess
we are the same.
Why are Not tell
you here? you, rather
What do request you.
you need to We want to
tell us? take some of
your stuff
back with us It’s fat
to the future. and bulky. I
have an e-book
copy that takes
up much
less space.
What? This junk?
This stuff is useless! Why

would you want it?
E-books can’t
reproduce the feel of
a book. The texture of
How can you call it useless? This was paper, the rustle of
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once your favourite book, Diya, and now pages, the fragrance
you are throwing it away? of parchment...
In the future, people have forgotten what books
feel like, so we’ve come back to get one. This book of
short stories used to belong to Dad when he was a
child, before he passed it on to me—I mean, you.
Go ahead, take the books then.
Not just the books, we

want other stuff too.
Aunty Tina
got me this
doll from
London, and Look at this
for months I handheld
carried it console!
everywhere Vintage
I went. games are in
fashion in the
future. These
Grandfather gifted me this classics cost
teddy bear on my first birthday. a fortune!
I slept with it every night.
And where is my collection of badges? I had been
collecting them since I was five. There should be
around 150 badges by now.
Fashion is fickle.
Badges will be
They are with all the other junk. back in fashion
Badges are uncool now. Nobody in six months,
wears them and they are just right along with
a waste of space. long braids and
44 hoop earrings!
I don’t see my badges as a
waste of space but as memories.
The Ricky Dormouse one was bought
on a trip to Wishland. The Suppandi
badges were bought after saving three
weeks of pocket money. And you won
the ‘I am Cool’ badge as a prize in fifth
standard. Did you also throw away your
John and Terry DVD collection?
Bah! That’s
for kids.
When you look

around this room,
all you see is junk
to get rid of for new
stuff; but five or Where is the
ten years from
now, you will see carrom board?
in them what we Are you throwing it
see—useful items away too? And
which also have what about your
precious memories. badminton racquets?
Come on, Anand.

Let’s find those
racquets and put
Umm... yeah. Disappointing! them to use.
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Half an hour later __ This is the last
round. We
must leave
I forgot how much after this.
fun this was!
Maybe it’s a good

thing you see
these as junk. Now
you won’t mind if
we take them.
No! We don’t Yeah, we promise

want to give to take care of
them away them. Don’t take
any more. them with you!
We were hoping you would

say that! It would be really Anyway, we
difficult to fit all that stuff must leave
in the time machine. now. Goodbye!
Later that afternoon __
It’s great that we decided to
keep all the stuff. I forgot
how much fun it was.
Since we won’t be
getting new video
games after all, how
about we play a game
of Ludo until Mummy
and Daddy return?
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FOOTBALL DREAMS Jaghori, Afghanistan
All 5-year-old Murtaza wanted was a Lionel Messi jersey,
but since he lived in a remote area of Afghanistan, he had
no access to sports shops. So his brother created a
makeshift jersey with a blue and white plastic bag. He then
posted a picture of Murtaza wearing this jersey on
Facebook... and it went viral with over a thousand shares!
Mu
Murtaza’s story spread so far
Writer: Karthika Raveendran Illustrations: Vineet Nair Layout: Pranay Bendre

tha it reached the Afghanistan Football
that
Fed
Federation (AFF). They were more than willing
to help him out and set up a meeting for him
wit the country’s national team. His story
with
co
continued to spread and finally reached the
Un
United Nations Children Emergency Fund
I’m not
hugging (UN
(UNICEF) whose goodwill ambassador is Lionel
myself but Me They sent Murtaza a jersey autographed
Messi!
my new
jersey! by Messi and a football with a personalised
me
message from the man himself!
ing to see a little boy’s dr
It’s heartening dream fulfilled across countries thanks to the
kindness of several people along the way.
MOONWALKING*
ALKING* COP IIndore,
d IIndia
While regular traffic policemen follow standard procedure to keep traffic in
check, Kunwar Ranjeet Singh, a traffic cop in Indore, moonwalks instead!
Ranjeet is a traffic policeman at one of the busiest intersections in Indore who
regulates vehicles with dance moves. Being a Michael Jackson fan, he is
often seen moonwalking while controlling traffic. Since he brings a different
style to traffic keeping, citizens are intrigued and end up following the rules
instead of breaking them. He has become so popular that people pass by the
intersection only to catch a glimpse of him!
Ranjeet says his moves keep him calm and stress-free amidst chaotic traffic
Write
situations. His impressive skills have won him 42

