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Chapter 11: The Proposal Lomov enters his neighbour Chubukov's house. He is fully dressed     up in his evening attire. Chubukov is surprised to see him well-dressed and asks him the occasion. Lomov says that he had come to make a request. Chubukov makes out that he must have come to ask for money which he doesn't want to give. But Lomov had come to ask for Chubulov' s daughter, Natalya's hand in marriage. On hearing this Chubukov gets filled with excitement and calls Natalya. Lomov is a 35 year- old gentleman suffering from palpitations gets upset very quickly and doesn't sleep well. He think she should get married now and is happy about getting married to Natalya  Natalya is an average-looking girl but a good housekeeper. When Natalya arrives, he begins conversing with her about how happy he is that both the families are on good terms and mentions about the Oxen Meadows which was earlier a disputed property but was his now. Natalya believe...

Chapter 10: The Sermon at Benares Sermon is a religious talk given by a prophet or Saint. It is showing the jou rn ey of Gautam Buddha from his prince hood to the pious life. He left his palace at the age of 25, when he saw the sufferings of the world, to seek illumina tion and enlighten. He wandered for seven years, here and there, and was under a Peepal tree at Bodhgaya where he got his enlighten. His first sermon was delivered at Benaras as it was the holiest pla ce because of the river Ganga. He thinks that he who wants to get peace should draw out of the expression of grief, complaint and misery. He who has drawn out has become calm, and will gain peace of mind; and will be free from sorrow and be blessed. In the story, Kisa Gautami was grieving over the death of her son and then she reached Gautam Buddha and requested him to make his son alive. Gautam Buddha agreed to it but he asked her to bring a handful of mustard seeds but from a house where no one had lost a ch...

Chapter 9: Madam Rides the Bus This is an insightf ul story of an eight year old girl's first bus journey into the world outside her village. The girl Valli, at a very young age, tries to be aware of the mystery of life and death. The outside world for her is affable and captiva ting but puzzling. She wants to understand everything by herself. The talks of the village people about the town added fuel to the fire and she was determined to go to the town on her own withou t anybody's help. She asked the bus conductor to take her to the town and paid her fare herself. She wanted to get through everything with her eyes. She saw the canal, palm tree, grass land, distant mountain and the blue sky. She also saw great stretches of green fields as far as her eyes could see. She was enchanted when she saw a cow running with her raised tail on the road in front of the bus. While returning she noticed that the body of the same cow was crushed and was bleeding. She was shaken from ...

Mijbil the Otter The story begins when the author is travelling to Basra with his friend. During their jou rney, the author expresses his wish to tame an otter after he had lost his pet dog. His life had become deserted. His friend suggested that he should get one from the Marshes along river Tigris in Iraq. When they reached the target, they found that only the friend's mail had arrived. After a few days, the friend left but the narrator waited there to receive his mail. On receiving it, he went to his room and found an otter with two Arabs who had a note with them. It was a gift from his friend. He named the otter Mijbil or shortly, Mij . Mij took time to open up and get familiar with his surroundings. He was covered with mud. It took almost a month to clean and wash to divulge his actual colour. Mij loved playing with water so he learned to open the tap on his own. He wanted each drop of water to be splashed till the bowl would get empty. Everything was going on smoothly in ...

Chapter 7: Glimpses of India The lesson begins with how the narrator's elders often remembered the time when Goa was under Portuguese. They talked about the importance of bakers which was still maintained in their villages even after the Portuguese have left. They told that they were known as 'Paders' in Goa. The mixers, moulders and their time-tested furnaces continued to serve the people of Goa with their well­ known bread loaves. There are chances that the unique ones did not exist, but their profession is being sustained by their sons. The knock of their bamboo stick could still be heard in some parts of the village. The same jingling knock used to wake up the narrator and his friends during their childhood days who would go run to him with out even brushing or washing their mouth properly. It was the maid-servant of the house who used to collect the loaves while children sorted the bread bangles for themselves. Bakery products had an important place in the c...

