Editor: Anant Pai © India Book House Pvt. Ltd 1992 • Reprinted April, 2006 Published by India Book House Pvt. Ltd, Mahalaxmi Chambers, 5th Floor, 22, Bhulabhai Desai Road, Mumbai - 400 026. Printed at Yatisha Creations B-55, Akurli Industrial Estate Akurli Road, Kandivali (East), Mumbai -400101. Ramu Shamu, Kapish & Lillie Rap © Color Chips India Lid. TANTRI THE MANTRI ~M Readers' Choice"]— Based on a story sent by: R. Karthik 13/3, Muniswamiappa Layout Ok) Madras Road Cross, Ulsoor. Banglore-560 008.

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SIMPLE. YOU FIX A r TIME-BOMB TO HIS I BEP AND IN THE M0RH-, JNQ THERE WILL BE | vdUST A WISP OF SMOKE-

PONE. LET'S SHAKE ON IT._ THERE.THAT'S THB KING'S TENT OVER THERE . WB ARE ALL CAMPING OCTT THESE PAWS. ^

WO 30 THEV SNEAKEP INTO 7HE KING’S TEN7- THERE. THATS PONE IT. WE'LL (W6 6,THAT’S RIGHT-AND' TIME THE EXPLOSION FOR JUST AFTER TOMORROW THE KINGDOM AN HOUR. I'VE HEARD THB KING Wia NEED A NEW KING- > WRETIRBS EARLV THESE VPHS-y ss_HBH ! HEH*

r.. AND A NEW TANTRI, COME AND MANTRI. DON’T HELP ME EXPLODE FORGET ME- .THESE FIRECRACKERS. V-.-WES... WOUR MAJE6TV

SHOULPN'T OWE OF US STAY TO THEY'VE GONE.THERE'S . WATCH OVER HIS EXCELLENCY r «JUST A FEW MINUTES ►w TANTRI , YOUR MAJESTY ? ^ LEFT FOR THE BOMB TO EXPLOPE .S' NO, YOU FOOL i I NEED WO ALL TO CARRY MY PALANQUIN. I MUST RUN TO THE NEARBV LAKH. ONIW WATER. t ( AN PUT OUT Jk THE FUSE.

THE KING WHO STOPPED THE RIVER _— A FOLKTALE FROM SOUTH INDIA ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A FOOUSH K/HG WHO HAP A W/S6 PfWAH. OWE WARM SOMMER HK >HT THE KING COULP NOT SLEEP, i- -J IT MUST BE ALMOST ONE O'CLOCK

7 SO THE KING AND H/S WISE Of WAN SET OUT. AN HOUR LATER-

YOUR \ MUCH MAJESTY, BETTER. HONDO YOU FEEL NOW?

BUT I'M THIRST* LETS ' SUCH CLEAR, STOP BY THAT_v- SFWRKLING WATER? V RIVER. . WHERE DOES THIS. V RIVER FLOW? y

IT FLOWS POWN TO f OUR RIVER ' WE MUST BUT THAT KINGDOM IN FLOWING INTO STOP IT AT YOUR ^ THE EAST, WUR , .THEIR COUNTRY? .ONCE. > MAJESTY. V MAJESTY. WE'VE GOT OUR HOW FOOLISH RIVER ALL TO OUR- , CAN HE_„ < SELVES, HAVEN'T Uget ? rr 11 WILL BE WORSE N. WE ? MIKING THE MONSOON.

