Dimdima
Online Children's Magazine from India
One day a demon came to see a farmer who was working in his field. "These fields belonged to my father's father," said the demon. "I will take half of whatever you grow in these fields."
The farmer was frightened but he kept his wits about him.
"You can take whatever grows above the ground, your Excellency," he said. The demon agreed and went away.
That year the farmer grew potatoes in his field. When the demon came for his share he got the stems and leaves of the plant but since they grow underground, not a single potato.
"Next time I'll take whatever grows below the ground!" he growled. When he came again some months later the farmer was harvesting corn. He had planted corn and had got a bumper harvest. "Where's my share!" screamed the demon.
"Your share is under the ground, your Excellency," said the farmer. You can take the roots away whenever you want."
The demon, ashamed at being outwitted by a farmer, turned around without another word and walked away and the farmer never saw him again.
Dimdima is the Sanskrit word for ‘drumbeat’. In olden days, victory in battle was heralded by the beat of drums or any important news to be conveyed to the people used to be accompanied with drumbeats.
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Dimdima.com, the Children's Website of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan launched in 2000 and came out with a Printed version of Dimdima Magazine in 2004. At present the Printed Version have more than 35,000 subscribers from India and Abroad.