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NCERT Chapter Summary: The Lake Isle of Innisfree (Poem)

The poem dreams of escaping the busy streets of London. He remembers Innisfree as a perfect little island that would supply all his needs. This poem explores his longing for the peace and tranquillity of Innisfree where he spent a lot of time as a boy.

NCERT Chapter Summary: Rain on the Roof (Poem)

At night, there are dark clouds that cover the sky. It rains gently and the poet lies on his cosy bed listening to the patter of soft rain on the roof. He enjoys sound, the melody of nature.

NCERT Chapter Summary: Fun with Magnets

This chapter explores magnets, their properties, and their various applications. Magnets are objects that can attract certain materials, such as iron, nickel, and cobalt.

NCERT Chapter Summary: Air Around Us

This chapter explores the properties of air, the composition of the Earth's atmosphere, and the importance of air for living organisms. Air is a mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth and is essential for the survival of all living organisms.

NCERT Chapter Summary: Water (Science)

This chapter explores the importance of water, its properties, the water cycle, and various uses of water. Water is essential for survival and plays a crucial role in various natural processes.

NCERT Chapter Summary: Memories of Childhood

The first part deals with the account of Simmons, An American Indian, who fought against the prejudices of the society against American Indians.

NCERT Chapter Summary: Jalebis

The story is of a young boy when he was in fifth standard at a government school in Kambelpur, now called Atak. On one day, he was carrying four rupees in his pocket to pay his school fees.

NCERT Chapter Summary: The Seven Ages (Poem)

"The Seven Ages" is a poem by William Shakespeare that presents a metaphorical journey through the different stages of human life. It describes life as a series of seven distinct ages, each with its own characteristics and experiences. The poem emphasizes the fleeting nature of time and the inevitable progression of life from infancy to old age.

NCERT Chapter Summary: The Open Window

Framton Nuttel had a nervous breakdown. He migrates to the rural spaces in order to seek some relief. His sister, however, was sceptical that his problem might get worse as he would hardly get to meet anyone in the rural spaces and lose it completely. She, therefore, gives him letters of introduction to meet people whom she considered quite nice and who could keep good company to Nuttel.

NCERT Chapter Summary: On the Grasshopper and Cricket (Poem)

‘On the Grasshopper and Cricket’ is a fourteen line poem or a sonnet in which the poet expresses his view that the nature is always inspiring a poet to compose poetry through its various aspects. For Keats, seasons may change, but nature would never cease to inspire the poets and sing its songs.

NCERT Chapter Summary: The School Boy (Poem)

The boy loves to wake up to see the summer mornings. The sound of the birds singing and the huntsman’s horn are both pleasant. It seemed to him as if the skylark was singing with him. All of this was such a sweet company to him.

NCERT Chapter Summary: The Duck and the Kangaroo (Poem)

The poem opens with a conversation between the duck and the kangaroo. The duck admires the kangaroo for the way it hops. The duck feels bored of his life in the pond. The duck, therefore, requests the kangaroo to give it a ride on his back. The duck also promises that it would not say anything except “quack.” The duck wanted to see the entire world.

NCERT Chapter Summary: The Last Bargain (Poem)

The poem foregrounds the most important message of the poet, of which he was a champion himself, freedom. The poem opens with a man seeking work, but desires to keep his freedom.

NCERT Chapter Summary: When I Set Out for Lyonnesse (Poem)

The poet travels to an imaginary place, called Lyonnesse. He shares details his journey and the impact it had upon him in this poem, the draft of which was found immediately after his return from the parish where he had gone to supervise the restoration of a church.

NCERT Chapter Summary: The Ant and the Cricket (Poem)

There was a cricket that sang and danced all through the pleasant months of summer and spring. However, when the winter arrived, he became desperate and began to complain.

NCERT Chapter Summary: Macavity - The Mystery Cat (Poem)

The poem is a description of a villainous character, Macavity, a criminal who is so skilled in committing crime, that no one can ever find him. For whenever they reach the crime scene, he's not there.

NCERT Chapter Summary: Geography Lesson (Poem)

The poem is written from the perspective of a person who is observing the city from above, seeing it seated in a jet plane. As he ascends the heights in the sky, he is able to understand the real meaning of geography.