9 THAT EVENING THE DlWAN WENT UP TO THE TOWER FROM AFTER MIDNIGHTI WANT YOU TO WHICH THE GONG WAS SOUNP THE GONG EVERY HALF-HOUR. SOUNDED... I-- NOT EVERY HOUR, AS YOU DO NOW-

''as you \ COMMAND, . SIR. J

10 11 ITS SIX O'CLOCK { HASN'T IT HASN'T, VOUR BUT THE SUN I RISEN? WHAT MAJESTY. ^ HASN'T RISEN , PO YOU MEAN SEE FOR ■ S. AS YET. A THE SUN YOURSELF ,ij| . HASN'T V RISEN?! t II* ARD HE WAS ■ ANP AS VOU KNOW, AN6KY BECAUSE M THE SUN PASSES OVER Wf OTOPPEP THE HIS KINGDOM BEFORE KIVf K FROM FLOWING L IT COMES OVER , INTO HIS A ^ ours. itXJNTRXjr-^

13 THE K/HG LED MS MEN TO THE RIVER.

14 THE RIVER BEGAN 70 PLOW TO THE NEIGHBOURING COUNTRY AGAIN.

IT'S ALMOST .SIX O'CLOCK.THE SUN SHOUIP BE COMING YOUR PLAN UP ANY MOMENT WORKEP, YOUR ^ NOW. _^ MAJESTY. .

15 SCRIPT: LU/S TeRHAHCES • /UU3TRAT/CWS : PRAO€€P 9A7HS

THE FIRST 3/CVCLE WAS BUILT BH A HE HAP TO MOVE /T B9 PUSH/NG HIS SERAI AH, BARON PRA/S, IN' 1816. FEEr, F/RST OWE THEM THE OTHER, IT HAP HO PEPALS. -- ASA HIST THE - GROUND.

PEOPLE CAUEP H/M A MADMAN. CHILDREN -JEERED AT H/M WHEREVER HE PASSEP BH OH H/S STRANGE MACH/HE. i-It. . iL.

CYCLES WITH PEPALS F/RST /TAPE THE/R SO FRONT WHEELS WERE MADE APPEARANCE AROUND i LARGER AHP LARGER. THE CHCLE 1666. THE PEPALS SHOWN BELOW WAS \- WERE F'TTEP TO J CAUEP A PENN1- «==> THE FRONT WHEEL.V//, FARTH/NG, IH I-1 IF HOU TURNEP K/\l ENGLAND. CUOF&& THE PEDAL ONCE, f THE WHOLE FRONT L WHEEL WOULD TURN. 4

16 » the TEARS WENT 89 SOMEONE '*OuSHT OP PUT TINS THE PEPALS ' r«E CENTRE', ANOTHER /NVENTEP ■* RCUER CNA/N. THE FRONT •HE. NAS MAPS SMALLER. THE t ’'•RES HERE VAPE OP SOUP

17 FATHER, JOHN A 3FAIN WAVE.

GARDEN HOSE, FiXEP HOSE ONTO THE WHEELS...

r-v_eas-.-. • • • PUMPED AIR /NTO THEM AND SAVE THE CHCLE TO H/S EON

TOO AH tF OUR CYCLES ARE SO SAFE AND SO T^rnise ,rBfzmae£«l toE%hn9 DUMUOP. THEH MADE THE MODERN CYCIE POSS/8L~.

18

LOOKS LIKE, A LATE ENTRANT Lthat ? FOR THE COMPETITION.

HE ISN’T \ WEARING THE WHO CARES! REGULATION HE’S FABULOUS!,

I’LL HANS ON TO THIS BRANCH! PNGRATOLATIONS, VOU HAVE WON THE fWOU HAVE ALSO WON NATIONAL TRAMPO¬ A REWARP FOR < jAPTUR LINE CHAMPIONSHIP. V ING JO0MBA HERE’S VOURTROPHV. . /Mz-2?^

1 ANP ONE WOW! HE S HE IS \ / ROU'RE RIGHT. ONLV HE I OR CAPTOR KILLED THREE SHIKARI ( CAN BAG THREE AWARDS ING THE BIRDS WITH shAmbu./V WITH ONE LEAP- MAN -EATER ONE STONE.

IWMNNM rfetcdanta's ace m—A Greek Tale S, i ifti: Luis M. Fernandes Illustrations: Pradcef) Sathe A 0OLPEN / SHE IS \ APPLE.' CHASING THE APPLE- JUST AS I EXPECTED.