awards and 10 citations from the government nt
and private organizations. No wonder other
officers have incorporated his routine at theirr

junctions too.
Whoever said that a traffic cop’s job was No
jawalking**! only
dull and serious didn’t know Kunwar moonwalking.
Ranjeet Singh!
*a dance move where the dancer appears to be
moving forwards but is actually moving backwards
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Comics about how kids think, play, eat and live around the globe
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I travelled all the way from the US to Turkey

just to meet my grandfather’s new cat—
Helloooo! You
must be Liza! Gosh,
Open up, Dede*! you’re beautiful!
It’s me, Belle!
Well, I’m right

here, but don’t
mind me!
Ha-ha! Sorry, Liza is gorgeous, isn’t she?

Dede! But Liza But I didn’t want her in the
completely beginning, you know?
distracted me.
It’s all right. My,
you’ve grown!
What?!
Yes, I didn’t want to

care for a cat. I thought
it would be too much of
a hassle.
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*Grandfather in Turkish
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‘A friend of mine found Liza abandoned
in a park. She thought Liza would make
the perfect companion for me.
‘On her first night here, she tried to sleep in my bed. I wasn’t happy about that at all.
Hmph!
‘So I put her out in the hallway.
This is where you

sleep! Not in my bed!
‘But in the morning…’

Did you keep me

warm all night?
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She would then follow me to the
kitchen, meowing and purring, and stay That night, I couldn’t
with me until I finished cooking. All it sleep because of jet lag*
took for her was to be gentle with me, and
now I adore her with all the love my soul
can muster. She is my perfect
little Liza.
I just can’t
sleep! Maybe I
should take
a walk.
That sofa
might help.
54 *A feeling of tiredness and disorientation because of travel between different time zones
You’re so
warm, Liza.
Oh, hey, Liza. Did I

wake you up? Sorry!
She kept me company throughout the night.

Good morning, Belle!
Didn’t you like your bed?
Hmm...? No, it wasn’t like that. I

couldn’t sleep because of jet lag, so I
came here. Liza kept me company. She
was so warm and her purrs were so
soothing that I fell asleep.
Now I understand why you fell in love During my short trip, I too fell deeply in
with her. It’s like she can read your mind love with Liza. I was certain that I was
and help you with exactly what you need. in the company of a queen.
She’s amazing, Dede!
Don’t I
know it!
To me, she was not simply a cat.

She was The Cat, and there will be
no other like her!
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Defective Detectives:
Writer
The Conspiracy
Art Letters
Tushar Abhichandani Abhijeet & Prabha Kini Pranay Bendre
If someone lost and found something of theirs...
Phew, I thought
I’d lost it.
The Defective Detectives were

ready to take credit for it-
Another case
solved by the
Defective Detectives!
ugh, not again.
If someone overcame an obstacle...
It took me an hour,
but I finally solved
this tough equation!
The Defective Detectives

congratulated themselves Is there
for it- anything we
can’t solve?
100% success
blah!
rate for us!

Fed up of Rahul and Ravi, a group of students met up-
We need to do something I can’t take anymore

about those two. of Rahul and Ravi! They
need to be stopped!
I have
a plan.
The next afternoon- Captain Bluebeard, Why does that

ball have such a strange colour?
I am sure
it’s one
of those
new sports
trends,
Captain
Greenblot.
Let’s ask
the team.
After the match-

Are you thinking
Guys, why were what I’m thinking,
you playing with a Captain Greenblot?
red and blue ball?
Um... let’s go, Yes, I am, Captain

guys. We need to But what about Bluebeard. Another
meet the coach. the colour? mystery for us to solve!
Bye, Rahul
and Ravi. 59
And so, they first went to the school sports room-
Captain Bluebeard,
Captain Greenblot,
this looks like a
I wonder how high
much bigger mystery
up this goes. Is
than we thought. a
the principal
whole bag of those
also involved?
funny-looking balls!
Wow! The name of the store is

on the bag and they still can’t
figure out where it all came from!
Looks like they need a nudge...
Captain Bluebeard, I’ve

got it! These balls were
bought from SK SPORTS.
Excellent, Captain
Greenblot! What
a breakthrough!
soon-
Sir, could you

