Children living on the Edge - fairyage

CHILDREN LIVING ON THE EDGE

Child labour is prevalent throughout Pakistan. This is violations of human rights, and despite government regulations, there seems to be no end in sight. The studies conducted reveal the nightmarish ordeals that a vast majority of children undergo in order to obtain the basic necessities of life.
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Well done little clever Mirchu fairyage

WELL DONE LITTLE CLEVER MIRCHU

A woodcutter and his wife lived in a village. They had seven children, all of them boys. The woodcutter and his wife were so poor that at times they did not know where to get money to buy food for their children. The children were growing so fast that they always felt hungry.

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What is Charming Leisure fairyage

WHAT IS CHARMING LEISURE

LEISURE is a delightful and beautiful poem. The poet feels sorry at the preoccupation of man in daily pursuite of life. Man of the modern age does not have enough time to enjoy the beauty of natural objects of life lying around him. The poet says that we have no time to stand and stare at the charming sights and feel happy over them. In this regard, our lot is worse than animals. The cows and sheep have more time than we have to enjoy the beauty of a shady tree. Due to our preoccupation in life, we miss many happy and delightful sights.
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The precious things in the darkness of night - SMUGGLING - part two

     THE PRECIOUS THINGS IN THE DARKNESS OF NIGHT - SMUGGLING - PART TWO

The smugglers deal in only such goods as are highly profitable for them. Drugs and gold are at the top of the list. Besides these, costly cloths machinery and cosmetics are also smuggled. Drug smugglers are mercilessly spoiling the youth of our country and making the economy weaker and weaker.

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The precious things in the darkness of night - SMUGGLING - part one

SMUGGLING - PART ONE

• Smuggling means the illegal and secret transportation of goods or people into or out of a country.
• Smugglers have become influential in our society.
• Customs official are unable to check their activities.
• If they are arrested somehow, they use the power of money to rescue themselves.
• They are mercilessly spoiling the youth by drugs smuggling and destroying the economy of our country.
• Officials and individuals should play an honest part to save the country from this evil.

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The Last Leaf - Simplified Version

                                    THE LAST LEAF - SIMPLIFIED VERSION

JOANNA and SUE, were both painters and were very good friends. They lived in a three storeyed brick house near NEWYORK. It so happened that a severe kind of fever spread in the coloney where the two friends lived. One day, when JOANNA tried to get out of her bed, she felt she could not even move. She was running high temp[erature. SUE rang up the doctor and told him about her friend's miserable condition.

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Why Boys Fail in College - fairyage

WHY BOYS FAIL IN COLLEGE

The college-going age of a student is very sensitive. It is during this period that he makes or mar his career. The writer of this essay examines the factors which cause failure among boys in college.

According to him, there are two main categories of such students: those who try, and , those who do not try.

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Duties of a Student - fairyage

                                                       DUTIES OF A STUDENT

Students are the greatest asset of a nation. They have unlimited energy and enthusiasm for greater tasks. They have always taken part in social service and other activities of noble cause. Students enjoy many rights and facilities in their institutions. So Alongwith the rights, there lie some responsibilities and duties as well.

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Dirty Money - O Henry - fairyage

DIRTY MONEY

'Money talks,' they say. Not just big bills but even smaller ones can say a word or two sometimes.

I am a ten-dollar bill of 1901. I first came in a five -hundred-dollar packet of clean, new ten-dollar bills from Pennsylvania to a bank in New York.
Since then I have seen every kind of business.
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The EVENING dark sky have deep secret

                     THE EVENING DARK SKY HAVE DEEP SECRET

The day is past, the sun is set,

And the white stars are in the sky;

While the long grass with dew is wet,

And through the air the bats now fly.

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Reconnect With Nature - page one

RECONNECT WITH NATURE - PART ONE

On December 10th, 2011 in Durban, South Africa the world saw yet another climate change conference end with no agreement among world leaders on tackling the environmental problems. No firm commitment was received on their part to address global warming or the uncontrolled carbon emissions which is taking our Earth to the brink of destruction.
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Ani's Key - Catherine Abbey Hodges

ANI'S KEY - CATHERINE ABBEY HODGES

'I don't want to go to school any more,' announced Ani. Her school bag slid off her arm and hit the dirt floor with a thud.

Mama looked up from the kerosene stove and frowned. 'But you love school, Ani! And we're working hard so that you can go to school.'

'I know, Mama.' Ani looked at the piles of other people's laundry her mother had washed early that morning. She thought of her father at the dump, sorting through rubbish, looking for things to sell.

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The Honeyguide's Revenge

THE HONEYGUIDE'S REVENGE

There once was a greedy young man named Gingile. He rarely shared anything with anyone, preferring to keep everything for himself.

One day, while Gingile was hunting, he heard the honey call of Ngede. He stopped and listened carefully. "Chitik-chitik-chitik", the little bird rattled. He began flying ahead, stopping several times to be sure that Gingile followed.
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A little WORD can change your life.

A LITTLE WORD CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE

We should always think before we speak because our words can heal and give comfort to a sad heart or they can break it. We should choose carefully our words before speaking.

The poet is of the view that a kind and sympathetic word spoken can bring comfort to a broken heart. A gesture or a tear shed in sympathy can also win us a sincere friend. At the same time a harsh word and a severe look has caused many hearts to wither away as the frest blooming flowers which die on being mishandled.

Otherwise they would have brightened our life's darkest periods. Hence a pleasant word and a pleasant look are not  ordinary things. They heal many hearts and save them from breaking.

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Muhammad Mehmood Alam - fairyage

M.M. ALAM - FAIRYAGE

Muhammad Mehmood Alam, or M.M. Alam as he is better known, was born in Calcutta, British India on 6 July 1935. He had been facinated by toy aeroplanes since childhood. He was in his early teens when he saw Pakistan achieve independence, and he was determined to become a defender of the nation.
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Work makes holidays delightful - Russell

"work makes holidays delightful"...RUSSELL

 END OF TERM

Holidays become delightful when they come after a long period of hard work. Children enjoy them most because their class work is usually tedious. There is a lot of fun in weekly holidays. Every child feels the thrill of long holidays like summer vacation. DAVID DAICHESS, in "End of Term", recalls the joys of holidays and the pangs of unfulfilled wishes.

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Waiting in Line at the Drugstore

WAITING IN LINE AT THE DRUGSTORE

When I was thirteen, I dropped out of school and went to work as a messenger for the Owl Foto Studio.

The Owl Studio was located in a residential neighbourhood. The area was predominantly white. Six blocks away was the drugstore, where I had to go first thing each morning to pick up "breakfast" for the folks at the Owl. Going to this drugstore each morning was part of my job.
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School/college Breaks Up - fairyage

SCHOOL BREAKS UP

Adeel strode out of the examination hall, on the last day. Standing in the veranda, he turned back and looked into the hall and felt slightly uneasy. He would have felt more comfortable if all the boys had given their papers as the had done, twenty minutes before time.

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The Recycling Rap - fairyage

THE RECYCLING RAP

A POEM & STORY FOR THREE VOICES

Ani's father collected old bottles, newspapers, metal & books, etc. from houses and rubbish dumps. He sold these to people who would reuse the material for some other purpose. This is what happens in poorer countries. In rich countries, people usually just throw things away after they use them. This poem is trying to make them behave differently.

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The Wrong House - fairyage

THE WRONG HOUSE

Two men ran quietly towards the house. One of them carried a small suitcase. When they reached the porch, they stopped and listened. The night was dark and silent.

One of the men took out a bunch of keys. They entered. They examined the room by the light of the torch.

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