In the bustling village of Sonapur lived a clever girl named Aditi
and her younger brother, Aryan. One sunny afternoon, they saw
their grandmother struggling to pull a heavy bucket of water
from the deep well near their home.
“Grandma, why is it so hard to pull the bucket up?” Aryan asked,
worried.
The grandmother smiled, wiping her brow. “Son, it’s because the
bucket is heavy, and I have to use a lot of effort to lift it.”
That evening, Aditi sat under the mango tree, deep in thought.
“Aryan, how can we make it easier for Grandma?”
Aryan scratched his head. “Maybe we could tie a second rope
and pull together?”
Aditi thought for a moment and said, “But that wouldn’t really
reduce the effort. There must be another way.”
Just then, Aryan’s eyes lit up. “What if we use something round,
like a wheel? When I roll my toy cart, it feels easy to move.”
Aditi nodded, and said, “Let’s ask Swati didi! She is always fixing
The Magic Pulley
the bucket from the well, and she was finding it hard to do it.”
force is simply a push or pull. When I pull the bucket up, gravity
“Something pulls it down? What’s that?” Aryan asked.
“We can use a pulley,” said Swati.
“A pulley? What’s that?” Aryan asked.
a wheel with a groove around it. When you pass a rope through
Swati continued. “When you use a
First, they mounted the wheel on a metal rod and fixed it to the
Grandmother tried it and was amazed. “Wah! This is wonderful!
Later, as the siblings sat by the well, Aryan said, “We learned so
“Exactly!” Swati said. “With creativity and teamwork, you can
Who knows what you’ll create next?”
With that, the two siblings ran off, dreaming of their next big