Sushovan Pal

Ruby loves skating but she does not like her younger sister, Harriet, tagging along. What happens when Ruby is in trouble? Read on to find out more. I didn't say a word to her all the way to Harper's pond. When we got there, I turned to her and snapped, "Okay, I've brought you with me. That's what you wanted. Now go and skate but keep out of my way. Gosh, you are eight years old. You should be able to take care of yourself." My sister stared up at me with those serious brown eyes of hers, now dark with hurt. Her lips quivered, but she did not cry. How I just did not like to be her baby sitter! I left her fiddling clumsily with her skates and took off with a few powerful strokes. A line of girls swirled towards me on skates. They circled around me and came to a halt in a fine spray of powdered ice. "Come on, Ruby," cried Elisabeth, "you lead." "Okay," I shouted, "lay on." While the others lined up behind me, I...

  A long time ago, a distant land was ruled by a king. He was brave and kind but he had one flaw, he was very greedy. He didn't always want an expensive gift but he wanted to be given some gift or the other. One day, the king decided to tour his kingdom. He stepped out of the palace gates and there, he found a Iman standing with a nice, fat hen in his hand. The man bowed low and said, "Your Majesty! I am Gopal. I won this hen by gambling in your name. It's yours!" The king was very pleased indeed. He beamed at Gopal and said, "Give the hen to my poultry keeper." Gopal agreed and went away. The king was so pleased with what had happened and he promptly forgot about his tour and returned to the palace. The next day, he again decided to go out. Yet again, he saw Gopal standing outside. But this time, he had a healthy sheep with him. "Well my man what have  flaw: fault or defect; bowed to bend over; gambling: playing games of chance for money or any rew...

 FABLE Ralph Waldo Emerson "The mountain and the squirrel Had a quarrel;" Explanation: This line introduces the two main characters, a big mountain and a small squirrel, who are having an argument. Just like people sometimes argue, these two natural elements are having a disagreement. "And the former called the latter 'Little Prig.'" Explanation: Here, the mountain insults the squirrel by calling it a name, "Little Prig." It's like the mountain is being mean or making fun of the squirrel. " Bun, replied, ‘You are doubtless very big.’" Explanation: In response to the insult, the squirrel, named Bun, responds calmly, acknowledging the mountain's size by saying, "You are big, I know." Bun is showing maturity by not responding with more insults. "But all sorts of things and weather must be taken in together" Explanation: Bun explains that life includes many different things, just like the weathe...

  HOMEWORK 💣FOR 02/04/2024 (TUESDAY) 1.SCIENCE-   PAGE-11,12 (HEART -Read carefully and memorize the definitions) and PAGE 15 Key notes also. 2.MATH-   EX-2.3 3.ENGLISH LITERATURE-   MY ELDER   BROTHER-(WRITE IT IN FAIR COPY AND MEMORIZE) 4. WORDS :- PAGE 1 TO 12. 😎FOR-31/03/2024(SUNDAY) SCIENCE- PAGE-9 AND 10 MATH- EX-2.2 ENGLISH LITERATURE- MY ELDER BROTHER-(WRITE AND REMEMBER THE WORDS WITH ITS MEANING) ENGLISH GRAMMAR- PAGE 7 AND 8.

  MY ELDER BROTHER My brother was five years older than me, but only three grades ahead at school. We had started school at the same age, but he didn't like to be hasty in such an important matter as education. He wanted to lay a solid foundation³ so that a magnificent structure could be raised upon it. So he would spend two years doing the work of one year, and sometimes even three. After all, how can one raise a strong building on a weak foundation! Being the elder one, it was his birth right to supervise and scold me. As the younger brother, I had to accept his commands as law. He was studious¹ by nature, and always remained glued to his books. Sometimes, perhaps to refresh his mind, he would sketch birds or dogs or cats on the margins of his books. Sometimes he would write a set of words that made no sense at all. I tried very hard to solve these riddles but without success. I disliked studying. To sit with a book for an hour was like climbing a mountain. At the first opp...