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● The adventures of Toto

● Iswaran the Storyteller
● In the kingdom of fools
● The Happy Prince
● The Last Leaf
● A House is not a Home
● The Beggar
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DOSE OF MOTIVATION
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30 Days THE ADVENTURES OF TOTO
● The he narrator’s grandfather

was very fond of animals.
● Grandfather bought Toto that

was a monkey from a tonga
driver for five rupees.
● Toto’s arrival in the house was

kept a secret from grandmother.
● Toto was a pretty monkey. He was

very naughty and disturbing.
● The grandfather took Toto to

Saharanpur in a canvas bag.
● He poked his head out from the

bag and came in the notice of
the ticket collector. Grandfather
had to pay three rupees as a fine.
● Toto was given a comfortable

home in the stable.
● He troubled Nana which was the

family donkey in the stable.
● He always enjoyed a warm water

bath in cold winter evening.
● The family members found it

difficult to adjust with him.
● Finally, grandfather decided to

return Toto to the tonga driver
for three rupees.
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CHARACTER SKETCH
30 Days ● Animal lover and put up a zoo in his house.
● He had number of animals at home.

THE GRANDFATHER
● He has an appreciative eye for animals.
● Believes that a tail adds to anyone’s good

looks.
● He does not mind when Toto destroys the

wall paper & the narrator’s school blazer.
● A smart man who could hide Toto in

various ways.
● Witty and sarcastic.
● Always finds valid reasons for keeping

animals at home.
30 Days ISWARAN THE
STORYTELLER
30 Days ISWARAN THE STORYTELLER
● Mahendra, a bachelor, was a

junior supervisor in a firm.
● Mahendra’s job was to keep

an eye on the activities at the
work site. He had to go from
one place to another.
● Mahendra had a cook named

Iswaran.
● Iswaran used to read a Tamil

thriller to doze off after lunch.
He had a strange method of
narrating stories.
● Iswaran had a strange way of

narrating even the smallest
incident. He would work up in
suspense. He would add a
surprising end.
● One day Iswaran told a story

of a tusker.
● A tusker escaped from the

timber yard. It roamed here
and there. It tore up creepers
and broke branches.
● The tusker creates panic

among the people
● Iswaran struck the elephant’s

toenail. It shivered from head
to foot and fell down.
● He told that he did so with a

Japanese art, karate or
ju-jitsu etc.
● One day Iswaran told

Mahendra something about
the place.
● The factory area was once a

burial ground. He saw ghosts
at night. He was not
frightened as he was brave.
● A horrible ghost of a woman

appeared and it had matted
hair and dried-up face. It was
ugly. It held a foetus in its
arms.
● From that time Mahendra felt

uneasy every night. Every
night he peered into the
darkness to see if there was
any movement.
● One night Mahendra was

awakened up from his sleep
by a moan.
● He saw a dark cloudy form. It

was clutching a bundle. He
perspired and panted. He
thought that it might have
been some trick from his
sub-conscious mind.
● Next morning, Mahendra told

Iswaran about the ghost.
● He told Mahendra that he

also heard the moan the
previous night.
● Mahendra went to office the

next morning. He handed in
his papers.
● He had determined to leave

the haunted place the very
next day.
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CHARACTER SKETCH
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● Mahendra’s cook and was like an asset
ISWARAN to him.
● Dedicated to his master and followed

him uncomplainingly to all his postings.
● Ability to improvise cooking material

and cooked delicious dishes.
● Enjoyed his job and would not sit idle.
● Very religious and he would mutter a

prayer throughout his bath ritual.
● Fond of reading popular Tamil thrillers.

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● Became a master storyteller by
ISWARAN adopting the art of storytelling from
these novels.
● Always add suspense and surprise even

to the smallest incident.
● Entertained Mahendra just as TV does.

