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THE^:ORTNIGHTLY FOR CHILDREN FROM THE HOUSE OF AMAR CHITRA KATHA

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ATTACK FROM

OUTER SPACE Script: Prasad Iyer

Illustrations: V.B. Halbe

PLANET EARTH APPROACHING), YOUR MAJESTV.

PEEP JN SPACE PA/ ALIEN

CRAFT MAKES ITS WAV

TOWARDS OUR PLANET.

GOOD. PREPARE TO.HOVER OVER THE SURFACE AND CAPTURE

SOME SPECIMENS FOR EXAMiNA' v TfON ■ ■>

WE MUST KNOW WHAT SORT OF CREATURES INHABIT THIS WORLD BEFORE WE SET OUT /

TO CONQUER IT. /■:

WE ARE HOVERING 500METRES ABOVE THE SURFACE. >

GOOD. NOW LOOK > FOR CREATURES WECAN

CATCH WITH OUR ENERGY RAY. J

IT WILL ^ BE PONE,

MIGHT1/ KING BLINKOR.

MEANWHILE /N T/NKLELPNP, HOME OF OUR FR/ENPS — ,-^-

KEECHU,YOU’VE > BECOME VERV PALE. DON’T BE

AFRAIP-CHAMATAKA ISN’T AROUND...

HEy, KAMA !

WHV, HELLO,

KEECHU

he*-

.

■HE- HE’S DISAPPEARED!

WHAT'S HAPPENING!

A CHICKEN? WHAT’S A CHICKEN DOING

HERE?

MY MASTER IS ALWAYS TELLING ME TO SAVE MONEY. TODAY HE SENT ME TO BUY A FEW

CHICKENS. j

IT’S NO CHICKEN IT’S OUST

, SUPPANPI.

r SUPPANPI, < YOU IDIOT? WHAT ARE YOU SQUAWK¬

ING LIKE A CHICKEN FOR?

I HAVE A PROBLEM

KALiA.

BUT I GOT A BRILLIANT IDEA. “SUPPANPI ”, I SAID TO MYSELF, "WHY DON’T YOU BUY A FEW eggs

AND HATCH THEM YOURSELF? THAT

WILL REALLY

SAVE MONEY AND PLEASE THE MASTER

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NEVER MIND-

AND THAT'S WHY YOU WERE SQUAWK¬ ING LIKE A HEN, BECAUSE THE EGGS WOULDN’T HATCH? j

A

THAT’S THE > SECOND SPECIMEN WE’VE CAUGHT, YOUR MAJESTY. 7

CHECK THEIR BRAIN-POWER

ON OUR BRA I NOSCOPE

FIE DOESN’T LOOK VERY BRIGHT, THIS EARTHLING- OUR CONQUEST OF EARTH

SHOULD BE A WALK-OVER

THIS little RABBIT SHOWS MORE BRAIN¬ POWER THAN THIS FELLOW. J

HMM... SO THE BIGGER THEY ^ ARE THE MORE fS STUPID THEY I

BECOME. 1 LOOK FOR MORE|| . SPECIMENS. I

IT’S INCREDIBLE!

ft f m I ill1 \|

i/fml1 i'll

MMIi Im

PERHAPS THATS WHAT THEV CALL V FOOLS ON X EARTH 1 y

THERE ARE THREE MORE ON THE GROUND . BELOW. A

WHAT& HOUR NAME?

1 HEH'HEH! I’LL FINISH

OFF HOOJA -v TO PAY ! , SHONAR

IS A SITTING

PUCK- SUPPANDI

W WELCOME,

7 MY FRIENDS, r AM BL1NKOR

THE FUTURE RULER OF YO UR

^ PLANET.

HE SPEAKS OUR LANGUAGE*

WITH THE HELP OF THIS COMPUTER

I CAN SPEAK ANY LANGUAGE IN \ THIS GALAXY.

MIGHTY KING 8LIN1<OR,YOU MAY HAVE COME TO CONQUER EARTH.. BUT TWO PEOPLE CAN UPSET YOUR v PLANS. /

LET’S \ /©TRIKE A \ PEAL WITH ;

HIM- /

; GOOD \ IDEA!