Bur r p/p vor TAKE °*iHC£SS UOA/& 70 OVE«’4.KE THE ~fOUTH. HE THtSgty AMOTHEK. ***><.£ HXp SHE n£A/r

26 BR THE T/ME another ATALANTA P/CKEP ONE. c UP THE APPLE...

MILANIJN HAP PN/SHEPTHE TRUE TO HER WCRP, ATALANTA MARR/EP THE HOUTH ANP THEH LIVEP HAPPILH EVER AFTER.

27

29 GANESHA! I’LL BE HOME EVEN AREN’T

f WAIT, MOTHER. LET ME FINISH yTHIS MOPAK. .

30

32 33 • • - ANP ONCE HE STARTS PO VOU ACCEPT MH I PO EATING MOCWKS, THERE’S/ V CONDITION? BUT ON \ NO WAV OF STOPPING 7 ONE V HIM. gaa CONDITION.

34 GO Hip. TWO SET OUT FROM KAILAS. WHEN THEV REACHED THE SAGE'S ASHRAM-

' NOW HERE ARE THE PALM LEAVES REAPV. TO WRITE ON. SHALL WE , -x BEGIN?

THUS BEGAN THE WRITING OF OUR GREAT SEVERAL HOURS WENT BH. SAGE V9ASA BP'C, THE V\ AH A BHARAT A . r-1 PtCTATEP AND 6ANESHA WROTE DOWN.

■■■NOT EVEN TO CATCH HIS BREATH! PAHS ANP NIGHTS WENT BH.

35 ONLH THEN PIP VUASA REHEMBEN HIS OWN CCNPITION. HE PICTATEP A PIFFICULT SENTENCE. £s&Es*\\&

AH--- WHAT'S THAT- —

BUT THE NEXT MOMENT GANESHA CONTINUEP TO

WELL. THAT’S l THE END.

WT HOUR STORH HOU KNOW WHH IS INTERESTING THOSE DIFFICULT ANP THE LANGUAGE SENTENCES WERE IS SIMPLE. BUT HERE GIVEN TO HOU, ANP THERE , THERE ^ GANESHA. ARE A FEW VERH PIFFICULT [V SENTENCES. / UTittti— _-a&y.

IT’S SIMPLE, SIR. WHH PON’T HOU OFFER ME A FEW AAOPAKS ? A

HOU MAH, GANESHA. ANP I PON’T KNOW HOW TO THANK HOU-

33 MOW, WAIT T/LL I REACH ) . I MIGHT AS 77/f TU/tTLE THEN WENT THE EPGE OF THE WELL HAVE A NAP TO THE ELEPH/jNT. FOREST WITH THIS (7 HURRy WHILE I’M T ENP AMP CALL OUT / \ UP. . v_. WAITING. ) TO YOU TO START / K ^ Tugging . ^

THE TU/tTLE WAIKEP TO WARP5 THE RIVER..

< ALL RIGHT, TINY TURTLE! PUT BE QUICK I AT THE BANK OF THE RIVER.

* HEY! WHAT'S HAPPENING?

ALL PAT LONG THE TWO MIGHTV ANIMALS TUGGEP ANP TUGGEP■ WHEN IT WAS EVENING BOTH PROPPED THE ROPE AT THE SAME TIME - fsg€\/ NOW PO YOU \ ■gWft frT V A6R£E that 1 m LBLjh STRONGER /^KSAa pm. EHM \ than you? / }

NEITHER THE ELEPHANT NOR THt ^ HIPPOPOTAMUS HAD THE ENERGY TO ANSWER HIM. BUT NEVER AGAIN PID THE TWO LAUGH AT THE TURTLE. 40 SQUIRREL NOT W>TH SUCH Baud on tha malarial providad by SHARP CLAWS! Nandini Dashmukh Script: Illustrations: ORE LEAP TAKES Lopamudra Pradeop Sathe HIM ALMOST FOUR FEE T UP THE TRUNK |KL HAVE WOU EVER OF A TREE. WILL WATCHEP A HE SUP ANP SQUIRREL ? FALLS

ISN'T HE CUTE NOW NIBBLING ■ ■ NOW GRIN PI NO HIS 4 WAN AT THE SHARP FRONT TEETH? MANGO ■■■

V IF HE POES NOT PO IT, THESE TEETH WILL GROW i LONGER THAN HIS BUSH V TAIL!

