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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.

Illustrations: Astt

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 TIME THE EXPLOSION FOR JUST AFTER

AN HOUR. I'VE HEARD THB KING WRETIRBS EARLV THESE VPHS-y

(W6 6,THAT’S RIGHT-AND' TOMORROW THE KINGDOM Wia NEED A NEW KING- >

ss_HBH ! HEH*

TANTRI, COME AND HELP ME EXPLODE

.THESE FIRECRACKERS.

r.. AND A NEW MANTRI. DON’T FORGET ME-

V-.-WES... WOUR

MAJE6TV

SHOULPN'T OWE OF US STAY TO . WATCH OVER HIS EXCELLENCY ►w TANTRI , YOUR MAJESTY ?

NO, YOU FOOL i I NEED WO ALL TO CARRY

MY PALANQUIN.

THEY'VE GONE.THERE'S r «JUST A FEW MINUTES ^ LEFT FOR THE BOMB

TO EXPLOPE .S'

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

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

YOUR \ MAJESTY, HONDO YOU FEEL NOW?

MUCH BETTER.

BUT I'M THIRST* LETS STOP BY THAT_v-

V RIVER.

' SUCH CLEAR, SFWRKLING WATER?

. WHERE DOES THIS. V RIVER FLOW? y

IT FLOWS POWN TO THAT KINGDOM IN ^ THE EAST, WUR , V MAJESTY.

f OUR RIVER ' FLOWING INTO

.THEIR COUNTRY?

WE MUST STOP IT AT .ONCE. >

BUT YOUR

MAJESTY.

WE'VE GOT OUR RIVER ALL TO OUR-

< SELVES, HAVEN'T N. WE ?

HOW FOOLISH , CAN HE_„ Uget ? rr

11 WILL BE WORSE MIKING THE MONSOON.

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THAT EVENING THE DlWAN WENT UP TO THE TOWER FROM WHICH THE GONG WAS SOUNDED... I--

AFTER MIDNIGHTI WANT YOU TO SOUNP THE GONG EVERY HALF-HOUR. NOT EVERY HOUR, AS YOU DO NOW-

''as you \ COMMAND,

. SIR. J

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ITS SIX O'CLOCK BUT THE SUN HASN'T RISEN ,

S. AS YET. A

{ HASN'T I RISEN? WHAT PO YOU MEAN

THE SUN . HASN'T V RISEN?!

IT HASN'T, VOUR MAJESTY. ^ SEE FOR ■ YOURSELF ,ij|

t II* ARD HE WAS ■ AN6KY BECAUSE M Wf OTOPPEP THE

KIVf K FROM FLOWING INTO HIS A ^ itXJNTRXjr-^

ANP AS VOU KNOW, THE SUN PASSES OVER

HIS KINGDOM BEFORE L IT COMES OVER ,

ours.

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THE K/HG LED MS MEN TO THE RIVER.

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THE RIVER BEGAN 70 PLOW TO THE NEIGHBOURING COUNTRY AGAIN.

IT'S ALMOST .SIX O'CLOCK.THE SUN

SHOUIP BE COMING UP ANY MOMENT

^ NOW. _^

YOUR PLAN WORKEP, YOUR

MAJESTY. .

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

THE FIRST 3/CVCLE WAS BUILT BH A SERAI AH, BARON PRA/S, IN' 1816. IT HAP HO PEPALS. --

HE HAP TO MOVE /T B9 PUSH/NG HIS FEEr, F/RST OWE THEM THE OTHER, 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 LARGER AHP LARGER. THE CHCLE SHOWN BELOW WAS \- CAUEP A PENN1- «==> FARTH/NG, IH I-1 ENGLAND. CUOF&&

APPEARANCE AROUND i 1666. THE PEPALS WERE F'TTEP TO J THE FRONT WHEEL.V//, IF HOU TURNEP K/\l THE PEDAL ONCE, f THE WHOLE FRONT L WHEEL WOULD TURN. 4

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» 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

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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~.

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LOOKS LIKE, A LATE ENTRANT

FOR THE COMPETITION.

Lthat ?

WHO CARES! HE’S FABULOUS!,

I’LL HANS ON TO THIS BRANCH!

HE ISN’T \ WEARING THE REGULATION

WON jAPTUR

PNGRATOLATIONS, VOU HAVE WON THE

NATIONAL TRAMPO¬

LINE CHAMPIONSHIP.

