CBSE-English-class 10-chapter 4-From the diary of Anne Frank

 

Class 10 chapter 4

 From the diary of Anne Frank

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Anne Frank is the author of the chapter "From Anne Frank's Diary", her full name is "Annelis Marie Frank" .    

                    

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 She was born on 12 June,1929 in Frankfurt, Germany, and was passed in 1945 in February or March at the "Bergen-Belsen Death Camp".

                        

She was a Jewish young girl, whom her father gave a diary to celebrate the thirteenth birthday as her birthday present. He wrote her life experiences in that diary.

                             

 At first he thought that a young girl like her would go unnoticed but he removed such thoughts and started writing.

Anne Frank's father was "Mr. Otto Frank", a German financial expert who found that diary after Anne's passing. Her diary essentially disintegrated into several dialects from her unique Dutch and became one of the world's most read books. Apart from this, some movies, TV serials and diary based films have also come. Anne Frank has become one of the famous Holocaust victims.

                                    

 

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The sacrifice of one human being to another is the theme of this extract. The act of hiding people at the risk of their lives  and  and giving of their food, living space and the lives of those around them.

 

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Tolerance, power and expectation are the basic weapons to face any kind of misery in life. In the event that we use them, we can authenticate ourselves

 

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From 1933 to 1945, the Government of Germany worked in 1,000 inhumane confinements (concentration camps) in Germany.

 

Primary camps were established in March 1933 when "Adolf Hitler" became the General of Germany. After that day in 1934, inhuman imprisonment was carried out by the Nazi government. Most of the prisoners in the concentration camps were individuals from the Communist Party of Germany, although as time went on, various gatherings were captured, including "constant lawbreakers", and  specially Jews.

 

More than 1,000 inhumane imprisons were established during the history of Nazi in  Germany and at one time there were approximately 1.65 million people registered prisoners in the camps. Nearly 1,000,000 passed during his strike. A lot of previous camps have become historical centers (museums) in memory of survivors of the Nazi system.

 

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In this extract, we studied "From the Diary of Anne Frank", which is based on the foundation of War II. It is a self-depiction (auto-biography) of a girl Anne Frank, who communicates her thoughts in a diary. Her father had presented a diary on the celebration of her thirteenth birthday, which she called 'kitty' as her best friend. Anne Frank was a Jewish young girl who is hiding during war II, in order to keep away from the Nazis. She shares her experience and therefore the story during her discouraging season. Likewise, she along with seven others who  hide in a secret annex on Prinsengrach 263 in Amsterdam. She lives there for 2 years and reflects each of her experiences inside the diary. As a result, she uses her energy in studying and composing, gaining more knowledge about government issues (politics) and literature. After her demise (death), she becomes world famous due to her diary

 

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The author feels that it is strange and unusual for her to record a diary as she is doing it for the first time. He feels that inside the future no one will analyze the previous encounters of the young writer.

But she gets these thoughts out of her mind and thinks about her thinking. She realizes in light of the fact that she has no partner (friend) to talk to her. She needs to give a shape to the partner's need, so she chooses to call the diary as "kitty". Anne feels that the paper has more ability to hold its own views rather than individuals who have low patience. She has a great time with friends, yet cannot share her all secrets because they are not real companions .. She recalls her father Mr. Otto Frank who presents her the most beloved diary on the celebration of her thirteenth birthday.

 

Arriving on June 20, 1942, she writes in her diary how her class is concerned about their results. She says that the main subject  in which she has doubt is mathematics. He and his classmate, "G", try to stop the students from making noise, yet it is in vain.

 

Anne remembers how the teacher of mathematics is constantly disturbed by her habit of talking too much. He gives her extra homework as punishment while talking in his class. The first sentence is the composition of an essay on "Chatterbox", which she considers strange. Explains the topic and chooses to write in favor of talking. But she cannot write fully. She writes that she will try to improve herself, but cannot completely stop talking. The teacher thinks that its entertaining however he gives another topic after she didn't change her nature of talking in the class.

