Kids Spot
Welcome to the second Children Page of the Federation Samachar and thank you young boys and girls for your response to the prize questions and puzzles. The response was fair with a few entries being received from Tanzania and Kenya but what we surely would like to see is many entries from all over Africa and overseas too.
The winner for the last issue was Muhammadali M.A. Khatau (9) of Jaffery Academy, Mombasa who solved the Jingler correctly and sent us the best answer for the Prize Questions (see Good and Bad parents on this page). Congratulations Mohamed and surely what you like to see your parents do and not do is what many other children also want. Well, as children we have a right to also guide our parents when they err and so when we tell them of things we don't like we should expect them to hear.
In this issue we have one puzzle (The Jingler) and one question for you to answer. Solve the puzzle and send us your answers to the question and we have a prize of TShs. 10,000/- for the best answer. Send in your entries on the form below and address it to:
Figure Out, Federation Samachar, P.O. Box 6710, Dar es Salaam.
PRIZE QUESTION
As a child or youth what do you like to hear from our preachers during the month of Muharram? And why is it that you prefer our preachers to recite on this subject? (answers need not be in essay form --jotting down of points will suffice).
The Jingler
The names of four Shuhadae Kerbala can be made from the set of jumbled letters. Re-arrange the letters to name them and letters in brackets will make up the final play word for which a clue is given.
Previous solution: ZILKAAD, SHABAN, MUHARRAM, RAJAB, RAMADHAN
What are the two strongest animals? An elephant and a rhino? No a snail and a tortoise because they carry their houses on their backs.
Good and bad parents
I like my parents to recite Qur'an, pray namaz on time, to obey Allah's commands and to buy me things. I do like them not to speak lies and to work for each other. I like my parents to let me play on my bicycle and to take me for a walk. I like my parents listening to majlis and I like my mother because she cooks for me nice meals.
I do not like my parents to beat me or to lie to me and I don't like some parents who don't go to mosque. I don't like parents who treat their children badly or who listen to music or fight allthe time. I do not like parents who do not pray on time and who do not allow me to meet good friends. I also don't like parents who make false promises and those who do not give us a chance to speak or explain things. .