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Dear friends,Teen period is very important in our lives. Problems and is-sues of all types arise in this period. To give you an idea and what you can do to stand up against the problems, read the cover story section.For more information and fun with our weekly activities, go inside!Best wishes,edi

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Editor Young Nation4- Shaarey Fatima Jinnah, Lahore.

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Dear edi,

How are you? This

magazine is great. I am

a regular reader of your

magazine. Please print

some jokes and riddles

and comic stories in your

magazine. Please print

my letter as well. I have

sent you so many letters

but you didn’t print any

of them. I am sending

you a drawing, please

also print that. Keep up

the good work!

You regular reader,

Raja Shahrukh Ullah

Khan

Dear edi,

The holidays are over

and now the busy school

routine has again started.

That is why I have not

sent you any-

thing but I was

happy you pub-

lished my Per-

sian Cat Breed

Information. This

week my brother

Daud Junaid has

sent you information

on Siamese Cats. Every

week on Saturday or

Sunday we will send you

information on different

cats and we hope you will

publish them. Take care

and don’t forget to pub-

lish Siamese Cat profile

and also on the same

day please publish my

another fact file for dogs

so that readers can enjoy

facts about both Cats and

Dogs!

From,

Ramsha Junaid

Karachi, Pakistan

Hi edi,

How are you? I am sure

you will be fine by the

blessings of God. It is

my first letter, drawing

and poem for you. Please

publish the magazine

every week and increase

the number of pages.

Your magazine is awe-

some.

Your biggest fan,

Zaineb Sajid

Dear edi,

You never publish my

drawings or letters.

Please do publish this

one. I just want to say

keep up the good work.

May God bless you and

please publish the post-

ers of Digimon, DBZ and

Iron Man.

Thank you!

Your fan,

Shahryar Arif

Dear edi,

How are you? I am fine.

This is my first letter to

this magazine. I feel sorry

to say that the magazine

will be more fun if it have

more activities. It will

make the magazine more

interesting. I read the

‘Poets Corner’ regularly

and I seriously love it!

I’m sending you a poem

myself, please publish it.

Your regular reader,

Hamza Ahmed

Beaconhouse School,

Lahore

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A new dayBy Shafaq Mansoor NamiA new day has begunIt’s time to have funDon’t linger in the poolBecause it’s time for schoolTime to do English and MathsAnd measure some lengthsNext come Science and Social studiesNow is the time to do some activitiesLast of all come Islamiat and UrduThen another school day is throughAt home, we all start to playAnd at night we prepare for the next day

Leisure By Raja Shahrukh Ullah Khan

Life is full of dutiesCan’t look at the nature

beautiesCan’t travel without carLike to eat chocolate barHow boring life is?Look to poorsWant to go to world tourNo time for othersno time for ever our broth-ersWe are being evilGoing near to devil

Running through the rainBy M. Tahleel Haider

Running through the rainSome are fond of sunshine; Well - so am IBut I like the rain too,Falling from the skyFor when merry AprilTrips over hill and plainIsn’t it delightful?Running through rain…?

AllahBy Zaineb SajidGod is great, God is one. We are Muslims

Here we comeAslam-o-Alakum, we say May Allah bless us always Who made the sun and sky so blue Who made the stars and planets too. Allah is one! Allah is one!Allah has made the stars and the moon and the sun. Allah, the Creator the Al-mighty One.

Shooting StarBy Hamza Ahmed

When will you come?I am waiting for you.I have been waiting for you since nine years.You will come like a bro-ken star from the sky.And will fall on the ground faster than an aeroplane.I think it has fallen and i didn’t see it,and if it is true,I will be sad


Teenage is an age of growth and exploration. Teenage time is when we want to fly high in the sky as a free bird and don’t want anybody’s in-terruption; we are our own judges in our courts. We want to explore and rule the world. Teenage problems are several. Just like a child who learns to walk steadily or speak a full sentence, teenage also has those pauses which can have an effect on self image. As we grow we develop tenden-cies in the form of likes and dislikes. Teen follow imper-fect principles and make rash changes and are unwilling to acknowledge errors. Teenage is the stage when you are young, you feel like you are invincible, totally care-free and independent. This is the stage of building our per-sonality, stage of our soul and mind developing. This is the time when you actually need the support of a true admirer and that admirer can be your parents or older people who can guide you best through their experience. A close con-tact should be maintained with parents and older peo-

ple; they can help you better than others. Here are some problems regarding teens and solutions to their problems.

