Class IX

Prose

1. Adolf

2. Thank You, Ma'am

3. The Princess Who Wanted the Moon

4. Childhood Summer

5. The Taste of an Hilsa

6. The Rice Cakes

Poetry 

1. Abou Ben Adhem

2. Coromandel Fishers

3. Spring the Sweet Spring

4. Silver

5. I Remember, I Remember

6. Night Mail

7. A Dawn Song

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