NCERT Chapter Summary: The Great Stone Face - I

The Great Stone Face was a work of nature, formed by several rocks piled one upon another. From a distance, however, it looked like a human face. If the onlooker came too near, he would lose sight of the outline of the face. Whereas from a distance the face was very clear.

NCERT Chapter Summary: This is Jody's Fawn

Jody expresses his sympathies for the fawn that has just lost its mother. He seeks his father’s permission to raise the fawn. Jody’s father, Penny, is put in a fix, as the mother of the fawn was killed in order to save Penny.

NCERT Chapter Summary: A Visit to Cambridge

For the author, Firdaus Kanga, Cambridge contained the essence of England. The place became something entirely different, but more meaningful by the time he left, for he had then become acquainted with Stephen Hawking.

NCERT Chapter Summary: Glimpses of the Past

The Earth India Company was extending its power in the 18th century. The rivalry between the Indian princes and their short sightedness gave a chance to the English merchants and the company to get successful in their ventures.

NCERT Chapter Summary: Bepin Choudhury's Lapse of Memory

Like every Monday, after work Bepin Choudhury directly headed to Kalicharan’s book shop to buy books. While he was looking at the books, he had a feeling that someone was perhaps closely observing him.

NCERT Chapter Summary: The Summit Within

HPS Ahluwalia was one of the members of the first ever successful team that reached the top of Mount Everest n 1965. The chapter discusses his emotions and moods on reaching the top of the summit. On reaching the top, HPS Ahluwalia shares his sense of joy and triumph at being among the first ones to reach the top.

NCERT Chapter Summary: A Short Monsoon Diary

June 24: The writer describes the beauty of nature. At the same time, he also describes how the newly appeared monsoon mist makes a blanket and conceals the hills and affects all the elements of nature.

NCERT Chapter Summary: The Best Christmas Present in the World

The Narrator had been wanting to buy a roll-top desk for a very long time. Finding it expensive, he was unable to do so. Finally, he finds one in a junk shop in Bridport.

NCERT Chapter Summary: The Tsunami

Ignesious’s Story Ignesious was completely unaware on the morning of 26th December, sleeping peacefully when his wife woke him up at 6 am, after she left an earthquake. As a precautionary measure, he removed the television set from the table and placed it on the ground, in order to save it from falling off the table.

NCERT Chapter Summary: The Great Stone Face - II

As Ernest grew, his wisdom and his popularity grew manifold. He never desired or sought fame, but his wise thoughts paved way for only fame and respect to come his way. His fame spread beyond the valley and people from distant lands came seeking his company.

NCERT Chapter Summary: An Alien Hand

While Tilloo’s father was enjoying an afternoon nap at home, Tilloo quietly stole his father’s security card and decided to escape his mother’s watchful eye and go ‘that way.’ He had observed his father using the security card to open the metal door.

NCERT Chapter Summary: A Tiger in the House

One day, when grandfather was walking down the forest path, a little away from his party, he found a tiger’s cub. He picked him up and brought him home. Grandfather was the only member in the hunter’s party who was ever able to find anything, be it dead or alive. Grandmother named the tiger cub, Timothy.

NCERT Chapter Summary: The Bear Story

Many years ago, in an old manor-house on the border of a big forest, lived a lady, who once found a bear cub half dead of hunger. The cub was so small and helpless that the lady brought him home with the help of her old cook.

NCERT Chapter Summary: I Want Something in a Cage

Mr Purcell was a small and fussy man. He had red cheeks and a tight little stomach. He owned a pet shop, which sold cats, dogs, monkeys and birds. He also sold fish food and bird seeds along with showy and gilded cages. He considered himself to be professional man.

NCERT Chapter Summary: The Cop and the Anthem

Soapy, sitting on his seat in Madison Square, observes the signs of winter approaching. Birds begin to fly towards South, people begin to buy new warm coast and so on. A dead leaf fell at Soapy’s feet and this was a special sign for Soapy which indicated the onset of winters. Soapy became restless trying to think of ways to sustain himself through the harsh season.

