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KIDS ACTIVITIES 3++

COLOURING CATS 5

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MINI SUDOKU 13

KIDS STORY 8++

TOM TORTOISE’S ENERGY 31

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Welcome to the

March 2015 issue of

The Australia Times Kids

magazine.

In this issue, we have

colouring cats and

mini sudoku activities.

We also have Tom Tortoise’s

Energy story written by

Margaret James.

We hope that you will enjoy

this issue of the magazine.

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Mitochondrial disease (mito) can

affect any organ in anyone of any age.

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It is often terminal; there is no cure and

few effective treatments exist.

One Australian

child born each

week will develop

a severe or life-

threatening form

of mito.”

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SUDOKU

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HOW TO PLAY

MINI SUDOKU

Sudoku is a fun activity for people of all ages. This game

was originally designed by Howard Garns. The Sudoku

game is played on a 9×9 grid which is subdivided into

nine 3×3 mini grids. In order to reduce its complexity

for young children, the game in this book is simplied

into a 4×4 grid and it is further divided into four 2×2

mini grids.

The puzzle is set with a partially-lled grid as shown

in the top picture on the left page (Figure1). The aim

of the activity is to enter the four different numbers

(1, 2, 3 and 4) into the remaining grid cells so that each

number appears in each mini grid, column and row

(Figure 2, 3 and 4). In this workbook, children will be

taught, step by step, how to ll the empty numbers to

solve the Sudoku puzzle.

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Figure 1: Mini Sudoku

Figure 4: Each picture

appears exactly once

in each row.

Figure 2: Each number

appears exactly once

in each mini grid.

Figure 3: Each picture

appears exactly once

in each column

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Written by: Margaret James

TOM TORTOISE’S

ENERGY

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ENERGETIC THINGS TO DO

It was Tuesday morning and Tom Tortoise was reading

aloud to himself again.

‘Um-um, oooh, ooh,’ he went between every second word

of his book. He was unsure of every first word.

‘Oo-ooh, um-um,’ he tried again, getting more and more

tongue-tied. So he put the book down.

‘This won’t do,’ he mumbled to himself. Then, he thought

that maybe it would, because he’d noticed that his friends,

Roo and Magpie, no longer yawned whenever he spoke

as if they were getting terribly bored. Instead, with ears

pricked, they listened, as if he was about to say something

Very Important.

You see, Tom was very slow at talking. So slow, in fact, that

he never ever finished what he was about to say. As Roo

and Magpie were rather fast talkers, they never ever knew

the end of what he was trying to tell them, because they

always butted in. Tom Tortoise found that very annoying.

‘Perhaps reading would help,’ Roo had suggested.

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‘Yes, every Tuesday morning,’ Magpie had agreed.

‘What’s wrong with Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,

Saturday, Sunday or Monday mornings,’ Tom had asked

puzzled.

‘Because on Tuesday mornings, you old silly-billy, we are

not here to talk to you,’ Magpie had said. And with that Roo

and Magpie had laughed and laughed and laughed.

‘A nice pair of friends you are,’ grunted Tom, as he waddled

away, disgusted.

But it was Roo’s suggestion, and Magpie’s that had done

it. For now Tom found himself reading every Tuesday

morning. Tuesday morning was a very good morning to

read as his friends weren’t there to bother him. On that

morning, they always went to market.

But it was strange. For, since Tom had begun reading

every Tuesday morning, he couldn’t be bothered doing

anything else, especially Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,

Saturday, Sunday and Monday mornings. By the time the

afternoons came round, it was getting too late to do things,

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besides getting tea, watching his favourite TV program,

then getting to bed after dark.

Somehow, Tom figured out, reading was an Energetic Thing

to Do, and Tom was not used to doing energetic things.

To make matters worse, if they could get any worse, one

Tuesday morning he’d been reading a story about a man

who was very energetic. This man always had plenty of

energy to do things. As Tom read about this man in the book,

he realised that he and this man were so different. One had

Energy to Do Things, and the other had No Energy At All.

This worried Tom so much that he began to cry. Tom had

rarely cried in his life, but this morning he cried for he

couldn’t do something he dearly wanted to do: clean his

go-cart.