 

The topic is " Chatterbox" which presents to a habit that is difficult to change.. After examine her, Maths teacher gives her another topic, Quack, Quack, Quack, Said Mistress Chatterbox, as a punishment. . She decides to write her third topic in the form of a poem and writes a satire and luckily the teacher takes it lightly.. The teacher read the entire poem before the class and she talked uninterruptedly after this.

 

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In the story From the Diary of Anne Frank, we learn that a youthful (student) must talk and feel blissful to remain intellectually fit.

 

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 Ana was born on June 12, 1929  in Frankfurt, Germany.

 Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany in January 30, 1933. The first anti-Jewish laws are established. The Franks decide that the family should move to the Netherlands.

 The German army attacked on  Netherlands in May 10, 1940: .

 Anne receives a diary on June 12, 1942 for her thirteenth birthday.

 Anne's sister, Margot, receives a noticeon July 5, 1942 to appear for deportation to a forced labor camp. The family hides the next day.

 The van Pels, another Jewish family from Germany, join the Franks doggo on July 13, 1942: .

 Fritz Pfeffer, the eighth and last resident of the key Annex, joins the Frank and van Pels families in November 16, 1942.

 The residents of the Secret Annex are capture by German Army on August 4, 1944 and They all are arrested. They are taken to a police station in Amsterdam and eventually to the Westerbork transit camp.

 The eight prisoners are transported during a sealed freight car to Auschwitz within the last transport out of Westerbork September 3, 1944. In Auschwitz, the lads are separated from the ladies .

 Anne, Margot and Mrs. Van Pels are sent to the” Bergen-Belsen concentration camp  on October 1944:”. Edith Frank remains in the Auschwitz-Birkenau women's sub camp.

 Edith Frank dieson January 6, 1945 in Auschwitz-Birkenau.

 Otto Frank get freedomon January 27, 1945 from the Russian army. He is first taken to Odessa and then to France and  then he is permitted to return to Amsterdam.

Anne and Margot Frank die March 1945  within the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp within days of every other.

Otto Frank arrives in Amsterdam on  June 3, 1945 , where he meets Miep and Jan Gies. He knows that his wife has died, but he does not know that his daughters have also died. He still has hope.

 Otto Frank receives a letter on October 24, 1945 informing him that his daughters died in Bergen-Belsen. Miep gives Anne's diary to Otto. He found and hid the journal after the Frank's arrest and hoped to return it to Anne.

 the primary 1,500  copies of Anne's diary were published  In 1947 in Amsterdam.

 

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The Thief’s Story ||Ruskin Bond || Shakespeare for you ||

 

The Thief’s Story

About the Author

 

Ruskin Bond is the writer of this chapter , he was born on 19 May 1934. He is an Indian author but he is a British descent. He lives together with his adopted family in Landour,Mussoorie, India. He gives credit for his success as a writer to “The Indian Council for Child Education” That has recognised his role in the growth of children's literature in India. He got many award like the Sahitya Academy Award in 1992 for “Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra”, his novel in English, PadmaShri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014.

Detail Explanation

There are two protagonist of this chapter, Anil who is a struggling writer and Hari singh who is a thief’. Anil is 25 years old mature and innocent man and hari is 15 years old thief. Hari Sigh meet to Anil when he was watching a wrestling match somewhere on the road .

 Hari singh approaches Anil and starts talking to him because he feels that he had not robbed anyone in the past few days and thought that it would be easy to rob a simple person like Anil. They start talking to each other and Anil asks the name of thief. The thief introduces himself as Hari Singh. This is not his real name as he modifies his name monthly to flee his ex employers or police. Then they started talking about some worldly matter like the wrestlers and on other topics also. Hari called him again when Anil was leaving and asked him if there was any work that he could do for Anil. Anil said that he won't able to pay him but could feed him only if he knew how to cook. Hari lied that he knew how to cook. They went to room that was above a sweet shop. Hari cooked a meal which was really bad because Anil didn't eat it. Anil asked Hari to go away but he tried to please Anil. Hari smiled in his most engaging way and Anil couldn't stop laughing watching him. Anil agreed to show Hari the way to cook, write full sentences and add numbers. Hari was very obliged as he knew that there would be no limit to robbing people once he learnt how to read and write.