OUR SQUIRREL 'S EhES WHAT A NASTH ARE HALF-CLOSEP ANP THING TO DO! HE IS HANGING u&SHPE POWN. IS HE ■■ -PEAPr

HEHf WHAT IS THIS BOH uP TO? HE'S OUT TO HIT OUR squirrel!

41 BUT WHEN THE NAU&HTH BOH * ABOUT TO CATCH HIM, OUR FR/ENP JUMPS TO&AEETW USING HIS TAIL AS A PARACHUTE!

HEWASONLH PRE TENPINS TO BE PEA Of TRICK HE USES W.(E\ AN ENEMU/S AFTER H!.Y\!

PONE f OUR JLO FR/ENP THE S 'RONBEST, OF COURSE. WINNER/ ANP HERE ME -V OuR FRIENDS BEGIN TO PROVE THE/R STRENGTH. HER SIPS-

WHAT A FIGHT! COME ON! KEEP IT UPf V W WHAT IS SHE UP TO ? SEE HOW HARP SHE SHE PUL UNO OFF 0-0-OH> SHE'S &O/NO TO WORKS ! A LITTLE HAIR HER OWN K.HLP A VEST. JUTE AMP - • ■ WHAT'S WELL! WHAT PO,

43 MW WORD! WHAT A LIKE THESE IN TH/S NEST. UGH * PIP BEAUTIFUL NEST! WITHIN THEM BEAUTIFUL? LOOK AT THEM1 A5 DAWS SHE'LL HAVE THREE THEW’RE UGLW! THEIR EARS OR FOUR BABIES IN IT. ALL FOLDED IN, THE/R

A FORTNIGHT AFTER ^HAT THE/R EWES NHL OPEN.

L/KE THESE UTTLE ONES OUT HERE TRHIN6 TO HUNT FOR THE/R OWN FOOD.

HOU HAVE MET THE THE FLMNG SOUIRREL PALM-SQUIRREL. HERE ARE SOME OF THE OTHER SQUIRRELS WE HAVE IN OUR COUNTRW. I THE iNDAN CHANT SQUIRREL

THE HlMALA AN SQui&REl

44 THE CLEVER PRINCE-a grekk tale it PHILIP, HI MG OF MACEDONIA, ONE PAY BOUGHT A HORSE FOR A VERY LARGE SUM OF MONEY. BUT LATER WHEN ONE OF HIS MEN TR/£p TO RIPE / T

45 WHEN I TURNEP N, KIN6 OF A LARGER HIM TOWARPS THE KINGDOM THAN SUN, HE COULP NOT ^MACEDONIA. > SEE HIS SHAPOW. THAT IS WHY HE ) \ BECAME SO M h. 6ENTLE. y/-—

THE BOY WAS HOME OTHER THAN ALEXANDER. LATER KNOWN AS ALEXANDERTHESREAi. HE TOOK HIS FATHER'S WORDS SERIOUS IY AND BY THE TIME HE DIED, HE WAS MASTER OF HALF THE WORLD. AS FOR THE HORSE, HE NAMED HIM BUCEPHALUS AND RODE HIM IN ALL HIS CAMPAIGNS. IMd THE

I WISH I COULP CATCH ONE OF ' THOSE j Script: I PLUMP LUIS S CHICKENS. HS Illustrations: PRADEEP SATHE

^Ut ASHE TURNED TOGO-

“T~ ^'

47 48 ALL RIGHT. VOU MAY CATCH ONE CHICKEN. BUT ONLY ONE, . V MIND YOU. Sf THANK YOU, BROTHER ! THANK YOU. W CHAMATAKA r 16 SMART. I WONDER WHAT i THAT DOG WILL DO NOW . ^

IT'S CHAMATAKA! I MUST SAVE HE'S COMING THOSE POOR AFTER US! . CHICKENS.