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● A junior supervisor, unmarried and a simple
man.
MAHENDRA
● A disciplined man and would get up early in
the morning.
● Very fond of his cook Iswaran whom he

considered to be an asset.
● A good listener and never interrupted

Iswaran even when he exaggerated.
● Very curious as he would insist on knowing

all the details.
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● Rational man and did not believe in
MAHENDRA ghosts or spirits, but could not help
getting influenced by what Iswaran told
him about the female ghost.
● A kind-hearted master and a trusting

man.
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IN THE KINGDOM OF FOOLS

30 Days IN THE KINGDOM OF FOOLS
● ‘In the kingdom of fools’ is the

story of a kingdom run by a
foolish king.
● One day, a guru and his

disciple visit this kingdom and
are surprised to find the entire
kingdom asleep during the
day.
● The guru was disturbed to see

that all the food items in the
kingdom costed the same- one
duddu.
● The guru immediately leaves

the kingdom with his disciple
as he feels danger in staying in
such a kingdom.
● One day, a man approached

the king for justice.
● He claimed that his brother

was committing his ancient
trade of theft and during that,
the wall of a man’s house fell
on him and he died.
● As the king was foolish, he did

not analyse that the dead man
was a criminal.
● On the contrary, he tried all

the people who were involved in
the death of the thief- the rich
merchant who was the owner of
the house whose wall had
broken, the man who had built
the wall, the dancing girl due
to whom the builder had built a
weak wall and the Goldsmith
because of whom the dancing
girl had to move around in the
street that day.
● Finally, the king decided that

the merchant’s father was the
real culprit.
● As he was dead and his son

had inherited all his property,
so, he would also get punished
in place of his father.
● Another turn of events takes

place when the minister feels
that the merchant is too thin to
be killed by the stake.
● The king orders his men to find

a fat person who could be
punished in place of the
merchant.
● As the disciple had become

very fat, the men took him to
the king. The innocent man
prayed to his guru for help .
● The Guru uses his Intelligence

and wisdom to trap the foolish
king.
● The Guru whispered something

in his disciple’s ears. Then he
requested the king to put him
to the stake first.
● When the disciple heard this,

he said that he was brought
there first, so he should be put
to death first.
● The king was surprised to see

the fight between the guru and
his disciple over the issue of
who should be executed first.
● When the king asked them the

reason, the guru hesitatingly
told him that whoever died on
the stake first, would be reborn
as the king of that country.
● The King did not want to lose

the kingdom to someone else
in the next life.
● The king discussed the matter

with his minister and finally
they arrived at the conclusion
that they should go on the
stake to be reborn as king and
minister.
● The king and his minister get

themselves killed by the stake
in place of the Guru and his
disciple.
● The people of the kingdom beg

the guru and his disciple to
become their new king and
minister.
● The guru agreed on a

condition that the kingdom
would function normally like all
other kingdoms did.
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CHARACTER SKETCH
30 Days ● A wise and intelligent individual.
GURU
● Deep understanding of the world
around him.
● A good teacher and mentor figure to

the other characters in the story.
● Very patient, calm, and composed.
● Knack for analyzing situations and

offering insightful advice.
● A keen sense of observation.
● Ability to see beyond the superficial.

30 Days ● A typical young boy with a curious and
THE DISCIPLE attentive demeanor.
● A dedicated and loyal follower of Guru.
● A naive and inexperienced, often

making mistakes due to his lack of
knowledge.
● Accompanies Guru on their journey to

the kingdom of fools and serves as a
witness to the various instances of
foolishness.
● Different from the Guru because of his

greed for food which makes him stay in
the kingdom and leads him into
trouble.
30 Days THE HAPPY PRINCE
● The Happy Prince -He had been

happy all his life.
● After his death, his statue was

erected on a tall pedestal in the
middle of the town.
● The statue was covered with

gold and had two precious
sapphire stones embedded in
the eyes.
● A ruby stone had been fitted

into the handle of his sword.
● From there, he could see all around

the place and realized that the
people lived in a lot of poverty and
misery.
● The sight saddened the prince and

being helpless, he would weep to
see the plight of his people.
● The Swallow Bird - flying through

the city, on its way to Egypt to meet
its friends.
● On the way, it took the shelter for

the night at the feet of the statue of
the happy prince.
● The bird realized that the statue

was weeping and upon inquiry,
realized the plight of the prince.
● The helpless prince requested the