The narrator wont to like working for Anil as he wont to make him tea within the morning then leave to shop for the groceries for the day. He also wont to steal 1 rupee from the cash that was given to him to shop for the groceries everyday. Anil knew that he wont to steal but didn't mind.

Anil used to make money by irregular works. Sometimes he wont to borrow money and therefore the other day, when he had money, he would be lending it to people . Whenever he wont to get money, he would leave together with his friends to celebrate.

One day, Anil return in his room with a bundle of note

and told Hari that he had sold a book to a book-publisher. At night he kept the cash safely under the mattress of his bed. Hari realized that he had been working for Anil for quite a month and had not stolen anything aside from the 1 rupee that he kept everyday from the grocery money. Hari had many chances to steal as he had the key to the space also . But he was surprised with the quantity of trust Anil had on him as he had never seen such a trusting person in his life. This trust thing was preventing him from robbing Anil as Hari thought that robbing a careless person like Anil didn't make much difference because he won't even notice that he had been robbed which took out all the fun from the work. Then he decided to stealing Anil’s money and justified himself that if he didn't steal money from Anil then also he would waste it on his friends and also,  He said to himself that Anil didn't pay him for the work that he did for hm.

Hari then awakened in the dark and quietly crawled to Anil’s bed. He steals the cash and decides to go away the town by Lucknow Express that departed at 10:30.

He reached the railway-station and the train had slowly started moving from the platform. He could have easily caught the train, but he was hesitate and he himself didn't know the reason for it. Before he had reached the station he counted the cash and it had been 600 rupees in 50 rupee notes. He could live a lavish life for 2 - 3 weeks with so much money. After the train had left, Hari was on their lonesome at the railway station . He was left with no place to sleep at night. The only person he knew was Anil and he had looted him also . He sat on a bench during a park and because it began to rain, he sat down under the tower . Then he found that the notes had got wet. He realized that learning the way to read and write would help him to urge a way more respectable and honest job which might pay him far more than these few hundred rupees. Then he decided to travel back to Anil’s house.

He reached the room and placed the money back. Next morning, he awakened a touch late and Anil had already made his tea. Anil gave a 50 rupee note to Hari as he had got purchased some work and he would be paid regularly. Hari felt that the note in his hand and observed that the note was still wet from the rain last night. Hari realized that Anil had come to understand about his wrong deed but there was no sadness, anger or guilt in his mind. The narrator smiled during a beautiful way and it had been real happiness as he knew that he had saved himself from the incorrect road.

Class 10 || A Triumph of Surgery || Shakespeare || Smart English Class ||

                    A Triumph of Surgery

                        Short Introduction 

Here we will study our  Book Moment’s book first chapter A triumph of Surgery.  The main Character of this chapter is Mrs. Pumphrey who was  a rich and emotional lady. She has a  dog  named Tricky. She loved him such a lot that she always overfed him. Therefore, Tricki had put on a lot of weight and hence became lazy (lethargic). When Doctor Herriot saw the fat, he was shocked. Then he made a plan and told Mrs. Pumphrey that Tricky must undergo for treatment of the ailment in the hospital. There the greedy dog had to compete with other dogs to get food, otherwise, he had to remain hungry. Soon he lost a lot of his weight , therefore he became quite active. When Tricky was at the home of Mrs. Pumphery, he was having luxurious life. But when he came to the doctor he became alright due to the natural lifestyle. When Mrs. Pumphrey saw her active dog, she thanked the doctor a lot and she felt that it was a triumph of surgery.

