“This was a new phase, just this last month, a reality phase.” What do you learn about Jo’s reality phase? How did her parents try to convince her?
Ans. Jo would ask if the magic spells were real. When Jack told her that spiders ate bugs, she would turn to her mother and ask if that was really so. When Clare told her God was in the sky and all around them, she would turn to her father to know the reality. Jack tried to convince her by saying? “They’re real in stories.”

If we view the story very deeply we can come across two types of moral issues. One is regarding the proper understanding of the infants feelings and their pains as well as whims. The story under our purview presents that Roger Skunk smells too bad to play and enjoy with other animals. He is badly hurt and fails to stay in the company of his friends. With the advice of a wise owl, he seeks the help of a Wizard who gets his smell changed.

Thus Roger Skunk feels elated with the friend but the Mommy of Roger Skunk does not like. She takes the baby Skunk to the Wizard and hits on the head who in turn changes Roger Skunk to the original smell. Finding the baby in the original condition Mommay hugs and shows affection. Here Jo does not like this type of behaviour on the part of Snunk's mother. She wants that the Wizard should hit mommy. On the other side, Roger Skunk faces racial segregation. He smells bad. It is not his fault. But the other animals of the forest do not come near them and refuse to play. They call him “Roger, Stinky Roger.” The pain becomes so unbearable that tears roll over his cheeks. The Wizard changes his smell and other animals start playing and like his company. But the mother gets him changed to the original smell. Thus in the world of children, ugliness and hatred have no place. It is pure in every respect. We as human being, should follow this.

The various messages conveyed by the story are:
(1) World is full of distractions i.e. is a rattrap and one who gets distracted, gets caught in the rattrap.
(2) The light of kindness can remove the darkness of cruelty and negativity

The theme of the story is that most human beings are prone to fall into the trap of material benefit. However, every human being has an essential goodness that can be awakened through understanding and love. A human being has the tendency to redeem himself from dishonest ways.
The theme is developed with the help of the metaphor of the rattrap. The peddler of rattraps calls the world a big rattrap. The material benefits like riches and joys, shelter and food, heat and clothing are temptations that that allure a person to fall into the rattrap of the world exactly as the bait of cheese and pork attract a rat to fall into the rattrap. Once someone takes the bait, the world closes in on him and then everything is lost.
The peddler is tempted by the thirty kronors of the old crofter. He steals the money. Now he is afraid of being caught and moves through the woods. It is the kind, sympathetic, loving and generous treatment given by Edla Willmansson that helps him get himself free from the rattrap of the world.

Charley quoted this statement. A waking dream wish fulfilment is what we wish to happen or see. It’s not the reality. He told this to Sam, his psychiatrist. While talking about the third level, Charley quoted this statement. He is an Escapist. He couldn’t bear all the tensions happening around him. He said this out of his Imagination.

The little Franz was studying in some school where grammar, history and other subjects were taught. Being late for school he was fearing lest the teacher should scold him. On the other hand, the boy was to recite on “Participles” but he did not know even the first word of “Participles.” Naturally, Franz was in great fear.

The terror of water followed Douglas wherever he went. To get rid of it, he made a strong determination. He decided to overcome his fear through his will power. He engaged an instructor who would perfect him in swimming. The instructor first helped him drive away his fear, and then gave him many exercises besides teaching him how to exhale and inhale in water.

The practice went on for months together, during which his fear came back to haunt him, but his desire and firm will made him persist in his efforts. It was only through sheer determination and diligence that Douglas could not only counter his terror, but also became an expert swimmer.

He swam across and back large distances to ensure that his fear of water did not return. Hence, desire, determination and diligence succeeded in removing his fear of water.

Aunt Jennifer has a troubled married life with a domineering and oppressive husband.

She tries to find refuge in art, but even here, she cannot leave behind the weight of her conjugal life.

Thus, her hands quiver so much that she cannot pull even the needles through the base cloth.

On the occasion of world book Day the school has decided to organize a book fair.you are vineet or vineetha,the secretary of the book club ,wants to call a meeting of office bearers of the club to discuss the arrangements for the fair write a notice in not more than fifty words

World Book Day

Time : 2:00 pm to 2:30 pm (18 March 2020)

Venue : Discussion Club

BOOKS ARE OUR BEST FRIENDS. All the office bearers are hereby, informed that they are requested to attend a meeting to discuss the arrangements for the book fair .

The School Manager

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ii) The stunted boy is reciting an account of his father’s incurable diseases.

Edla has always thought the peddler to be a poor, homeless tramp and didn’t feel cheated when his true identity was revealed. Instead, she felt very bad for him and pleaded on his behalf as she and her father had promised him Christmas cheer.

Saheb-e-Alam originally hails from Dhaka, Bangladesh where he was a rag picker like his other family members. However, when storms destroy all that they had, they migrate to India where he works in a tea stall to earn his living. He also has to run several errands for his owner. Although he has a fixed salary and free meals every month, Saheb is not happy as he feels that he is not his own master anymore compared to when he was a rag picker. He has no dreams of his own and resigns to his own fate.

Mukesh lives in Firozabad and works in a glass bangle making factory. Belonging to a family of bangle makers, he is engaged in the same profession. However, he is a boy with self-determination and wants to be his own master. Mukesh wants to come out of the family business and become a motor mechanic. Though the chances for this are bleak, he continues to dream about this for his family’s betterment.

The American soldier was thrown out of the waves by the waves. He staggered a few steps till he fell on his fours. After crawling a few steps, he fell unconscious. Dr. Sadao found him wounded and unconscious. He found that the soldier had a gunshot wound on the right side of his lower back and it had reopened when the young soldier had hit against rocks. The soldier was bleeding profusely.