Polly, the poor milkmaid, lived on a farm with her mother. Her father died years ago. She had to help her mother to earn their living. She always wanted to have a comfortable life. She loved to daydream, while milking the cow, or cleaning the house or the shed. Her mother often scolded her for […]
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Once upon a time, a tortoise and a hare became friends in a forest. The hare loved to show off. The tortoise would patiently listen to all his tall stories, because he knew the hare was a good-hearted fellow. One summer morning, the tortoise joined the hare and a group of animals sitting around the
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A farmer was old and dying. He had three sons and found that they were always quarrelling with one another. This worried the old farmer. ‘What will they do after I die?’ he wondered. One day he decided to do something before it was too late. He ordered his servant to fetch him a bundle
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It was summer, the season for sweet and delicious fruits. It was a very hot day. The sun had been shining brightly and there was not a scrap of cloud in the sky. A fox had been walking along the outskirts of the village and in the fields, looking for something to eat. The fox
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In a small village, near a forest lived a woodcutter who was very poor but hard-working and honest. He went every morning to cut wood in the nearby forest and sold it in the market to feed his family. He and his family were making great efforts to earn their living and were happy with
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A dog had been sitting there for a long time. He was very hungry. He looked at the window in a butcher’s shop hoping for something to be thrown to him. But none of the passersby had thrown any food to him. He looked longingly at the shop. The butcher had been watching him for
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A grasshopper was a merry fellow. He loved to play in the fields and around the lush green trees. The sweet fragrance of flowers filled his heart with joy. He spent the bright sunny days singing and dancing. And when some of the butterflies and the bees and the swallows sat down to watch him,
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Kevin Systrom, an American entrepreneur and co-founder of Instagram, was born to Diane and Douglas Systrom on 30th December, 1983, in Holliston, Massachusetts. His mother was a marketing executive at Zipcar and his father was the VicePresident of Human Resources at TJX Companies. Kevin’s formal schooling started at the Middlesex School in Concord, Massachusetts. During
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Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba Group, was born Ma Yun on September 10, 1964, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China. His father, Ma Laifa, and his mother, Cui Wencai, were musical storytellers. He has an older brother and a younger sister. He belonged to a middle-class family. Since childhood, Jack was keen to learn English
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Madame Marie Curie was born with the name Maria Sklodowska in Warsaw, on 7 November 1867. Her nickname was Manya, and was the youngest of the five siblings. She grew up in Poland in 1800’s, during the time when the country was dominated by Russian leaders. Her mother was a school teacher, and Maria’s dad
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James Watt was born on January 30, 1736 in Greenock, Scotland, UK. His mother gave him lessons in reading, and taught him how to draw with a pencil and chalk. His father drilled him in arithmetic and encouraged him to use tools. When James began to go to school, he did not do well due
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