*LUCY GRAY*

'Lucy Gray' by wordsworth deals with the theme of solitude and living with nature.

In the first of the Lucy' poems, called Lucy Gray, Lucy is described as a little girl, lived lonely life with her parents in the countryside. She seems who a to be the embodiment of of Nature, growing in beauty like a flower the spirit and dying naturally.

Wordsworth says that Lucy Gray is a little girl, living all alone. She has no friends and no companions. Like a beautiful flower, which has flowered at the doorstep, Lucy is also in the sweetest thing". One day, she disappeared and she was heard no more. The sweetest face of Lucy was never seen.

One stormy night Lucy's father asked her to go to the town to help her mother who had gone to the town. Further he asked her to take a lantern. Lucy happily agreed to do so. She started walking in the snow. She found it was very difficult to walk on the mountain and slipped on the powdery snow Suddenly the storm came and she wandered up and down. And she missed her path and she never reached the town. Her parents were shouting and searching for Lucy. And there was no sign of Lucy.

Lucy's father wept bitterly and cried that they all would meet in heaven. Her mother found footprints of Lucy in the And they started snow following the footprints. They traced it from the steep hill's edge to open fields. They found the same footprints there and followed them and they were led to a bridge and to the banks of the river. After that they found no footprints. And there was no sign of Luc Till to-day people believe that Lucy is a living child and one could see her near the mountain. And some times one could hear Lucy singing all alone

*FACE OF JUDAS ISCARIOT*

The story 'face of judas iscariot' by Bonnie Chamberlain brings out beautifully with a touch of pathos that man is a puppet in the hand of his circumstances.

Bonnie Chamberlain heard this story told by an old priest when he was very young. But he did not know the origin of the story. This story tells us that good and bad present in the same man and it is in the hands of an individual to project himself in the way he wanted.

Centuries ago a great artist was engaged to paint the life of Jesus Christ for the Cathedral in a town in Sicily. The artist worked very hard and meticulously and found suitable models for his painting. The artist finally finished the painting. But it was incomplete, as he was not able to find out suitable models for the Christ child and Judas Iscariot. He searched for the models. One day, as he was walking in the City, he saw children playing in the street. Among the children, he found a 12 year old boy as a model for the Christ child. His face looked like an angel. It had all the Godly nature. The face of the boy was dirty, but it glowed with brightness, which moved the heart of the Artist. He took the boy home with him and finished the painting of the child Christ. Yet the painting was incomplete, since he could not get any model for Judas Iscariot. He was afraid that the painting would remain unfinished. The story spread everywhere and many men came posing themselves as model for Judas. But the painter could not find anyone suitable. He was looking for a model with a face filled with wickedness, greed and lust.

Many years rolled the artist was unhappy, that he could not find anyone for Judas. He was unhappy and feared that his painting would remain incomplete. ne day the artist was sitting in the club, having his drink. Suddenly he saw a man, a miserable drunk staggering across the entrance of the club. The artist took pity on the man and lifted him, and to his utter shock, the face of had the marks of every sin of mankind as he the man expected for the face of Judas. The Painter bought him wine and took the man to his house The artist was very happy that he found the most suitable model for Judas Iscariot. He completed his masterpiece. As the work went on, a change came over the model. The artist understood the restlessness of the model and he asked him what troubled him. The model wept and said that he had himself posed for the Christ child in the picture.

*LALAJEE*

The passionate story 'Lalajee' by Jim Corbett is a portrayal of a man noted for his promise and sincerity.

Lieu colonel Jim Corbett was serving as an official for twenty years in Indian railways. Jim Corbett is a well known writer portraying the Indian culture, tradition and especially the Indian forests The present lesson is taken from his book, My India where he portrays a man who kept his promise and sincerity.

Jim Corbett was serving as an ofncial in Indian Railways. only with his clearance the trains leave the station. Usually Corbett waits for the passengers from the steamers to alight the train, in order to help the passengers. One day, a Steamer from Samaria carrying passengers had arrived late. The Passengers hurried up to catch the train, which was detained by Corbett for few minutes. Corbett was watching everyone leaving the steamer. Last to leave the steamer was a thin man, in a tattered condition and with the very look any one can say that he is suffering form some disease, may be affected by Cholera, a dreaded disease. He was too weak to walk. He walked slowly to the edge of the river and spread the blanket on the bank of the river Ganges. He laid himself on it. Corbett cautianed him that he would miss the train. The thin man answered seebly that he had no intention to catch the train.