NCERT Chapter Summary: The Desert

Many people who live in areas surrounded by forests and hills believe deserts to be vast areas of sand where no rainfalls and therefore, it is hot and dry. In such circumstances there is hardly any vegetation to be found in such areas.

NCERT Chapter Summary: Bringing up Kari

Kari was five months old when he came under the care of the narrator. The narrator, too, was a young boy, merely nine years old. The narrator could reach Kari’s back if he stood on his toes. Kari remained of the same height of the next 2 years. Both the narrator and Kari grew simultaneously.

NCERT Chapter Summary: The Tiny Teacher

The chapter opens with the author making a catalogue of the smallest insect who is also the wisest insects. He wonders if it is the fly, the mosquito or the worm. He realizes that the insect that justly fits into this category is the ant. It is the most commonly found insect, the smallest and the wisest. The author seems impressed by the story of ant’s life and analysis it.

NCERT Chapter Summary: The Tiger and the Mosquito

"The Tiger and the Mosquito" is a traditional fable or moral story.

NCERT Chapter Summary: Wind (Poem)

In this poem, the poet highlights the destructive as well as the constructive aspects of the wind. He says that the wind teases and makes fun of the weak persons or things. Wind symbolises the difficulties that one faces in one’s life. Difficulties frighten us if we are weak. When we are brave, difficulties do not harm us and disappear quietly.

NCERT Chapter Summary: Trees (Poem)

The poem, "Trees" is a long catalogue describing the various advantages of trees. Every person who looks at a tree appreciates it for a different reason.

NCERT Chapter Summary: Chivvy (Poem)

The poem ‘Chivvy’ is a catalogues of various do’s and don’ts that the grown-ups dictate to young children. The adults constantly give a list of instructions to the children about how to sit, how to talk, how to eat and so on.

NCERT Chapter Summary: The Rebel (Poem)

The poem, ‘The Rebel’ describes the character of rebel, a person who does not conform to the norms of the society. The rebel is described as a person who would contradict others in order to be different.

NCERT Chapter Summary: The Squirrel (Poem)

The Short poem gives a description of the squirrel, its movement, the food it likes, the way it plays and so on.

NCERT Chapter Summary: The Story of Cricket

Cricket is one of the forms of the many games played with a ball and bat in England from past 500 years. It evolved as a distinct game around 17th century. Initially, during the mid of the 18th century, the bat used to be like the hockey stick curving outwards.

NCERT Chapter Summary: Expert Detectives

Nishad and his 10 year old sister Maya has always been inquisitive about their neighbour Mr Nath. One day their marbles went inside his house and Nishad got a chance to catch a glimpse of Mr Nath.

NCERT Chapter Summary: Fire: Friend and Foe

Early man must have found fire to be dangerous and frightening. Fire must have been a mystery for an early man but it is known today that it is a result of chemical reaction. When oxygen present in air combines with carbon and hydrogen present in a fuel, energy is released in form of heat and light and this is what fire is.

NCERT Chapter Summary: Quality

The author had known the shoemaker for many years because he used to make boots for his father. Mr Gessler was the shoemaker who lived with his elder brother in their shop in London.

NCERT Chapter Summary: The Ashes that Made Trees Bloom

There was an old childless couple that lived in Japan in 19th century. They had a pet dog called Muko whom they treated as their own child. The old man was rice farmer. He will go to the field with his hoe or spade early in the morning and will work there till sunset.

NCERT Chapter Summary: A Strange Wrestling Match

There was a wrestler called Vijay Singh who could beat all other wrestlers in the world. He had a weakness which often landed him in problems. He was found of praising himself.

NCERT Chapter Summary: Gopal and the Hilsa Fish

It was the season for Hilsa fish and it was Hilsa that everyone was talking about. In the market fishmongers were selling only Hilsa fish luring customers to buy it. Even in the royal court, countries were talking about Hilsa.

NCERT Chapter Summary: A Gift of Chappals

Mridu is a young girl living with her grandmother Tapi and grandfather Thatha in Chennai. Mridu goes along with Tapi to her aunt Rukku Manni's place one afternoon.

NCERT Chapter Summary: Three Questions

Once there was a king who thought that to be a successful ruler he must know the answer of three question.