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Ladies and Gentlemen,

 Antonio and Felix are fighting like two ferocious bulls. Antonio is punching hard with his left hand. Felix is ducking avoiding the punch. Now Antonio is punching with his right hand it catches the jaw of Felix. Felix is inching with pain. Felix throws all his weight behind his right hand and is hitting Antonio hard on his left ear. Antonio is trying to block it, but isn’t successful. The punch misses its aim. It hits the nose of Antonio. Look! His nose is bleeding and the blood is coming to his mouth. Oh my God! Now they are locked in each other’s grip. The referee is separating them. Antonio flies savagely to hit Felix on this right ear. The final whistle is sounding. But O, what am I seeing? The fight is going on! Why don’t they stop? The whistle is sounding again. Boys, stop, stop! O my God. What is happening? The referee is trying to separate them. The trainers come running. They too are trying to separate them. They are separate now. Am I seeing it right? I see the boys in a deep embrace. They are smiling at each other as if nothing happened. Felix takes Antonio’s hand and they are walking. (He consults the referee to see who the winner is.)

Ladies and gentlemen, today’s winner is …………. Hey, where are they? Have they disappeared? The crowd shouts – They both are winners!

The sincerest friend I have is Joe. My parents are poor but Joe comes from a rich family. He helped me in all possible ways. He used to buy more note books than he needed and give me a few. He shared his texts with me. The same he did with pens. He brought lunch for two, telling his mother that he felt very hungry after the morning lessons. Like that we reached Class XII. Fortunately I had a good memory and I remembered whatever was taught in the class. I helped Joe explaining difficult things to him. Occasionally he took me to his house and allowed me to use all the amenities he had at home. He played games with me and always told me to have big dreams and work hard for realizing my dreams. He gave me biographies of Abdul Kalam and Abraham Lincoln and asked me to make them my role models. He was sure that I would make it in my life. I am following his advice and I am working hard.

I pray God to help my friend and me to full our dreams. I will never forget Joe all my life.

The fight between Antonio Cruz & Felix Vargas was scheduled to take place in Tompkins Square Park. The time was afternoon. Even before the scheduled fight, the Park begins to fill up because the fighters were much liked by the people around! There was expectation in all the faces to see a very good fight. The fighters enter and the crowd explodes with a roar. Antonio & Felix bow gracefully and raise their arms in acknowledgement to welcome they received from the crowd.

The announcer makes the announcement telling that the contest is between Antonio Cruz and Felix Vargas, two ne Puerto Ricans. Felix Vargas weighs 134 pounds and his rival Antonio Cruz weighs 133 pounds. The winner will represent the Boy’s Club in the tournament of champions, the Golden Gloves. There will be no draw. The Referee now gives instructions telling them it should be a clean fight. In the first round both the contestants do their best to outwit the other. But both are equally strong. In the second round also the same things happen. Punches y back and forth, but none is floored. Each punch is applauded thunderously by the crowd.

Now comes the third round. Each contestant wants to win. They punch each other very hard. Nobody falls to the canvas. The final bell rings. But the fight continues. The bell rings again and again. But there is no stopping to the fighting. People started getting worried. It looked as if they are witnessing a do or die fight and not a contest. There is utter silence. Then the referee and the trainers separate the contestants.

Now the contestants embrace. They have forgotten they were fighting like bulls up to a moment ago. The announcer makes an announcement. He is trying to name the winner and he looks around. But both Felix and Antonio had left like good old friends, arm in arm, declaring their strong bond of friendship. They proved themselves to be real amigo brothers! May their tribes increase!

Now, list the features of the review:

• Author – Arthur Conan Doyle 
• Book – The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 
• Number of Investigations -12
• The hero and his assistant – Sherlock Holmes and Watson 
• The narrator of the incidents – Watson
• The ways Watson and Holmes solve mysteries and catch the culprits 
• The suspense and mystery in the stories 
• How little details which people often ignore prove useful in criminal investigations. 
• Involvement of the reader in solving the mysteries 
• Highly readable stories
• World-wide acceptance

If you agree. Why? Write down your points below: 

• Going away without receiving the prize is against the rules and regulations. 
• Every competition has rules and regulations. The participants should obey them. 
• If you break the rules, the competitions can’t be done properly. 
• The competitors came to the competition knowing fully well only one could win as it was an elimination contest. Then why go away without taking the prize? 
• If Felix and Antonio loved each other so much they should not have agreed to take part in the competition in public. 
• They both had tried hard to defeat the other. So why doesn’t the winner collect his prize?

