Zvala: Eeeeeeeeee! We’re so glad you are here – BOTH of you – the ones that took the long and winding fun route through http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g_yiZU0WTU and the ones who couldn’t wait to come here pronto! Now let’s get straight to the details of The Great Taranauts Contest – No 3!
Zarpa: This time, you have to dream up a name for the scary meenmaach you see on the right!
Tufan (shuddering): I don’t even want to look. I had a LOAD of trouble with that one at Syntilla, I can tell you.
Zvala: Yeah, it was scary! We were in the middle of Lake Shawksar Ovar, which was all frozen and all, and then an Ograzur appeared with a club, and….
Zarpa and Tufan: Zvaalaaaa! You’re not supposed to give the story away until the book comes out!
Zvala (reddening): Oh… sorry!
Zarpa: Anyway, back to the contest. A little bit about this meenmaach – that glowing antenna-type thing on top of its head can be quite ’shocking’ – so it’s better to stay away from it. The vicious little creatures hunt in packs, and once they’ve touched you with their antennae five or six times, you lose consciousness…
Zvala: …and THAT’s when they begin to eat you with those razor-sharp teeth – from the toes up!!!!
Zarpa: Calm down, Zvala. Earthkins, your name for the meenmaach should be short (not more than 12 letters, say), and should created from a combination of words from two Indian languages, or from an Indian language and English.
Tufan: And it should describe the meenmaach, and send shivers down your spine when you hear it!
Zvala: The name we like best is what we will name this ugly thing in our next book – The Mystery of the Syntilla Silvers – which will be out at the end of August. And if we choose YOUR entry, then YOUR name will go into Book 5 as the earth’s Most Mastastic Meenmaach Namer! Ten other entries we love will also feature in the book, along with the names of those who thought them up.
Zarpa: That’s not all! You get to win loads of prizes too! We even have a little prize for each and every participant.
Tufan: But remember, we can only send you your prize if we know where to send it, so make sure you put down your NAME, AGE, SCHOOL, FULL POSTAL ADDRESS, and a CONTACT NUMBER along with your entry.
Zvala: Send your Meenmaach name and all your other details to us here – taranauts@gmail.com. Hurry! Contest closes July 30, 2011!
Zarpa: And we will announce the results right here, a week later – on the 7th of August. Get those Meenmaach Name-inators going – we’re waiting to hear from you!
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