# Ammachi's Amazing Machines

- Source: StoryWeaver (storyweaver.org.in), CC BY, Pratham Books, StoryWeaver, CC BY 4.0
- Reading level: Grades 1 and 2
- Subjects: Stories, How Things Work
- Topics: ammachi, machines, barfi, simple, coconut, ready
- Length: 187 words, about 1 min
- By: Rajiv Eipe
- Original: <https://storyweaver.org.in/en/stories/10118-ammachi-s-amazing-machines>
- Page: <https://sprout.rootsofreason.org/r/storyweaver/ammachi-s-amazing-machines>
- Open in Sprouts: <https://sprout.rootsofreason.org/?read=storyweaver/ammachi-s-amazing-machines>

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"Ammachi! Ammachi! Could we make coconut barfi today?" Sooraj asked his grandmother. ***"PLEEEEEAASE?"***

"Hee hee hee! Only if you help me make it, eh?" replied Ammachi. ***"YAY!"***

"Ready?" shouted Sooraj.

***"Ready!"*** said Ammachi.

"We’ll only pick the ripe ones, okay? The ones that are brown all over... Watch out! Here they come!" **WHOOOSH... *WHUMP!***

"Now to get the husk off…" **POTCH! *CRAANKK!***

Sooraj’s stomach went: "GRRRRRR!"

Ammachi giggled.

"Then we **crACK** the shell… like THIS!"

***KHATAK!***

"And ***grrrrrraaaaate*** the frrrrrrrruuuit!"

"Toss it into the pan with all the other ingredients…" "It smells ***SO good***, Ammachi!"

"Then we ***pour*** it all out on to a tray… Wait for it to cool, baba!"

"Now cut it into neat little slices…"

***SQUEAK*** ***SQUEAK***

**"YIPPEE!** Our coconut barfi is ready to be eaten!"

***"**YUM YUM YUM!"***

Ammachi's barfi was made using ***SIMPLE MACHINES!*** Simple machines make it easier to do work. There are six kinds of simple machines:

**1. Inclined plane**  
**2. Lever**  
**3. Wheel and Axle**

**4. Wedge**  
**5. Pulley**  
**6. Screw**

Can you identify the simple machines that Sooraj and Ammachi used in the process of making coconut barfi?

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## Picture credits

- Rajiv Eipe, CC BY 4.0 (<https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/4920-an-old-lady-with-her-tool-kit-and-a-boy-washing-his-hands-in-the-garden>)
- Rajiv Eipe, CC BY 4.0 (<https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/4917-an-old-woman-and-a-young-boy-out-in-the-garden>)
- Rajiv Eipe, CC BY 4.0 (<https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/4887-a-boy-jumping-with-joy-a-smiling-old-woman>)
- Rajiv Eipe, CC BY 4.0 (<https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/4888-a-boy-helping-his-grandmother-pick-coconuts>)
- Rajiv Eipe, CC BY 4.0 (<https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/4976-an-old-woman-picking-coconuts-with-her-grandson>)
- Rajiv Eipe, CC BY 4.0 (<https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/4892-a-boy-and-his-grandmother-trying-to-cut-open-a-coconut>)
- Rajiv Eipe, CC BY 4.0 (<https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/4893-a-hungry-boy-and-his-laughing-grandmother>)
- Rajiv Eipe, CC BY 4.0 (<https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/4894-a-grandmother-cutting-open-a-coconut-a-boy-with-a-bowl>)
- Rajiv Eipe, CC BY 4.0 (<https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/4977-a-boy-grating-coconuts-in-the-kitchen>)
- Rajiv Eipe, CC BY 4.0 (<https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/4896-grandmother-cooking-and-boy-watching>)
- Rajiv Eipe, CC BY 4.0 (<https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/4978-an-old-woman-pouring-food-into-a-tray>)
- Rajiv Eipe, CC BY 4.0 (<https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/4979-grandmother-cutting-slices-of-coconut-barfi>)
- Rajiv Eipe, CC BY 4.0 (<https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/4899-grandmother-and-her-grandson-eating-coconut-barfi>)
- Rajiv Eipe, CC BY 4.0 (<https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/4900-simple-machines>)
- Rajiv Eipe, CC BY 4.0 (<https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/4901-simple-machines-wedge-pulley-screw>)