New Mulberry English Course Coursebook 8

Table of contents

Grammar at a Glance 9 Story Elements 15 1. The Why-Why Girl by Mahasweta Devi 17 Poem: Lines Composed in a Wood on a Windy Day by Anne Brontë 29 2. Grandfather and the Python by Ruskin Bond 33 3. Michelangelo by Gulzar 45 Poem: The Hero by Rabindranath Tagore 57 4. The Enchanted Pool by C. Rajagopalachari 62 5. March by Khushwant Singh 73 Poem: La Visita by Margarita Engle 83 6. The Bishop of Digne by Victor Hugo 87 7. The Prize Poem by P. G. Wodehouse 97 Poem: I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by William Wordsworth 112 8. The Dying Detective by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 116 9. Rules of the Game by Amy Tan 130 Poem: A Brave and Startling Truth by Maya Angelou 142 10. After Twenty Years by O. Henry 147 11. Engine Trouble by R.K. Narayan 157 Poem: Going Down Hill on a Bicycle by H. C. Beeching 171 12. King Lear by William Shakespeare 175 Project 1: Culture in a Box 187 Project 2: ‘Welcome to Our School’ Brochure 188 Knowledge of India: Contemporary Indian Writers 189