HELLO THERE ! ' THAT'S TRUE...B I HEARD CHAMATAKA CAN YOU HOWL SAY THAT HE AND , LIKE HIM * k YOU WERE / \ BROTHERS... S WE ARE * WE BOTH HAVE FOUR LEGS. .AND BOTH OF US L HAVE TAILS.

LISTEN. 49 50 The secret of the dolls iLLUSTgATlONS: WM WAEERK4R THERE WAS ONCE I SHALL MAKE LOU MH A KINO WHO PEWAN, IF HOU CAN TELL NEEPEP A PENAN. , ME WHICH OF THESE l SO HE SENT FOR \THREE POLLS IS THE M ALL THE WISE MEN] \ BEST AND TrnTsS OF THE LANP ANP ik-JVHV ? — SAW THEN ONE A BH ONE. I-—K

ALIKE , HOUR . MAJESTY.

ABSOLUTELY THEN HOU\ [/?T LAST, ONE PAu A STRANGER- SURE,HOUR MAH GO. CAME TO SEE THE KING. |- . MAJE9TH. I HAVE COME TO LOOK AT THE POLLS, HOUR Lmajesth.,

ALL THE WISE MEN WHO CAME ANP SAW THE POLLS. SAID THE SAME THINS. WHEN A STRAW WAS GIVEN TO THE THE STRAW CAME OUT THROUGH THE 1

OF ONE MANV PEOPLE \ , ffl AKE^UKE THI9^L^

THEH DON’T PAH WHEN HE PUT THE STRAW ATTENTION TO WHAT OP THE SECOND DOLL, THL ■ IS SAID. WHATEVER OUT THROUGH ITS MOUTH Rfc THEH HEAR W THROUGH ONE H EAR 60ES OUT jC\ THROUGH THE . Ik^OTHER.

52 The eleven farmer Illustrations Pratap Mulick

A FARMER FOUND H/S BULL WHERE COULD HE HAVE

53 54 55 56 57 TH£ STAlKS WERE CUT WTO WAV | STRIPS AMD GLUED TOGETHER w. PAPYRUS HAD /7S FLAWS. IT SMUDGED EAS/LY. HE7 /T BECAME A PASTE MADE OF FLOUR. THE CHIEF WRITING MATER'AL OF MUC-

THIS WAS TREK' HAMMERED /HTO A TH/N SHEET AND PRIED /A' THE SU/V. SEVERAL SUCH SHEETS WERE THEM SLUED TOGETHER 70 FORM LOUS ROLLS. SOME OF THESE ROLLS WERE OVER A | HU HP RED FEET LONG?

58 SEVEN HPNPREP REARS LATER THE ARABS WHO HAP CONQuEREP A CHINESE LEARNT THE METHOP FROM THE C 7V, PERSUAPEP SOME OF THEIR ARABS. [ ' ---- PRISONERS TO PART WITH THE SECRET.

59 Why we call them NEWSPAPERS When newspapers first appeared,they were not called newspapers but the letters, NSEW were printed at the top or the paper. The letters stood for North, South, East and West and were meant to show that the information printed in the paper had been collected from all over the world. • „ JPP,C day- t*ie owner of a paper, rearranged the letters N-S-E-W to N-E-W-S and printed them at the top of the page. Now people had a word they could pronounce andViews’became a popular word That is how we got the words ‘news’ and* newspaper.’