HERE’S VOURTROPHV. .

/Mz-2?^

fWOU HAVE ALSO A REWARP FOR <

V ING JO0MBA

1 ANP ONE

I OR CAPTOR

ING THE

MAN -EATER

WOW! HE S

KILLED THREE

BIRDS WITH ONE STONE.

HE IS \ / ROU'RE RIGHT. ONLV HE

SHIKARI ( CAN BAG THREE AWARDS

shAmbu./V WITH ONE LEAP-

IWMNNM

rfe tcdanta's

m ace —A Greek Tale

S, i ifti: Luis M. Fernandes

Illustrations: Pradcef) Sathe

A 0OLPEN \ APPLE.'

/ SHE IS 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

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BR THE T/ME ATALANTA P/CKEP UP THE APPLE...

another ONE. c

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

MILANIJN HAP PN/SHEPTHE

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I’LL BE HOME EVEN BEFORE SANESHA TAKES -CS_^V_OFF J _-

GANESHA! AREN’T <iOU

) GOING ? y

f WAIT, MOTHER. LET ME FINISH

yTHIS MOPAK. .

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• • - ANP ONCE HE STARTS EATING MOCWKS, THERE’S/ \ NO WAV OF STOPPING 7 V HIM. gaa

PO VOU ACCEPT MH V CONDITION?

I PO BUT ON

ONE CONDITION.

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

' NOW HERE ARE THE PALM LEAVES

TO WRITE ON. SHALL WE ,

-x BEGIN?

REAPV.

SEVERAL HOURS WENT BH. SAGE V9ASA PtCTATEP AND 6ANESHA WROTE DOWN.

THUS BEGAN THE WRITING OF OUR GREAT BP'C, THE V\ AH A BHARAT A . r-1

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

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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.

HOU KNOW WHH THOSE DIFFICULT

SENTENCES WERE GIVEN TO HOU,

^ GANESHA.

WT HOUR STORH IS INTERESTING

ANP THE LANGUAGE IS SIMPLE. BUT HERE ANP THERE , THERE

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-

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MOW, WAIT T/LL I REACH ) THE EPGE OF THE FOREST WITH THIS (7 HURRy ENP AMP CALL OUT / \ UP. . TO YOU TO START / K ^

Tugging . ^

77/f TU/tTLE THEN WENT TO THE ELEPH/jNT.

. I MIGHT AS WELL HAVE A NAP WHILE I’M T

v_. WAITING. )

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 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.

pm.

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SQUIRREL NOT W>TH SUCH SHARP CLAWS! Baud on tha malarial providad by

Nandini Dashmukh

Script: Illustrations:

Lopamudra Pradeop Sathe

|KL HAVE WOU EVER WATCHEP A SQUIRREL ?

ORE LEAP TAKES HIM ALMOST FOUR FEE T UP THE TRUNK OF A TREE. WILL HE SUP ANP FALLS

ISN'T HE CUTE NOW NIBBLING 4 WAN AT THE MANGO ■■■

■ ■ NOW GRIN PI NO HIS SHARP FRONT TEETH?

V IF HE POES NOT PO IT, THESE TEETH WILL GROW

i LONGER THAN HIS BUSH V TAIL!

OUR SQUIRREL 'S EhES ARE HALF-CLOSEP ANP HE IS HANGING u&SHPE POWN. IS HE ■■ -PEAPr

WHAT A NASTH THING TO DO!

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

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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 WINNER/ ANP HERE ME

HER SIPS-

THE S 'RONBEST, OF COURSE. -V OuR FRIENDS BEGIN TO PROVE THE/R STRENGTH.

WHAT A FIGHT! COME ON! KEEP IT UPf

V W WHAT IS SHE UP TO ? 0-0-OH> SHE'S &O/NO TO K.HLP A VEST.

SEE HOW HARP SHE WORKS ! A LITTLE

JUTE AMP - • ■ WHAT'S

SHE HAIR

PUL UNO OFF HER OWN

WELL! WHAT PO,

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MW WORD! WHAT A BEAUTIFUL NEST! WITHIN A5 DAWS SHE'LL HAVE THREE OR FOUR BABIES IN IT.