WHO ARE Y RAJA HOOJA, THEY? J WHO HAS ALL THE

—'"'A LUCK IN THE WORLP! _^

/ ANP KALIA^r; «J THE SMARTEST ) (T>^ <X CROW IN THE

WORLP. / JM* v11

ALSO, KALI A, SO THAT I CAN HAVE ALL THE RABBITS IN THE JUNGLE FOR LUNCH;

V PINNER ANP . > BREAKFAST.

GET RIP OF HOOJA

AND MAKE ME A KING.

V

..AND WE WILL HELP YOU WITH YOUR PLANS.

yes...hoqja. ^ SWITCH ON THE

T.V. SCANNER.

THERE’S HOOJA!

PREPARE TO SHOOT

NO! THAT'S NOT HOOJA.

HOPJA. SOMETHING

VERY STRANGE IS GOING ON HERE•

PONE! NOW WE LOOK

FOR HOOGA- POOGA...

HOOJA? HE'S SHORT ANP PLUMP. HE ALWAYS WEARS A HEAPPRESS ANP HE’S GOT MOUSTACHE

HE HAS A hEAPDRESS AND A MOUSTACHE AND

HE’S SHORT AND v FLUMP? I’LL X. VAPORISE HIM. >

AH'THERE? THAT’S HOOJA ALL RIGHT?

r NO! BE CAREFUL

. OF HIM.

HE LOOKS HARM¬ LESS WHAT- CAN

HE DO TO US?

YOU’LL SET YOUR ANSWER SOON.

i

THAT HOOJA HAS HIT A VITAL PART IN THE ENGINE ROOM- WE’RE GOING DOWN.

HE ISN’T HOOJA! HE’S SHIKARI SHAM8U,

THE GREATEST HUNTER IN THE WORLD. A

V I TOLD YOU HE’S X. DANGEROUS.

WE'LL HAVE \ TO REPAIR THE ENGINE. LET'S

HOPE THE DAMAGE ISN’T SERIOUS.J

WE'LL ATTACK FROM BOTH SIDES LET’S SEPARATE..

THEN’LL GET ME..

7 TM3JOE

OUST THEM GOTALH THE MAG/C/HM /S ABOUT TO CATCH Z/M Z/M THE FR/ENPL1? PEMOH. ,-

I ’VE SOT VOU HOW3 ZIM ZiAfl ! VOU’VE PROPPED HOUR WAND AND VOU’RE HELPLESS!

NATTOO.PATTOO AND MOTH! TIE THEM UP AND

KNOCK THEM OUT IF vTHEV SETUP* S

NOW LISTEN! THERE’S A SPACESHIP SOMEWHERE AROUND AND THE ALIENS HAVE CAPTURED SOME OF friends THROUGH THEIR ENERGy RAV. IFONLV WE

V COULD LOCATE IT! >

SAID THAT?

TINKLE

COME ON, HOOJA 5 COME ALONG WITH US. WE’VE GOT TO

sSAVE OUR FRIENDS

IT’S RANJHA ANP HIS

V MASTER! RANJHA! track5. SCENT?

THERE’S THE SPACESHIP! LOOKS LIKE THEY’RE CARRYING OUT REPAIRS.

I’VE BEEN WATCHING THEM FOR SOME TIME NOW. MY BULLET MUST HAVE HIT SOME VITAL PART ANP THAT MIGHT HAVE BROUGHT IT

DOWN.

HEY? THERE’S HOPJA?

MAYBE EVEN TANTRI, CHAMATAKA ANP

POOB POOB.

fiOPJA ! THOSE: ALIENS HAVE CAPTURED KEECHU ANP , SUPPANPI. /

1 SPOTTED fl THE VALVE J ON THE FUEL! TANK ANP LET ALL THE FUEL OUT- SO THEY ARE TRAPPED. .

RELAX! \ THEY AREN’T

GOING anywhere

BRAVO, HODJA ?