S ,™E HINDUSTAN TIMES ES^1

STAt® ggssiiZfrsSri

^ President Pleads for Restraint in ttkkv I view: PM Making Demands ■'r'7f~r ^y-y: | FROM A... PI0TANC HOW REGAL

IARA BHAGWAT PRABHAKAR KHANOLKAR

.NOW,SHE HOW TORTUOUS BANYA, MY FAT H t; R H THE CLIMB COLLECTEP SOME At* ^ CLE6 Bt» — NOT FOR MONKEYS P LONGING TO LIKE UB.SIR.^ I 9lK SHIVAUI'B - JjSf I!/.'.:,

OF COURSE ,YOUR FATHER IS TOO WEALTHY ^ TO BOTHER ABOUT sellims THEM.^

THE TWO BOYS P!PN T KA THAT THEIR TALK HAP A/ZOO!SEP SOMEBOPY S UJTEfZEST.

IT WAS PASTM/PAI/&HT, whesy— y^fHF* \CL/MQ{TP pow/y awd restep fc IjF | HEARP A ^N. I THE TY/GHT //VA COTTAGE A4S4/RI W 50UNP... LIKE ' ©TUMBLE. .aK/»w/ r;^,.^r I 5OME0OPY I WANT TO & STUMBLING ON, SLEEP - SOMETHING.

61 WHICH Unc>. . THAT FAMOUSA SPEARP SPEAR. /V. u

..was Pic kelp UP By' BffW YOUR HISTORY. MY ANCESTOR,AMP Vf SOM . ONE OF IT’SIT fi P’P?R<=,P>?v/i=r?PRESERVEP THE SOlPiERS A IN MY FAMILY. ,3 ofouivaji'S^k^h r ARMY WAS A FOOLISH C _ •H ENOUGH TOWC HOLp ALOFT C* " THE SEVERE P f L. . HEAP OF ^ A F iULKHAN . /\-

YES.ANP THE SURE. ANP THE MAHARAJ MAM FELT CHASTI5EP SCOLPEP BUT THE SPEAR WHICH HE PRQPPEP.

FATHER WOULP SE INTERESTEP. Ig^^'COULPxl -jELE IT TL

MINUTE COME.

THE. BOV HESITATED A LITTLE, THEN FOLLOWED HIM... A MA/W ADVANCEC? W/TH A SPEAR ! I— -

fc/^QUJET!> WRITE YOUA FATHERS NAME AND . ADDRESS IvHERE. ,

NOW.WRITE AS I THE SAPHU NOW TUTlNEO TO a DICTATE... I H/S ACCOMPLICE — |-1- SfT WANT A Wy ransom of Jfs R&.20,OO0 ,

THEY HAP HOT &ONE AAR, WHEH. THE WEATHER HAS BECOME HOT AMR STUFFY.

63 THERE. WAS THUMPER IN THE AIR... WHAT* that;

WHAT’S THAT NOISE ?

'VAS RATHER ESN AY RAN /N search or Subhash ues* sanother EARTH TRE/AOR

THIS BALL PEN IS SU SMASH'S1... H coop sop ! Jm A SPEAR ! I ALL OF A SUPPEN. ANOTHER TREMOR.

65 THERE’S A WELL HERE... I MUST . CLIMB POWN. / WHERE AM I ? S. I AM A BfcJHIRST)\^|

THE COOL FRE9H WATER REV/VED SAVEP FROM H/M. THEM ALL OF A SLJP&EAJ — , PROWNIN& !. BUT WHERE S ARE THE . V STEF'S ?

DESPERATELY, eUBHASH CRAWLED THROUGH THE TUNNBl\

^THERE'S NO ENP TO THIS! I’VE J COME CKMILES! ,

MEANWH/L E, FASTER FENAY MARES HuT- A DISCOVERY ■ H/ BUT I’M euri’OCAII I MW5T RAN AWAV T

MEANWH/LE, ANOTHER. THE MAN A 6APHU '... WHAT Sv IS QUITE WAS HE POIN6 PEAP| y 2-so WHAT’S THIS MUCH „ A WRECKEP »J MONEY? CART.' (

6APHU WITH A PI ARY '...SOME APPRESSES . KLSL.IUC. s/zs/zc-yv, /ticz too! LEADER OF THE* EXPED/T/ON WAS WA/T- ,NO THERE. - —-- MUST- N T WORRY, MISTER . IF n, -sTHty'REAUVE, T^r***' -rwcVzi i BE V rJnv* FOUNP^/ . rWELLJ REMOVE HE BOPY

MORTUARY. ARE THEY PRUOS?