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

LIKE THESE IN TH/S NEST. UGH * PIP THEM BEAUTIFUL? LOOK AT THEM1

THEW’RE UGLW! THEIR EARS ALL FOLDED IN, THE/R

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

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

I THE iNDAN CHANT SQUIRREL

THE HlMALA AN SQui&REl

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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

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WHEN I TURNEP N, HIM TOWARPS THE SUN, HE COULP NOT SEE HIS SHAPOW.

THAT IS WHY HE ) \ BECAME SO M h. 6ENTLE. y/-—

KIN6 OF A LARGER KINGDOM THAN

^MACEDONIA. >

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

Script: LUIS Illustrations: PRADEEP SATHE

I WISH I COULP CATCH ONE OF '

THOSE j I PLUMP S CHICKENS. HS

^Ut ASHE TURNED TOGO-

“T~ ^'

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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! HE'S COMING

AFTER US! .

I MUST SAVE THOSE POOR CHICKENS.

HELLO THERE ! ' I HEARD CHAMATAKA SAY THAT HE AND ,

k YOU WERE / \ BROTHERS...

S WE ARE * WE BOTH

HAVE FOUR LEGS. .AND

BOTH OF US L HAVE

TAILS.

THAT'S TRUE...B CAN YOU HOWL

LIKE HIM *

LISTEN.

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The secret of the dolls iLLUSTgATlONS: WM WAEERK4R THERE WAS ONCE A KINO WHO NEEPEP A PENAN. SO HE SENT FOR ALL THE WISE MEN] OF THE LANP ANP SAW THEN ONE A BH ONE. I-—K

I SHALL MAKE LOU MH PEWAN, IF HOU CAN TELL

, ME WHICH OF THESE l \THREE POLLS IS THE M \ BEST AND TrnTsS

ik-JVHV ? —

ALIKE , HOUR . MAJESTY.

[/?T LAST, ONE PAu A STRANGER- CAME TO SEE THE KING. |-

ABSOLUTELY SURE,HOUR

. MAJE9TH.

THEN HOU\ MAH GO.

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 ATTENTION TO WHAT ■ IS SAID. WHATEVER Rfc THEH HEAR W THROUGH ONE H EAR 60ES OUT jC\ THROUGH THE . Ik^OTHER.

WHEN HE PUT THE STRAW OP THE SECOND DOLL, THL OUT THROUGH ITS MOUTH

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The eleven farmer Illustrations Pratap Mulick

A FARMER FOUND H/S BULL

WHERE COULD HE HAVE

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54

55

56

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TH£ STAlKS WERE CUT WTO WAV | STRIPS AMD GLUED TOGETHER w. A PASTE MADE OF FLOUR.

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?

PAPYRUS HAD /7S FLAWS. IT SMUDGED EAS/LY. HE7 /T BECAME THE CHIEF WRITING MATER'AL OF MUC-

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SEVEN HPNPREP REARS LATER THE LEARNT THE METHOP FROM THE ARABS. [ ' ----

ARABS WHO HAP CONQuEREP A CHINESE C 7V, PERSUAPEP SOME OF THEIR PRISONERS TO PART WITH THE SECRET.

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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 Making Demands

ttkkv I view: PM ■'r'7f~r ^y-y: |

FROM A PI0TANC ... HOW REGAL

IARA BHAGWAT PRABHAKAR KHANOLKAR

BANYA, MY FAT H t; R H COLLECTEP SOME At*

^ CLE6 Bt» — P LONGING TO I 9lK SHIVAUI'B -

JjSf I!/.'.:,

.NOW,SHE HOW TORTUOUS THE CLIMB

NOT FOR MONKEYS LIKE UB.SIR.^

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*

IjF | HEARP A ^N. W 50UNP... LIKE ' I 5OME0OPY & STUMBLING ON,

SOMETHING.

\CL/MQ{TP pow/y awd restep fc I THE TY/GHT //VA COTTAGE A4S4/RI .aK/»w/ r;^,.^r

©TUMBLE. I WANT TO SLEEP -

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WHICH . THAT FAMOUSA SPEARP SPEAR. /V. u

Unc>.

..was Pic kelp UP By' MY ANCESTOR,AMP IT fi P’P?R<=,P>?v/i=r?

BffW YOUR HISTORY. Vf SOM . ONE OF

THE SOlPiERS A ,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 . /\-

IT’S PRESERVEP IN MY FAMILY.