AddictionTeenage is a time of change that can be both exciting and stressful. In this age every-thing seems fascinating and

being in a growing age we want to discover and explore the world. But teenagers usu-ally get addicted to some bad habits which not only harm them but their families too. Smoking is very common ad-diction in teenagers. Teenag-ers feel proud in smoking and they found it the only way to

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escape from their tensions. They are unaware of the fact that it leads to the serious health damage. In this re-gard we must see our elder’s views what they think of such a person who smokes or how people react when someone’s smoking on a public place. Teens are also addicted to

video games. Video games make teens lazy and they have quit playing out door games. Where as out door games make you healthy, your bones strong and refresh your mind. It’s better if we ponder on our habits and get addicted to books and good habits.

Inferiority Complex Inferiority complex in teenag-ers is due to family and friends rejection or exceedingly high expectations are the main cause. It also develops when comparisons with others are made or criticism. Teens suf-fering from inferiority com-plex feel as if we are a failure and throughout their life their minds are occupied with this negative feeling which causes many other problems. Strong support is needed. If you are unable to achieve good marks, you must not loose hope and try hard next time. Never compare yourself with anyone this is the root cause of developing inferiority com-plex. Always have strong faith on your self and be strong. Share your worries, problems and interest patiently with your parents. Hard work and strong faith on ourselves can overcome all our fears, com-plexes and drawbacks.

Health ProblemsFrom the very beginning we are grown up in a hygienic at-mosphere but from schools, friends and also from parents we inherit health problems. In this age we undergo and experience different changes not in our life but in our body too. With these changes some teens have to suffer from

acne problem which is very common among teens. There can be various causes why acne forms. Acne is basically caused from bacteria. It can be worsened if the pimples are squeezed or scrubbed too hard. You need to drink lots of water and do cleansing daily. Beside such problems teens have some emotional problems which affect them. Emotional problems cause over eating, ex-cessive sleepiness and it leads to some other problems too. Enhancing social skills, prob-lem solving skills and self con-fidence can help prevent emo-tional problems.

Behaviour Problems Adolescent is usually seen as a difficult age. Behaviour prob-lems can be determined as physical and emotional devel-opment and what is socially and culturally acceptable in their surrounding. Behaviour prob-lems mostly occur when our demands are not fulfilled. We must adopt the changes in our-selves according to our atmos-phere and surroundings keep-ing in mind. In teenage, we all need to feel that we are gaining the capabilities and help man-age our lives. Small steps to-wards independence can help us to build not only our actual abilities, but confidence and self esteem, as well. Behaviour problem causes anxiety and an-ger in teens. They both appear due to worries, fears, and inner restlessness. Teens may react violently in this condition. In such situation you must take in-terest in other social activities. Try to solve out your worries by discussing and not keeping them in your mind or heart.


She came out of the car, dressed in dull and almost colourless clothes. Her face looked weak and withered with wrinkles defin-ing her oldness, but her manner was as enthusiastic as a young child in a playground. I sighed in frustration and thought to my-self “how long would it take her to get inside the house, a day or so?”, and laughed at my pathetic joke.“Ufff!” I said and stamped my foot firmly on the ground so that it was loud enough for my mom to hear “Mom! I’m going inside, I can’t wait okay?” And I rushed inside before my mom could re-

spond. I slammed my bedroom door behind me and catapulted on my bed with the headphones blasting my ears off. Then I dozed off into a content sleep unaware of my surroundings.When I woke up it was 8pm and the stars had come out to shine. I carelessly pulled off my head phones and scratched my ears in-stinctively, they were itching bad-ly. My head was swirling when I stood up, from all the consistent loud music. I opened the door and headed downstairs for some food. I found my mother in the kitchen “Hey mom got anything to eat?” My mom replied with a

thick stare which made me say “What? What did I do?”She was holding a jar and with a loud thump she put it down on the slab. “Asma, you’re grand-mother just flew across the world to see you for the first time and you just refused to even greet her?”“I didn’t refuse to see her”, I said defensively “I was just tired and bored so I went to sleep, is that wrong? And you could’ve woken me up!”“Don’t argue with me, go and apologize to your grandmother, she’s in the living room” she or-dered me and gave me her usual