please tell us who I’m sorry. I
bought a whole bag can’t reveal
of these red and the names of
blue cricket balls? my customers.
But it is
important
that you
tell us.
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Go away, you little rascals.
Don’t waste my time.
We’ve reached a dead
Looks like he’s end! How do we get
also part of this. the information now?
These idiots think I

can’t hear them. They can’t
even see the register in
front of them, conveniently
left open! I’ll have to
do something...
Yes, Mr. Rao. You can Aha! The information

come by anytime. I have all is right in front of us.
the names and addresses
in the register.
I can’t make
it any easier
for them.
This is what good detective

work is all about!
Thank goodness! A few

I’ve got it.
more minutes with these
I’m taking down
nincompoops and I would
the address.
have lost my mind.
The Defective Detectives headed towards Captain Bluebeard,

the final stage of the mystery- we have never

Captain Greenblot, I can solved a case
feel it. We are close to this quickly.
our destination.
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Um... Captain Inside-
Greenblot, this...
this... is my house.
I don’t know what to
I know! We are make of this. How are
clearly dealing all these balls here
with a professional in my room?!
here. He’s trying to
scare us off!
This is shocking,
Captain Bluebeard!
I don’t understand
what’s happening!
you were the last one to leave this room this morning.
Is there something you want to tell me?
How dare you! I left a minute

after you! How can you accuse
me! I should be accusing you!
That’s an amateur
mistake! Why would
I leave the evidence
in my house?
Maybe because
you are
an amateur!
How dare you! Take I refuse to,
back your words! unless you take
back yours!
April Fool!
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What’s going on?! What are you Teaching you
doing here? a lesson.
What lesson? We made up a fake

mystery to stop you
two from troubling us.
Even the shopkeeper
was in on it.
Troubling you?
The two of you turn even

the simplest things into a
case and annoy us all the
time. We wanted to teach
you a lesson. Everything
is not a mystery! You two
need to stop this.
Oh... okay...
But... You know what this means, Yes, I do. This

Captain Bluebeard? fake conspiracy
was meant to
distract us from
the real case!
Sheesh! There
is no hope for
We must investigate! these two!
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Outsmarting the King
Script Pencils & Inks Colours Letters
Aparna Sundaresan Adriraj Paul Akshay Khadilkar Prasad Sawant
london, 1590s. After yet another successful show of Shakespeare’s

play ‘Richard III*’, its lead actor, Richard Burbage, who played the
titular King, was showered with applause-
Yet another
Bravo!
scintillating
Encore! performance!
Bravo! Encor Well
e! done, me!
CLAP CLAP
CLAP
“It is my wish that you attend

dressed as King Richard III, your
afterwards- most famous role. Yours truly…”
Mr. Burbage, I have

a message for you
from my mistress.
The lady wishes to Me? But of
invite you to a course! Thank Oh my! This
gala** tonight. you, my dear. lady is from
London’s foremost
Richard Burbage was a family. I must not
very popular actor then. disappoint her.
william shakespeare
was not pleased-
Well, I never! The

playwright who wrote
the play and made the
actor famous gets
not even so much as a
greeting! But the actor
who merely repeated
my words receives all Unless, of
the attention course, the King
in the world. is conquered…
64 * he was The king of England from 1483 to 1485

**Party @TinkleDigest Tinkle Comics Studio
Perfect! I
Meanwhile- shall sweep and Soon-
everyone at
RAP
the gala off
their feet!
RAP
RAP
And please tell the gentleman

Tell your mistress that William the Conqueror*
that King Richard the arrived before Richard the Third!
Third has arrived!
And shall be That voice… no!

the heart and
the soul of
the party!
Ha-ha! Tell us
another joke, William
the Conqueror!
Your new play on King