It was summer season, the hottest time of the year, where Cholera hits always at its worst Corbett understood that the thin man at the foot of the gangway was terribly sick. He took pity on him. He enquired the thin man to know, whether he has any relatives or friends in that place. Since no one was there in Makameh Ghats to help him, Corbett decided to help him and cure his disease. He helped the thin man to get up. He made the thin man to stay in one of his coolie's house, which was empty and away from other quarters and provided him all possible help, inchuding food and medicine.

Cholera hits every year during summer. This worst disease killed tens and thousands of people. But half of them died, not due to Cholera but of fear. Since Corbett had been living in Mokameh Ghats for ten years, he witnessed the dangers of the epidemic disease. Corbett thought that the thin man could be saved only by some crude treatment and fate. And this treatment could always be carried out on the thin man, only if he had the confidence in Corbett. Surprisingly the thin man started showing some signs of Improvement and was responding to the crude treatment. Corbett did everything to the thin man, as other servants belonging to different community refused to come near the thin man. The thin man's condition improved at the end of the week and he was able to give his pathetic story to Corbett.
He was Lalajee, a flourishing grain merchant. Unluckily he had a crooked fellow as his partner. Initially the business flourished with much profit. But one day, when Lala returned home from another town, he found that his partner has taken away all the money and shop was empty. Lalaji understood that he has been cheated by his partner. As a result he became poor all at once and struggled to maintain his family. Then he managed to get a job on seven rupees a month. This was a very difficult job and found it difficult to manage the family with the ordinary salary he received. It was during one of his business trips, Lalaji was taken ill seriously. As his condition got worse, he wanted to die on the banks of the sacred Ganges.

Lalajee stayed with Corbett for about a month. One day, he expressed his desire to go back to Gaya. Corbett asked him what he would do at Gaya, if Lalajee's master had appointed another man in his place. Lalajee replied that he would find some other job. Corbett asked Lalajee to become a merchant again for which he replied that no one would offer security for five hundred rupees, if he had to start the business again. Lalajee got ready to go to Gaya. Corbett gave him the train ticket for Gaya and also five hundred rupees. Lalajee was tongue-tied and putting his head on Corbett's feet, he promised to return the money within a year.

Jim Corbett had given him the greater part of his savings. He thought that he would not see Lalajee again but he was sure that he would not be in a position to keep his promise. But Corbett was wrong in his opinion. Because Lalajee came to see Corbett a few days before the expiry of the time limit. Lalajee explained about his business and the profits out of it. And he returned the five hundred rupees. Also he took a bag containing interest money for the five hundred rupees. Corbett refused to accept the interest, since it was not his custom to accept interest from friends. Lalajee offered his help to Corbett on any occasion. For nearly eleven years, till Corbett left eh Ghat, lajee sent a big basket of the choicest mangoes from his garden, as a mark of gratitude to Corbett and also to prove his continuous success in business.

*CINDERELLA*

'Cinderella' the fairy tale from Grimms's Tales insists hope and faith are essential aspects of life
This is a story of a girl, who was troubled and ill-treated by her step- mother. But because of her good nature, the good angel comes to her rescue and helps her to marry the prince of that country. This story tells us that our good nature will get us good things only.

Cinderella was a beautiful girl. But she was unhappy. Because her mother was dead and her father married a widow, who had two daughters. Cinderella's step mother was partial. She treated her own daughters in the nicest way. But she ill-treated Cinderella. She gave all comforts to her daughters and Cinderella was not given anything good. Only the used things like dresses, shoes were given to Cinderella. She was not even given with good food, but only the leftovers. Moreover, she was allowed to sit near the cinders only for a while. That's why she got the name Cinderella. Cinderella had no companion except a cat. She would be talking to the cat and the cat mewed in reply. She was more or less treated as an unpaid servant of the house. Cinderella wept a time many secretly and regretted for her pathetic situation. She wished to live happily but there was no way for that.

