Speaking of Children | The Magic of Words

UNIT TWO : MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN

SPEAKING OF CHILDREN

ENGLISH | THE MAGIC OF WORDS

Class : 11

Barbara Holland

 

The essay “Speaking of Children” is an extract from Barbara Holland’s renowned volume Mother’s Day or the View from In Here. In this essay, Holland examines the idea of having more than one child and its effect to the parents. She believes that one child is an appendage but more than one is a way of life. One child is outnumbered and parents can brainwash it, carry it to parties, toss it on the bed with the coats and make it whatever they want. It is usually easy to look after one child. It is a part of their lives. But, plural children are a counter culture in the house. Parents are outnumbered by the children. 

Summary of My Heart Leaps Up When I Behold | The Magic of Words

UNIT TWO : MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN
MY HEART LEAPS UP WHEN I BEHOLD
ENGLISH | THE MAGIC OF WORDS
Class : 11
William Wordsworth

"My Heart Leaps Up When I Behold" is a poem written by a famous nature poet William Wordsworth. In this poem, the poet recollects/remembers an experience of his childhood days and gives his emotion and feelings a meaning. The poet also expresses his love towards nature. He feels great joy when he sees a rainbow in the sky. He used to enjoy a lot when he saw the rainbow in the sky in his childhood. He hopes he will still get pleasure at seeing the rainbow when he becomes old and if such feeling stops in the future he wishes to die.

Summary of The Loving Mother | The Magic of Words

UNIT ONE : STORIES OF THE SUPERNATURAL
THE LOVING MOTHER
ENGLISH | THE MAGIC OF WORDS
Class : 11
A Story from the Island of Hokkaido, Japan

 

Mr Shoji Sakota was a pharmacist in the city of Sappora on Hokkaido Island in northern Japan. He used to have his own drug store in the same building, where he used to live. He used to live alone in the rear part of the building because his wife had died several years earlier.

Summary of Fear | The Magic of Words

UNIT ONE : STORIES OF THE SUPERNATURAL
FEAR
ENGLISH | THE MAGIC OF WORDS
Class : 11
A Story from Puebla, Mexico

Though the story Fear is from the unit of the supernatural stories, it is not a supernatural story. In fact, it is a psychological story. It’s a thriller / suspenseful story based on human fear of a nervous man. This story also shows how a man behaves in a state of panic and nervousness.

Summary of The House Call | The magic of Words

UNIT ONE : STORIES OF THE SUPERNATURAL

THE HOUSE CALL

ENGLISH | THE MAGIC OF WORDS

Class : 11

A Story from Germany

The story took place on 26th December, 1903 in Berlin, Germany. The famous German surgeon, Dr. Emil Braun, was sitting alone in the dining room of his apartment trying to write notes about the surgery while having his dinner. Soon he dozed off but woke up when he heard the doorbell ring. He heard a child talking about her sick mother to Mrs. Braun. He went to the door and saw in the semidarkness a little girl of perhaps six or seven who was wearing a cotton dress and shabby shoes. Over her head, she had a ragged shawl which she was holding together at the neck. The doctor felt sympathy for the child and her sick mother and became ready to go with her.

Summary of The Lost Doll | The Magic of Words

UNIT ONE : STORIES OF THE SUPERNATURAL
THE LOST DOLL
ENGLISH | THE MAGIC OF WORDS
Class : 11
A Story from Colombia, South America

The only child of Roberto and Rosa Soto was Maria del Carmen. She was beautiful. She was bright, kind, and loving but she was always sick. By the time she turned four, she was very weak and died a few days later. After Carmen’s death, Rosa gave away Carmen’s things to the local priest of the other village because the doctor had said that they would not have next child. However, Roberto had hope. Rosa thought that it was only a false hope.

Summary of The Recurring Dream | The Magic of Words

UNIT ONE : STORIES OF SUPERNATURAL
THE RECURRING DREAM
ENGLISH | THE MAGIC OF WORDS

Class : 11
A Story from England

The story starts with a description of Kimberly Clark, the protagonist of the story, who is twenty five yeas old with all qualities of a normal young woman. She is pretty, she loves to dance, and she has many friends and a good position in the office of a large company. Despite these all, she has a problem. She has been troubled by a strange and mysterious dream that haunts her every night.