Richard is fantastic! your
stories are the best!
and so it was that richard burbage was

foiled by the witty playwright, shakespeare.
* he was The king of England from 1066 to 1087,

much before richard the third 65
What’s in a Word?
This month, we celebrate both the birth and death anniversary of playwright
William Shakespeare by taking a look at one of his greatest achievements—
enriching the English language with over 1,700 new words and phrases!
Whenever he wanted to express a sentiment but didn’t have the right word,
he simply made up a new one! He was also an expert at converting nouns to
verbs and verbs to adjectives. Here are some of his contributions:
Arch-villain
First seen in the play: Timon of Athens
What Shakespeare did: He added the prefix a‘ rch-’ ,which means more extreme
than others of the same kind, in order to describe villains who are worse than
the worst.
How it has helped us: Countless fascinating villains have been created in other
stories as a‘ rch-villains’, thanks to Shakespeare. Without him, we would never have
had Professor Moriarty as Sherlock Holmes’ arch-enemy!
Cold-blooded
First seen in the play: King John
What Shakespeare did: He put together two words that had never before been
used together.
How it has helped us: It has given us a term with two meanings-a literal one,
as in cold-blooded animals (like reptiles) who can change their body temperature
according to the climate, and a figurative one, where it means a heartless person
(for example, cold-blooded criminal).
Bedazzled
First seen in the play: The Taming of the Shrew
What Shakespeare did: This is his original invention. He used it to describe
the unique gleam of sunlight.
How it has helped us: The word now means being highly impressed by
someone, or making someone unable to think clearly. We have also borrowed it
to refer to things that have been made prettier with glitter and rhinestones—we
say they have been ‘bedazzled’.
Swagger
First seen in the play: Henry V
What Shakespeare did: He made up this word to describe arrogant
behaviour as well as a way of walking that can be used both as a noun and
a verb.
How it has helped us: Without swagger, we wouldn’t have the slang
‘swag’ which means a confident attitude or manner.
Uncomfortable
Layout: Krupa Shitole

First seen in the play: Romeo and Juliet
What Shakespeare did: He added the prefix u
‘ n-’ to the existing word
c‘ omfortable’.
How it has helped us: Shakespeare added prefixes to many words in
order to increase the number of adjectives in English. He coined this word to
use in a very dramatic situation—more dramatic than what we use it for today.
Writer: Aparna Sundaresan
Eyeball
First seen in the play: The Tempest
What Shakespeare did: This word was also entirely invented by him.
Before he made it up, people did not have a word for the round part of
their eye.
How it has helped us: Well, now we have a word! When we go to the
doctor we can tell them we need our eyeballs (and not “the round, ball-like
thing in our eye”) checked.
Invent-A-Word
Like Shakespeare, you too can create your own
words. Just follow his rule to add either a prefix or a suffix
to an existing word, and ta-dah! You have just invented
a new word!
Prefix Base Word Suffix

Com- ridicule -al
De- comedy -ence
Ex- sprint -ful
Im- victory -ment
Inter- smell -ness
Omni- crash -ship
Pre- waddle -tion
Pro- pump -ate
Re- mould -ize
Sub- blooper -able
Trans- fiddle -ous
Un- snore -ive
Some rules:
A prefix is added before a base word while a suffix is added after a base word.
Randomly pick a prefix or a suffix and add it to the base word. Make a list of
the words you create. Not all words might fit with a prefix or a suffix (like
c‘ omcomedy’ or ‘pumpal’), but when you make a word that sounds realistic (like
c‘ omedyful’ or ‘pumption’), write it down! Don’t forget to make up a meaning for it!
You need not add only a prefix or a suffix to a base word. You can add both!
Here’s an example: precrashment.
If you are adding a suffix that starts with a vowel to a base word that ends with
a vowel or ‘y’, drop the last letter of the base word and then add the suffix. So, if
you want to add -‘ize’ to victory, the final word would be ‘victorize’. Or if you
want to add -‘able’ to snore, the word would be ‘snorable’.
Play with friends and see who comes up with the wackiest and funniest words!
Little Suppandi: First Aid Flop
Story Script Pencils & Inks Colours Letters
Aparna Sundaresan Karthika Raveendran Archana Amberkar Umesh Sarode Prasad Sawant
Little Suppandi’s school was CONDUCTING a workshop on first aid-
so This is how we create

a makeshift sling in case
of a single fracture.
Now, what would

you do if you I know!
broke your arm in I know!
two places?
Yes? AWK!
I wouldn’t go
to those places
any more.
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THE ASTRONOMICAL DAYDREAMS OF
Writer
: Art Letters
Aparna Sundaresan Lavanya Naidu Pranay Bendre
So, kids, Now, what

remember are my dreams?
that if you work Let’s see…
hard and apply
yourself, you
can achieve all
your dreams.
That’s incredible!
‘I could be an architect and ‘Or I could be an automobile

build magnificent buildings. engineer and build the best cars.
‘I even have dreams of

becoming the Prime Minister my dream,
and leading the country!’ you ask? Wherever
her dreams take
her, I will be there
to take care of
her. That’s
my dream!

