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11. “I’ll take my oath I put it down on that chair,” said George, staring at the empty seat.
“I saw you do it myself, not a minute ago,” said Harris.
Then they started round the room again looking for it; and then they met again in the centre and
stared at one another.
“Most extraordinary thing I ever heard of,” said George.
“So mysterious!” said Harris.
Then George got round at the back of Harris and saw it.
“Why, here it is all the time,” he exclaimed, indignantly.
“Where?” cried Harris, spinning round.
“Stand still, can’t you!” roared George, flying after him.
To get somebody to stumble over him, and curse him steadily for an hour, is his highest aim and object; and, when he has succeeded in accomplishing this, his conceit becomes quite unbearable.
“I saw you do it myself, not a minute ago,” said Harris.
Then they started round the room again looking for it; and then they met again in the centre and
stared at one another.
“Most extraordinary thing I ever heard of,” said George.
“So mysterious!” said Harris.
Then George got round at the back of Harris and saw it.
“Why, here it is all the time,” he exclaimed, indignantly.
“Where?” cried Harris, spinning round.
“Stand still, can’t you!” roared George, flying after him.
And they got it off, and packed it in the teapot.
12. Montmorency was in it all, of course. Montmorency’s ambition in life is to get in the way and be sworn at. If he can squirm in anywhere where he particularly is not wanted, and be a perfect nuisance, and make people mad, and have things thrown at his head, then he feels his day has not been wasted.
To get somebody to stumble over him, and curse him steadily for an hour, is his highest aim and object; and, when he has succeeded in accomplishing this, his conceit becomes quite unbearable.
Explanation:
While George and Harris were searching for the piece of butter, they couldn’t find it anywhere. George looked keenly at the empty seat, and he was so sure that he had placed it on the chair. Later, Harris agreed that he too saw George placing the butter not a minute ago. They searched for it once again in the room. Finally, they met in the middle of the room empty-handed and stared at each other.
George stared at an empty seat
Later, George said that the disappearance of the butter was the most astonishing thing that he had ever heard in his life. Also, Harris said that the disappearance of the butter was a mystery. Then George moved around the back of Harris and noticed that the butter was sticking to his back. After seeing that, George exclaimed in anger why it had been there all this while. His anger might be because they had searched for the piece of butter all over the room, but they couldn’t find that. A small piece of butter had made them feel more irritated and wasted a lot of their time.
Meanwhile, Harris turned around and asked George where it was. Later, George moved to Harris’s back and asked him to stand still in an annoying tone. They removed the butter from the back of Harris and packed it inside the teapot.
Then the narrator introduces another character called Montmorency. It was the narrator’s pet dog. Montmorency was also present throughout the mess created by George and Harris. Montmorency aimed to interrupt everyone and then get scolded for it. It would crawl around in a place where he was not needed. Also, he would make people angry over him, and he liked to get things thrown at his head. After getting everything desired, Montmorency would feel that its day had not been wasted. Montmorency aimed to get people to fall over him and scold him for almost an hour. The statement implies that the dog likes to play with people. The dog feels that he has fulfilled his aim and would be proud of his achievement by doing messy things.
Then the narrator introduces another character called Montmorency. It was the narrator’s pet dog. Montmorency was also present throughout the mess created by George and Harris. Montmorency aimed to interrupt everyone and then get scolded for it. It would crawl around in a place where he was not needed. Also, he would make people angry over him, and he liked to get things thrown at his head. After getting everything desired, Montmorency would feel that its day had not been wasted. Montmorency aimed to get people to fall over him and scold him for almost an hour. The statement implies that the dog likes to play with people. The dog feels that he has fulfilled his aim and would be proud of his achievement by doing messy things.
Montmorency
Meanings of the difficult words:
| S.No | Words | Meanings |
1 | Be sworn at | Get scolded for doing some naughty things |
2 | Staring | Looking at something for a long time with the eyes wide open, especially when surprised, frightened, or thinking |
3 | Empty | Not containing any things or people |
4 | Mysterious | Strange, not known, or not understood |
5 | Indignantly | In an angry way, because of something that is wrong or not fair |
6 | Squirm | To move from side to side in an awkward way, sometimes because of nervousness, embarrassment, or pain |
7 | Conceit | The state of being too proud of yourself and your actions |
8 | Nuisance | Something or someone that annoys you or causes trouble for you |
9 | Stumble | To step awkwardly while walking or running and fall or begin to fall |
10 | Unbearable | Too painful or unpleasant for you to continue to experience |
Reference:
National Council of Educational Research and Training (2006). Beehive. Packing- Jerome K Jerome (pp. 82-93). Published at the Publication Division by the Secretary, National Council of Educational Research and Training, Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi.
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