WHAT DO YOU

1 MEAN?

WE MUST \ SAVE THEM BEFORE THE SPACESHIP LEAVES EARTH. /

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MEANWHILE INSIDE THE SPACESHIP— ,-

i 'll get you you DIRTY RAT! wu

. BIT ME!

i’ll bite DOOB-POOB'S HANP. WHEN HE LASHES OUT WITH HIS TAIL HE IS SURE TO GET

THE CAT. 1

r YOU STUPIP

CROCODILE! IT'S

MOOSHIK! NOW WHAT?

YOU'LL ACTIVATE THE GIANT

MAGNETS ON THE WALL.or

THE SPACE MAN’S WORST FEARS CAME TRUE. BW FALLING ON THE SWITCH, SUPPANDI HAD ACTIVATED THE GIANT MAGNETS. THE IRON ARMOUR OF THE SPACEMEN GOT STUCK TO THE WALLS,

YOU THERE! HEY* PON'T FALL ON

v THAT SWITCH! >

THEY'RE TRAPPED-

ALLOF . THEM? ly

WHAT WAS \ THAT? IT CAME FROM INSIPE THE SPACE- J

SHIP* St

TINKLE

SEND THEM INTO

SPACE

BUT H0W2' THERE’S NO FUEL

IN THE TANKS.

BUT WHAT SHALL WE PO

WITH THEM?*,

MH BRAVE tantri.vou’ve SAVEP ME

AGAIN-

1! TINKLE

TINKLE 12

Just follow the trails and draw out the spot, strip and patch on Handyboy.

Handyboy needs a Handyplast spot, strip and patch to cover his bruises Can you find out which one goes where?

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To celebrate the 200th issue of Tinkle, we have a special contest for you.

Adventures of Ajay

Ajay, a clever 12-year- old boy.

Jeetii, the trained pet dog.

Jhatku Singh, the neighbourhood wicked guy.

Here is an opportunity to contribute a new serial for Tinkle. Using these three main characters, you must create a new feature for Tinkle. You can add other characters around the main three, create situations and locations, add humour, mystery, fun and fantasy. Send your story in about 500 words to reach us on or before July 14,1990.

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My young friends,

I am pleased to present you the 200th issue of Tinkle. Sn the very first issue of Tinkle, I had told you a story of Ramu and Shamu, the five-year- old twins. They hear the young ones of a crow repeating only one word. ‘ Caw and kittens saying only one word, ‘ Meow ’. They ask their Daddy, “Why did you teach us so many words? Now we have to go to school and learn so many things. If you had taught us only one word, we too would have repeated only one word like ‘ Caw ’ or ‘ Meow .’”

Over the years, Ramu and Shamu have learnt a lot by asking questions like, “Who? What? How? When? Where? Why?” Of course it was not easy for either their teachers or their parents to answer their questions.

Once after teaching the children how to spell CAT, RAT and BAT, the teacher rubbed off the words on the blackboard and asked, “Any quest¬

ions?” Ramu got up and asked, “Miss,

could you tell where all those words have gone? Into the blackboard? Or into the duster?”

Early one morning, Ramu asked his father, “Now where has all the black gone and hidden?”

“You mean the dark, Ramu,” said daddy. But he could not answer Ramu’s question not because he did not know the answer, but he found it difficult to explain in words that Ramu could understand.

We have recently started the column, “Tinkle tells you why”. We have already received over 1,500 questions. Certainly it is not possib¬ le to answer all of them. But all those who have asked questions will be

' sent stickers and book-labels. There¬ fore, do keep sending questions.

We select questions which would interest a majority of our readers and which can be explained in a few words.

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Entry Form is given on page No. 26 17 TINKLE

! BOUGHT THESE: &IRP,S ONLY TO FREE THEM.

FOOL! WHAT pO YDU GET BY

WASTING . MONEY? /

/-HA! HA! WHy PDN’T TOT PRACTICE

k WHAT YOU j- \ PREACH

f PEACE OF MINP...

COME. ON, B1RPS. v FLY AWAY. :

-HE’S GONEjANP WHAT HAVE WE HERE...