About The Author

James Alfred Wight (3 October 1916 – 23 February 1995), known by the pen name James Herriot, was a British veterinarian and writer, who used his a few years of experiences as a veterinarian to write down a series of books each consisting of stories about animals and their owners. He is best known for these semi-autobiographical works, beginning with IF ONLY THEY MIGHT TALK IN 1970, which is used in a series of flicks and Tv series

Detailed Explanation “A Triumph of Surgery”

James Alfred Wight is popular as James Herriot, and He was a British veterinarian and writer too. He has written this story A triumph of Surgery. The story starts when Mrs Pumphrey, a rich  lady takes her dog Tricky for a walk outside.
The narrator, Mr. Herriot somehow takes Tricki to his hospital for treatment, even knowing the very fact that Mrs. Pumphrey will never leave the dog. He took the dog along and puts a bed for him in his surgery. For two days dog didn't move much and also didn't eat anything. On the third day he wanted to move outside and there he started playing with the larger dogs. He also licked the bowls of other dogs to eat the remaining food as he was hungry for two days.
Also, for improving Tricky’s blood, Mrs. Pumphrey started sending wine in bottles. But again, Mr. Herriot consumed those. Not only this, when she started sending brandy in bottles they consumed that also.
After few days Doctor took a wise decision and called up Mrs. Pumphrey as she was much worried, for taking Tricki back home. Tricky was very happy to see his mistress and jumped into the car. Then Mrs. Pumphrey said that she won’t be able to ever thank him for all this wonder. And she said that his surgery had been successful as Tricky was now cured.

 A nearby veterinary doctor saw the dog and he is in a shock because the dog seems like a bloated sausage having leg at each end. Then He advised her to stop giving him diet. But Mrs Pumphrey isn't ready to refuse the dog. Soon Tricky fell sick and therefore the doctor was called.

His condition started improving very fast. Also, he started fighting for his meals with other dogs. After hearing this news of the recovery of Tricky, Mrs. Pumphrey started sending eggs to the hospital as she thought that Tricky needed energy foods after recovery. But Mr. Herriot and his fellow doctors started eating those eggs as morning breakfast.

Conclusion of A triumph of Surgery
The story signifies that the parent as well as oldsters shouldn't be so much kind which can harm their children.

 

 

Class 10 || Black Airplane by Frederick Forsyth ||

 

Black Airplane by  Frederick Forsyth

About the Author

Name of the writer of this chapter is  Frederick Forsyth . He was Born on  August 25, 1938 , in Ashford, UK.  He was awarded Edgar Prize Awards for Best Novel, Cartier Diamond Dagger.

 His famous play was Love Never Dies

 

Short Intro Of The Chapter

 

The story "Black Airplane" is about a pilot who feels happy and struggles to fly over a city that sleeps   (at night). Fly from Paris to London. While taking his flight, he dreams of a long vacation with his family. He also fantasizes about the delicious breakfast he would have upon landing. As soon as you cross Paris, he sees the dark clouds that were a sign of the next storm. The correct decision would have been to return to Paris for the sake of security. But being overshadowed by his dreams and not wanting to delay them, he risks the lives of his passengers and goes straight into the storm.

Everything goes dark, he cannot see, all his steering instruments stopped working and he lost control of the plane. When all hope was lost, he saw another plane whose pilot was quite willing to rescue them. The author panicked because there was very less fuel left.

The anonymous pilot guided them out of the storm and disappeared as soon as they saw the light. Upon landing, when he asks the lady in the control room about the other pilot, he is shocked when she says that hers was the only plane in the sky.

Key points for quick Revision

        i.        1-   A pilot of an old Dakota plane flies at midnight over Paris (France) to England.

2- Dreams of spending the holidays with his family.

3- He wants to have breakfast with his family in the morning.

4- Unfortunately, it passes through huge black clouds.

5- The compass, radio and other instruments were turned off.

6- Suddenly, he notices a black plane in front of him.

7- The pilot of the plane tells you to follow him.

8- He continues like an obedient child but in the meantime his fuel tank runs out.

9- Suddenly you notice a string of light on the ground.

10- It is an airstrip.

11- Land safely.

12- He goes to the control room and asks for the other plane. But he is dumbfounded to learn that no aircraft were detected on radar that night.

13- Many questions remain unanswered, mysterious, and unsolved.

14- Who helps you get there safely without a compass or radio, and with no more fuel in your tanks?

15- Who is the pilot of the strange black plane, flying in the storm, without lights?

                        The Black Airplane Lesson Summary

The author was flying his old Dakota DS 088 airplane over France. He was on his way to England. It was a beautiful full moon night. The sky was clear. The author was happy to possess a simple flight. He dreamed of meeting his family and having an honest breakfast when he got home. It was 1:30 am.

