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Mother’s Day By J.B.Priestley · Mrs. Pearson is a dedicated wife and mother who tends to each and every demand of her husband George and children Doris and Lyril, both of whom are adults. · Yet, she is disrespected and taken for granted by them. All the three family members lack gratitude towards her. In fact they treat her like a domestic help. · Mrs. Pearson shares her grief with her neighbour Mrs. Fitzgerald. Mrs. Fitzgerald tells her that her own soft behaviour is responsible for the misgivings for the family members. · Mrs. Fitzgerald has a plan for her. With the magic that she once learnt in the far east, she suggests that the two of them should exchange their spirits with each other. · Initially reluctant, Mrs. Pearson agrees to the idea. They both hold hands and their spirits get exchanged when Mrs. Fitzgerald reads a spell. · Doris is shocked to find her mother smoking when she comes home. She orders her mother to prepare tea. But Mrs. Pearson remains indifferent towards her d...

  Birth  by  AJ Cronin ‘Birth’ is an extract from ‘The Citadel’ by A J Cronin . It was published in 1937. It will be easy to understand ‘Birth,’   if we first understand “The Citadel” in short. THE CITADEL In October 1921, Andrew Manson, an idealistic and enthusiastic , newly qualified doctor, arrived from Scotland to work as an assistant to Doctor Page in the small Welsh mining town of Blaenelly.  He was shocked to see the insanitary conditions , he tried to improve matters and got the support of Dr. Philip Denny, a cynical semi-alcoholic. Then he obtained a post as an assistant in a miners’ medical aid scheme in ‘Aberalaw’, a neighboring coal mining town in the South Wales coalfield. He married Christine Barlow, a junior school teacher. Dr. Andrew Manson moved away from his strong medical ethics and was lured by money. He drifted away from his wife for a while. A patient at his Hospital died and Manson was accused by the Medical Council. Manson returned t...

Maxwell had a pet dog. After his death, he decided to have  another pet. • In southern Iraq he saw people having otter as a pet. • One day on the way to Basra to collect the mail, he casually mentioned to a friend that he would love to have an otter instead of a dog as a pet. • A few days later, the author got an otter as gift from his friend. Two Arabs brought it for him in a sack. • The author stayed in Basra for a few days. Very soon the otter became friendly with the author. It loved to play with water. It played with a rubber ball also. •  The author named his otter Mijbil. He made a body belt for it. He would take it on a lead to the bathroom. There the otter would go mad playing with water. It could even turn the tap and make the water flow at full pressure. •  After some days, the author was to return to London. Transporting Mijbil became a problem.  British airline did not permit animals on its flights. Another airline agreed to take the animal if packed in ...

  Summary of the story , " The Enemy"  ‘The Enemy’ is a story written by Pearl S. Buck. Since the setting of the story is of WW-II, in Japan, so it’s apparently a war-time conflict fiction. However, one of the consistent themes of the story is humanism and the call of the duty. Dr Sadao Hoki was a renowned surgeon of Japan. He lived near the coast with his family – though it was war-time but he was happy and leading a comparatively better life. Most of doctors and surgeons in Japan were with the troops due to the ongoing war. Dr Sadao was a terrific,  skilled and responsible surgeon. For this reason, Dr Sadao was made to stay back, so that he could treat the ailing old army General, who was known for brutality even against his own wife in his youth. Another reason for his not going with the troops that he was working on a medicinal discovery which would heal the wound.  Sadao learned medicine in America – he was in America for his medical studies and there he me...

Source of the video :- https://youtu.be/6kODQ2jFdOk वसन्त ऋतु के त्योहार पर एक छोटा लड़का अपने माता-पिता के साथ मेला देखने गया। वहाँ उसने उनसे एक खिलौना खरीदने के लिए प्रार्थना की। किन्तु उसके पिता ने बड़ी विनम्रता से उसे मना कर दिया। फिर उसने एक मिठाई वाले को, फूल बेचने वाले को, भिन्न-भिन्न रंग के गुब्बारे बेचने वाले को, फिर एक साँप के सामने बाँसुरी बजाते हुए मदारी आदि को देखा। बच्चा इन सभी वस्तुओं को लेना चाहता था। किन्तु वह भली प्रकार जानता था कि उसके माता-पिता उसके लिए कोई वस्तु नहीं खरीदेंगे। फिर वह एक झूले के निकट आया जो पूरे जोर पर था। पुरुष, स्त्रियाँ और बच्चे इसका आनन्द ले रहे थे और प्रसन्न दिखायी पड़ते थे। अतः अब वह अपनी इच्छा के वशीभूत हो गया और बहादुरी से उनसे प्रार्थना की,मैं झूले पर बैठना चाहता हूँ, कृपया मम्मी-पापा। किन्तु उसे कोई उत्तर नहीं मिला। वह अपने माता-पिता  को देखने के लिए मुड़ा, किन्तु वे वहाँ नहीं थे। उसके माता-पिता खो गए थे। वह जोर-जोर से चीखा। वह इधर-उधर दौड़ा। उसने एक मन्दिर के बाहर लोगों की बहुत भारी भीड़ देखी। वह उनकी टाँगों के बीच में से निकलकर दौड़ा...