The Cat (Unit 1: The Misconception & The Reality) đ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻ āĻŦāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ (Text & Translation) Text: Most people think that the cat is an unintelligent animal, fond of ease and caring little for anything but mice and milk. But …
Sea Fever (Part 1: The Call of the Sea – Stanza 1 & 2) đ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻ āĻŦāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ (Text & Translation) Stanza 1: I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all …
Our Runaway Kite (Unit 1: Life on Big Half Moon) đ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻ āĻŦāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ (Text & Translation) Text: Of course, there was nobody for us to play with on the Big Half Moon. We just had to make the most …
My Own True Family (Part 1: The Meeting & The Accusation) đ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻ āĻŦāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ (Text & Translation) Stanza 1: Once I crept in an oakwoodâI was looking for a stag. I met an old woman thereâall knobbly stick and …
The Passing Away of Bapu(Unit 1: The Tragedy & The Shock) đ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻ āĻŦāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ (Text & Translation) Text: I was having tea at home on the evening of 30th January 1948, when I was called to Birla House by …
Fable (Poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson) đ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻ āĻŦāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ (Text & Translation) Text: The mountain and the squirrel Had a quarrel, And the former called the latter âLittle Prig.â Bun replied, âYou are doubtless very big; But all sorts …
Fatherâs Help(Unit 1: Monday Morning Blues) đ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻ āĻŦāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ (Text & Translation) Text: Lying in bed, Swami realized with a shudder that it was Monday morning. It looked as though only a moment ago it was Friday. Already Monday …
Hunting Snake (Poem by Judith Wright) đ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻ āĻŦāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ (Text & Translation) Stanza 1: Sun-warmed in this late season’s grace Under the autumn’s gentlest sky We walked, and froze half-through a pace. The great black snake went reeling by. …
A Shipwrecked Sailor (Part 1: The Island of Despair & First Supplies) đ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻ āĻŦāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ (Text & Translation) Text: On September 30, 1659, I, miserable Robinson Crusoe, being shipwrecked during a violent storm, came on shore on this dismal …
The Price of Bananas (Part 1: The Monkey’s Mischief) đ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻ āĻŦāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ (Text & Translation) Text: I was on my way from Faizabad to Lucknow. I sat down on a bench on the platform and started watching the monkeys …