First Flight ch05 The Hundred Dresses I

CBSE Class 10 English Language and Literature
Revision Notes
Chapter 05
The Hundred Dresses - I

It was Monday, Wanda was absent but nobody noticed.
Wanda, a quiet girl, did not talk with other too much.
She lived at Boggins; Height and belonged to a poor family.
She wore the same blue dress every day.
Peggy and Maddie were good friends and teased Wanda every day.
Wanda had no friends and girls used to make fun with her.
Wanda claimed of having a hundred dresses and sixty pairs of shoes.
Peggy was not really a cruel girl. She loved children and animals also.
Peggy would say why Wanda had spoken of her hundred dresses.
Maddie, herself a poor girl, did not like to tease Wanda but remained mum but though herself on Wanda’s place.
There was a drawing competition for every boy and girl in the class.
Everybody expected Peggy to win.
There were a hundred sketches of dresses beautifully drawn by Wanda in the classroom.
Miss Mason announced the winner-Jack Beggles won among the boys and Wanda among the girls.
Wanda was absent but everybody clapped for her.
Peggy and Maddie identified the blue and the green dress once spoken by Wanda.
Everybody in the class clapped for Wanda’s great quality of drawing.