IT HAPPENED TO ME 2!
Funny and unusual experiences shared by
Tinkle Digest readers!
Phantom feline* © It Happened to Me 2!

I had stayed up one night to study for
my exams when I heard a wailing
sound in my room. I thought it was a
ghost and called out to my sister. We
both didn’t know what the sound was
and were scared. Our mother came to
our room and realized the sound was
coming from the wardrobe. When she
opened it, we found our neighbour’s
cat sitting there! Thanks to my mother,
we saved our ‘ghost’! * Also appeared in Tinkle Comics Studio
- Sur, 13, Coimbatore
Guilty gobblers*
My previous school usually served
mid-day meals. One day we sneaked
into the kitchen to take a peek of that
day’s meal. It was noodles! My friends
and I couldn’t resist them, so we helped

ourselves to some. But our class bully
told on us and we received a good
thrashing. In the end, we managed to
gobble only some of the food!
- Samuel Lallenpuia, 13, Aizawl
* Also appeared in Tinkle Comics Studio
74
Comedy of errors*
My parents and I were visiting the
supermarket for our monthly
grocery shopping. I looked
forward to these visits as I’d buy
myself yummy snacks. As we
were leaving, I spotted my father’s
scooter and ran to climb into it.
My parents were calling out to me
but I didn’t pay heed. It turned out
I was sitting in someone else’s
scooter! Embarrassed, I went
back to my parents. They still
tease me about the incident
whenever they spot
similar scooters!
- Thishi Mohankumar, 8, Chennai * Also appeared in Tinkle Comics Studio
Home alone
When I was five years old, my grandmother and mother left for the
market while I was watching television. As I was totally engrossed in
the programe I was watching I didn’t hear them leave. Suddenly I
realized I was alone. That’s when I heard footsteps and began to cry. It
turned out to be my mother and grandmother! They had returned from

the market.
- Vinayak Sehgal, 10, Amritsar
Illustrations: Abhijeet & Prabha Kini Layout: Prasad Sawant

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So, you think you can prank?
Story Script Pencils & Inks Colours Letters
Pooja Salvi Multiple Writers Archana Amberkar Akshay Khadilkar Prasad Sawant
Come on, Nidhi! All Ha-ha! Oh, poor you. Leave her
Now I have bottle here, Nate. She will need
you have to do is
your bottle! some water to clean herself up.
run to us and take
Run up here!
back your bottle.
Please don’t
do this!
SPLASH
Siddhi, Nate and Sagar called
themselves ‘The Pranksters’.
I’m going to
complain about
you all!
Oh, come
on! You know
we’re joking,
and we know
that you are
too! Besides, we
gave you your
bottle back.
Later- you children should know that

Cut it out, your pranks hurt your friends.
Your specs Nate. Ma’am Ma’am, we’re just
look so is here. playing around. It’s
cool, all for fun. Everyone
buddy boy. knows that.
Can I talk to you

three in private?

RRIIING
You think you’re only playing a
prank and not doing any harm, but
you're wrong. See, I don't have a
problem with pranks. It's just that
your pranks border on bullying. We need to go to our
next class, ma’am.
But ma'am, they
like it. They are
playing their part. (Sigh) There’s got to
be a way to make
them understand.
I think
I know!
During lunch break-

You’ve all come to me with
your complaints about Siddhi,
Nate and Sagar. They aren’t able
to understand what it is that Okay then. Listen
they’re doing, but together we carefully. When
can help them understand. they... bzz... bzzz...
We’re ready, ma’am!

