Peggy and Maddie never got a reply of the letter they wrote to Wanda. There could be a possibility that Wanda never received the letter because her family had already moved. It could be that Wanda never wanted to reply to the girls who had been part of a group of students who had teased her and made her feel uneasy. But, her request to the teacher to gift her drawings to Peggy and Maddie implies that she received the letter, understood it was the girls' way of apologising to her and was mature enough to forgive their rude behaviour. Perhaps, she did not consider the possibility of friendship with the girls and chose not to write to them directly.
 

Maddie and Peggy did not get direct reply. However, Wanda did write a letter to the class teacher, Miss Mason, in which see mentioned both of them. Maddie was more anxious for a reply. She had dreams of standing up to the other girls with right to pick on Wanda, while Peggy had begin to forgot all about her. Maddie did feel worse than Peggy did because she herself was poor, and she always knew what they did to Wanda had been very wrong.
It was not like that Wanda didn't like those girls. So she replied their friendly letter indirectly.

Neha Singh,

Computer-In-Charge

Army Public School

Delhi.

27th Sep 2019

To,  

The Person In Charge,

Sales Department

Apple Inc.,Nehru Place,

New Delhi,

Sub: Placing an order for computers and its accessories.

Dear Sir/madam,

Our school needs computers and its accessories. We have selected your company for the order of 20 computers and its accessories. Terms and conditions regarding the order are enclosed with this letter.

List of items as below

Name of the device                   number of pieces

1. Computers                                             20  

2. Mouse pad                                            20

3. Printer                                                       1

4. Projector                                                   1  

The amount towards the goods will be paid after the delivery of items.We hope that the dispatch of the goods will be done as early as possible.

Looking forward to continue the business relations with your company in future.

Yours sincerely,

Neha Singh

 A N S W E R THESE QUESTIONS:
1. What did Raggylug’s mother ask him to do?
Ans. Raggylug’s mother asked him to stay at home and to be quiet until she returns.
 

‘Dust of Snow’ is a beautiful poem written by Robert Frost. This poem conveys that even a simple moment has a large significance. The poet mentioned crow and hemlock tree in this poem. Crow signifies his depressive and sorrowful mood and hemlock tree is a poisonous tree. Both these signify that the poet was not in a good mood and so he describes the dark, depressive and bitter side of nature to present his similar mood.

The poet says that once he was in a sad, depressive mood and was sitting under a hemlock tree. A crow, sitting on the same tree, shook off the dust of snow, small particles of snow that remained on the surface after the snowfall, on the poet. This simple action changed the poet’s mood. He realised that he had just wasted a part of his day repenting and being lost in sorrow. But the change in his mood made him realise that he should utilize the rest of the day in some useful activity. His sorrow was washed away by the light shower of dust of snow. His spirit was revived and he got ready to utilize the rest of the day.

Different varieties of bread are – bol, cakes and bolinhas. Every variety of bread is associated with different occasions. The sweet bread, bol is used as a marriage gift. The sandwiches are made on engagements. The cakes and bolinhas form an essential part of Christmas and other festivals.

Different varieties of bread are – bol, cakes and bolinhas. Every variety of bread is associated with different occasions. The sweet bread, bol is used as a marriage gift. The sandwiches are made on engagements. The cakes and bolinhas form an essential part of Christmas and other festivals.

Two Stories about Flying Part 1 Summary

His First Flight Summary

‘His First Flight’ written by Liam O’ Flaherty is a story of a young seagull who is afraid of flying. A family of seagulls lived on a ledge. A young seagull is left alone as he is afraid to fly and is one among the slow learners. All that this young seagull needed was motivation. By way of punishment, his family left him alone on the ledge and flew away. They upbraided him, taunted him for cowardice and even threatened to let him starve. He remained hungry for twenty-four hours and was unable to shed off his fright of flight. He cried begging his mother to bring him some food.

She picked up a piece of fish in her beak and flew across him and stood just in front of him. The piece of fish in her beak was almost within the reach of his beak. The young seagull was mad with hunger. He dived at the fish. The next moment he found himself falling outwards and downwards into space. Instinctively, he spread his wings and flapped them. He soared upwards and all his fear is gone. It was a joyous moment for his family. He forgot that he was ever afraid of flying.

Two Stories about Flying Part 2 Summary

The Black Aeroplane Summary

The present story offers a psychological insight into a character under stress. It is an interesting account of the narrator’s encounter with the pilot of a black aeroplane who comes to his rescue in distress. It is a mystery built around the black aeroplane and its pilot.

A pilot was flying an old Dakota aeroplane at lO’clock at night. The stars were shining and there was not a trace of clouds. The sky was clear and the plane was flying over France and going back to England. The pilot was extremely happy. He was lost in the dreams of his holiday and family. Around 1:30 a.m. he called Paris Control Room to enquire about the route and location. The Control Room instructed him to turn twelve degrees west. The pilot checked the map and the compass, switched over to his second and last fuel tank and turned the plane twelve degrees west towards England. He expected to join his family for the breakfast.

