StoryWeaver Grades 1 and 2📖 Stories🌲 Nature

What's Neema Eating Today?

A young happy girl
A girl eating

Meet Neema.

Just like you, she loves food.

Which is why, Neema is always eating and eating.

A girl eating with joy

CHOMP! CHOMP!

CHEW… CHEW!

MMM… MMM!

Oho! Close your mouth while chewing, Neema!

A house by the river

When it’s summer, The days are happy and long, And it’s warm outside.

What’s Neema eating today?

A girl looking at all the fruits around her with joy

Summer is the season to eat mangoes – yellow, green and red.

Slippery white lychees with bright red coats, Green, striped and butter yellow watermelons, Juicy mulberries that burst in the mouth, Oho! Neema’s hands are all sticky and purple now!

Monsoon

When it’s monsoon, The dark and frowning clouds roll in, And it’s raining outside.

What’s Neema eating today?

A girl eating jamun

Monsoon is the season to eat corn – yellow, white and purple.

Fresh and juicy sweet limes, Pineapples with crowns on their heads, Purple and squishy jamuns, Oho! Neema’s tongue is all fuzzy and blue!

Night

When it’s winter, And the days get shorter. And it’s cold outside.

What’s Neema eating today?

Girl climbing a tamarind tree

Winter is the season for shiny leafy vegetables. Beetroot, red like the setting sun, Plump green custard apples.

Look, look, Neema’s climbing up a tree now, Oho! She’s plucked all the sour, brown tamarinds!

A girl eating strawberries

Neema loves to eat, But she loves to eat with the season!

CHOMP! CHOMP! CHEW… CHEW! MMM… MMM!

A woman and a boy out in the field

Across the world, there are five types of seasons – Spring, Summer, Monsoon, Autumn and Winter. But in some places in India, like where Neema lives, the seasons are Summer, Monsoon and Winter.

Tamarind, chikoo and mulberries against a yellow background

Eat with the season! Like Neema, you can eat colourful and tasty fruits and vegetables across the year. Here’s a seasonal calendar so that you know which fruits and vegetables to eat through the year.

Tamarind: January to February

Chikoos: January to February and May to July

Mulberries: March to May and October to November

Spinach, mango and watermelon

Spinach: March to May, and October to January

Mango: March to August

Watermelon : April to June

Lychees, jamun and corn

Lychees: May to June

Jamuns: May to July

Corn : June to August

Sweet lime, custard apple and beetroot

Sweet Lime : July-August

Custard apple: October-February

Beetroot: All year, but best eaten in winter