77
The next day- Aha! Easy target! Ha-ha-ha! Look at
your shorts! it’s full
of doggie prints!
Ha-ha! Yes, I I think you

love dogs. Don’t have two Meanwhile- Oh, thanks! They
you also love of them at
dogs, Sagar? home, right? Eh?! Hey, you. are a bit torn, but
Nice shoes. so nice of you to
not notice that!
And during
lunch break- Hey, i heard you
What?! like my lunch. we
Psst! I overheard can share it!
that boy there say
What!
that he wants to eat
your lunch. He’s
going to steal it!
78
so, One day after school- Why are they being
so nice to us? It’s
Guys, I cannot begin to
taking all the fun
tell you how much these
out of our pranks!
people are annoying me!
They’re ruining our jokes. We So, they’re

must do something that will planning something
get everything back on track. big. I must warn the
kids. It’s time!
I have
an idea!
The next day-
Good morning, children!
THUD BWA-HA-HA
-HA!
Good morning, ma’am!
CRASH
BAM
79
Ha-ha! Oh, children! My
stomach is hurting!
But, but...
What a clever prank! Woohoo! That
was awesome!
You guys are

amazing! Here’s a
cake to celebrate
the occasion.
CLAP
Congratulations
on the prank!
We cannot stop
laughing! This is by CLAP
far the best you
guys have pulled!
See, that’s exactly how your

So, how do Humiliated. friends feel when you bully
you feel?
them. Do you think that’s a
Embarrassed. nice feeling to share?
No, ma’am. We’re sorry.
Hurt. We didN’T realize that
we were causing so
much trouble.
You shouldn’t
be saying
sorry to me.
We’re sorry We forgive you. Let’s GUYS, let’s not

we were so be friends. It’ll be waste any of this
mean to you. more fun that way. cake! It’s delicious!
Thank you.
80 The End
Caveman Capers: Fowl Means
Writer Art Letters
Aparna Sundaresan Abhijeet & Prabha Kini Prasad Sawant
One day in the Stone Age-
Grunk no wait for

lunch! (Slurp)
But- No meat! Grunk no

hunt for meat, so If Grunk
Yuck! What Mrs. Grunk only want meat,
eek!
this? Where make smelly soup. Grunk hunt!
meat?
And so- But at Duh’s place-

Duh want meat?!
Bah! Why Grunk Then Duh hunt!
hunt when Grunk No goofing
smart? Grunk with Grunk!
see Duh. Duh

support Grunk!
THI
K Ulp!
@TinkleDigest Tinkle Comics Studio 81

no choice. Seem
like Grunk and Duh
must hunt...with
Brawn E. Foole!
(Gulp)
soon- 50 ants long, Smashing! Brawn

Foole sir. become more
muscled everyday!
(Ahem) Brawn…
We want join your Okay! Brawn and

hunting group. Our wife friends hunt
only make smelly soup. tomorrow. Come
We want kill for meat. dumdums! Brawn
teach hunting!
Hmmm… two
dumdums! Brawn
see flabby hands
and bamboo legs
And Brawn say… Phew!
82
The following morning- So Brawn trap from
here. John jump there.
Shaun hide there…
Grunk think Brawn hunt big animal! Suddenly-
Duh no like! DIVE
Hide! Animal come!

Animal come!
That animal you want

hunt?! That… stupid bird?
Shhh! Grunk
drive away
scary bird!
S-scary? He-he-he! Ha-ha-ha! Oh, Grunk think he

smart, eh? Then
Grunk catch bird!
83
But-
Easy! Grunk show.
Oof!
(Huff puff)
THUMP
Bird, wait! Duh
Grunk not want talk!
worry! Duh
catch bird!
Pant! Pant!
Wheeze!
THONK
Inventor make wheel and

sparkles and see-far tube,
HA HA HA HA
but not catch bird. Ha!
84 Come, boys. We
track bird again.
Grunk not catch bird,
eh? Grunk show! Come
Duh! Grunk have plan.
Grunk no need Brawn.
Grunk only need brain!
Duh.
And so-
Duh LOOK!
K
PEC
RUSTLE
Hmmm… so Aha! Grunk know how
bird like catch bird! Duh, tell
grain and Brawn and group come
worm. Duh, tomorrow. We catch
make note! bird and show!
Duh!
Duh. We WILL?
85
The following morning- Grunk say thank you for
coming. Now, Grunk catch
bird but no go near bird!
Ha! Brawn say impossible!
And now bird

