Deep Water (William Douglas)

 Someone pushed in 9ft pool

 1st time unsuccessful, 2nd time also, 3rd time let
go.
 Someone rescued
 Fear remained at Canoes(Maine lakes), Bass
fishing(New Hampshire), Trout
Fishing(Deschutes), Metoleus(Oregon),
Salmon(Columbia, Bumping lakes cascades).
 Hired Instrutor and took 3 months to get over
fear.
 Then visited Lake Wentworth(New Hampshire),
Triggs Island, Stamp Act Island, Conrad
Meadows, Meade Glacier
 Won over terror of water

Lost Spring (Anees Jung)

1) Seemapuri-------slum near Delhi-----Bangladesh
refugees---------Saheb-e-Alam------Ragpicker------Later
works at tea stall @800rs a month
 2) Mukesh--------Lives in Firozabad--------Famous for
bangles-------------Wants to become car mechanic

The Last Lesson (Alphaunse Daudet)

French Teacher------- M. Hamel
Student----------------- Franz
Town-------------------- Alsace

The Enemy (Pearl. S Buck)

Dr Sadao
House at Japanese Coast
Fathers line------No limit to future growth
Sadao sent to America to study Medicine and
Surgery
Research on medicine for complete recovery of
wounds
Wasn’t sent with ww troops becs was doing
research
Wife------- Hana (Met in America)
Man came out of mist wounded
He was American and had a gunshot in back
Dr tried stop bleeding with sea moss
Dr was in Dilemma to what to do with the man
They were thinking to throw in sea
If they kept them in their house then police arrest
He was US Navy person (Sailer)
Both Pickup the man and carried him to their house
He was still alive
Gardener asked Dr not to treat him. He was
superstitious
Yumi refused to clean white man
Hana cleaned the man
Dr Sadao starts surgery
Hana gives anesthetic through nose
Dr Sadao found the bullet
Dr Sadao called him my friend though he was
enemy
Dr Sadao makes a precise cut and took out bullet
Gives him a hypodermic syringe
The man gets out of unconsciousness
Hana fed him food
Servants were angry from masters for saving the
American
One day he removes last stitch and says he would
be fine in 14-15 days
Servants left
A messenger comes to call him for illness of general
Sadao tells general everything
General suggested of assasins who would kill the
American at night
Sadao could not sleep that night
But next day he was asleep
He thought 2nd night assasins would come
But on next day also he was asleep
Then he thought 3rd night must be the night
Next day he was bathed well shaven and regaining
good health
Sadao told American to reach the island and escape
through Korean boat
He checked him that night
He was given Japanese clothes and leaves the house
He told general that prisoner had ran away
General told him he forgot all abt assasins
At dusk he did not see any light so he thought he
would have found the Korean boat
Then Sadao compared his white landlordess in usa
with himself. Influenza and wounded soldier.

My mother at 66 (Kamala Das)

Keeping Quiet (Pablo Neruda)