THE CRESTFALLEN TEACHER ONE OF THEM IS KNOWN HELPS THE /HSPECTOR TO TO US... IT IS . SOL VE THE HYS TERY OF THE . SAMBHAJIRAO PATIL’0../ PEAP SADHU’S DIARY >

SAMBHAJI ^ YES.THE BIG UNT11 RECENTLY, 'y-'N, PATIL ? /MAN WHO OWNS A GRIEF - STRICKEN /WHY?, A SUGAR MAN. V WMLL.

'RANSOM ? HOW MUCH f J

BUT THE TELEPHONE ANt? THE TELEGRAPH WERE OUT OF ORJDER..

THIS X, WSAPHU’S MEM r MUST BE HOLPING HIM FOR RANSOM...

.OR THE \ RIGHT ! ANP NO BOY HAS )MOTOR VEHICLE escapep!J has gone **-- OUT SINCE V \ EARLY MORNING.! I7| \ YOU STAY ON X. HERE. I>

...IF THE SAPHU BROUGHT HIM IN THE CART, HE HAS EITHER ALREAPY HIPPEN HIM...

MEANWHILE FASTER FEN AY ANYWAY, X CAN'T GO WAS ST/LL W THE TUNNEL. ON NOW... IT’S A PEAP , ENO {.. WHAT’S THAT?

FEEL GIPDY I’VE RUN ENOU6H... I CAN’T GO FARTHER.

70 forgetting h/s FEAR , FASTER FEN AY BECAME CURIOUS.

71 72 BUT I HEAR A HISSING V 50UNP! TWO \ BOYS |\ .THOSE] TWO ' A

AS THEY CARPIEU THEM UP UNCONSCIOUS, OTHER PEOPLE CAME WHERE ON EARTH TO HELP THEMj^ ( WERE YOU ALL THIS KL- (WATER...QUICK ! TIME? ^

73 //V /W/ CAQE, PRATARGAPH LATER PRESENTED A'O TUHHEL TO PRY//VG EYES- MAYSE, ANOTHER OF THOSE EARTH TREMORS W/TH WHICH ROY/YA 19 HOW FAMILIAR, HtC> ALL TREASURE FROM CURIOUS ANP THE GREEDY EVES.

74 I THE FOOLISH FROG ,aaV,' THERE WAS OWCE A FR06.

75

THE CROW.

Illustrations

THEH WILL BE RUNNING THIS IN AH! ^

SOT BETTER THINGS TO PO TH/IN TO WATCH A PEER RACE.

IF WE HIPE IN THIS WHAT ARE WE f VOU’RE BUSH , WE COULD GRAB WAITING FOR? LET’S) TELLING A PEER OR TWO AS . .GO. PEER MEAT IS A ME! \THEH RUN PAST. DELICIOUS! y

WHAT A ' WONDERFUL . IDEA! /

77 WHO WERE ' AREN’T VOU TO TALKING . COMING FOR TO.CHAMATAKA?, .THE SPORTS?-

' NO. I’VE N BETTER THINGS v TO PO. /

I’M SURE HE [ I ’LL CIRCLE WAS TALKING ROUNP AND TAKE TO SOMEONE. -i ANOTHER - V- LOOK. )

I HOPE THAT T HE WON’T. NOW ^WE COULP^ CROW DOESN’T/ ALL WE HAVE CATCH EVEN .COME BACK. A TO DO IS WAIT FOUR DEER ^ .<-£&. FOR THE RACE IF HOU’RE ffATmTO START A \QUICK.

78 IS Even

TIME LATER- /MUST BE RUNNING. GET REAPV, ' IN THAT CASE WE POOB-POOB- COULD CATCH EVEN CAN HEAR THEM/ PIVE OR SIX OF , PERHAPS k. COMING- A V THEM! y SEVEN!