Grunk say see come. Watch!
invention that
catch bird.
SNAG
See, Grunk make (Slurp) Duh
trap. Grunk show. no wait to
Duh, open trap. Then eat bird!
we MAKE bird lunch!
SQUAAWWK!
PAA-KAAAK!
THE DUMMY!
Duh-whoops!
Ehe… look like
But- Grunk and Duh
SMACK
SQUAAWK!
eat smelly soup
some more days.
SLLIPP
THE END
86
CAVETMraAckNingCAnLiAmaSSES
ls
Grunk’s method
S
Search anima
animal footprint. LLook carefully. IIs
big or small size? Count toes. Some animals
have four toes (like bobcat), some five (like
skunk). If footprint show nail mark,
animal have claws. Footprint also show if
animal have thumb—this be animals that
climb trees (like monkey and raccoon). Some
animals have different size front and back
leg (like rabbit). Some animals leave tail
print also. If there be long line behind footprint, then animal have
tail that drag on ground. If tail print be on two sides of footprint,
then animal be reptile (like lizard) that sweep tail from side to side.
Now look how footprint go. Some animals lift one front leg and
opposite side back leg (like dog and cat). Some animals lift same side
front and back leg (like bear). Some animals hop (like Kangaroo), so
front and back footprint be close. Some animals (like rabbit) run and
jump, so back leg come in front of front leg. Then there be birds. Some
birds hop, so both leg footprint be together. Some birds walk like
Grunk, so one leg footprint be after other leg footprint.
If footprint look sharp and clear, it be fresh, so animal come just
little time back. If footprint look round and faint, then animal come
long time back.
Duh’s method
Duh say look for animal poop! No laughing. Poop
tell lot about animal! Poop colour, size and shape
different for different animals. If poop fresh (wet,
sticky, smelly), then animal come there just little
time back and leave poop. If poop dry, then animal
come there long time back. Break open poop with
stick. No be shy. If leaf bits be seen, animal eat
plant. Otherwise animal eat meat.
See if leaf in nearby tree or plant look chewed or
ripped. Animal like rabbit cut food with sharp
diagonal cut. Animal with hoof, like deer, hold down food and pull,
so plant have flat cut. Animal like dog and cat crush plant while
eating.
Now Grunk and Duh go tracking for bird again.
Give us good luck! 87
What Several inventions
indeed changed the world, but
were there were a few others that
reached new levels of idiocy. Here
they
are five useless inventions that
served a ridiculous purpose
Thinking?
nobody cared for:
Pet rock t didn’t need

Imagine you had a pet tha HE DID IT!
ng , gro om ing , or love, and
feeding, cleani
ever. Introducing
would stay by your side for It won’t chew
t roc k.
the perfect pet—the pe ure, pee in
you r fur nit
your slippers, break
bour’s son. It
your pool, or bite the neigh
sizes—from
comes in various shapes and t don’t
ks. Jus
tiny pebbles to huge roc
, play with you,
expect it to cuddle with you fun with you
e any
grow old with you, or hav
ver . After all, it’s jus t a rock!
whatsoe
Computer privacy scarf

Have you ever wanted complete discretion
when working on your desktop computer
or peering at your phone screen? Lo and
SHEESH!
behold, the computer privacy scarf! This
ridiculous looking product was invented to
provide complete privacy to the person
working on their computer or phone.
Thanks to the scarf, no one will have an

inkling of what you are up to on your
desktop or your phone.
What’s more, the scarf will draw
unnecessary attention to itself. So people
who weren’t curious earlier will now be,
more than ever. So much for privacy!
88
Shoe umbrella the
Before the rains arrive, get yourself
umb rella ! Kee p you r feet RIBBIT! AT
super cool shoe LEAST IT KEEPS
thes e sho es in hail , stor ms and ME DRY!
dry with
Layout: Prasad Sawant

drizzle showers.
s
There are few places that tiny umbrella
and one of them is defi nite ly
look cute
not
not over shoes! Also, did the inventor
ady wat erpr oof
realize that there are alre
shoes for the rainy season? This is why
g!
little knowledge is a dangerous thin
Illustrations: Vineet Nair

Diet water
Watch out for diet water! It clea
nses the digestive system, lends
to your skin, and keeps you hyd a glow
rated just like water, only better.
mistake water for diet water und Do not
er any circumstances (even tho
are one and the same thing) as ugh they
you might go back to gaining
We thought inventors needed calories.
to have at least a basic underst
science (fun science fact: water anding of
has no calories anyway), but silly
us!
Writer: Karthika Raveendran

