Summary: Making Pots

Summary

• Pots and other utensils are made from clay.
• The person who makes these is called a potter. Pots are used for storing different things and utensils are used for cooking and eating.
• A potter makes pots from clayey soil. 
• This soil is mostly found near ponds and rivers.
• He uses a trowel to dig the soil and then he dries, grounds, and sieves it.
• He then kneads it with water to make clay dough.
• He uses a potter's wheel to give shape to the pots he makes.
• He then dries them under the sun and then heats them in the kiln to make them strong.
• The kiln is a furnace or a big oven.
• Some of the utensils that potters make are surah, ghara, Diya, flower pot, kulhar, sakora, etc.

Story of Crow and The Sparrow

• There is a story about a crow and a sparrow.
• The sparrow's name is Phudgudi.
• The crow's name is Bhanate.
• They were best friends.
• One-day Bhanate said to Phudgudi if you lay eggs first then I will eat and if I lay eggs first then you can eat it.
• They both agreed to this deal.
• After some days Phudgudi laid the egg.
• Bhanate asked her to give her eggs to eat.
• Phudgudi was scared.
• She said to go and wash your beak first in the river.
• Bhanate went to the river and asked the river to give it some water to wash its beak.
• Bhanate said to the river that I will wash my beak with cold water and I want to eat the egg.
• River replied how will you fill the water if you do not have any pot.
• So, he went to a potter and asked him to make a pot to store water.
• Potter replied how I can make a pot without clay and get some clay from the clay pit.
• Bhanate went to the clay pit and asked for some clay to make the pot.
• Clay-pit replied how I can dig soil without a trowel.
• Bhanate went to the blacksmith and asked for a trowel.
• The blacksmith gave him a trowel on one condition that he would return it.
• Bhanate agreed.
• He went to the clay pit and dug some clay.
• Finally the potter made a pot for him.
• Bhanate filled the water in the pot and washed its beak.
• He then went to eat Phudgudi's egg.
• By that time eggs were hatched.
• A little bird came out and flew away.
• Far away from Bhanate.
• Phudgudi protected the egg.

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