https://studycall.blogspot.com/2021/05/english-class7-alien-hand-chapter10.html                            An Alien Hand Before you read Have you heard of the Viking Mission to Mars?  The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Viking Mission to Mars was composed of two spacecraft, Viking 1 and Viking 2, each consisting of an orbiter and a lander. The primary objectives were to obtain images and samples of the Martian surface and soil and search for any possible signs of life. Viking 1 was launched on 20 August 1975 and arrived at Mars on 19 June 1976. Viking 2 was launched on 9 September 1975 and entered Mars’ orbit on 7 August 1976.  Besides taking photographs and collecting other science data on the Martian surface, the two landers conducted three biology experiments to look for possible signs of life. As of now, there is no clear evidence of the presence of living microorganisms in the soil near the landing sites.  Now read the story.  Tilloo and his

                      A Tiger in the House TIMOTHY, the tiger-cub, was discovered by Grandfather in the Terai jungle near Dehra.  One day, when Grandfather was strolling down the forest path at some distance from the rest of the party, he discovered a little tiger about eighteen inches long, hiding among the intricate roots of a banyan tree. Grandfather picked him up, and brought him home. He had the distinction of being the only member of the party to have bagged any game, dead or alive. तीमुथियुस, बाघ-शावक, की खोज दादाजी ने देहरा के पास तराई जंगल में की थी। एक दिन, जब दादा बाकी पार्टी से कुछ दूरी पर जंगल के रास्ते पर टहल रहे थे, तो उन्हें लगभग अठारह इंच लंबा एक छोटा बाघ मिला, जो एक बरगद के पेड़ की जटिल जड़ों के बीच छिपा हुआ था। दादाजी ने उसे उठाया और घर ले आए। उन्हें पार्टी के एकमात्र सदस्य होने का गौरव प्राप्त था, जिन्होंने कोई भी खेल जीता, मृत या जीवित। At first the tiger-cub, who was named Timothy by Grandmother, was brought up entirely on milk given to him in a feedin

https://studycall.blogspot.com/2021/05/english-class7-alien-hand-chapter-8-tje.html                         The Bear Story THERE was once a lady who lived in an old manor-house on the border of a big forest. This lady had a pet bear she was very fond of. It had been found in the forest, half dead of hunger, so small and helpless that it had to be brought up on the bottle by the lady and the old cook. This was several years ago and now it had grown up to a big bear, so big and strong that he could have slain a cow and carried it away between his two paws if he had wanted to. But he did not want to; he was a most amiable bear who did not dream of harming anybody, man or beast. He used to sit outside his kennel and look with his small intelligent eyes most amicably at the cattle grazing in the field near by. The three shaggy mountain ponies in the stable knew him well and did not mind in the least when he shuffled into the stable with his mistress. The children used to r

                                   Chandni ONCE upon a time there lived an old man in Almora. He was popularly known as Abbu Khan. He lived all alone except for a few goats which he always kept as pets. He gave his goats funny names such as Kalua, Moongia or Gujri. He would take them out for grazing during the day and talk to them as one talks to one’s own children; at night he would bring them back to his little hut and put a string round the neck of each goat. एक बार की बात है अल्मोड़ा में एक बूढ़ा आदमी रहता था। उन्हें अब्बू खान के नाम से जाना जाता था। वह कुछ बकरियों को छोड़कर बिल्कुल अकेला रहता था, जिन्हें वह हमेशा पालतू जानवर के रूप में रखता था। उसने अपनी बकरियों को कलुआ, मूंगिया या गुजरी जैसे मज़ेदार नाम दिए। वह उन्हें दिन में चराने के लिए बाहर ले जाता था और उनसे बात करता था जैसे कोई अपने बच्चों से बात करता है; रात को वह उन्हें वापस अपनी छोटी कुटिया में ले आता और एक-एक बकरे के गले में एक डोरी बाँधता। Poor Abbu Khan was a little unlucky in the matter of his goats. Very often