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GuESS ThE flOwER, TEST YOuR POwER ! 8

Each flower petal has a simple clue. Read it and guess the name of the flower.
1 a fragrant white flower, readily found 7 1
as adornment for hair, it is abound.
2 also called the Queen of the Night, Ka ________ba Go_____ Ch___ J________e
blooms few hours before the morning light.
3 Out of the mud it blooms
its beauty lingers and looms.
4 Pink, yellow, white and red 6 Am________s Br____ ____al 2
with the thorns, beauty is bred.
5 applied as oil or worn behind the ear L ________
This scarlet beauty stands out whether far or near.
6 One of india’s loveliest summer flowering trees _____bis_________ R ________
bright yellow it is home to birds, butterflies and bees.
7 associated with the cowherd god 5 3
its honey-coloured flowers loved by the lord.
8 also called The Joy Perfume Tree flower 4
These golden blossoms are a fragrant power.

MAKE NATuRAl COlOuRS wEB Of lIfE STORY

To make natural, non-toxic colours, what better than
flowers .use them for holi or for a rangoli! Or smear it on Write a story to bring out the web of life with the following
your friends, without a care, just to have fuN! here are some lotus bee frog
flowers that can be used for colour. Try it out and enjoy. snake eagle Man
The sun rose in the sky. As the lotus opened
Red-One can soak red hibiscus flowers overnight in water its petals to greet the sun, the busy bee
or dry the flowers and powder them to make red gulal. hummed with delight and decided to stop by
and take a sip of ___________________
Yellow-The petals of the babool, amaltas and Marigold
can be dried and then crushed to obtain a fine yellow
powder. You can either mix the powder with besan or use F-Friends
it independently as a natural colour. L-Loving
Blue-The Jacaranda, blue hibiscus and Neeli gulmohar
blossoms can be dried and ground to obtain a blue O-Optimistic
powder. W-Wonderful
Pink-You can soak the pink variety of Kachnar overnight E-Effective
or simply boil the flowers to get a pink coloured liquid.
Orange-for an orange colour, soak the flame of the R-Radiant
forest blossoms overnight to get an orange coloured Palak Aggarwal,
liquid. To make it in powder form, you can dry the flowers Std. 6, Mukund
and crush them. Lal Public School, Name this place of worship ?
Yamunanagar Which religion is it associated with ?
Jind, Delhi Public School, Sector 45, Gurgaon

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