one day, when Cinderella was sitting near the cinder in the kitchen a wondrous thing happened. A fairy appeared before her. Cinderella was shocked and surprised to see the fairy. But the fairly consoled her and told her not to worry. The fairy assured cinderella that problems would soon bee solved. Further, the fairy anked Cinderella t go to the ball arranged by the Prince of that country, cinderella wondered how she could go to the ball in her poor condition. With the magic wand, the fairy made Cinderella to wear the most beautiful dress. cinderella looked very beautiful and then the fa ry asked for a pumpkin and seven mice alive, with the magic wand she changed the pumpkin into beautiful coach and seven mice into six white horses and a coachman. And the fairy put one condition that cinderella should return from the ball before the clock struck twelve, because, after twelve o'clock, the coach, horses and the coachman would return to their original form. cinderella could not believe her eyen, And the fairy left her at the court. When cinderella entered the ballroom at the palace, everybody was surprised to see the beauty of cinderella, The two stepsisters also wondered at the beauty of cinderella. But nobody knew that the beautiful girl was really cinderella, as the was a having a new appearance with the rich and beautiful dress.

The Prince was struck by the beauty of Cinderella. He admired her beauty and danced with her. And he wanted to know who Cinderella was. But cinderella replied that he would never see her again. But the Prince was certain that he would find her. cinderella enjoyed the ball. Suddenly, she heard the sound of a clock striking twelve. She remembered the condition the fairy had told her. And without even a word she hurried from the ballroom. As she ran she lost one of her slippers and she could not return to search for the missing sipper. The Prince, who was madly in love with her, found the slipper missed by cinderella and picked

The Prince was so keen in finding who the beautiful girl was and decided to marry her. He ordered his ministers to search for the foot that the slipper fits. The ministers tried the slipper on the foot of all the girls. At last the slipper fitted perfectly to cinderella. The stepmother was not ready to believe and shouted that Cinderella could not have been at the ball. Suddenly the fairy appeared and changed cinderella into a beautiful girl. The stepmother and step sisters were greatly surprised. Then the ministers took cinderella to the Prince who married her. After that they lived happily forever.

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*THE GOLDEN TOUCH*

This is an excellent story with a beautiful moral, that one should have greediness in his life. If greediness dominates in a person, how that person will suffer in his life, has been wonderfully presented in this story.

Long ago there lived a rich man called Midas. He was a king. He had a little daughter called Mary Gold. He loved gold very much. He did not like anything else other than lots and lots of gold. In fact, he liked his position as King mainly because of his golden crown. He wanted to possess more gold. Even if he saw the golden light of the sun, he wished that it could change everything into gold. Even the sight of flowers in the garden did not make him happy. He wanted them to turn into gold. Even music could not make him happy. The only music he loved was the sound of gold coins. His liking on gold was increasing. Midas did not want to touch anything that was not gold. He kept a secret room under his palace and kept all his valuable gold collection. He visited the place everyday to touch and feel his gold collections He would enjoy the sight of gold bars, gold cups and plates. This gave him a sense of pleasure and pride.

One day, when Midas was in his treasure room, a wonderful thing happened. A stranger appeared before him. Midas was very much surprised to see the man in his secret room. But he immediately guessed that the man was no ordinary person. The stranger looked at his gold collection and asked about his desire to acquire more gold. Midan was so happy and expressed his desire to become rich quickly by turning everything into gold by his very touch. The Stranger granted the boon "Golden touch' to Midas, Midati was so happy to have such an amazing boon.
Next morning when the sunlight shone Midas got up from his sleep and was astonished to find that the sheet on his bed where he was sleeping had turned into gold. He became excited and touched one of the legs of his bed and it immediately became a golden pillar. He started touching everything and they became gold. Even his spectacles had turned into gold. Midas was so happy and jumped with excitement as his desire to become the richest man of the world is going to be achieved.
King Midas ent to the garden and the rose flowers had turn into gold with his touch. His Daughter Mary Gold cried bitterly on seeing the roses in gold, as she liked only the natural roses. The breakfast was on the table when he touched the food items on the table everything turned into gold. The coffee pot became golden and even the coffee had become liquid gold. Midas felt hungry and thirsty. He looked at his daughter Mary Gold who was eating happily in front of him. He had costly food like golden fish, golden bread and butter. But he was unable to eat. Mary Gold saw something was wrong in her father and came near to comfort him. Midas went down and kissed Mary Gold. At once Mary Gold turned into gold. Midas was shocked to see his only daughter hardened into a figure of solid gold. He tried his best to get her back to the original form but Mary Gold remained as a golden statue. Tears rolled and wept bitterly for loosing his darling daughter.

