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1. What was Roger Skunk’s problem? Because of Roger Skunk’s foul smell, none of the other little creatures played with him. He used to face a lot of humiliations from other tiny animals. They used to call him “Roger Stinky Skunk” and they ran away from him. Roger was left alone every time. 2. How… Continue reading Solved Short Question and Answer for “Should Wizard Hit Mommy?: 2022
A fourteen-year-old boy named Derry slowly enters Mr Lamb’s garden without having any knowledge of his presence. Mr Lamb figures out that someone is in his garden and cautions Derry about the apples lying on the ground for he could trip on them. Startled by this, Derry confesses that he entered the garden only because… Continue reading Summary of “On the Face of It” by Susan Hill: 2022
Jack and his four-year-old daughter, Jo, had a custom of their own according to which Jack told Jo a story every day. This started when Jo was two years old and now Jack’s head felt empty as he had created a new story every day. However, all the stories followed the same pattern- a creature,… Continue reading Summary of “Should Wizard Hit Mommy” by John Updike: 2022
Sahitya Akademi Award–winning litterateurs are the ones who always promise wonderful food for thought through their works. Born in Thrissur, Kerala, to a family of artists, Kamala Das is one such amazing 1985-recipient of the award. Her pool of meaningful evocative writing, comprising poetry, short stories, novels, and autobiographies, not only strengthened Indian Writing in… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of My Mother at Sixty Six by Kamala Das: 2022
Here we discuss about the short story ‘The Last Lesson’ written by Alphonse Daudet, Flamingo, CBSE class 12 textbook. The story “The Last Lesson” is about young Franz who was scared that his teacher, Mr. Hamil, was going to scold him as he had not prepared his French lessons on participles on which he was supposed… Continue reading The Last Lesson Class 12 CBSE – Question and Answers: 2022
About the Author: Alphonse Daudet (13 May 1840 – 16 December 1897) was a French novelist. Some of his famous work includes three Tartarins Aventures prodigieuses de Tartarin de Tarascon year 1872, and the three-act play L’Arlésienne. But Fromont jeune et Risler aîné (1874) at once took the world by storm. It struck a note, not new… Continue reading Summary of “The Last Lesson” by Alphonse Daudet – Class 12 CBSE: 2022
The story “The Rattrap” is about a rattrap-selling vagabond who steals thirty kronors from an old crofter and takes refuge in a iron mill. The owner of the iron mill mistakes him for an old acquaintance and invites him spend Christmas Eve with them. They feed him and let him sleep peacefully. The Rattrap Solved… Continue reading The Rattrap Class 12 CBSE Question and Answers: 2022
About the Author- Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (20 November 1858 – 16 March 1940) was a Swedish author and teacher. She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Lagerlöf was educated at the Högre lärarinneseminariet in Stockholm from 1882 to 1885. She worked as a country schoolteacher at a high school for… Continue reading Summary of “The Rattrap” by Selma Lagerlof – CBSE Class 12: 2022
“The Tiger King” is a story about the brave Maharaja of Pratibandapuram who was also known as the Tiger King. It was predicted that he will become the greatest warrior of all time ut he will eventually be killed by a tiger. The King had successfully killed ninety-nine tigers but he was asked to be… Continue reading The Tiger King Class 12 CBSE Question and Answer: 2022
About the Author: Ramaswamy Aiyer Krishnamurthy (9 September 1899 – 5 December 1954), better known by his pen name Kalki, was a Tamil writer, journalist, poet, critic and Indian independence activist. His writings include over 120 short stories, 10 novellas, 5 novels, 3 historical romances, editorial and political writings and hundreds of film and music reviews. Kalki Krishnamuthy… Continue reading Summary of The Tiger King by Kalki – CBSE Class 12: 2022