When Paris was 150 km behind, the pilot saw the black storm clouds approaching the plane. He could not fly over them. Also he didn’t have enough fuel to fly around them south or north. Initially, he thought of going back to Paris but his strong urge to meet his family members led him straight into the storm. It was absolutely dark inside the clouds. The plane was jumping and twisting in the air. All the instruments had stopped working. The pilot lost his contact with the ground staff because his compass and radio had stopped functioning.

Suddenly he saw another aeroplane quite near him. That strange black aeroplane had no lights on its wings. The pilot of the black aeroplane asked him to follow him. The pilot flew in the clouds for half an hour. He had only fuel left to fly another fifteen minutes. The pilot was frightened. Suddenly the black aeroplane descended and the pilot followed him. Finally, the black aeroplane guided him to an airport for landing. The pilot was thrilled to see the runway but when he turned his head to thank the pilot of the black aeroplane he couldn’t see him anywhere.

After landing, the pilot immediately rushed to the Control Centre and enquired about the black aeroplane which guided him all the way to the airport. The woman on duty at the Control Centre told him that no other plane was seen flying that night. She had seen only his plane on the radar. The pilot was surprised to hear all this and kept on wondering who had helped him to arrive and land safely without a compass or a radio and without any more fuel left in his tank. He kept thinking abgut that strange black aeroplane and its mysterious pilot.

• Lencho’s crops had failed that year and he had only a single hope i.e. God!

• He wrote a letter to God “God, my crops have failed and my family is going to starve. I need some money- hundred pesos.”

• At the post office, the postmen saw such a queer letter and brought it to the postmaster.

• The postmaster was a man of sympathy and understand a man like Lencho.

• Postmaster observed that faith of Lencho was strong as a child’s so he decided to send an amount of hundred pesos to the poor farmer.

• Hundred pesos was a huge amount, the postmaster was able to collect only seventy pesos. However, he sent the money to Lencho.

• Lencho received the money with a belief that God had helped him.

• Lencho was sad and angry after counting the money as he received only seventy instead of hundred.

• Lencho wrote another letter to God and dropped the letter in the same postbox and went.

• The postmaster felt the biggest shock and shame in his life after opening Lencho’s second letter to God.

• Lencho had written, “God, of the money that I had asked for, only seventy pesos reached me. Send me the rest, since I need it very much. But don’t send it to me through the post because the post office employees are a bunch of thieves. Lencho.”
 

1. On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer any four of the following questions in about 30-40 words each.

(i) According to the passage, what are the attributes of a human?

(ii) What is perceived as grit?

 (iii) How is ‘failing’ an educational and empowering part of human life?

(iv) In what ways can grit be developed?

(v) How does mindfulness help?

2. On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer any four of the following:    

(i) While inventing the light bulb, Thomas Edison had failed ……………

(a) 1000 times    (b) 10000 plus times   (c) 1000 plus times   (d) 10000 times

 (ii) Failure is a part of life.

(a)normal           (b) common                 (c) human                  (d) ordinary

(iii) In paragraph 2,………..means continue.

(a) robots            (b) satisfied                 (c) persevere              (d) flourishing

(iv) In paragraph 3, the synonym of distressing is ………….

(a) embarrassing (b) scariest               (c) agonizing              (d) failing

(v)…………..helps in preventing individuals from going down the lines of despair.

(a) success            (b) fear                        (c) doubt                     (d) mindfulness

Answers

1.(i) According to the passage, grit, curiosity, gratitude, optimism, self-control, social intelligence and zest are the attributes of a human.

(ii) The tendency to persevere and keep going is perceived as grit.

(iii) Failing teaches us how to be perseverant and keep going for our goals. Each failure makes us understand what to do and what not.

(iv) Grit can be developed by not accepting defeat. Instead, we should make efforts to overcome our limitations, and not stay down.

(v) Mindfulness is a practice that helps the individual stay at the moment by bringing awareness of his or her experience without judgement. This practice is a technique that many have used to quiet the noise of their fears and doubts.

2. (i) (c) 1000 plus times

(ii) (c) human

(iii) (c) persevere

(iv) (c) agonizing

(v) (d) mindfulness

In the poem "The Dust of Snow" Robert Frost talks about the importance of small things in our lives. These small things can change the attitude of the people at a large level. In the poem, the poet writes about a crow who shakes off the snow dust. The poet wants the readers to learn from the crow and shake off all the miseries and sadness in the same way. Such small imagery which are present around us have a lot to teach us. These images can change the mood of the people as they did to the poet in the poem.

The title of the story a letter to God by GL.Fuentes is aptly justified. In this story the protagonist, Lencho write letter to God for help.As expected by him he receives financial help for God but he find 30 pesos less than requested by him.He suspects the Postal department has taken out the money for parcel.So he writes another letter to God. Since the story deals with the theme of Lencho writing Letters to God ,therefore the title is perfect

Contentment is the key to a happy life. If we are happy with what we have, we tend to have an optimistic approach towards life with less worries and less guilt. Anything that happens, happens for good. We might not understand the purpose of a situation at that moment but we always learn something from it for future and it proves out to be beneficial in the long run. We should never yearn for what others have but ponder upon what we have and others don't. If we want something very badly, we should make efforts to achieve it and not just keep day dreaming about the happiness of owning it. Everything we get is a result of our efforts. Had Matilda been satisfied with what she had, her life would have been way better.