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Hey, remember those super-hot summer afternoons when you’d be playing outside — maybe gully cricket or flying kites? You’d be so tired and sweaty, feeling like a little ice cube would be a blessing! And then, suddenly, you'd hear that familiar jingle or bell — Tring Tring — and there he is, the Ice Cream Man with his colourful cart! Don't you just feel like running to him for a yummy, cold treat?

❌ Some kids think that the Ice Cream Man only sells *ice cream*, just like it says in the poem.

✅ But wait — in real life, our ice cream bhaiya often has kulfi, chuskis, and even cold drinks too! He brings a whole cart of yummy, cold things, not just one kind of ice cream, right?

Let's try a fun little experiment at home. Take any juice or squash, mix a little water in it, and pour it into a small cup or bowl. Put a spoon or an ice cream stick in the middle and keep it in the freezer. Once it's frozen, you've made your very own cold treat, just like a mini chuski!

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Dekho — have you ever seen your mom make yummy pakoras or a quick snack from leftover rice or some vegetable scraps? It’s like magic, right? Something you thought might be thrown away becomes a delicious treat! Just like in our 'Wonderful Waste' story, where vegetable scraps turned into 'Avial'. Socho zara — what other things do we usually throw away that could be made into something new and interesting?

❌ Many children think that 'waste' is just garbage and it's always useless, so we should just throw it away.

✅ But actually — if we use our smart brains and think creatively, even things we call waste can become very useful and wonderful, just like the vegetable scraps in the story became the delicious dish, Avial!

Ek kaam karo — find an old shoebox or a plastic bottle at home. Decorate it with colours, old buttons, or scraps of fabric, and turn it into a tiny storage box for your crayons or small toys. Socho zara — what else could you make from things you usually throw away?

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