A brief description of the Narrative:

A showman came in their town, was the proprietor of the Gaiety Land. They provided assorted merriment, games and slide shows. The storyteller won a Road Engine in Lottery. But he had no infinite to maintain it. Few yearss subsequently, the Municipality ordered him to take away the engine. He begged every passing Bus-Drivers and a Mail Engine-Driver but none helped him. Finally local priest offered him the service of the temple elephant. He decided to be disappear. Then he met with Joseph, a discharged coach driver. He arranged the remainder to take the engine. The scene was really amusing. But the consequence became different. At this point a Swamiji came to the town to demo his yogik efforts.

From eating glass tumblers, lying on spike boards to creaming hot Fe rods, halting his pulse he could demo many more. He besides offered to hold a route engine driven over his thorax. But when everything was ready, an inspector came and prohibited to get down K nitrile and have an route engine driven over his thorax. Swamiji left angrily. However, nature rescued him in unexpected mode. An Earth-quake hit the town and the engine stuck into the unfastened oral cavity of a disused good. The proprietor of the well was really happy as it was the dirtiest H2O on the Earth and the Municipality often ordered him to shut it. So, the proprietor agreed to pay all the debts of the storyteller. Finally, the storyteller heaved a suspiration of alleviation.

Few short inquiries and replies:

1. Where was the Gaiety Land installed?
Ans. : The merriment Land was installed at the Gymkhana Ground.
2. Who was the proprietor of the Gymkhana Ground?
Ans. : The Municipality was the proprietor of the Gymkhana Ground.
3. Why was the
peculiar corner of the show in great favor? Ans. : The peculiar corner of the show was in great favor because there one stood a opportunity of winning a assortment of articles.
4. Whom did the storyteller beg to assist him?
Ans. : To assist him the storyteller begged every passing coach driver and a mail engine driver.
5. Who helped the storyteller foremost and how?
Ans. : The priest of the local temple helped him foremost by offering the service of the local temple elephant.
6. Who was Joseph?
Ans. : Joseph was a discharged bus- driver who said that he could maneuver an engine if it was kept in gesture.
7. Where did he program to maintain the engine?
Ans. : He planned to maintain the engine on a field owned by his friend.
8. Mention some fast ones those were shown by Swamiji.
Ans. : Swamiji could eat glass tumblers, he could gargle and imbibe acid, he could cream hot Iron-rods even he could masticate and get down crisp nails. Wordss notes:
Owner – Proprietor ; Space – Place ; Priest – Worshipper ; Rest – Remainder ; Feats – Accomplishments ; Prohibited – Forbade ; Debts – Loans, Frequently – Repeatedly,

THE REFUGEES

Pearl Sydenstricker Buck ( 1892 – 1973 ) was an American author though she spent her childhood in China. Her ‘The Good Earth ( 1931 ) ’ earned her the Pulitzer Prize in 1932 & A ; she was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1938.She describes the life of Wang Lung, a Chinese provincial, whose love of the land sustains him through old ages of adversity. During a inundation in the countryside the husbandman became one of the refugees. The farmer’s sincere love for the land every bit good as for his grandson is vividly portrayed by the writer.

A brief history the Narrative:

The small shriveled old adult male was transporting a burden of two baskets. In one basket, there were a folded comforter & A ; a caldron and in the other there was an highly ragged and patched comforter but it was clean still. Though the burden was non heavy yet it was excessively much for the old adult male. Probably because he was unaccustomed to transporting such tonss in recent old ages or he was beyond the age of work.

In malice of being tired he was seeking his best. Suddenly he could travel no more and drop upon the land maintaining his load down with great gradualness. A adult male go throughing through stopped and gave him a Ag coin and so a Cu penny. Though the adult male was really hapless yet he thought of his male parent and gave him two coins. Then the old adult male ordered merely a little bowl of noodles.