It was only a little thing, his go-cart, made out of four large

cotton reels and one straight board, but he never had

enough energy to clean it. Why, he’d been reading that the

man in the book cleaned his car once a week, and only took

half an hour to do it. Poor Tom, it took him half a day to get

the bucket of water ready, another half day to get the hose

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connected to the tap, another half day to find the brush

and soap, and then it took him two whole days to clean it.

He knew how long it took him, because he had made up

his mind many months before to clean his go-cart, and had

rested up for two whole weeks before he started. Then he

had to rest up for another two whole weeks after, because

cleaning his go-cart was such an Energetic Thing to Do.

So, Tom Tortoise cried and cried and cried, and because

of all his crying, there was a big puddle of water near his

feet. The book was getting all wet, too.

HOW TO HAVE ENOUGH

ENERGY TO DO THINGS

When Tom Tortoise had cried so much that he couldn’t

cry anymore, he realised he was being quite a silly-billy,

although he still felt sad about not having enough energy

to do things. It was now time for tea, time for his favourite

TV show, and time for bed. He picked up the book, which

was quite wet by now and was about to put it up on the

shelf to air when his eye fell upon the page. It read, ‘How

to Have Enough Energy to Do Things.’

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Tom Tortoise read the page enthusiastically, aloud again,

for he was only good at reading things aloud, and the page

said:

1. Have Enough Sleep - No TV,

2. Eat Plenty of Good Food - No Ice Cream,

3. Walk Everywhere - No Car.

Well, Tom Tortoise knew that he ate plenty of good food,

except on Sundays, when he bought an icecream from

the Ice Cream Man. He walked everywhere, except on

Sundays when he went for a ride on his go-cart, and as

for having enough sleep - um, that was a different matter.

For any other tortoise, ten hours sleep a night was plenty.

Tom Tortoise needed twelve hours. But he did watch his

favourite TV program, ‘The Jumping Jacks’, every night

before going to bed.

So, instead of watching TV that night, Tom Tortoise went

to bed for a thirteen hour sleep. He felt very hopeful

that in the morning he would be absolutely jumping with

energy.

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And he was

. For, when he woke at dawn, he jumped out

of bed. Then he realised he had jumped out of bed, not

just crawled out, like he usually did. Then when he put his

dressing gown and slippers on, he realised that he wasn’t

getting all mixed up with what went where. Besides, it

only took him a minute instead of ten, like usual. When he

pushed up the kitchen window, and accidentally knocked

over a pot plant from the windowsill, he didn’t say, ‘Oh

bother. I’ll fix it later.’

What did he do? He waddled outside, scooped up the

earth and the flower, put them back in the pot and then

put the pot back where it belonged, feeling quite happy

and

so energetic

too.

After he’d done all this, it was time for breakfast. And

was he hungry! With all the running around he’d done that

morning, he had an enormous appetite. But his clock said

only half past seven and he usually had breakfast at eight

o’clock. He had saved half an hour although he had done

twice as much because of all his extra energy. So he had

breakfast early.

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THE PINK FAIRY WITH

THE MAGICAL ENERGY

While washing up the breakfast dishes he realised how

thoughtful Roo had been to pick the flowers in the vase on

the windowsill.

What’s that!

Something pink was fluttering

its wings…. He went over to have a closer look. A tiny pink

fairy with a magic wand was smiling at him from amongst

the greenery.

Tom said ‘hello’ to the pink fairy, and she said ‘hello’ back, as

if tortoises and pink fairies were always the best of friends.

Then he found himself humming a merry little tune, which

went something like this:

‘Last night I wanted energy,

A little pink fairy came to me,

While asleep, she waved her wand,

And I was filled with energy,

Rum so far, so far, rum tum,

I can now have some fun.

Energy to run and jump about,

Energy to sing aloud and shout.

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Yippee, yippee, yippee, again,

Thanks to the fairy with the wand.

I’ve never felt quite like this,

I’ll never feel quite the same.’

He shouted and yelled with glee, for he was feeling so happy

that one of his lifelong ambitions had come true. And that

ambition was to have energy, and he had oodles of it that

very morning. He bounced out of the house with happiness

as if he had a large, inflated rubber balloon under him.

