Genre/Topic: Fables And Folktales
Just like Pinocchio, this shepherd tells lies to the villagers plenty of times. But unlike Pinocchio, it was not his nose that grew longer. Something worse happened to him. What happened to him? Poor shepherd! He shouldn’t have lied at all.
Genre/Topic: Poetry
I don’t like the rain. When it rains, I cannot go out to play. Everything looks so gloomy. All I can hear is the nose that the raindrops make when it hits the floor and the roof. The thunder and lightning make it even worse. Does this poet H. W. Longfellow think the same?
Genre/Topic: Classics
Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus, is a novel written by Mary Shelley about an experiment that produces a monster. Shelley started writing the story when she was eighteen, and the novel was published when she was twenty one. Giving the dead life: the very thought sends goosebumps all over my body. For Victor Frankenstein, this […]
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Genre/Topic: Short Stories
A soldier (who is also the narrator) sees an old man resting on the side of a road near a pontoon bridge. Other civilians are crossing this bridge, but the old man is too tired to proceed any further. The soldier tries to encourage the old man to move a little farther along, for he […]
Genre/Topic: Poetry
The poem you are going to read is Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll. The poem is one of the most nonsensical poems, and I warn you, you may understand not even a word. It happened to me too. I read it, paused, and read it again. Pondered for a while, then read it again. Jabberwocky beautifully […]
Genre/Topic: Biographies
Nelson Mandela was jailed for 30 long years. While Nelson was in prison, he was offered freedom if he would stop his violent actions. He refused this offer. Why was he jailed? And what are the ‘violent actions’? You’ll have to go through this lesson to find out more about this great person.
Genre/Topic: Short Stories
An orchestra is a place where people play their musical instruments together, like a performance. But a monkey orchestra? I’d never heard of that. Have you? Let’s read to find out what a monkey orchestra is. This lesson is taken from The Jungle Book written by Rudyard Kipling.