SURE. ANP THE MAM FELT CHASTI5EP BUT THE SPEAR

YES.ANP THE MAHARAJ SCOLPEP

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. ,

THE SAPHU NOW TUTlNEO TO H/S ACCOMPLICE — |-1-

NOW.WRITE AS I a DICTATE... I SfT WANT A Wy ransom of Jfs R&.20,OO0 ,

THEY HAP HOT &ONE AAR, WHEH.

THE WEATHER HAS BECOME HOT AMR STUFFY.

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THERE. WAS THUMPER IN THE AIR...

WHAT* that;

WHAT’S THAT NOISE ?

RATHER ESN AY RAN /N search or Subhash ues*

'VAS

sanother EARTH TRE/AOR

THIS BALL PEN IS SU SMASH'S1... H coop sop ! Jm A SPEAR ! I

ALL OF A SUPPEN. ANOTHER TREMOR.

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THERE’S A WELL HERE... I MUST . CLIMB POWN. /

WHERE AM I ? S. I AM A BfcJHIRST)\^|

THE COOL FRE9H WATER REV/VED H/M. THEM ALL OF A SLJP&EAJ —

SAVEP FROM , 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. A 6APHU '... WHAT Sv WAS HE POIN6 2-so

MUCH „ »J MONEY?

THE MAN IS QUITE PEAP| y

WHAT’S THIS A WRECKEP CART.' (

6APHU WITH A PI ARY '...SOME APPRESSES . too!

rWELLJ REMOVE HE BOPY

MORTUARY.

KLSL.IUC. s/zs/zc-yv, /ticz 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^/ .

ARE THEY PRUOS?

ONE OF THEM IS KNOWN TO US... IT IS .

. SAMBHAJIRAO PATIL’0../

THE CRESTFALLEN TEACHER HELPS THE /HSPECTOR TO SOL VE THE HYS TERY OF THE PEAP SADHU’S DIARY >

SAMBHAJI PATIL ?

UNT11 RECENTLY, 'y-'N, A GRIEF - STRICKEN /WHY?, MAN.

^ YES.THE BIG /MAN WHO OWNS

A SUGAR 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...

ANYWAY, X CAN'T GO ON NOW... IT’S A PEAP

, ENO {.. WHAT’S THAT?

MEANWHILE FASTER FEN AY WAS ST/LL W THE TUNNEL.

FEEL GIPDY I’VE RUN ENOU6H...

I CAN’T GO FARTHER.

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

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BUT I HEAR A HISSING

V 50UNP! TWO \ BOYS |\ .THOSE] TWO ' A

AS THEY CARPIEU THEM UP UNCONSCIOUS, OTHER PEOPLE CAME TO HELP THEMj^ (

KL- (WATER...QUICK !

WHERE ON EARTH WERE YOU ALL THIS

TIME? ^

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//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.

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

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THE CROW.

Illustrations

THEH WILL BE RUNNING THIS

IN AH! ^

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

WHAT ARE WE f VOU’RE WAITING FOR? LET’S) TELLING

.GO. PEER MEAT IS A ME! DELICIOUS! y

IF WE HIPE IN THIS BUSH , WE COULD GRAB A PEER OR TWO AS .

\THEH RUN PAST.

WHAT A ' WONDERFUL

. IDEA! /

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AREN’T VOU WHO WERE ' TO TALKING .

TO.CHAMATAKA?, COMING FOR

.THE SPORTS?-

' NO. I’VE N BETTER THINGS v TO PO. /

[ I ’LL CIRCLE ROUNP AND TAKE -i ANOTHER - V- LOOK. )

I’M SURE HE WAS TALKING TO SOMEONE.

^WE COULP^ CATCH EVEN

FOUR DEER IF HOU’RE

\QUICK.

I HOPE THAT T HE WON’T. NOW CROW DOESN’T/ ALL WE HAVE

.COME BACK. A TO DO IS WAIT ^ .<-£&. FOR THE RACE ffATmTO START A

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IS Even</TMIN<\ All KIOHT f CAN Wl

ySTART TMIT' A All

TIME LATER- /MUST BE RUNNING. IN THAT CASE WE COULD CATCH EVEN PIVE OR SIX OF ,

V THEM! y

GET REAPV, ' POOB-POOB- CAN HEAR THEM/

k. COMING- A PERHAPS SEVEN!

WHAT A N RACKET THEH ARE MAKING!

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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!

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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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