Grandma My Grandma is too old. Her hairs are snowy-white; skin wrinkled and teeth all gone. She is also quite deaf. The doctor said she is senile. So she always forgets where she has kept things and will often frantically search for them. Again, she forgets what she is searching for, which adds to her frustration. When she misplaces her spectacles, she will have someone else’s pair and happily go about...

How I Spent the Weekend Nothing extraordinary happened last weekend. It was just like any other ordinary weekend. I got up later than usual on Saturday morning. After breakfast I went to my friend Arun’s house. and spent some time there by reading comics. Arun has tons of comics. His father buys the latest for him. Being his friend, I get to read them, too. We read comics till lunch-time. Then...

Things I Like To Do  I like playing the guitar. Though I am not very good at it, but I am learning and can play some tunes. I spend a lot of time playing the guitar that sometimes I get scolded by my mother. I suppose I tend to spend a bit too much time with it. Anyhow, playing the guitar is very enjoyable. I also like taking evening walks around...

Danger At Home Our home is usually our favourite place where we love to spend maximum time. However, many accidents occur at home. There are many dangerous things in the house and we should be aware of them. Thus, we can avoid unnecessary pain or injury. Electricity runs many of our home appliances. It is a very useful thing. It is also a very dangerous thing and if used carelessly, it...

My Childhood Essay No. 01 All children like places which can give them fun. They all like playing in the park, on the beach, and in the zoo, with lots of friends. Some of them are lucky because their parent spends time with them, but some of them are not. I think I belong to the lucky side. When I was a child, my parents always spent time playing with me....

Lunch Break at School  Our school is a day school. Its working hours are from 10.10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. We have four periods in the morning and four in the afternoon. There is a 30 minute break at 1.10 a.m. This is lunch hour for both teachers and students. It is also play and gossip time for students. Towards the end of the fourth period itself, students become restive. Their...

A Frightful Experience Once I had to walk through an area filled with undergrowth to get to the shop. It was not too unpleasant except that I had to keep to the narrow footpath and not blunder into the bushes. Buying some flour from the shop seemed harmless enough. The shop was the nearest one and my mother reckoned, I was old enough to run a simple errand for her. Suddenly,...

A Painful Lesson Our bodies are made of flesh and bones. Any time any part is injured and we feel pain. So we must try to avoid injury as much as we can. Usually it takes a painful lesson to teach us to avoid injury. The following was a particularly painful one. I, like any young child, love to run around as quickly as I can. It is fun. However, there...