GRR! WHY PIP YOU THROW THAT CAGE

v ON ME? YOU BLACK¬ EN ENEP MY EYE. ,

r OOPS! AN P N NOW YOU HAVE

A BRUISEP LIP!

TINKLE 18

t

BLAST TH'E- TELEPHONE B

> TOM M^SUARP > THIS ROGUE* PON’T LET HIM TOUGH T-HE

CAGE. >

TINKLE 19

1 WAS IN A BIG HOUSE.. I TRIEP TO FLY /WAV. | COULP NOT. 1 WAS CASEP ASAIN, VOU BOUGHT ME ANP RELEASEP ME. BUT IT SEEMS I -HAVE FORGOTTEN

■HOW TO FLV.

1 WILL FREE VOU- BUT WHAT ABOUT THE

PPG?

-HEV? THERE COMES PEHELWAN BA-HAPUR SINGH. BUT WE ARE NOT ON TALKING TERMS.TELL VOU WHAT, 'JUST POAS I SAY... yJ

■arfgj szz bzz... '

WOOF* WOOF!'

tommy, what is THE MATTER?

V OHH! A / GOU ( THERE. / WHV PIP

VOU RELEASE

THAT PARROT \ANP ALL W/'BIRPS*

JT WAS l/OUR BIRP, WAS IT? </OU WAP TAUGHT IT TO CALL ME BULLP0ZER1 TAKE THIS ANP

THIS!

WOOF! WOOF!

VOUR PLAN PIP WORK.

SOON I’LL

LEARN' TO FLY--- THEN I’LL really BE FREE AS A

TINKLE

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PRINK NINE SWA L LOlA/S OF WATER WITHOUT

A PAUSE.

STOP breathing!

What causes hiccups? Shaiiesh Agarwal, 113/8 Sonal Apartments, J.P.Nagar, Road No.2,

Goregaon (East), Bombay-400 063

During normal breathing, the diaphragm, which separates the chest (thorax) from the stomach (abdomen) moves up and down regularly and rhythmically. The contraction and moving down of the diaphragm allows more air to come into the thorax as we breathe in. When the diaphragm moves up, the air is pushed out as we breathe out. At times however, the diaphragm contracts suddenly. Air from outside rushes into the lungs just as the upper end of the windpipe is about to close. This causes a ‘hie5 or ‘puck5 sound.

The cause for the sudden contraction of the diaphragm can be spicy food, excessive intake of alcohol, or even mental tension. Although a wide variety of cures are suggested, drinking a glass of water or deep breathing generally stops the hiccups. '

Why does a flame rise upward? Apoorva Sharma, A/2 Deep Sagar, Bank of Baroda Society, Andheri (East), Bombay-400 069.

A burning fire is the process by which a substance combines with oxygen of the air producing light and heat.

A flame is the zone giving out heat and light and is filled with hot gases. The hot gases of a flame are thinner or less dense than the surrounding air and therefore, always rise up. This is why the flame of a matchstick always points upwards.

The natural position of aflame is vertical with its tip on top.

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How do spaceships re-enter the earth’s atmosphere without burning up like meteorites? Anil Kumar, 8/10 Norton Road, Mandaveli, Madras-600 028.

A spacecraft returning to earth is subjected to extremely high temperatures because of the heat generated by its friction with the earth’s atmosphere.

A spacecraft is provided with a heat shield to protect it during re-entry. The heat shield is made of specially formulated plastic material which melts, vaporizes and carries away the boundary layer heat. Insulation behind the heat shield keeps the interior of the spacecraft at a constant tolerable level.

Without its heat shield, the spacecraft would indeed disintegrate into a long white trail of melting matter, as meteorites do when they plunge through the , earth’s atmosphere. / SHIKAR!

'SHAMBU ALWAYS)! HAS HIS HEAT

SH1ELP 0N„

Do dogs dream? Apurva Patel, 51, Utpal, 3rd Road, Juhu Scheme, Vile Parle, Bombay-400 056.

