A Story on an Animal: Stray Cat

This is a story about a stray cat from it's perspective, written by Zainab Salman in Session 2.

I am a stray cat. I am sitting on the top of the garden fence, smelling about for some food. Suddenly, I smell some milk and I follow the smell. I see a saucer full of milk and I bow my head to lap it up, But all of a sudden, A girl pops out of a corner and yells BOO!!!

I feel so scared and I run away, out on the street. I stop by a kind old lady who’s on a wheelchair. She sits out in her garden every evening and sometimes throws me some meat or cat biscuits. She also owns this awful Persian cat who hates me very much.  (I usually keep a distance with her in case of any attacks!) The old lady throws out some over boiled meat and I start nibbling it up even though I really hate boiled meat. I prefer raw fish, but she doesn't know that and I don’t care because I am way too hungry. I lick my paws and purr. Then I walk away and settle down at a corner for a sleep. I wake up to see some boys throwing me some popcorn. I chew some up, and walk away to a corner of soft grass because it is a purrrfect place for a purrfect nap. Meeoow!!!

A Story on an Animal: Ant

This is a piece of writing about an Ant from it's perspective written by Syeda Nameera Faisal in Session 2.

A Story on an Animal: Lizard

This is a small piece of writing about a Lizard from it's perspective, written by Club Member Fatima Salman in Session 2.

Just as I got out of my hiding place under the bed, a girl entered the room. I stayed still, hoping to be unnoticed, but her terrible eyes spotted me and she screamed so loudly that my ears hurt! I ran back under the bed. I was terrified that someone would kill me if I came out, so I stayed under the bed all day long until night. And when everyone fell asleep, I changed my home to a safer place, (Under a loose floorboard!)

Report: Thinkers' Club Session 2

Session # 2 
Date: 10^th August, 2014

Attended by: 15 participants
Report Written by: Zainab Salman

Today was the 2^nd session of the Thinker’s Club. We all gathered and introduced ourselves to the 4 new kids who hadn’t come last time. Actually, we didn’t introduce ourselves, we introduced others. We were paired up with somebody whom we didn’t know and were asked to introduce them. After that, we started our discussion. We debated over Do animals think? Everybody had different answers and then we decided that because animals feel and have emotions, they probably do think. But they just think around their basic needs; around their instincts. We also talked about whether animals have brains or not and decided that animals have brains because some kids had eaten cow and goat brains before. We were also asked that Is there any animal who’s brain is larger than it's body? After some time somebody answered the question and we learned that the ant is one such animal.

Then we wrote on the topic, A Day in the life of an Animal. From lizards to elephants and dogs, everybody had chosen a different animal to write about. We shared part of our writings with the rest of the class. All the writings were interesting.

We talked about Animals mentioned in the Quran. The responses were ants, honey bees, elephants, cows, spiders, etc. We discussed on diverse topics and answered several questions. We learned interesting facts and pondered upon different questions. We talked about birds and their nests. As the class ended, we were given a challenge to make a nest. You've to use no nails, glue or any artificial things. Most kids agreed to make a nest and seemed eager. This session was more interesting than the last one and everyone enjoyed.

Zainab's Writings: Review: The first session of Thinker's Club.

Zainab Salman, a member of our Thinkers' Club has published a review of the club's inaugural session on her blog. Please visit her blog and comment.

Zainab's Writings: Review: The first session of Thinker's Club.: We have started a Thinker's Club or 'Halqa e Ghor o fikr' in Urdu. Over there we think about several issues and discuss what we ...