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Contents
1 David Copperfield ........................... Self, Family, Home, Friends ........................1
– Charles Dickens
2 The Happy Prince ............................. Peace and Harmony ...............................11
– Oscar Wilde
3 Community Peace .......................... Peace and Harmony �������������������������������16
4 Three Questions ............................... Self, Family, Home, Friends ......................24
(a Japanese folktale)
5 A Lesson in Addition ....................... Peace and Harmony ...............................34
(Drama)
6 Paper Boats ..................................... The World Around Us ..............................40
– Rabindranath Tagore
7 The Story of Eklavya ....................... Art and Culture .......................................50
(from the Mahabharata)
8 Little Women ..................................... Self, Family, Home, Friends ......................59
– Louisa May Alcott
9 The Coromandel Fishers ................ Our Country .............................................66
– Sarojini Naidu
10 Rip Van Winkle .................................. Adventure and Imagination ...................74
– Washington Irving
11 Bina and the Music System Rocket.. . Science and Technology ........................82
12 Six and Out ....................................... Physical Activities and Sports ..................89
– G.D. Martineau
13 The Mountain Railways ................... Transport .................................................98
14 Oh! The Places You’ll Go... ............... Adventure and Imagination .................110
– Surbhi Sarna
15 The World from a Railway Carriage .. Transport ...............................................116
– R.L. Stevenson
16 Scientists and Inventors
Who Changed the World ................ Science and Technology ....................125
17 Eureka! Eureka! ................................. Science and Technology ....................135
18 On the Grasshopper and Cricket .. Animals and Plants ..............................142
– John Keats
Glossary ............................................................................................................151
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