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death stares.I went in the living room and there she was sitting on the arm chair and looking like as if she was waiting for me. I tried to put on the best smile I could put on. “Asslamaliakum dadi, how are you?” I held my hand towards her waiting for her to shake it but in-stead she grabbed it and pulled me towards her. She then hugged me and kissed my forehead as if she had been longing to do so. Then her smile grew wider and she looked as if her life’s dream had come to reality after hug-ging me. “Walakiumaslam forget about me how are you?” she said breathlessly “Here sit down be-sides me.”“I’m fine dadi, just woke up”, I replied hesitantly and scratched my chin. “Oh yes, your mother told me, she was going to wake you up but I said to let you com-plete your sleep” she said and squeezed my cheeks. ‘That didn’t feel so bad’ I thought and re-membered all the warnings my friends had given me about the ‘cheek squeezing’ that grandpar-ents often applied on children. In fact I liked it; I liked every thing my grandmother did to me for the past few minutes, the hug-ging, the kissing, and the con-stant smiling. “Umm so I have to go complete my homework dadi” I said in an impatient voice. “Oh why don’t you do it over here, we can talk and you can do your home work” she suggested but I refused “I can concentrate better in my room dadi” and I hurried off to my bedroom leaving a dis-appointed soul behind.‘I can talk to her tomorrow when I’m free’ I thought to myself and felt satisfied with that idea.Next morning I flustered over my hair trying to tie it the right way. Just when I was on the verge of losing my temper my grandmoth-er arrived and said “What are you doing? You make a ponytail for school?”“Umm…yes” I replied.“Well that will damage your hair darling, here let me make a nice braid for you”, she said and held her hands out, for me to hand her the brush. In desperation, I gave her the brush and she worked on my hair. In a minute she was

done and I realized how beauti-fully she had done it. My hair looked as long as ever! Just then the school bus parked outside our house and honked for me to come quickly. I ran downstairs and forgot to thank her or say good bye.At school everyone compliment-ed me about my hair. The day went good. When I arrived home my mom was in the kitchen and so was my grandmother. I greet-ed them and ran upstairs to get fresh for lunch. When I got to the dining table, the smell was differ-ent. Something was also differ-ent about the food when I tasted it, it was oily greasy but the most delicious thing I had ever tasted! ‘Mom could’ve never made this, its actually making my stomach explode’ I thought and shook my head in delight. “Who made this?” was the question that I was about to say but my dad said it first. “I did”, my grandmother re-plied and gave a huge smile.“This is brilliant”, I said and kept on eating gleefully.At night I was about to go to my friend’s house when my grand-mother spotted me and said “Oh I see you are ready to go some-where, can I come with you?” She asked and her eyes twinkled with desire just like a ten-year old boy’s eyes when he sees a new bicycle in a toy shop.“I’m going to my friends’ house dadi what will you do over there?” I answered with a fake smile.“Oh you can introduce me to your friends and afterwards we could go for a walk in the park”.“But dadi you’ll get bored over there and besides who goes to a park at night?” I said.“Okay then go and have fun.” She said and smiled but not the usual happy smile she used to flash. The next day I came home from school grumpily. I had a bad day at school my test didn’t go so well. “Mom! I’m hungry!” I shouted angrily. I started throw-ing all my possessions in my room which made a lot of noise. “What is it honey?” A voice came from behind me. I turned around and saw a sweet angelic face of my grandmother. “Nothing just trouble at school” I replied as if I

cared what she said in reply. “Oh tell me all about it”, she said and sat down on my bed. “I’ll try to fix it and if I can’t, God surely can if we ask Him to”.Then I told her what happened and she comforted me by consol-ing me and said she’ll remember me in her prayers like she always does and everything will be al-right.Her technique of lifting up my spirits worked and then the next second I was happily playing with my friends. Time had gone by and I still hadn’t spent time with my grandmother, ‘tomorrow’ I promised to myself.But I wasn’t lenient towards it and days went by. I still hadn’t given time to my lovely grand-mother who had always given time to me, even in her prayers. Till one day when I came home and was shocked to find the arm chair empty. With out her in it, the chair was dark and de-pressing but with her in it the chair had bright glow around it. I searched the whole house but couldn’t find her until I went into my parent’s house and saw every-one gathered over there around the bed on which my grandmoth-er lay on. My mom was weeping consistently and my dad was whispering something to the doctor. Then I felt as if the shield around me had broken, the angel that guarded me had left me, the angel had died. My grandmother had died. I realized how much she meant to me after she had left me. Why couldn’t I realize that before, so that I had cared about her, so that I could’ve spent the wasted hours with her? I had misused my time and my oppor-tunity. Human nature had once again shown itself. We never real-ize what something’s worth after it’s gone.