The seller was astonished as the old adult male had a Ag coin yet he did non order more. The old adult male said that he had kept the coin for purchasing seed. The old adult male did non eat the whole noodles, there was his grandson in the basket, the small child Ate every bit much as he could.

He took up his burden and staggered on.

Some inquiries and replies
1. How was the visual aspect of the last adult male in the emanation? Ans. – The last adult male in the emanation was a small shriveled old adult male. His face was wrinkled and a small blood rose in dark spots on his cheeks. 2. Why was the burden excessively much for the old adult male?

Ans. Though the burden was light yet it was excessively much for the old adult male likely because he was non accustomed to such labor in recent old ages and possibly, he would be beyond the age of work. 3. Why did the old adult male strain his eyes?

Ans. The old adult male strained his eyes to watch those who were in front of him so that he could non be left behind. 4. Give two grounds why the passerby decided to give the old adult male a Ag coin? Ans. A. If his ain male parent had been alive he would hold given to him. B. He was confident that he could gain another Ag coin the following twenty-four hours. 5. Why did the old adult male order merely a little bowl of noodles?

Ans. The old adult male ordered merely a little bowl of noodles as he thought that he would purchase seeds by the Ag coin. 6. Why was the seller astonished?
Ans. The seller was astonished because the old adult male had a silver coin but he ordered merely a little bowl of noodles. 7. Why was the ‘heartiness’ of the passer-by ‘bitter’ ? Ans. The passerby was really hapless himself, yet he was a sympathetic adult male. So he had given a Ag coin and a Cu penny but those he had earned by his whole day’s labor. So, his vigor was ‘bitter’ .

Vocabulary:

Dried up – WizenedRagged – Torn Staggered – Walked falteringly. Muttered – Spoke in low voice Unaccustomed to – Not used to Agony – Pain.

Stoping By Woods On A Snowy Evening

Robert Frost ( 1874-1963 ) was born in California. He worked in Millss, tramped around the state. Subsequently, he was Professor of poesy at Harvard from 1936. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize several times. This verse form is taken from his anthology of verse forms, New Hampshire ( 1923 ) . Substance of the verse form:

It is the darkest eventide of the twelvemonth. The poet enjoys the beautiful forests and the falling snow-flakes. There is no farm-house nearby yet the poet has stopped between the forests and frozen lake. The Equus caballus shakes his harness bells as he wants to cognize if his maestro has made a error in halting at such a topographic point. Though the poet is really acute to bask the eventide yet he can’t do so. Because he has no spare for that, he has many promises to maintain. He has to go a long distance before he sleeps.

Some Questions and Answers:

1. What clip of the twelvemonth does the poet describe?
Ans. The poet describes a winter eventide i.e. ‘ the darkest eventide of the year’ . 2. Does the poet know the proprietor of the forests? How do you cognize?
Ans. Yes, the poet knows the proprietor of the forests.
In the verse form he tells us, ” Whose forests these are I think I know.
His house is in this small town though” .
3. Why does the poet halt by the forests?
Ans. The poet Michigans by the forests to watch and bask the beauty of the lovely, dark and deep wood and the snow-fall.
4. Why will the proprietor of the forests non see the poet?
Ans. The proprietor of the forests will non see the poet because that is the darkest eventide of the twelvemonth and the forests are filled up with snow. Even there is no farm-house nearby.
5. What seems unusual to the Equus caballus?

Ans. The poet has stopped at a topographic point where there is no farm-house nearby. This seems unusual to the Equus caballus.
6. What sounds can the poet hear?
Ans. The poet can hear the sound of the harness bells of his Equus caballus and he besides can hear the sound of ‘the expanse of the easy wind’ and ‘downy flake’ .
7. Why has the poet repeated “miles to travel before I sleep” ? Ans. The poet has repeated “miles to travel before I sleep” to stress the fact that he has to execute several responsibilities and does non hold many clip to bask the beauty of the snowfall and the forests.