Revolving ice cream cone tongue out with
m in a cone? But it can tire your
Who doesn’t like ice crea zed ice
en your wrist as well. The motori
the constant licking and can stiff enj oy you r ice
blems and lets you
cream cone solves both these pro k
con e rev olve s in an anti-clockwise direction, stic
cream lazily. As the m! No mo re has sles of me lted ice
ice crea
your tongue out and enjoy the
as
cream dripping over one’s fingers cH
OT
tak es care whoops!
the revolving mechanism P L
n is S
of that. This life-changing inventio
saver as all tha t ene rgy
a sure energy
ice
spent in holding and licking the
wh ere ,
cream can now be used else
ect ing you r
like sleeping and exp
blanket to cover you by itself...
.
Actually, this invention isn’t so bad
What do you think?
89
An open letter
to subjects
Dear subjects,
It’s not been fun. Our heads were crammed with formulae, difficult
words, sinister equations, and freaky dates for the exams only because of
you. So we’ve decided to get back at you for all that torture!
Sincerely, We won’t miss you so much.
MATHS
To people who say they like to think “outside the box”: well, I like to think
outside the quadrilateral parallelogram!
Dear maths,
Solve your own problems. Q: What did the triangle say to
Sincerely, the circle?
I am tired of solving them for you! A: “You’re pointless!”
Parallel lines have so much in common.
It’s a shame they will never meet.
Dear maths,
You’re a drama queen. An honest definition of maths:
Sincerely, The only place where people buy 64
You seriously can’t have that watermelons and nobody wonders why!
many problems
CHEMISTRY
Helium walks into a restaurant Did you hear that oxygen went on a date
and asks for a pizza. with potassium? It went OK.
The waiter refuses.
Helium doesn’t react.
What was NaCl charged with when it was arrested?
A salt.
If you are not part of the solution, If a king farts,
you are part of the precipitate. is it a noble gas?
92 I would tell you a chemistry joke, but all the good ones argon.
ENGLISH
I propose a tax on all people who choose to destroy
the English language. We’ll call it the syntax.
Knock knock. Life tip: When comforting your Englishh

Who’s there? teacher, say, “There, Their, They’re.
To.
To who? The person to crack the first ‘knock
It’s to whom! knock’ joke deserves a ‘no-bell prize.’
HISTORY
If history repeats itself, I used hate history class but now
Design & Layout: Sanjhiya Mayekar source: The internet

I am getting a dinosaur. that’s a thing of the past.
Q: How was the Roman Empire cut in half?

A: With a pair of Caesars.
GEOGRAPHY
Q: What do fish and maps have in common?
A: Scales
Q: What is smarter, longitude or latitude?
A: Longitude, because it has 360 degrees!
Q: What always sits in the corner but can move

all round the world?
A: A stamp. Q: What do you call the little rivers that
flow into the Nile?
A: Juveniles! Q: Where do fish keep their money?
A: In riverbanks.
Q: Why did the geography student drown?
A: His grades were below C-level.
93
ad e r of the Mon
Re th:
February 2016
Udhay is 13 years old and aspires to be an IAS officer

someday. He considers Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam and Nikola
Tesla as his role models. Read on to find out more about him!
The Reader of the Month contest has ended. Thank you all for your fantastic
94 responses! The final winner will be announced in the next issue.
Three words that describe me are: tall, cool and fair
My favourite thing to do is: read Tinkle
I am really good at: colouring and writing
If I could go anywhere in the world, I would go to: the North Pole
I like to eat: oranges, potatoes and biryani
Everyday after school: I watch TV and I read
I like reading about: science and technology
If I could spend a day with any Tinkle toons of my choice, they would be:
Suppandi, Shikari Shambu and Rahul & Ravi
What I’d like to see more in Tinkle Digest is: Suppandi, Defective Detectives
and Myth Busters
I should be the Reader of the Month because: my parents would then

know that I am not wasting time with Tinkle , but gaining knowledge
and improving my English vocabulary.
Our editor, Shriya says: Congratulations Udhay! You have a very

inspirational goal and we wish you all the very best!
The runners-up are Bhomik and Barna.
Bhomik Mathur is 13 years old and lives in Thane, Maharashtra. He

enjoys cooking and eating his own food, and says he reads Tinkle all the
time—while eating, studying, playing, and even sleeping!
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Two Many Cooks............................................................................
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Today’s Junk, Tomorrow’s Treasure......................................
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