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Dhaka Tribune Wednesday, October 22, 2014Volume 2, Issue 24

Tales From The CiTyTales From The CiTyEpisodE 67: Man Vs dogEpisodE 67: Man Vs dog

WEDN ESDAY, OctObEr 22, 2014

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A weekly production ofDhakaTribune

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HELP! We think there is a monster coming after us! We could go Discobang’s Pad (Pg 2) where our mystery writer can help us if we find out who he is! Maybe if we go to Speedy’s Zone (Pg 5), the different Halloween treats can scare the monster off! We have to be careful in

Bhootum’s classroom (Pg 6) though, as the scariest Bangali “bhoots” are waiting for us there! You could also write to us and send in your drawing, poems etc. at [email protected]. The monster really hates that! It would very helpf...AAAAH!!

LoVEJonaki

Hey friends,

Solution: Rinaldo tried to use the photo to give him an alibi, but the picture is reversed meaning that he and his moll were in Dogburg at 9:05 am giving him plenty of time to be at the scene of the crime at 3 pm. Proof: On the reversed photo Dolly’s bracelet is on the “wrong” leg.

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2 disCobang’s padTriviaReader’s cornerWord on the street The doll story

3 taLEs froM tHE CityMan vs dog

4 bHootuM’s CLassrooMAmazing factsLearn English kidsConnect the dots

5 spEEdy’s ZonEDIYTreats for the freaks

6 dr MEow’s LabBhoot listBhoot-o-pediaWitchShakhchunni


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tHE doLL storyTo us, Mim is an artist of course, in her own way. She makes beautiful cloth dolls. Her afternoons aren’t spent with tabs or laptops; neither does she get to play in a big green field. But here she is with her own handmade gorgeous little doll! Sohana Mahjabin

wHo is tHE autHor of tHEsE books?

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He was a famous Indian writer who wrote Bangla fairy tales and stories for children. He was born in 1877 at Ulail part of Dhaka. His most famous book “Thakurmar Jhuli” had four parts - “Thakurmar Jhuli” (Grandmother’s Bag of Tales), “Thakurdadar Jhuli” (Grandfather’s Bag of Tales), “Thandidir Thale” (Maternal-Grandmother’s Bag of Tales) and “Dadamashayer Thale” (Maternal-Grandfather’s Bag of Tales).

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rEAdEr’s CornEr

Answer: Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumder

Diya ayesha hasan & MD abul hossain


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While Jonaki and Doctor Meow are both scared, General Bhau comes face to face with a man.

EpisodE 67: Man Vs dog

Story and created by Sabrina Fatma Ahmad Illustration by Rio Shuvo

Coloured by Rio Shuvo

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4bhootum's Classroom

TONGUETWISTERSTongue twisters are difficult to say. How fast can you say it without making any mistakes?

I can think of six thin things, but I can think of six thick things too.

Find lots more fun things to do atwww.britishcouncil.org/learnenglishkids © British Council 2013

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piZZa fingErs• Cut a medium sized pizza into

thin and long pieces, about the size of your fingers.

• Cut a tomato into thin triangles, and stick them on the end of your pizza.

• And there you go! A set of tasty pizza fingers for you and your friends to enjoy!

sausagE fingErs

• Fry some sausages (only with the help of a grownup!) and make small slits in the middle of the sausage.

• Cut an onion into the shape of nails (also with the help of a grownup) and stick on the end of your sausages using your favourite tomato or chilli sauce.

• And there you have it, a set of yucky but yummy fingers to enjoy!

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‘boo’nana pops• Peel a banana and cut it in half.• Dip the halves in your favourite

flavoured yoghurt and cool in refrigerator.

• After they cool, stick two chocolate chips, or two small raisins, near the top to make spooky eyes!

• Now, the next step is to just eat and enjoy!

Turn your boring sandwiches into little spiders by following the simple steps below:• Cut the bread into small circles

using a cake cutter, or the neck of a glass (make sure it is not very big).

• Spread peanut butter or jelly on one side of one circle and place another circular bread to

make a complete sandwich.• Cut a carrot into very thin and

long pieces, and stick them inside your sandwich to make it look like spider legs (you need eight carrot strips for each sandwich).

• Finally, stick two raisins on top of your sandwich to make little eyes.

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Make this halloween the tastiest one ever with these horrifying little snacks. The fun will start when your friends will turn ghost white when you serve them these tasty human fingers and spider sandwiches! Try them out!


6dr Meow's Lab

Petni: Petni are female ghosts who have some incomplete wishes such as dying unmarried. It is an evil spirit who is cursed to walk the Earth as ghost. The Petni can can look human until they attack.

Dainee: Dainee are not actually souls or spirits but a witch. Usually in villages of Bengal, black magic is thought of as Dainee’s work. Dainee kills little children and sucks their blood to live 100 years longer.

Chorachunni: Usually dead souls of dead thieves. They can be naughty and tricky.

Begho Bhoot: These are ghosts of people who were eaten or killed by tigers in the jungle, especially in the Sundarbans. These ghosts scare

people who enter the forest to hunt, and often try to bring them in front of tigers.

Aleya: Aleya are ghosts, in the forms of gas, which scare and confuse fisherman when they go fishing.

Maal: This is a mermaid like creature which lives in the rivers and lakes of Bangladesh and drags innocent people into the water.

Skondhokata or Kondhokata: These are ghosts with no heads. They lost their heads during an accident. They are always in search of their heads, and sometimes make humans their servants to search for their heads.

Gechho Bhoot: It is a kind of ghost

that lives in trees. The word “Gechho” comes from “Gaachh” which means tree in Bengali language. EhSan Sunny and nadia abdullah

BhooT lisT

bHoot-o-pEdiaa list of the bangali “bhoots” your mothers always tell you about; now for you to use and scare on your friends instead!

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Shakhchunni is a popular ghost in Bangla culture that, according to the famous stories of Thakurmar Jhuli, is mainly a woman in a saree. She wears a necklace made of bones and bangles made of shell (called “Shankha” in Bangla), and is said to live in mango or tamarind trees, and sometimes even banyan trees(according to some stories). Her only wish is to marry a man and live happily ever after, and so out of jealousy, she haunts rich married women.

In the stories of Thakurmar Jhuli, the wicked Shakhchunni takes the form of an old woman to fool a married woman who walks into the forest. Later she possessed the married woman’s body, and goes to her house

and gets her wish to be a loved wife and daughter-in-law. Soon when the mother-in-law realised that it was not her son’s wife, but a Shakhchunni in her place, she quickly called a priest to make her go away. The priest used many spells and after a long magical fight with the Shakhchunni, finally succeeded in driving the evil ghost disappear! nadia abdullah

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