bird to help it by becoming its
messenger.
● After initial refusal, the bird agreed

and took the ruby stone out of the
sword and delivered it to a poor
seamstress.
● The next morning, as he went to bid

goodbye, the statue convinced him
to stay back for one more day.
● The bird was asked to remove the

sapphire stone from one of the
statue’s eyes and deliver it to a
young playwright.
● On the third day the bird had to

pull out the second sapphire stone
for a poor match girl.
● The weather had become cold and

the bird had developed an
attachment with the statue. The
bird did not want to leave the statue
which had now become blind.
● The happy prince asked the bird to

go around the city and inform him
of the condition of the people living
there.
● The bird told him that the rich were

making merry while the poor lived in
misery.
● The Happy Prince ordered the bird

to remove the gold foils from his
body and distribute them among
the living who needed money for
survival.
● The prince lost its covering of gold

and became dull and grey.
● The swallow bird was now unable to

withstand the cold weather and
realized that death was
approaching.
● The bird died and fell at the

statue’s feet, a strange sound came
out of the statue – the sound of the
breaking of its heart.
● Although the statue’s heart was

made of lead, it broke as it was
overwhelmed with affection towards
the bird
● When the statue was melted in the

furnace, the heart did not melt and
was thrown in the garbage.
● God’s angels took both the dead

swallow and the broken heart to him
as they were the most precious
things on land.
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CHARACTER SKETCH
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THE HAPPY ● A statue located above the city.
PRINCE ● Very majestic.
● Gilded all over with thin leaves of fine

gold.
● Had two bright sapphires for eyes.
● A large red ruby glowed on his

sword-hilt.
● He could see the hardships that the

lower classes go through.
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Gives everything he has to the poor
THE HAPPY ●
people in his town with the Swallow’s
PRINCE help.
● The Happy Prince’s heart breaks,

when the Swallow dies.
● He is taken to heaven because of his

good deeds and a pure heart.
30 Days ● A carefree bird which is on a journey
to Egypt to join his friends for winter
THE SWALLOW
● Sees the Happy Prince statue and
decides to take a break for the night,
when head to Egypt
● Agrees to help the Happy Prince by

distributing his precious ruby stone,
sapphire stones and gold leaves to
those suffering in the town
● Accompanies the Happy Prince and

tells him stories for many days.
● Died at the feet of the Happy Prince.
● Receives glory in heaven.

30 Days
THE LAST LEAF
30 Days THE LAST LEAF
● Sue and Johnsy were two young

artists. They lived together in a
small flat situated on the third
storey of an old house.
● Johnsy fell seriously ill with

pneumonia in November. Sue was
worried and sent for the doctor.
● He told Sue that Johnsy had lost

the will to live. Medicines would not
help her.
● Sue tried her best to make Johnsy

take interest in things around her.
● She talked about clothes, fashion

and brought her drawing board
into Johnsy’s room and started
painting.
● She also whistled while painting.

● Johnsy looked at an ivy creeper

outside on the wall shedding its
leaves. She started counting
backwards from twelve.
● Johnsy believed that she would die

with the falling of the last leaf.
● Sue told her that was all nonsense.

But it had no effect on Johnsy.
● Behrman, an old painter, lived on

the ground floor. He had a dream
that he would one day paint a
masterpiece.
● Sue told Behrman about Johnsy’s

strange fancy. Both he and Sue
went to Johnsy’s room while she was
sleeping.
● They saw the ivy creeper had only

one leaf left on it. It was raining and
seemed that the last leaf would fall
anytime.
● Johnsy awoke from her sleep and

saw the last leaf. It was green and
healthy. Johnsy looked at it every
hour but it didn’t fall even in the
stormy evening.
● This revived Johnsy’s will to live.

Johnsy admitted that she was a
wicked girl.
● She understood that there must be

a definite reason why the last leaf
remained in the creeper, and it was
sinful of her to want to die at such a
young age. Johnsy began to
gradually recover from her illness.
● Next morning Sue told Johnsy

about Behrman. He had been ill for
only two days.
● The guard found him on his bed.

His clothes and shoes were wet.
● He had painted that last leaf on the

wall that night. He caught
pneumonia and died.
● The last leaf was his masterpiece.