If you disagree, write down the reasons:

• Actually, nobody had won in the contest. The referee and the two trainers had to separate the contestants. 
• Anybody has a right to refuse a prize. 
• By taking the prize before the large crowd the winner must have made the other person sad. 
• They both considered themselves as champions. 
• Taking part in a contest does not force anyone to accept the prize. 
• Their friendship was more valuable to them than the prize. 
• They did their best and that is their prize.

“Respected teachers, parents, boys and girls, now is the moment we all have been waiting for- the 400 Metres Relay Race. The fourteams are ready at their various spots. Look at their colours-orange, green, yellow and white. The batons are also of the same colour as their dresses. Soon the whistle will go and you will see the fastest runners of the school competing for the prize. Be ready for a breathtaking finish. I can see the referee ready to whistle. Okay… May the best team win!”

• Felt themselves to be brothers
• Slept, ate, rapped and dreamt positive 
• Both were young boys of 17 
• Both were Puerto Ricans 
• Both wanted to become a light weight champion of the world 
• Both worked out hard 
• Both ran in the mornings 
• They lived in the same building on the Lower East side of Manhattan. 
• They love each other very much. 
• They did not want the other to be hurt 
• Both were strong, one weighing 134 pounds and other 133.

No dreams can be realized without effort. This is true in the case of Antonio and Felix. They both continued working hard till the last day of the fight. They even decided to go their separate ways till the fight was over. In the fight also they did not spare the opponent because he was his friend. They tried their best to win. No pain, no gain. 

There is a saying in English: The nest pearls are found in the deepest part of the ocean. Only those who make genuine efforts can get these pearls.

Yes, I do. The amigo brothers fought fiercely in the first and second rounds. In the first round we see Antonio countering the attack of Felix with three lefts that snapped Felix’s head back, sending a mild shock coursing through him. Again we see Antonio crashing two lefts to Felix’s head which made his right ear ring. In the second round we see neither fighter giving an inch. We see Antonio getting a short right on his chin, turning his legs to jelly. We see Felix grunting like a bull throwing wild punches at Antonio from every direction. So both were trying to win by hitting the other as hard as they could.

The crowd was enthusiastic in the beginning. Large posters about the fight were plastered all over the walls. The fight created great interest in the neighbourhood. Both the boys were liked and respected and each had his own loyal fans. As they gave each other punches the crowd was enthusiastic and loudly cheered them. But in the 3^rd round the fight almost became a life and death affair. Both were punching each other so hard that even the referee got worried. They did not stop the fight even when the bell rang repeatedly and this made the people worried.

Both will win. Neither of them fell to the canvas and the referee and the two trainers had to pry Felix and Antonio apart. In fact their friendship won.

The amigo brothers rushed at each other after the final bout because they were proud of each other. They knew they would always be champions to each other. This tells us that their friendship is very strong and indestructible.

Similarities: They both are young boys of 17. They both are Puerto Ricans. They both want to become a light weight champion of the world. They both work out hard. They both run in the mornings. They both live in the same building on the Lower East side of Manhattan. They love each other very much. Neither of them wants the other to be hurt, although they both want to win.

Differences: Antonio was fair, lean and lanky. Felix was dark, short and husky. Antonio’s hair was always falling over his eyes, while Felix wore his black hair in an Afro style. Felix weigtiecfl 34 pounds, but Antonio weighed 133 pounds.

a) Light: 

i) the thing that makes things visible: There is no light in this room; I can’t see anything properly, 

ii) not heavy – This table is very light; it may break easily. 

b) Duck: 

i) a water bird- There are some ducks in this pond.

ii) to avoid: He tried to punch me on my nose; but I ducked and so I was not hit. 

C) Pound: 

i) a measurement of weight : Felix weighed 134 pounds. 

ii) To beat hard, to make into powder form: Many people like pounded yam very much. 

d) Hunch: 

i) feeling: I have a hunch that he will come today. 

ii) A camel has a hunch on its back. 

e) Fair: 

i) not dark: Mariamma is a fair girt. 

ii) good — Ne has a fair amount of money in the bank. 

f) Gear: 

i) A toothed wheel for adjusting speed: My car has 6 gears

ii) Equipment or apparatus : A teacher’s gear consists of books and chalk.

Trunks =

i) shorts worn for sports 

ii) The main part of a tree (tree-trunk) 

iii) The space in the back of the car where we keep things 

iv) The body of the elephant with which it lifts things box