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Short Summary The poem “The Ant and the Cricket” is a fable (a story, consisting of animals as characters, that conveys a moral) written in a poetic format. It is about a silly young cricket and a miser ant. The cricket used

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Short Summary The Great Stone Face -II is the second and final part of the story. It tells us about the ending of the story. It answers all questions whether Ernest finds the great stone face look alike or not.

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Short Summary The Great Stone Face” is a story about nature, divinity, and a prophecy. It begins with a mother and her young son, Ernest, who live in a prosperous valley. What sets this place apart is a local mountainside with

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Short Summary This chapter consists of a few extracts from the diary of Ruskin Bond. The chapter describes the author’s experiences in Mussoorie during the monsoons. On the first day of monsoon, the mist covered the hills. Bijju was calling

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Short Summary The two great men exchange thoughts on what it means to live life in a wheelchair, and on how the so-called ‘normal’ people react to the disabled. This is the story of a travelogue, both of them ‘disabled’,

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Short Summary The story of “This is Jody’s Fawn” deals with the emotion of a little child named Jody who has a sensitive mind that could not bear the loss of a Doe that got killed by saving his father from the bite of a rattlesnake. Jody got

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Short Summary The Summit Within’ is an account of encounters of Major H.P.S. Ahluwalia, an individual from the primary effective Indian endeavor to Mount Everest. Ahluwalia was loaded with quietude when he remained on the summit of Everest. He expressed

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Short Summary Bepin Choudhury’s Lapse of memory is a humorous story about a man, Bepin Choudhury. He is the protagonist of the story who thinks he is sick. He meets people who tell him about an incident which he does

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Short Summary Glimpses of the Past is an insight into India’s history before Independence. It gives readers an understanding into what led to India’s freedom struggle. When the British first set foot on the Indian soil, they had no plans

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Short Summary Tsunami’ refers to a very large and powerful wave in the sea. It is caused by some earthquake under the sea. One such calamity hit several countries on December 26, 2004. The worst affected parts were coastal parts