On his way he called the room in Paris and reported his flight and destination. The room warned him to show twelve degrees west. He checked the compass and other instruments and followed the instructions. He also switched to his second and last tank of fuel.

It was a clear sky and the pilot had a smooth flight. But suddenly, he saw huge storm clouds ahead of him. He couldn't fly over them because he did not have enough fuel. I could go back to Paris. But his eagerness to satisfy his family and eat breakfast prevented him from making this decision. He decided to take the risk. He flew his plane straight into the black clouds.

Everything was black within the clouds. You couldn't see anything outside the plane. He saw that his compass and other instruments had stopped working. He didn't know where he was or the way to get out of the clouds. I was lost in the storm.

Suddenly, he saw a black plane flying by his side. He was happy to ascertain another plane near him. The pilot of the black plane waved his hand and asked the author to follow him.

The author followed him like an obedient child. The black plane flew ahead of the Dakota for about half an hour. The Dakota's fuel was about to run out. The author felt scared again. His plane was only ready to fly for ten more minutes.

But soon the black plane began to fall and therefore the author landed safe and sound at an airport. After landing safely, the author wanted to thank the pilot of the black plane. He asked the lady within the tower about the second pilot. The woman replied that there have been no other planes within the sky that night.

The author was surprised and asked: "Who was the pilot of the strange black plane?"

The author couldn't meet the pilot of that strange black plane.

His First Flight

His First Flight

Hello Student how are you all ! Today in this Lecture We will learn our 3rd chapter “ Two Stories about flying”

This chapter has dived into two parts

(i) His First Flight Written by LiAM O’ FLAHERTY

(ii) Black Aeroplane written by Frederick Forsyth

In this Article we will discuss first part “ His First Flight"

Themes Of the Chapter

‘His First Flight’ highlighting and focusing on the importance of independence, self-belief and self-confidence, and the urgency for motivation to get goals. It is said that Necessity is always the mother of invention, but sometimes it needs an initial spark from outside

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Short Explaination Pointwise

1. It is an imaginary story

2. That convey the message that one can learn if he / she takes courage instead of sitting idle.

3. This a story of a young seagull that is fed lovingly by his parents ,

4. But when the time comes for him to fly himself, a fear starts to create in his heart that he is not able to fly

5. Because he feels that his wings are not enough strong to fly properly. At last, After using all tricks to motivate young seagull to fly his mother hits upon a plan by persuading him with food in her beak.

6. And finally he learns how to fly

Detailed Explanation

The story starts with young seagull who was sitting alone on his ledge. His two brothers and his sister were flying in the sky. He himself wanted to fly, he could not do so. There was a fear in his heart about flying . . When he saw that his brothers and sister flew then he also tried but he failed to gather the courage to fly. He was really very sad. His parents came to him. They also asked him to fly. They even scolded him. They threatened if he didn't fly, he would die of hunger there. But he could not move.

Twenty-four hours had passed but, nobody has come near him. He was watching that his parents and brothers and sisters were flying within the sky.

His parents had been giving training to be perfect to his brothers and sister, how to dive for fish. They called him to fly. But he could not fly.

The sun was shining and it had been extremely hot weather  . He felt the heat. Since He had not eaten for long. He had found a dried piece of a fish tail. But it was not enough. There wasn't even one piece of food anywhere for him. He had gone forward and backward on the ledge. But he couldn’t fly. He wanted to reach his parents. There was a deep sea below.

The Young seagull thought a trick to attracted his parents, he closed his eyes, standing on one leg and he hid his second leg hidden under his wing. He pretended to sleep.

He thought that his parents didn’t notice of him. Nobody paid attention but only his mother was watching him. He saw that her mother was tearing at a bit of fish at her feet. He became mad to ascertain the food as he didn’t eat one bite since last 24 hours . He gave out a sound to get it. His mother replied during a sound and checked out him.

She picked a piece of the fish. She strated flying across to him with piece of fish. He leaned out tapping the rock with his feet. His mother flew across trying to urge nearer to him. The seagull was waiting the the food ,he wanted to tear that piece with his beak. But he could not get at it.