Siamese cat AppearanceThe Siamese cat is easily recognizable

by its distinctive colouring and almond shape brilliant blue eyes. They are a very sleek cat with

coloured points on their ears, face, tail and feet. The Siamese cat is a small to medium sized slender and el-

egant cat with a long body, neck and tail with a long wedge shaped head.The breed standard of the Modern Siamese Cat indicates an elegant, slim, stylish, flexible and well muscled body. Its head is triangular shaped, with a thin snout. The eyes are almond-shaped and oblique, the ears large and thin. It has a long neck, body and tail. The hair is short,

glossy, fine, soft, tight and adhered to the body. The Siamese is characterized by its typical pointed

colour scheme.

The Siamese is one of the oldest breeds of domestic cats known to man, origi-nating from Asia. It’s orien-tal heritage is very interest-ing, and the name ‘Siamese’ comes from Siam, which is now known as Thailand. Ac-cording to some legends, the Siamese was once con-sidered sacred, and kept in temples by priests, and peo-

ple of extreme importance.Although there have been many theories about the origin of the Siamese cat, it is now quite certain that it was a well loved variety in the ancient Siamese city of Ayudha. Ayudha was found-ed in 1350 and was Siam’s capital until fire destroyed the city during the Burmese invasion in 1767.

In the National Library, in the present day capital of Bangkok, there are manu-scripts from Ayudha that provide a record of native cats, describing them as having black tails, feet and ears with a white body and blue eyes which reflect a reddish glow at night be-cause it is part albino. The Siamese cat’s eyes are a

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Siamese PersonalitySiamese cats are a very intelligent, lively,

entertaining cat. They can be very demanding and become totally involved in their owner’s life. Siamese do

not like to be ignored and always have to be the centre of attention. They usually regard themselves as people rather than

cats. You will never be bored if you own a Siamese cat. Siamese cats have a strong personality and are usually very talkative, often with

a loud voice. The Siamese voice is quite legendry and they use it well to communicate with humans. Their meow has been compared to the cries of a human baby. They enjoy being with people and have a great need for human companionship. Siamese cats are sometimes described as extroverts. Often they bond strongly to a single person.Siamese cats are extremely affectionate and make a wonderful, en-tertaining and totally dominating pet. They are very loyal and lov-ing. These cats are typically active and playful, even as adults.

They are a high energy cats who are always on the go. What-ever activity you are engaged in you can be sure that

your Siamese cat will be always there helping you out.

brilliant sapphire blue. The original Siamese cats in Siam lived in temples where they were closely guarded to keep the breed pure. So highly were they regarded that there owner-ship is said to have been restricted to members of the Royal family. Only if a man was promoted to a knight or nobleman could

he possess that cat with, as they believed, “special powers.”Many Siamese cats from Thailand had a kink in their tails but over the years this trait has been considered to be a flaw and breeders have largely eradicated it, although it persists among street cats in Thailand. Many early

Siamese were cross-eyed to compensate for the ab-normal uncrossed wiring of the optic chiasm, which is produced by the same albino allele that produces coloured points. Like the kinked tails, the crossed eyes have been seen as a fault and through selective breeding; the trait is far less common today.


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The point colours are the col-our of the face, ears, tail and feet. Siamese point colours can be Seal, Chocolate, Blue, Lilac, Cinnamon, Fawn, Red, Cream, Apricot or Caramel. The points can also

be Tortie (Tortoiseshell) and Tabby (or Lynx)

Life Span:The Siamese cat will

usually live up to 13 or 14 years of age, but it is not unknown for Siamese cats to reach the grand old age of 20.

