ENGLISH-1ST PAPER- SHORT STORY(XI) STORY-3 & 4

                                           Story -3

                                  Draught                         - Sarat Chandra Chatterjee                                                 

Short Answer Type Question :-

Q.1) Who was Mahesh? How did Gafur feed him?

Ans. Mahesh was the bull of Gafur. Gafur feed him with old straw and rice- water. Due to draught he was not able to look after the bull properly.

Q.2) Who was Amina? Who slapped her and why?

Ans. Amina was the daughter of Gafur. She was motherless child of ten years. One day Gafur was very hungry and thirsty. He asked her for some food and water. But she could not give it to him. Being angry Gafur slapped Amina.

Q .3) What for did Gafur come to Banshi’s shop secretty in the cover of darkness.

Ans. Gafur was in an urgent need of a rupee. He wanted it to get his bull back from police pen. For borrowing

the rupee, he came to Banshi’s shop secretly in the cover of darkness.

Q .4) Why did Gafur kill the Bull-Mahesh?

Ans. Gafur heard the cry of Amina outside the house. He saw that the pitcher was broken and the water was flowing on the ground. He thought that the bull had hurt Amina for water. In anger he hit the bull with his plough head and killed him.

Q .5) In what way are Gafur, Tarakratana and Shibu Babu related?

Ans. Gafur is a poor weaver. He lives in a village Kashipur. He is a tenant of Shibu Babu who is the landlord of the village. Tarakratana is the family priest of Shibu Babu.

Q .6) Why did Gafur threw away a ten rupee note?

Ans. When Gafur was unable to feed his bull, he decided to sell it. When he came to know that a butcher was buying Mahesh, he threw away ten rupee note as he loved the bull like his son.

Long Answer Type Question:

Q .1) Was Gafur a cruel old man? List the circumstances that led to the killing of the bull Mahesh.

Ans. Drought is a very pathetic story by S.C. Chaterjee. It is the story of poor weaver who lived in the village, Kashipur. His daughter Amina also lives with him. He used to till the hand for land lord. It did not rain at all that year. The fields and ponds were dried up. Gafur was in debt. He had no rice to eat and no straw to feed his bull-Mahesh.

There are a good number of circumstances leads to the killing of bull-Mahesh. That are given below:

1. Being no rains, there was no grass in the field for animals. Gafur had nothing to give to his bull. There was no water left for men and animals to drinks.

2. one day the hungry and thirsty bull entered the garden of Manic Ghose. He sent it to police pen. Gafur had to pauen his brass  plate for getting the bull out from police pen.

3. The other day the bull entered the grounds of land lord and ate up the flowers. He also upset the corn and hurt the daughter of land lord. Getting angry, Gafur beat him badly.

4. Gafur was sick and become weak by fever. He was very hungry and thirsty. So he asked Amina for some feed and water. There was nothing in the house. So she went out for water after some time she could bring a small quantity of water from the dry time.

5. when she entered the yard of her home. She cried loudly. Gafur came out and found her lying flat on the ground. The water was flowing and the bull was sucking it.

6. Gafur thought that the bull had injured Amina for water. He become very angry and lost his self control. Then he hit the bull on its had with the plough head soon the bull died.

 But Gafur was not a cruel  man. He was a kind man. He was good master and a good father. He loved the bull just like his son. He did not sell in to butchers. He feed it with old straw and rice water. He could not see tears in his eye. He seems to be cruel due to his poverty dept and drought.

Q.2) Write the character sketch of Gafur?

Ans. Drought is a very pathetic story by S.C. Chatterjee. Gafur is the main character in this story. He is a poor weaver. He lives in the village –Kashipur with his motherless daughter Amina. He suffer badly at the hand of the land lord, he has no food to eat and no straw to feed his bull-mahesh.

The main qualities of his are given below:-

1. A kind man- Gafur lives in a small village and passes a very simple life. Being poor he can satisfy the hunger of his bull and Amina. But he is not a cruel man. He work from morning till evening. But he is always in debt. Drought has affected his life badly. The land lord does not give him any straw. So he has nothing to feed-Mahesh. His heart is full of kindness for the bull. So he does not sell it to anyone.

