ENGLISH-HIS FIRST FLIGHT · CBSE Class 10 ENGLISH MEDIUM
9 chapters · 81 topics
Chapter 1: A LETTER TO GOD
- B EFORE Y OU R EAD
- downpour or at least a shower. Throughout the
- for dinner”. It was during the meal that, just as
- and when he returned he exclaimed, ‘‘These aren’t
- “We’ll all go hungry this year.”
- inside and, still troubled, went to town. At the post
- only a little more than half. He put the money in an
- buy a stamp which he licked and then affixed to
- employees are a bunch of crooks. Lencho.”
- R OBERT F ROST
- Fire and Ice
Chapter 2: NELSON MANDELA:A LONG WALK TO FREEDOM
- B EFORE YOU R EAD
- T ENTH May dawned bright and clear. For the past
- was first sworn in as second deputy president. Then
- assembled guests and the watching world, I said
- A few moments later we all lifted our eyes in
- eighth decade as a man, that system had been
- spend many years, if not generations, recovering
- religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can
- reassure me and keep me going. Man’s goodness is
- ripped from his family and his home and was forced
- having a family — the freedom not to be obstructed
- free when my freedom is taken from me. The oppressed
- iger in the Zoo
- L ESLIE N ORRIS
- The Tiger
- The Panther
Chapter 3: TWO STORIES ABOUT FLYING
Chapter 4: FROM THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
- B EFORE Y OU R EAD
- W RITING in a diary is a really strange experience for
- loving aunts and a good home. No, on the surface I
- didn’t marry my mother until he was thirty-six and
- Our entire class is quaking in its boots. The
- worry about that later, I decided. I jotted down the
- Chatterbox’. I handed it in, and Mr Keesing had
- Anne
- Don’t hunch your shoulders, Amanda!
- R OBIN K LEIN
Chapter 5: GLIMPSES OF INDIA
- B EFORE YOU R EAD
- A Baker from Goa
- the maid-servant of the house! What we longed for
- Marriage gifts are meaningless without the sweet
- today any person with a jackfruit-like physical
- Coorg
- The Coorg Regiment is one of the most decorated in
- canoeing, rappelling, rock climbing and mountain
- the many surprises that wait to be discovered by
- Tea from Assam
- In the distance was an ugly building with smoke
- The train clattered into Mariani junction. The
- on their backs, wearing plastic aprons, were
- learn much more while I’m here.”
- The Trees
- A DRIENNE R ICH
Chapter 6: MIJBIL THE OTTER
- B EFORE Y OU R EAD
- E ARLY in the New Year of I travelled to Southern
- handed me a note from my friend: “Here is your otter...”
- race previously unknown to science, and was at
- Two days later, Mijbil escaped from my bedroom
- up and down his wide, flat belly without ever
- blood had trickled and dried. I whipped off the lock
- gratitude. But, not knowing otters, I was quite
- welcome, and Mij bounded on to my knee and began
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- length of its thirty yards, to the hopeless distraction
- Mister — what is that supposed to be?”
- C ARL S ANDBURG