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 FIRST FLIGHT 

Contents Foreword iii Rationalisation of Content in the Textbooks v To the Teacher vii

 1. A Letter to God 1 G.L.FUENTES 

Dust of Snow 14 ROBERT FROST 

Fire and Ice 15 ROBERT FROST 

2. Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom 16 NELSON ROLIHLAHLA MANDELA

 A Tiger in the Zoo 29 LESLIE NORRIS 

3. Two Stories about Flying 32

 I.His First Flight LIAM O’ FLAHERTY

 II. Black Aeroplane FREDERICK FORSYTH

 How to Tell Wild Animals 43 CAROLYN WELLS 

The Ball Poem 46 JOHN BERRYMAN

 4. From the Diary of Anne Frank 48 ANNE FRANK 

        Amanda!1         ROBIN KLEIN

5. Glimpses of India 63 

I. A Baker from Goa     LUCIO RODRIGUES

 II. Coorg                     LOKESH ABROL

 III. Tea from Assam     ARUP KUMAR DATTA 

The Trees 77                 ADRIENNE RICH

 6. Mijbil the Otter 80     GAVIN MAXWELL

 Fog 93                         CARL SANDBURG 

7. Madam Rides the Bus 94 VALLIKKANNAN

 The Tale of Custard the Dragon 107 OGDEN NASH x

 8. The Sermon at Benares 111

 For Anne Gregory 118 WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS 

9. The Proposal 120 ANTON CHEKOV

1. A Triumph of Surgery 1 JAMES HERRIOT 

2. The Thief’s Story 8 RUSKIN BOND

 3. The Midnight Visitor 14 ROBERT ARTHUR

 4. A Question of Trust 20 VICTOR CANNING 

5. Footprints without Feet 26 H.G. WELLS

 6. The Making of a Scientist 32 ROBERT W. PETERSON 

7. The Necklace 39 GUY DE MAUPASSANT 

8. Bholi 47 K.A. ABBAS

 9. The Book That Saved the Earth 56 CLAIRE BOIKO

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