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only one traveller is there…. he asks the new incumbent if he
believed in ghosts… this man says ’no’… the other traveller
disappears.

Present the story to the class. Try to narrate it using voice
modulation, facial expressions etc.

Self-assessment
Read the statements and put a tick mark in the appropriate
©KTBS
box.

Sl Statement Yes No To some
No. extent
1. I discussed the story in my
group.

2. I was able to write an interest-
ing story.

I gave a title to my story.
3. Not to be republished

4. I can narrate the story using
voice modulation, body lan-
guage, facial expressions, etc.
Suggested reading
1. The Nightingale and the Rose - Oscar Wilde.

About the author
Count Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910), the Russian
novelist and moral philosopher, ranks as one
of the world’s greatest writers. His “War and
Peace” has been hailed as the greatest novel
ever written. His ability to of weave stories,
his wonderful characters and his narrative
capabilities are appreciated in every part of the
world even to this day.

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