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THE HUNDRED DRESSES- II Summary The lesson begins with a letter received from Wanda’s father informing the school about their moving to a big city where nobody would tease Wanda for her funny name as well her appearance. After getting familiar with the content of the letter through the teacher the whole class got stunned and realized their derogatory remarks and attitude towards Wanda. Maddie felt so bad that she couldn’t concentrate on her studies after knowing the facts. She wanted to meet Wanda in person to clarify her stand that she never meant to hurt her feelings. When the school was over Maddie and Peggy both went to the residence of Wanda at Boggins Height to meet her but by that time they had already left so their visit was fruitless. Then they wrote a friendly letter to Wanda telling her she had won the contest but the letter was not responded by Wanda. On Christmas Miss Masion their teacher received a letter from Wanda informing that she was no more in need of those hundred...

THE HUNDRED DRESSES - I  By El Bsor Ester  Summary  The story is about a quiet and shy girl named Wanda Petronski, a Polish immigrant, who had come to America with her family. She attended school with American children who found her name to unusual.. This is because they all had easier names like Thomas,Smith or Allen . She was poor and was always seen wearing a faded blue dress. Her classmates teased her because she always claimed that she had hundred dresses “all lined up” in her closet. But she was found wearing the same blue dress every day. The girls who mainly teased her were Peggy and Maddie. Peggy was pretty, smart and had many dresses. She was very popular unlike Wanda.  Peggy and Maddie used to wait for Wanda before school even if it meant getting late. Peggy used to ask her mockingly, how many dresses she had and Wanda used to say that she had a hundred dresses in the closet. On hearing this, girls used to laugh and jeer at her. Maddie, a poor girl herse...

A question of trust by Victor Canning  Summary  Horace Danby had a good reputation in the society. He was about fifty and unmarried. He made locks and had two helpers. He loved rare and expensive books. Horace robbed a safe every year to find money for purchasing the books. He was now out on committing another robbery.  For two weeks Horace had studied the house of Shotover Grange. Horace Danby entered the house through the kitchen . there was a flowerpot in the drawing room. Horace was allergic to dust and pollen from flowers ; he started sneezing. Then he heard a voice. The voice told him that he could cure the sneeze. It was the voice of a woman. She stood in the doorway. She was young and pretty. His first thought was to run. The lady told him that she would telephone the police. She would tell them about him. Horace Danby told her to let him go and forget she ever saw him. The lady put one condition for letting Horace go.  She told him that she had promise...

  Poem Animals By Walt Whitman Walt Whitman was an American poet, essayist and journalist(1819-1892). The poem ‘Animals’ written in free verse, is one of the poems published in ‘Leaves of Grass’. Summary  In this poem the poet, Whitman compares man to animals. He finds that man lacks many virtues that animals have. The poet says that he feels more at home with animals than human beings The poet tells that he feels more comfortable and at home with animals than human beings. He has lost faith in man and wants to `turn’ and take his position with animals. Human beings are crazy after material possessions. Their conscience is not clear and so they suffer from nightmares and weep for their sins. Animals, on the other hand, are calm, self-contained and contented. They don’t run after material things. They don’t need to worship God as they never suffer sense of guilt or sin. Human beings shared those tokens of love and understanding in the past.   Now humans have lo...

  The Ball Poem About the Poet John Berryman was an American poet, best known for the Dream Songs poems. He won Pulitzer Prize Introduction to the lesson John Berryman through his poem has described the reality of life which everyone has to face one day or the other. There is hardly anyone who does not lose something or other that he holds dear to him. One should learn to overcome the grief and accept the loss with grace and go ahead in life. The Ball Poem Summary The poet is talking about a little boy who has lost his ball while playing near the harbour. The ball bumped on the road and fell into the water. The ball was lost. The boy was struck with grief at the loss. He was desperate. He always used to play with the ball and had pleasant memories associated with the ball. The ball was his valuable possession. He could get another ball for a small price, but this ball had many of his childhood memories associated with it and replacing it was not easy. The poet says th...