He painted it the night the last leaf
fell.
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CHARACTER SKETCH
30 Days ● A 60-years-old painter.
BEHRMAN
● Had a lifelong dream to paint a
masterpiece.
● Thought of a plan to save Johnsy.
● Went out in the rainy and stormy

night and painted a picture of a
leaf on the ivy.
● Died of pneumonia because he

had been out all night in the cold.
30 Days ● A young artist who lived with her
friend Sue.
JOHNSY
● A weak-hearted woman.
● Fell ill very seriously and had

pneumonia.
● Had the fancy idea that she would

die once the last leaf on the ivy
creeper, outside her window, would
fall down.
● Got back her will to live after seeing

the leaf leaf on the next morning.
● Her foolish attitudes lead to the

death of Behrman.
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● A young artist who lived with Johnsy.
SUE
● A true friend of Johnsy.
● Tried her best to feel Johnsy better

and help in to get over her illness.
● Sought the help of Behrman to solve

the issue of Johnsy.
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A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME
30 Days A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME
● The story highlights the thin

difference between a house and a
home.
● While a house is a building where

people live, a home is a place where
a family lives together sharing the
unique bond of love and oneness.
● The story revolves around Zan. He

was sad as he got into a new high
school.
● He did not have his old friends and

was a junior there.
● He missed the old school and would

visit it often.
● He had enjoyed being a senior

there.
● One Sunday afternoon, his house

caught fire.
● Other than a few papers and

photos of his father that were
retrieved by his mother, they lost
everything.
● Zan did not even have a pair of

shoes. His pet cat was also missing.
● Zan got depressed and did not

want to attend school.
● He realized that he could not soak

up in his sadness as they had to
rebuild their life.
● They needed a new house, clothes,

books, etc.
● At school, Zan was astonished to

see a table full of things – books,
stationary items, clothes, etc which
had been collected by his
classmates.
● They were helping Zan. Zan was

overwhelmed and made friends.
● He came out of the depression and

realized that life was beautiful.
● Zan saw his house being rebuilt and

felt that same was happening with
his life too.
● A kind woman returned his cat

which had run away on being
scared of the fire.
● Zan became full of life when he

realized that life was not about
material possessions but about
love, affection and being with one’s
loved ones.
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CHARACTER SKETCH
30 Days ● Very bright, loving, affectionate,
ZAN sensitive and emotional.
● Popular among her old teachers and

old class fellows.
● Initially finds some difficulties in

adjusting to life in the new school.
● Feels lonely and lost when the house

gets burned down in a fire.
● Shows presence of mind and runs

out to the neighbours to call the fire
brigade.
30 Days ● Broke down in tears when realised
ZAN that the cat was missing.
● Changed the understanding of life

and people finally.
● Displays the value of gratefulness.

● A brave woman who faced life with
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THE MOTHER
● Took upon herself the responsibility
to raise Zan single handedly.
● Heroically retrieves the photos and

letters of her husband when fire
engulfs their house.
● A responsible parent.
● Compels her to go to school.
● An admirable woman of love,

compassion, self-respect and grit.
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THE BEGGAR
30 Days THE BEGGAR
● The theme of the story The Beggar

is the transformation of a depraved
alcoholic through kindness,
compassion, and selflessness.
● This is a story about a beggar,

Lushkoff who used to beg as a
school teacher or a student.
● He met an advocate named Sergei

who offered him a job at his house.
30 Days THE BEGGAR
● Sergei asked Lushkoff to chop

woods for him. He asked his
servant, Olga, to look after him.
● Lushkoff was very weak. He could

not do any work.
● Olga found him incapable of

chopping the wood. She rebuked
him but she was very sympathetic to
him.
30 Days THE BEGGAR
● Sergei asked Lushkoff to help in the

shifting of the house, he looked
weak and unhealthy.
● Sergei thought that he should not

put him to hard work and decided
to send him to his friends for an
easier job.
● Lushkoff got a more respectable