King Midas could not be the sight of Mary Gold. He felt very sad and sorry for his greediness and wished to become the poorest man in the entire world, if only his beloved daughter could become normal again. At this very thought of regret and realization, the stranger appeared before him and asked whether Midas was happy with the golden touch. Midas regretted for having such a boon and wanted to lead the normal life with his daughter by enjoying food and water like any other common man. Again the Stranger asked whether Midas wanted to keep his golden touch. Midas refused and wanted to lose the power of making everything into gold by his touch. Then the Stranger asked him to bring the water from the river nearby and to sprinkle it over anything that Midas wish to change again. Midas ran and plunged into the river and took a part of river water. He went straight to the golden figure of Mary Gold and sprinkled the water on her and she became normal. Both Midas and Mary Gold went to the garden watering the flowers, enjoying the sweet smell of the roses. Midas finally realized that greediness will only result in suffering and sorrow and normal life only gives

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*SELFISH GIANT*

In the tale The Selfish Giant', Oscar Wilde describes how human love has its impact on even seasons. He also proves how the love of tender children can change even a cold-hearted Giant into a lovable person.

In a village, the Children visited the Giant's garden every afternoon for playing. There was a lush green lawn, studded with stars like flowers. There were twelve peach trees. During spring season the trees gave out blossoms of pink and pearl. In autumn the trees were laden with sweet fruits. Birds sang melodiously. At times, children suspended their games to listen to the songs of the birds. The children played happily, sang merrily and tasted the delicious fruits of the garden.   
                                         The Giant, who is the owner of the garden returned from Cornish Ogre's castle, after enjoying his brief conversation for seven years. He saw children playing in his garden and making lot of noise He did not relish children playing in his garden. As he was very selfish, he did not like children entering and playing his lush green and decided to stop them from entering his garden garden. So he built a tall compound wall around his castle and he put up a notice board "Trespassers will be prosecuted". children were shocked to see the notice board and felt very sad that they could not play anymore. Nature saw the selfishness of the Giant and the sorrow of the children. Nature wanted to teach a lesson to the Giant. She withheld the spring and summer seasons for years. As a result only winter and hail storm and autumn visited the giant's castle, which destroyed the beauty of the garden.

The Giant could not understand why spring and summer had abandoned his garden all through the year. He was in fact pained to see the white cloak of his garden all through the year. He was puzzled and curious to know how the trees outside his castle bloomed and bore fruits. One day, he heard a melodious song of a bird. He looked out of his window. He saw his entire garden smiling with bright flowers. On each tree some children were playing. They had sneaked in through a little hole in the wall. But one poor tree was still covered with frost and snow. It bore no flowers. A little boy was found crying underneath. The tree lowered her branch to help him climb. But he was too tiny to catch hold of the branch. The Giant's heart melted as realized his mistake. He entered the garden. On seeing the Giant, children climbed down the trees and started running. But the little boy did not move. He could not see him for his eyes were full of tears.

The Giant knelt down. He lifted the boy ently and put him on the tree. The tree was overjoyed. White blossoms appeared immediately on the tree. The little boy kissed the Giant. Birds returned to the garden. Children who ran away came back, and climbed up the tree. The Giant announced that it was their garden. He realized that nature had punished him for keeping the children away from his garden. He took a big axe and knocked down the big compound wall. People were really surprised to see the Giant play with their children. Every child made it a point to play there from afternoon to evening.

The selfish Giant looked around to see the tiny boy again but he could not see him. He enquired the children about the little boy who kissed him. They said that they did not know him. Everyday he longed to see the little boy. Years rolled by. The Giant had become old and feeble. One day he saw the little boy standing alone in the garden. The Giant was overjoyed. He climbed down with haste and rushed to him. He was pained to see the nail marks on his tender palms and toes. He became furious. He asked the little boy to tell him who dared harm him. The little boy smiled and said they were marks of love. He invited the Giant to his garden (i.e.) Paradise. The next morning the Giant's body was lying lifeless covered with sweet smelling white flowers Through this story we learn that God has created nature and beautiful things and seasons for the use of all. Sheltering the bounty of nature for personal use alone is a selfish action. The writer wants none to prevent fellow citizens from enjoying the bounty of nature.

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