English Notes

Summary 1st stanza: In this stanza, the poet describes how he was walking along a trail through a forest where in the leaves of all the trees had turned yellow, and how in the course of this walk, he came across a junction where the trail divided into two paths. Being a single and lone traveller, the poet could not possibly travel along both those paths, and had to choose one path to walk down instead. However, this was not an easy choice for the poet to make. For a long time, he stood at the junction and looked as far as he could see down one of the two paths. His field of vision only allowed the poet to see the length of that path to the point at which it disappeared among a dense growth of shrubs and other plants along its way. 2nd stanza: In this stanza, the poet says that he chose the second road. This second path was in fact a better choice for him because he could see that it was covered with grass, unlike the other path that was almost barren. The

SUMMARY The story is a work of fiction that is set in the future. Written by the famous fiction maestro Isaac Asimov the story dates ahead to the year 2157. It deals with Tommy, a thirteen-year- old boy and Margie, an eleven-year-old-girl who find out about schools in the past time. In the year 2157 every child has his own machine. Teacher and schools like today do not exist anymore. They only read stories on the computer screen.  Tommy found a very old book. The book was about school centuries ago. Margie is very surprised that in the past pupils had a person as a teacher and that all children of the same age learnt the same thing and went to a school with other children. At first, Margie didn’t understand how a person could be a teacher and how the students were taught the same thing because her mother said that education must fit each child's mind, but nevertheless, in her opinion, those schools were funny and she wanted to read more about it. She hated her own

SUMMARY Mulk Raj Anand, an Indian writer in English is well known for his depiction of Indian society. The story, ‘The Lost Child’ vividly depicts Indian rural village with all its charm, pomp and gaiety especially during festive season. The main theme in this story is a child’s agony and desperate cry when he is suddenly lost in a crowd and realizes that he doesn’t have the warm protection of his parents. The child is taken by the parents to a fair during the spring season. The child is filled with joy on seeing the fun and grandeur around him. The child lingers at every stall and wants to buy everything but his parents keep calling out to him to move forward .The parents keep a track of the child because they know the risk of losing the tiny child amidst the crowd that has flocked to enjoy or carry on their business in the fair. As is common with children, this child too keeps asking the parents to buy everything he comes across. The child also knows that it is going