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  L-1: 'How I Taught My grandmother to Read' by Sudha Murti: C.B.S.E. CLASS IX L-1: 'How I Taught My Grandmother To Read': by Sudha Murti   Detailed   Summary   of the lesson: 1.  The narrator used to stay in a village with her grandmother in north Karnataka when she was about twelve. They used to get their morning paper in the afternoon as the transport system was not good.  They had to wait for the bus anxiously It would fetch the newspapers, weekly magazine, and the post in the afternoon for the weekly magazine for a week. 2.   In those days   Triveni was a very popular writer   in the language of Kannada. Her style was very easy to understand and a very satisfying one. She usually took the complex psychological problems of ordinary people as the subject matter of her stories. Unfortunately, she died very young at the age of forty years and it was a big loss to Kannada literature. Her novels are much appreciated nowadays also. ...

  Lesson 2 (Class IX): A Dog Named Duke by William D Ellis Brief Summary of the Lesson Charles Hooper, nicknamed Chuck was a zonal manager in a company of chemicals.  He is the owner of Duke, a Doberman dog. One day, Chuck met with an accident. He was taken to a hospital where he stayed for about two months. His left side was paralysed. After that, he was sent home and put in a wheelchair. His dog, Duke remained sitting beside him for the whole time. Duke was very sensible and came to know about the difficulty of his master. It was difficult for Charles Hooper to resume his work in the company in that condition. So he became depressed. His wife was much worried about him. She had to go to her office. During the whole day, he was alone with his dog Duke. After some days, Chuck started moving with the help of his dog. They continued this practice for more time. At last, the day came when Chuck improved considerably with the dog’s help. He started going to his company and res...