When we see our pet dog twitching his nose and moving about while asleep, we say he is dreaming of catching cats and rats. But we cannot conclusively prove whether or not dogs dream, Scientists have observed, through the study of human volunteers that dreams mostly occur during the state of sleep when there is rapid eye movement (REM) under closed lids and a change in brain waves.

This state of sleep has also been reported for all mammals studied e.g. monkeys, dogs, cats, rats, elephants, shrews and opossums. We must remember, however, that though man resembles animals in many ways, the brain and senses of each species is evolved differently. Animals perceive the world in a

different way than we do. We do not know therefore whether dogs have dreams or vision as we do.

When the earth revolves around the sun.

Why does a diamond sparkle? Pooja Sharma, 95, C.G.S. Colony, Wadala West) Bombay-400 031

its hardness and brilliance are the two main characteristics of a diamond, in the natural state,when it is mined,the diamond may have a rather dull appearance. Expert workers cut the natural diamond with special tools so that it acquires many facets or“little faces”.There are many ways in which a diamond can be symmetrically cut-each with a special name - the marquis cut, the emerald cut etcJThe most common is the brilliant cut with 58 facets (33 above and 25 below)

Because of a special property of diamond (a high refractive index of 2.4 compared to 1.4. of glass) and the multiple facets, the light entering a diamond is bent several times inside, before it emerges out. This makes a diamond seem to glow from inside and sparkle and flash with tiny bursts of colour.

why don’t we fall off? Munish Kumar Sharma, 169/1 North Mabavir Delhi Road, Meerut-250 002.

With the earth spinning about on its axis and revolving around the sun, it does seem strange that people on earth are not tossed about or pushed off the surface. In fact we do not even feel the earth moving. This is because we go along the surface as it moves and so do the objects and the air that surrounds us. It is the gravitational force of the earth that holds everything down. It is one of the basic facts of the universe (discovered first by Newton) that all objects pull one another. The strength of this attraction depends upon the distance between the objects and the amount of matter or mass. Objects with a larger mass have a greater power of attraction than objects of a smaller mass. The earth with its enormous mass attracts all objects which are less massive.

All objects on the surface of the earth, including you, me and the sea, are pulled towards the centre of the earth by its gravitational force and therefore do not get pushed off.

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Based on an idea sent by: Ajay Sundaram •i3/2i9..Goku!am Sion (F.y

BOMBAY-22

Illustrations: Sunny Mishra THEN WHV

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Mooshik Based on an idea sent by: Ms, Shehnaz Pardiwalla, Z, Ararat, 89, N.M. Road, Bombay-400 023.

f “CUT HERE

I s EiyTfRY FORM TINKLE

SUPER QUIZ

NAME:__

ADDRESS:.

STATE:

PIN:

nubnne OOKIES

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Script: Prasad Iyer Illustrations: Anand Mande

AND THE BOOK / HAPPENED TO REPP

PESCR/BEP THE flMPZ/NG WORLD OF

ANIMALS. INDEED / WPS ASTONISHED

BY THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF

CREATURES THAT LIKE ON THIS

PLANET AND THE TRULY AMAZING

HAB/TS AND MANNERISMS SOME OF

THEM HAVE.

HELLO, FRIENDS, SO WE MEET AGAIN.

AFTER MY ADVENTURE WITH THE SPACE

INVADERS / DECIDED TO RELAX AND

READ FORA WHILE.

THE CHAPTER WHICH t ‘VE

JUST FINISHED REAPING WAS

ABOUT THE STRANGE WAYS

IN WHICH SOME CREATURES

CAPTURE THEIR PREY. SO/

WOULD LIKE TO TEU YOU

WHAT / HAVE READ.

JUST ABOVE ME IS A

SP/DER 'S WEB. OFTEN SPIDERS

WEAVE WEBS 70 CATCH 7HE/R

PREY. BUT 7HE MYRMECfUM

SPIDER IS ONE SP/DER THAT

SNARES ITS FHTEY

differently.

