SECRETS OF THE TAJ MAHAL

THE FAKE COFFINS

The coffins which are surrounded by a marble screen inside the Taj Mahal are not real. They were built so that it looked beautiful. The real coffins are inside the underground chamber which you can see through a grill as soon as you enter the Taj Mahal. You cannot go and see the real coffins as they are locked. The taller fake coffin is on the left. It is Shahjahan’ s coffin. The shorter one, which is on the right, Is Mumtaz  Mahal’s coffin. These are the fake coffins. There are no pictures of the real coffins as they are kept locked and bolted.

2.THE EIGHT WELLS OF WONDER

The Taj Mahal was built next to the Yamuna River;  it was built on eight wells which had to be full of water . The wells were built when the Taj was first constructed, below the base to keep the marble white .But , there was a problem with building it next to the Yamuna too. If the was Yamuna was flooded, the Taj Mahal would be first to get flooded. But, the clever Mughals had a solution to  this problem as well. The eight wells also prevent the Taj from drowning.

3. THE LEANING TOWERS OF INDIA

The Taj Mahal ‘s towers are slightly slanted back, and if you look carefully at the Taj Mahal, you will see them too. They were built like that so that, in an earthquake, the towers would not fall on top of the Taj, but  backwards. It looks like its leaning forward, but the angle makes it look like that.

The mughals were great architects, weren’t they? .They thought of what could happen  to the building they were \making before it did. No wonder the Taj Mahal is one of the seven wonders of the world.

Think of how much hard work the Mughals had to do build magnificent buildings, such as the Taj Mahal. We should be grateful to them that they only thought of how beautiful it would look and how famous it would become, not that it would deplete the royal treasury and how much work they would have to do!!!

CASPER's PARTY

CASPER'S   PARTY   MUDDLE

One day, Casper the ghost decided to have a party. So he went to the library to get a book about planning parties. He found one and started to read it .It said that he should set the table with china. Now, Casper did not know what china was. He thought that he was supposed to get something from China, the country in Asia.

So, Casper went to the travel agency, in which the people were so puzzled that they gave him brochures about different trips to China. Casper went back home with the brochures, and read the rest of the book. It said that you should write the invitations with Indian ink. He thought he had to go all the way to India for it.

Then he remembered that his Aunt Amelia lived in India, and called her and asked if she could send him some ink. His aunt thought that he was playing a joke on her. So, just to humor him, she sent him the ink. He thought that she had done as he asked her to, so he called her and thanked her. Thinking it was a joke, his aunt did not ask him any questions. He wrote and posted the invitations.

Next, the book said to give each guest a small pad and pencil as a return gift. Casper thought that he had to give each guest a knee-pad and pencil. So he went to the sport shop and bought all the knee pads he could find, and he found a set of his pencils which he had not used. He wrapped all of them neatly and kept them aside.Then he went to change and the party started. Wizard Hoho Started laughing when he saw the brochures to china on the table. He asked Casper where he had got them from.

"The book said so" Casper said, puzzled.

"Is that so? Bring the book to me", said Wizard Hoho.

They all laughed away and told the puzzled Casper why they were laughing. When they opened their presents, there was even more laughter. Casper wondered what he had done wrong now and they explained it to him.

All the guests told their friends this funny story, recalling the time they had been laughing away and the look on Casper's face. One of the guests  told me this tale.

I hope you enjoyed it too!

Devanshika/devu bajpai