Dinosaurs were reptiles of many amazing shapes and sizes that lived long ago. They had just the same needs as the animals you know today — to hunt, feed, breed and escape their enemies. Dinosaurs ruled the World for millions of years. They appeared about 225 mil-lion years ago and died out 65 million years ago. There were three periods in dinosaur his-tory: Triassic, when the first di-nosaur appeared; Jurassic and Cretaceous, when the dinosaurs dominated the land. Dinosaurs lived everywhere on Earth, but the planet was completely dif-ferent at that time. The seas, plants, animals and continents, Laurasia and Gondwana, were all different. And there were no people! Insects, small mammals and many modern forms of life lived in the shadows of the dino-saurs, as well as other reptiles. Pterosaurs soared through the air, while ichthyosaurs and Ple-siosaurs swam in the seas . There was life on Earth for over 3,000 million years before the dino-saurs. Mammal like reptile was living on the land lust before the dinosaurs appeared. Some Sci-

entists think Logosuchus (which means rabbit crocodile)was the ancestor of all dinosaurs. Scien-tist called paleontologist exam-ine dinosaur bones and piece them together They also study fossilized footprints, nests and eggs, dungs, and even tooth marks on bones. In the Jurassic age, giant plant eaters called sauropods became the largest animals to walk on earth. One of them, Ultrasauros, may had been up to 100 feet long and about 60 feet high, whick is as long as an six story build-ing. Compsognathus was the smallest dinosaur, it was a size of turkey and weighed about six pounds. It hunted insects and lizards. Heterodontosauras and Lesothosauraus, both plant eating dinosaurs, were just as small. The heaviest dinosaur was Ultrasauros, it weighed as much as fifty tons, but scientists have recently found a bigger dinosaur in Argentina. A gigan-tic Argentiortosaurus may had weighed as much as 100 tons. Most sauropods were smaller, weighing between 30 or 80 tons. If we want to know which dino-saur is a plant eater and which

is a meat eater we could look at its fossil that how big are its teeth and claws. Meat eaters and plant eaters developed dif-ferent special features, such as hands that grasp and grinding or shearing teeth. Plant eat-ers teeth were not too sharp to cut and tear meat, they had spoon shaped teeth for cut-ting through plants. Diplodo-cids had pencil shaped teeth . They could strip branches bare in seconds by raking leaves through their teeth. Meat eat-ers such as Allosaurus had long, curved, dagger like teeth to kill and tear prey. They had pow-erful jaws in their large heads and strong claws to grip their victims. Allosaurus could eat you up in two gulps. The en-emies of Stegosaurus would have to watch out for the bony spickes at its tail. Many plant eating dinosaurs developed spikes, horns or claws to pro-tect themselves from other dino-saur’s attack. Some small plant eaters relied on running away to defend themselves. They would have good hearing and sharp eye sight. Dryosaurus could run at about 25 mph.

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Diary of a Whimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth Author: Jeff Kinney

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth is an absolute delight, sure to please the many fans of this mega-suc-cessful series. The novel is written in the graphic novel + cartoon format of diary entries just like the previ-ous titles in this series. To add to the series’ authentic-ity, author/illustrator Jeff Kinney lines the pages with pen and ink sketches—a winning combination.Like the other books in the series, The Ugly Truth features middle-school student, Greg Heffley. And in this book, as in previous ones, our hero records the daily events involving him, his friends, his parents, and his younger and older brothers both at school and at home.A new school year is about to start, and Greg is wor-ried. He has just had a fight with his best friend, Row-ley; this is doubly upsetting because Greg doesn’t have any other candidates for friend-ship—and everyone knows that middle school requires at least one person to get your back and save you from obscurity. Once school begins, however, Greg finds that his broken friendship is the least of his problems.This is a year of change, and Greg isn’t sure that growing up is all that great. He covets facial hair and even envies the blazing zit on Rowley’s forehead because it’s a sign that Rowley is becoming a man.Soon Greg finds himself bringing home a permission slip to attend a very confusing Facts of Life class, in which the girls and boys are separated. This seminal event gets Greg to thinking about parties. Add to the mix a dreaded visit to his 95-year-old Gam-mie who is scheduled this year to give him “The Talk.” Could life get any worse?Evidently: Yes. A trip to a new dentist results in Greg having to wear the most embar-rassing thing ever: headgear to correct an overbite.And just when he thinks his plate cannot get any fuller, Greg’s mom decides to go back to school. This means that every family member has special new chores. When Dad and the boys try to fix dinner, the result is disaster. Hiring a maid to help doesn’t work out, either. Life is disturbing for Greg.This hilarious book totally captures the essence and angst of what it means to be a middle schooler. Readers will relate to the perfectly selected details surrounding the further development of the main character—in a book that stands alone while serving as a worthy addition to the series.The quick pacing and humour yield a very enjoyable read. And the illustrations add just the right amount of wry commentary to make for a fun read for those who have already survived that particular abyss that is middle school.





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