THIS CUNNING SPIDER HAS A

CONG SLENDER BODY AND

WHEN IT LIFTS UP ITS FRONT

LEGS IT RESEMBLES...ifUESS

WHAT? AN ANT! ONLY A

LUCKY ANT CAN GET AWAY

/P IT IS UNWARY ENOUGH

70 BEFOOLED BY TH/S

SP/DER.

7HE PURSE-WE8 SPIDER, WEAVES A MjW

WEB UNDERGROUND W/TH A PIECE

STICKING OUT. THE SP/DER LURKS ^-

HERE AND WHEN AN.UNSUSPECTING

INSECT PASSES BY~/T REACHES OUT.

AND THAT IS THAT/

TINKLE 28

me GREEN HERON PLACES A k SMALL FEATHER ON THE WATER’S SURFACE TO ATTRACT A

FISH. THE F/SH ARE SMITTEN \ 39 CURIOSIT9 WHEN THE9 SEE THE FEATHER. THE9 GO 6 CLOSE TO INVESTIGATE AND THE'1 HERON GRABS THEM IN ITS BEAK.

ANOTHER CREATURE THAT TRAPS ITS

PRE9 IN AN UNUSUAL IN A 9 IS THE PISTOL SHRIMP. THE PISTOL SHRIMP HAS ONE B/G

PI ACER. IT V/OLEHTL9 SNAPS THE PWCER PRODUCING SHOCK WAVES. THESE SHOCK WAVES STUN SMALL FISH UPTO TWO METRES AWA9. THE SHRIMP THEN SWIFTLY GRABS THE STUNNED PREY.

THE ONLY MAMMAL THAT USES TRAPS

IS THE HUMPBACK WHALE. THIS WHALE BLOWS LOTS OF BUBBLES IN U&i j THE FORM OF A CYLINDRICAL "NET " l,W /N THE WATER. SMALL CREATURES W\\ CALLED PLANKTON ARE TRAPPED IN 1 *- TH/S 'NET! THE WHALE SUDDENLY RISES UP THROUGH THIS TRAP WITH ITS MOUTH W/PE OPEN AND SWALLOWS ALL THE PLANKTON CAUGHT IN ^ THENET’

THE ASSASSIN BUG IS A CREATURE THAT

IS APTLY NAMED. IT SHAKES THE BODY OF A DEAD TERMITE AT THE ENTRANCE OF A jN TERMITES’NEST. WHEN ANOTHER ^ TERMITE COMES TO TARE TH/S BATT 1) THE ASSASSIN BUG SWIFTLY frl CATCHES HOLD OF THE UNWARY

V INSECT.

OOPS' / FORGOT! THERE IS ANOTHER AiAMMAL WHICH USES TRAPS TO CATCH HIS PREY— A UACKAL NAMED CHAMATAKA.

WELL, / MUST BE OFF TO SAVE

HEECHU! SO ‘BYE.

29 TINKLE

Story by: Ms. Indira Ananthakrishnan

Illustrations: Ram Waeerkar

PYARELAL AND HIS WIFE LAJWANTt HAP A SMALL FARM IN 7ARARPUR.

AH,A <5OOP HARVEST ! WE’lL HAVE A COMFOR¬ TABLE SEA SOM.

yes, enough FOR OUR

PAlLY NEEDS,

DON’T YOU REMEMBER? MY

SISTER’S WEPPiNG HAS BEEN FlXEP, IF ONLY WE COULP AFFORD TO BUY HER

(NELL, MAYBE I SHOULD TRY FOR A JOB IN -HASTIPUR. v

ANP LEAVE ME ALL

ALONE?

wo I No! i’ll JUST SO FOR A PAY ANP . TRY MY LUCK

FRST.

YES! WE COULP DO WITH SOME MORE

(MDKICV

THE NEXT PAY- GO EARLY SO THAT YOU CAN BE

BACK BEFORE ' evening. ^

YES!I DON’T WANT TO

CROSS THE 3UN<3LE AFTER v SUNSET.

^ PHEW! T' ONLY ABOUT

A KILOMETRE MORE* f

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hastiplir at last, i’ll try MY LUCK IN THAT

. BUlLPlN<S. .