Outside in the sun Tom said, ‘Perfect weather for mowing

grass and cleaning go-carts.’ So he did both in an hour, and

then lay in the sun for a rest.

But the pink fairy with the magic wand seemed to be

dancing in a sunbeam before his eyes, and she seemed to

be saying, ‘Pick up a pebble, Tom.’

As Tom liked picking up pebbles and gazing at them, he

did so, and the pebble glistened in the sun. Then he picked

up another, another, and another, so before long he was

throwing pebbles onto the top of an enormous pile from

the bottom of an enormous, big hole on the other side. Tom

just could not stop himself.

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A little green door at the bottom in the side of the hole came

into view, so he stopped throwing and went over to the little

green door, which read, ‘For Ladies and Gentleman Only.’

‘I am not a lady,’ he mused, ‘but I am not a gentleman

either. A gentleman would not dig big holes like this.’

Then he sat himself down at the side of the door feeling

very dejected.

Every now and then he would gaze at the big pile of pebbles

at the top of the hole and wonder how they’d got there.

Then he remembered he’d put them there and how was

he ever going to get them back in the hole before one of his

friends, Roo or Magpie, fell in?

‘Of course, it would be unlikely that Magpie would fall in,’

he said to himself. ‘He’s always flying around, and if such

a dreadful thing should happen, he could always fly out

again.’

In a way he wished Magpie had a sore wing and whilst

hopping about on the big pile of pebbles he would fall in.

Magpie was always very good company and ever so good at

brightening Tom up when he felt sad. But, it was unlikely that

it would happen today, because Magpie had gone away.

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STRENGTH AND MUSCLE

‘Maybe tomorrow,’ Tom thought, ‘when he comes back.’

When he thought he might not see Magpie until the next

day and there was a night in between, Tom found himself

jumping up and down. On his way up, he could just see over

the great pile of little pebbles. When he put his little toe out

to catch a little bit of ground and perhaps hang on with all his

strength, his toe slipped and down to the bottom he went

again.

Up and down. Up and down. Up and down he went.

Up and down. Up and down. Up and down, and so on.

When going up for the 50

time, he yelled out, ‘Help.’

When going down for the 51

time, he yelled out ‘Help”

again. A little white rabbit poked his head out from the

little green door, ran over and just managed to catch Tom

by the tail as he was going up for the 52

time.

Up and down, up and down they went. But the rabbit could

not hold Tom down on the bottom of the great, big hole, no

matter how hard he tried.

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When they were up they were up, and when they were

down they were down. Tom thought they could never be

more down than at the bottom of the great, big hole.

‘It must be the middle of the earth,’ yelled Tom to the rabbit,

as they were going up for the 150

time, but the rabbit

yelled back, ‘No, it’s where we have tea. If only….’

Although Tom never said ‘No’ to a cup of tea, he couldn’t

stop bouncing. So up and down they went.

As they were going down for the 200

time, they both yelled

out, ‘Help!’ in very loud voices. Standing on the bottom of the

hole was a large brown wombat. And no matter how large a

wombat is, he can still be squashed by a very heavy weight,

and that’s exactly how Rabbit and Tom thought about the

situation. So they both yelled out. ‘Help!’ because they were

very frightened of squashing the wombat.

But the wombat just stood his ground, and when Rabbit

and Tom were almost on top of him, he rose up on his hind

legs, and grabbed hold of Rabbit who was holding onto

Tom, and this time they didn’t go up again. The wombat

was so heavy they all stuck fast on the bottom of the great,

big hole.

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The big brown wombat hung on with all his strength,

grunting and groaning, just to make sure they were not

going to go up again.

Rabbit asked him when he had got his breath, ‘Wh-what’s

the matter, Wombat? Did we do you any harm?’

After Wombat had grunted and groaned a few more times

and was satisfied that Rabbit and Tom were not going to

go up again, he finally let go of them, sighing satisfactorily,

‘I though I’d pulled a muscle, that’s all.’

Then Wombat added, ‘Can we have our cup of tea now,

Rabbit?’

Rabbit replied, ‘Sure,’ as if he was the boss of the party.