The seagull waited a moment in surprise. He wondered why his mother didn't come nearer. He was so mad with hunger that he dived at the fish. He fell outwards with a scream and downwards into space. His mother had been moving rapidly downwards through the air.. As he passed beneath her, he heard the a hissing sound. of her wings. Then an excellent fear caught him.He felt that His heart stood still. He could hear nothing. But it only lasted for a moment. The next moment, he felt his wings spread outwards. He felt the wind rushing against his breast feathers. It rushed under his stomach, and against his wings. He was not falling down now. He was flying slowly downwards and upwards. He was no longer afraid.

Now the young seagull gave out a joyous scream. He was maintaining a height within the air without flapping his wings calling ‘ga, ga, ga’. His mother gave out ‘gaw col-ah’. Then his father flew over him screaming. Then he saw his brothers and sister flying around him. They were roaring and diving.

Now he completely forgot that he had not been ready to fly ever . He pushed himself to dive and soar. He was near the ocean now, flying straight over it. He saw a vast green sea beneath him. His parents and his brothers and sister had landed on the green surface of water ahead of him. They called him to do the same thing. He dropped his leg to face on the green sea. But his legs sank into it. He cried with feat He tried to rise again flapping his wings. But he was tired and weak with hunger. He could not rise. His feet sank into the green sea. But When his belly touched with water he sank no further. He was floating on it. Around him was his family, crying and praising him. It was offering him scraps of dog-fish. He had made his first flight.

 

Class 10 Dust of Snow By Robrt Forst

 

Dust of snow by Robert Frost.

In the lecture we will discuss the short poem, Dust of snow summary by Robert Frost.

Intro Of The Poem

 This poem explains  the extraordinary curing  power of nature and petty things in life. Nature can cure everything whether it is bad mood or any disease. The author experiences  one such bad day when a crow’s movement near hemlock dusted snow upon him. The snow instantly makes him happier.

His day gets tons better. The greatness of nature made him realize his problems are petty.
 The fact that hemlock is poisonously and crow is the indicator of doom and fear. It is utilized in the poem because the carrier of happiness within the lifetime of the narrator is ironical.

 The poet tries to highlight that sometimes creatures link with negative aspects of life often bring change and happiness. Being outdoors in nature, with all its unpredictability can benefit anyone, anywhere at any time.

Summary of The Poem “ Dust & Snow”

 

It is winter season and the poet is in a bad mood sitting quietly under the hemlock tree covered all over the snow. On that moment, a crow  who is sitting on the branch of the tree shakes the tree, and the snow from tree falls on the poet. The snow is cold and velvety to touch which changes the poet’s mood from sad to happy.

 It fills him with a refreshing feeling. This moment was very compelling and saves his day from disappointment. The black crow usually symbolizes bad omen and emblem of death and fear. Since the crow is not related to goodwill, Poet Creates Irony  that during this poem crow did an honest deed by shaking off the snow.

Robert Frost did not prefer to use any other trees like oak, maple or pine. He chose the hemlock which is typically related to poison and toxicity. Similarly, he uses dust which is useless to anybody and nobody wants to be liking dust.

But the poet uses it as an impulse that brings positive thoughts in mind. Anyway, the alluring (attractive) snow that adorns (decorate)  the poisonous hemlock tree’s branches is shaken off by a scary crow

 We have toxic hemlock covered in pure, white snow, and a person who is depressed, getting to kill himself and walking under the tree. The black crow throws the snow on the poet. The feeling of pure cold snow change his mind about sacrificing his life. On the contrary, he decides to forget the regrets of his life and sorrow to follow the path of healing of the inner soul.

This poem conveys the message that nothing in life is small. Even petty things can bring positive changes in our life. In addition to this, it also shows that if we take things positively in life, situations do change for better. Even the small help or good gestures we do for others make large differences. Just believe those random acts of kindness we do and the way they brighten a person’s day, and sometimes change their future. Noticing and appreciating all the tiny things in life will make our life happier.

Conclusion of Dust of Snow
The poem teaches us a lesson that every small act in life can illuminate our soul and motivate us to do better.

 

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