PdSTOFFlCE

WHO ARE YOU ?

WHAT VO 'lOU WANT? ?-?- pyarelal

FROM TARAKPUR.

JOB? HMM! WHAT CAN YOU PO?

w* Km

tinki E

THIS »S THE MEW POST OFFICE FOR HAST)PdR. YOU’LL HAVE TO CARRY MAIL TW'CE A WEEK TO TARAKPUR.

IS THAT ALL?

OF COURSE,PURI N& THE PAY WlLP ANIMALS PON’T ROAM ABOUT

. IM THE TUNGLE... <

W-W- WlLP ANIMALS?

TiMn r

BELL2 WHAT KIND OF WEAPON

IS THAT?

r YOU PON’T HAVE WORRY AS LONkS

YOU HAVE THIS BELL WITH YOU.

BUT TO

AS

YOU’LL BE PA IP A HUNPREP RUPEES A

month. ^

A HUNPREP RUPEES! IT’S WELL WORTH THE RISKS 1 HAVE TO RUN.

SOON

POSTMAN PVARELAL!

YOU! A Postmans

Yes ! With A GRANP SALARY OF A HUNPREP

RUPEES. > OH \ HOW

J wonperful! I MUST

GIVE LAPPUS TO ALL OUR

NEIGHBOURS.

GOOP! X CAN BUY A NEW SAREE FOR MY SISTER’S > WEPPlNG. ^HERE IS

MY FIRST PAY>

LA7WANTI

If HAVE YOU WEPPlNG WHAT WEPPlNG? FORGOTTEN ?

NEST TUESPAY I S' MY SISTER’S \ WEPPINGAT \> HASTIPUR.

AT THE WEPPlMS DURING LUNCH- IT’S JUST A SQUIRREL. WHAT

wAPPENEP? VOu’LL flAVE TO STAY FOR

LQMC-H.

1 lWISH THEY WOULP -HURRY UP.l MUST GO TO PELIVER THE

LETTERS. x

AFTER THE WEPP/NG FEAST pyarelal COLLECTED THE MAIL FROM THE POST OFFICE AMP SET OUT. |-B-

OH,GOP! I’VE

OVERSLEPT! I MUST -HURRY NOW, I’VE NEVER CROSSEP

THE TUNGLE AT

V NIGHT- A

THE HEAVY MEAL AND THE HCTT SUM MAPS HIM DROWSY. gRannai

I’LL ^ TUST -HAVE

A QUICK v NAP. x

HE SAW WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS A HILL

TINKLE

WHAT15 THIS? THERE WAS MO

HILL -HERE.

THE HILL MOVED

A -HILL VMITH A HORhJ ? EEKS!

IT’S THE R-HINO! ^ HELP* ^

MINUTES SEEMED TO PASS L/HE HOURS. euPPENLV^M-

STUPlP FOOL OF A R-HINO. IF YOU JUST . WAKJTEP T-HE BELL

YOU SHOULP HAVE ASKEP

Tjm eor m scArims WL ME TO PEATH ) \ FOR NCTHlM<r.

I’P BETTER RUNT HOME BEFORE I MEET A -HUMERY

TIGER OR LEOPARP, ^

TINKLE

ANYWAY ANOTHER!

HERE don’t BUT

OR LET TIGER HA HA On TAKE Li

LATWANTI ! THE \ POSTMASTER DIDN’T ) BELIEVE MY STORY L-

ABOUT THE Y HE SOON RHINO'^ WILL! EVERY¬

ONE IN THE VILLAGE IS TALKING- ABOUT the rhino with v THE BELL!

NOW EVERY TIME THE RHINO

COMES NEAR THE FIELDS,THE VILLAGE

HEAR HIS BELL AND DRIVE HIM

AWAY.

YOU ARE SUITE A HERO NOW FOR BELLING-

THE RHINO.

^ I’LL HAVE TO CHANGE MV NAME

TO HEROLAL THEN. k HEHiHEH!

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