They asked Tom if he’d like one too, and Tom was able to

say, ‘yes,’ by this time for he got his breath back.

So, in through the little green door they all went, with

Wombat squeezing in last. Rabbit said to Tom,’ Now, you sit

there,’ and sit there Tom did on a green box while Wombat

made a pot of lovely hot tea.

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Tom Tortoise had a most wonderful chat with Rabbit about

this and that, and although Wombat didn’t say much, Tom

liked the fairy cakes, and the lovely strong tea which he

had made. So he had extra one of each, just to show his

appreciation. He decided that Rabbit and Wombat were

Very Best Friends indeed, and he must come back another

day for a visit.

Indeed, they could come to his place for a visit one day, and he

was just about to say so when he realised he would have to be

back home before anybody could visit him. He remembered

that Roo was visiting him for tea that night, and there was

that big hole on the other side of the little green door. Roo

was bound to fall into it as he always arrived early.

‘Oh, hurry, hurry,’ Tom said, jumping up from the box. He

was really only talking to himself, for there was nobody

else to hurry, when there was a loud ‘plop,’ an ‘ooch’ and an

‘ouch’ with such a carry on, on the other side of the door that

Rabbit, Wombat and Tom all said together, ‘Somebody’s

fallen in the hole.’

That was exactly what had happened for Roo popped

his head around the door, and said with a very pained

expression on his face, ‘Ouch, my tail hurts.’

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Tom helped Roo to a box and Roo attempted to sit on it, but

did not make a good job of it because his tail was so sore.

Tom, Wombat and Rabbit looked at him sympathetically,

wondering what to do for a sore tail. Then Tom remembered

his splint he had used for his own tail when it had been quite

sore after getting caught in one of the wheels of his go-cart.

So, Tom said to Roo, ‘I think your tail needs a splint and I’ve

got one at my house.’

Rabbit asked, ‘But how will you get to your house?’

Wombat said thoughtfully, ‘Roo can jump out of the hole,

and you, Tom, can come along our burrow.’

But Tom would not hear of being separated form his dear

friend, so he said, ‘I’ll climb onto your back, dear Roo, and

we can jump out together.’

As he was about to put his arms around Roo’s neck, and

climb onto his back so they could jump out together, who

should appear but the pink fairy with the magic wand.

Both Rabbit and Tom said, ‘Oh!’

Wombat said, ‘Oh no!’

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BACK TO SLOW TOM

He had never seen a pink fairy before, much less any sort of

fairy. Roo did not say anything, as he had his back turned.

The pink fairy just smiled, waved her magic wand three

times, and said,

‘Abracadabra do. Off to your house with you.’

In a flash, Roo and Tom found themselves in Tom’s living

room.

Of course, Roo could not understand what had happened,

because he hadn’t seen the pink fairy. Because of that, and

his tail hurting so much, he was all in a flurry, and he hopped

and jumped all about the living room bashing into furniture

and sending pot-plants scattering.

Tom hurriedly found the Sore Tail Splint, and two bandages,

which he tied onto Roo’s tail when he was temporarily

wedged between the piano and the piano stool.

Having his tail splinted seemed to take some of the pain

away, and Roo slowed down, then sat and asked, ‘What

happened?’ looking very puzzled.

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Tom had tried to explain to Roo what had happened, but

Roo had been jumping around too much to listen. As Tom

explained, Roo said, ‘You mean, I didn’t get to see the pink

fairy?’ And he began to cry.

Tom patted and cuddled him, then told him he was a big,

brave kanga. Roo asked, ‘you really think so?’ To which

Tom replied, ‘yes.’

Roo brightened up then and there and felt happy enough

to help Tom with getting an easy tea of toasted pawpaw

sandwiches. After that, ‘it was time for bed,’ Tom said.

Roo hopped into Tom’s bed after Tom had made it fit for a

kangaroo with a splint for his tail- he’d cut a large hole in his

blanket for Roo’s tail to go through. Roo soon was asleep.

As Tom was just about to doze off in his chair by the fire, out

of the corner of his eye he saw the little pink fairy waving

her magic wand, and saying ‘Abracadabra do. No more

energy for you.’

And that was the end of Tom’s Energetic Day.

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