2.His loving nature- Gafur loves Amina very much. She had not her mother but his father takes her great care. He also loves the bull just like a son. He begs rice water from the neighbors. He also feeds it with old straw. He pawns his brass plate to get animal back from police pen. He does not sell it to but chars. In anger he slaps Amina but soon he repents. He proves himself  a loving father and good master.

3. An Emotional person- Sometimes Gafur loses self control and become very angry. He looks like a mad man in anger. It is the weakness of his life. He slaps Amina without her fault. After this he kills the bull in anger but it was not his real nature. His problems due to drought made him a bad man, it is said’ “A hungry man is an angry man.” While leaving his village he says’ “Allah! Punish me as much as you like but never forgive the sins of the land lord.”  It shows his anger nature.

4. An Honest man- Gafur is a hard working person. Drought has ruined his life. He never thinks to steal rice or straw from his anywhere. Every time he asks help from his neighbors and the land lord. He passes a hard but honest life in the village.

In short Gafur is a poor, honest, loving and hard working person. He suffers very much due drought.  

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                                            Story-6

                                    The Selfish Giant                             -Oscar Wild

Short Answer Type Question:

Q .1) When did the children play in the Giant’s garden?

Ans. Coming from school, the children played every afternoon in the Giant’s garden.

Q .2) Why did the Giant build a high wall round his garden and put up a notice board?

Ans. The Giant built a high wall round his garden so that the children might not enter his garden. He said that he would not allow anyone to play there and put up a notice board there.

Q .3) Why it was still winter in the garden of selfish Giant?

Ans. There was still winter in the garden of selfish Giant because there were no children. He stopped them to play in it. Nature punished him badly.

Q .4) Autumn gave no fruit to the Giant’s garden. Why? Or

How was the Giant punished? What was his offence?

Ans. The spring came all over in the country. Only in the garden of the Giant, it was still winter, the snow, frost and the hale visited his garden. Autumn gave golden fruit to Giant’s garden. Thus he was punished. His offence was that he did not allow the little children to play in the garden.

Q .5) Why was the Giant rewarded? What was his reward?

Ans. The Giant was rewarded because he felt his mistake. He declared that his garden would be a play field for the children forever and ever. His reward was that he got paradise.

Long Answer Type Question:

Q .1) Narrate briefly the story the selfish Giant in your own word? What lesson do you learn from it?

Ans. ‘The selfish Giant’ is a story of a very cruel Giant. He  is the symbol of evil. He had a large and lovely garden. The children played in it every afternoon when they returned from the school. Once  the Giant come back after seven years visiting his friend the Cornish.

                        He saw that the children were playing in the garden. He cried loudly, ‘what are you doing there’? At this the children ran away. The Giant said that it was his garden and no one would enter it. He build a high wall around it and put a notice board------ “Trespassers will be prosecuted”

      When the children  saw it they were very sad. As they had no place to play. But nature could not tolerate his behavior. The spring come but it did not go to his garden, it was still winter there. The snow covered up the grass. The frost painted all the trees silver. The north wind roared all day in the garden. The hale came and there was no fruit and flower on the trees. His garden got no change after autumn season. Now he felt that he was very selfish.

               One morning the Giant heard the a little linnet singing outside his window. He came out and sow a wonderful sight. The children had entered the garden by a little hole. He saw that a little was sitting in every tree. So the trees were covered with blossoms. The birds were flying and singing. Only a small child was unable to climb on the tree. He was weeping badly. He felt pity in his heart and said , “How Selfish I have been!”

                  He opened  the front door and went in to the garden. Seeing him, all the children ran away accept the little boy. The Giant put him up in to the tree and it blossomed with flower. The little boy flung his arms and kissed him.

                   All the children came again there, they know that the Giant was not cruel and hateful now. He said, “it is your garden now , little children.”

   One day the Giant saw that little boy standing under tree. These were some wound in his hand and feet. He asked the children about it, the child said, “These are the wound of love.” Then the Giant asked him , “Who are you.”

The Giant was filled with a strange fear to see the boy. The child smile on the Giant and said, “you let me play in your garden, today, You shall come with me to my garden, that is paradise.!”

One day when the children returned from the school they found the Giant lying dead under the tree. Finally it was victory of good over evil.

      The story teaches us that we should not be selfish and share our joys and prosperity with poor. We should also love the little children because they are Gods in the from of little children.