 The Hundred Dresses-II The lesson begins with all the students of Room no. 13 having a look at the superb and amazing drawings of Wanda Petronski. Only then, a note is received by Miss Mason from Wanda's father informing that both his children will not attend the school as they are moving to a big city where no one would judge them by their names. Miss Mason was left stunned and she showed her displeasure to the class. Maddie was affected by this letter of Wanda's father. She immediately developed a push for apologizing to Wanda. Peggy and Maddie, the two best friends rush to Boggins Heights with a hope that the family had not left the place. But to their disappointment, there was no one in and around the house. Maddie lost her sleep thinking that she had been a coward as she couldn't stand up to oppose the wrong. She decided that she'll never let anyone taunt someone like that again. That weekend Peggy and Maddie decided to write a letter to Wanda that was init...

Summary Chapter 5: The Hundred Dresses-I The story is about a quiet and shy girl named Wanda Petronski who was a Polish immigrant and had come to America with her family. She attended the school with America n children who found her name to be weird in the classroom because they all had easier names. She was a poor girl and was always seen wearing a faded blue dress. Her classmates used to tease her because she claimed to have a hundred dresses "all lined up" in her closet although she was always seen wearing only one. The ones who mostly teased her were her two best friends, Peggy and Maddie. Peggy was the most famous girl in school while anyone barely knew Wanda. Peggy and Maddie used to wait for Wanda before school even they used to get late. Maddie, a poor girl herself did not like it when Peggy made fun of Wanda. She was afraid that she could be the next. She wanted Peggy to stop making fun of Wanda, but could not collect the courage to face her as she w...

Summary This entry in the diary has been made on by. The     person who told Pepys about the fire was called      . She called at in the morning. Pepys went back to sleep because     . Pepys rose again at               in the morning. By then about  houses had been burned down. The fire had spread to by London Bridge. Pepys then walked to the along with Sir J. Robinson's        _ Answer  1: This entry in the diary has been made on 2nd September by Samuel Pepys. The person who told Pepys about the fire was called Jane. She called at three in the morning. Pepys went back to sleep because it was too early. Pepys rose again at seven in the morning. By then about three hundred houses had been burned down. The fire ha d spread to all fish street by Lon don Bridge...

Chapter 3: Two Stories about Flying Part - I The story "His First Flight" by "Liam O' Flaherty" is about a young seagull .The seagull is afraid to fly. All his younger siblings regardless of their much shorter wings fly courageously while he is unable to gather the guts to fly and have faith in his own wings. The young seagull became sad on seeing his parents making his younger siblings perfect in the art of flying. His parents rebuke and tease him for not even trying. They even call him a "coward" and force him to at least try. They also pressurize him and tell him that they will leave him alone and starving if he does not learn how to fly. Next day, he is even left in isolation and on feeling hungry; he tries to look for the attention of his family members. Only the mother, who is withering a fish trying to eat it, notices his son. The young seagull starts crying out of hunger hoping his mother would help him. When his mother came near him...

(Summary) Chapter 1: Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom It is about the struggle of independence of South-Africa where Mandela was about to swear as the first black president. South Africa was becoming a newly born democratic country and he took an oath as the first black president. Many dignitaries from different countries had come to be the part of that most momentous day. In his speech Mandela showed his gratitude for all the dignitaries and promised his people that his country would never ever experience the repression of one by another. Democracy had been established in South Africa and a government of no prejudice had to be established too. Two National Anthems were sung by the people of South Africa to signify the day. Mandela recalled the Boer movement in which Blacks were exploited by Whites. In life a man has twin obligations, first towards his family, his parents, wife and children and on the other hand towards his country, people and community. When Mandel...

(Summary) Chapter 1:A Letter to God 'A letter to God' is a story of tremendous trust in god. The writer had tried to portray the conviction of a poor and simple farmer in god. Lencho was a sincere and hardworking farmer. Once there was a hailstorm which devastated his crop completely. Lencho had a huge faith in God. He sent a letter to god asking him to send him some money. The postmaster saw this letter and decided to help Lencho. He collected some money and put it inside an envelope. When Lencho came to the post office to check his mail, the post office people gave him that envelope. Lencho opened the envelope and took out the money and started counting it. He found that it was less than what he had asked for. So, he wrote another letter to God and asked God to send him the rest of the money. But this time he wanted God not to send the money through mail. He thought that a gang of crooks had stolen his thirty pesos from the hundred pesos sent by God. Chapter 1...