job.
● After two years, Sergei met Lushkoff

in a theatre.
30 Days THE BEGGAR
● He was well-dressed and look

healthier.
● He had become a notary and was

earning thirty-five roubles a month.
● Lushkoff thanked Sergei for his kind

words and deed.
● He disclosed that it was Olga who

helped and set him right.
30 Days THE BEGGAR
● He would never forget her. Olga’s

words and actions had brought a
change in him.
● She made him quit drinking.
● Lushkoff expressed his gratitude

towards Sergei and Olga.
● He bade him goodbye and

departed for work.
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CHARACTER SKETCH
● A pretentious and lying beggar.
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● Disguises his true identity and lies
LUSHKOFF blatantly about his plight to invoke
the sympathy of others and gain alms
in return.
● Sometimes poses as an expelled

schoolmaster and sometimes an
expelled student.
● Clothes are tattered and untidy.
● Deprived of both physical and

emotional strength as a consequence
of his alcoholic addiction.
30 Days ● Compromises his dignity and integrity
just to satiate his urge to drink.
LUSHKOFF
● Not having some positive values like
keeping his word for the sake of
shame and pride.
● Quietly takes all the scolding from

Olga because he knows that he is
wrong.
● Eventually grows into a better

personality, shining with dignity and
an honest salary.
30 Days ● A gentle and caring cook of the advocate
Sergei.
OLGA
● Appeared to be tough and rude on the
outside, she was very kind hearted.
● Paid motherly affection to Lushkoff.
● Realised the miserable condition of

Lushkoff and felt pity for him.
● Kept criticising Lushkoff in order to

improve him.
● Made Lushkoff realise the powers vested

in him.
30 Days ● An advocate at a law firm.
SERGEI ● Finds Lushkoff on the streets begging for

alms.
● Catches Lushkoff’s lies.
● Offers Lushkoff to work for him to chop

woods and pays him half a rouble for it.
● Believed that people could be reformed

by hard work and not by giving sympathy
or alms.
● Keeps on advising him about working

hard and not to drink.
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● Offers Lushkoff a more decent work.
SERGEI
● Meets Lushkoff after two years at a play
and feels proud of himself after seeing
his decent conditions.
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● The adventures of Toto

● The he narrator’s grandfather

● Grandfather bought Toto that

● Toto’s arrival in the house was

● Toto was a pretty monkey. He was

● The grandfather took Toto to

● He poked his head out from the

● Toto was given a comfortable

● He troubled Nana which was the

● He always enjoyed a warm water

● The family members found it

● Finally, grandfather decided to

● He had number of animals at home.

● Believes that a tail adds to anyone’s good

● He does not mind when Toto destroys the

● A smart man who could hide Toto in

● Witty and sarcastic.

● Always ﬁnds valid reasons for keeping

● Mahendra, a bachelor, was a

● Mahendra’s job was to keep

● Mahendra had a cook named

● Iswaran used to read a Tamil

● Iswaran had a strange way of

● One day Iswaran told a story

● A tusker escaped from the

● The tusker creates panic

● Iswaran struck the elephant’s

● He told that he did so with a

● One day Iswaran told

● The factory area was once a

● A horrible ghost of a woman

● From that time Mahendra felt

● One night Mahendra was

● He saw a dark cloudy form. It

● Next morning, Mahendra told

● He told Mahendra that he

● Mahendra went to office the

● He had determined to leave

● Dedicated to his master and followed

● Ability to improvise cooking material

● Enjoyed his job and would not sit idle.

● Very religious and he would mutter a

● Fond of reading popular Tamil thrillers.

● Always add suspense and surprise even

● Entertained Mahendra just as TV does.

● Very fond of his cook Iswaran whom he

● A good listener and never interrupted

● Very curious as he would insist on knowing

● A kind-hearted master and a trusting

IN THE KINGDOM OF FOOLS

● ‘In the kingdom of fools’ is the

● One day, a guru and his

● The guru was disturbed to see

● The guru immediately leaves

● One day, a man approached

● He claimed that his brother

● As the king was foolish, he did

● On the contrary, he tried all

● Finally, the king decided that

● As he was dead and his son

● Another turn of events takes

● The king orders his men to ﬁnd