WHAT A N RACKET THEH ARE MAKING!

79 y LET ME ©O, ^ POOB-POOB- IT'S NOT A HERD OF PEEK • - ■ IT’S A \HERD OF•• • >

HELP!

ATTENTION, EVER480DV! PLEASE CLEAR THE TRACKS FOR THE NEXT EVENT—THE RHINOCEROS RACE.

OOOOH' RHINOCEROS!

80 81 7 IN A MINUTE HE'LL BE OUT OP THE WELL ANI» . UP IN THE SKY V WHERE HE , \ BELONGS A

T PHEW! HE'S QUITE A HEAVY FELLOW!

HE TUQQEP 50 HARP THAT THE HOOK Cr07 UNSTUCK.^

' SUCCEED IN PUTTING ■VOU BACK UP THERE! , VOU SHOULP BE ^ GRATEFUL TO / AAE.

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HE PIP HOT > •EVEN KNOW ABOUT | SOMETHING C IT, WHEN I TOLP/ TO SAVE BA800CHA?/

LFT’8 GOTO KAPISH. 7HEHAU WENT MEM THE MAN60 TREE, ON A HE MAM NET FINP , BRUNCH OF WHICH HAP/SH WAS SEA7EP. vS. A WAM OUT.

BABOOCHA HAS BEEN KEPT BN A PASSENGER TRAIN. IN A CAGE ANP THE CAGE POPAMA IS TAKING IS BEING 5ENTT0 BOHBAM. THE CASE WITH HIM, ,CfiN’T WE STOP \THE train?/ THEN MOD AND HOUR MOTHER SHOULD 60NEAR THE TRAIN. WILL BE FRIGHTENED LET HOUR MUMMM 60 AND ‘STAND IN FRONT OF THE TRAIN. MOU 60 NEAR THE LU66A6E VAN.

92 THEV PUT THEIR PLAN INTO ACTION. THERE! THE TRAW IS sJCOMING. >

HA PISH JUMPED POWH TO THE LOWEST AW STARTED WAVW6 THE RED FLAG. HE HAD BRANCH OP THE MAH6Q TREE... EP THE REP CLOTH TO A STICK. \- _ BEFORE ANYONE COULP RECOVER FROM OUT CAME BABOOCHA. OH, KAPtSH 11 KNEW SHOCK. HAPISH OPENED THE POOR OF l . MOU’P COME j ca «■. rH~jr I Q XU NT0 SAVE ME-A

THEV JUMPEP PWN TO THE 6P0UHP.

AND SOON WERE IN THE IJH6LE. POPAVA, WHO WAS W ANOTHER COACH CANE TO KNOW CP HIS LOS5 ONLH F - JM FELLOW PASSENGERS. STRANGE .THE ELEPHANTS STOOP GUARP. the Monhem opened the poor of the CAGE.OUT CAME A BEAR. THEM ALL . Pi SAP^EARED WTO THE JUNGLE. /V

HE SAT UP, AN6R1 ANP UNHAPPN. IN THE JUNGLE, BABOOCHA WAS SO HAPPN THAT HE WAS 6 WING A PANCE PERFORMANCE FOR THE BENEFIT OF HIS IT WAS MM BEAR. I HAP CAU6HT IT. FRtENPsjzrammr&mtiBBUBk UAMRUINEP. /

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94 FRANK Inspiring Tales from Amar Chitra Katha

Biographies in the Amar Chitra Katha series vckananda Lokmanya Tilak Bhagat Singh vaml Chinmayananda Mahatma Gandhi I.R.D. Tata' lltoka lawaharlal Nehru Guru Gobind Singh ini uf fhansi layaprakash Narayan Rabindranath Tagore ibhash Chandra Bose Rani of Jhansi Lai Bahadur Shastri ihasahcb Ambcdkar Rani Durgavali Veer Savarkai

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