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EXTRACT-1
(i) Mr.
Oliver carried a torch which ran out of batteries as soon as he walked
through the pine forest. As he walked through the pine forest, he came
across a boy, who was sitting on a rock. He seemed to be weeping.
(ii) The
boy was sitting on a rock with his head hung down, and his hands held
his face. He appeared to be weeping as his body shook convulsively. He
also had a strange, and soundless weep.
(ii) Mr.
Oliver felt uneasy as he walked through the pine forest, as it was very
late, and dark. The torch he held, was flickering due to being low on
batteries, and the leaves of the pine trees also made a sad, eerie sound
when wind blew, which would make most people uncomfortable, and scared.
(iv) Mr.
Oliver told the boy to go home, and not stay in the middle of a forest
at night, as wild animal might attack him at that time. The face of the
boy was blank, and just a plain oval face with no eyes, no ears, no
eyebrows, no nothing.
(v) Though
Mr. Oliver was a very confident, and non-imaginative person, upon
seeing the boy's strange face, he immediately got so much scared that
his torch fell from his hands, and he ran directly in the opposite
direction from the boy, and towards the distinct light, that he saw.
EXTRACT-2
(i) Mr.
Oliver moved closer to the boy, because he was concerned for the boy as
to why he was sitting deep in the forest at such a late time, as it was
very dangerous to stay outside during night, in Shimla, during those
days.
(ii) Mr.
Oliver sensed a strange feeling about the situation, that something was
wrong. He had many questions scrambling through his mind, and in a way,
he got scared of the boy sitting on the rock.
(iii) The
boy's body shook convulsively, and made it clear to Mr. Oliver that the
boy was weeping. He was weeping soundlessly, and had his head hung,
with his hands supporting it.
(iv) Mr.
Oliver felt very much uneasy when his torch's gleam fell on a boy
sitting on a rock, who was shaking convulsively, and had his head hung
down, on his hands. What made it more strange was that the boy was
having a soundless weep, and it was too late for boys to be outside.
(v) Mr.
Oliver's anger gave way to concern, when he started to be worried about
the boy sitting deep in a forest, so late, and when he answered non of
his questions, but kept shaking, and weeping soundlessly.
EXTRACT-3
(i) The
torch fell from Mr. Oliver's hand fell when he moved the torch's gleam
to the boy's face to see how he looked like, but he had no face. It was
such a fearful, and strange sight, that Mr. Oliver dropped his torch in
dread, and fear.
(ii) Mr.
Oliver told the boy that he should not be out there at this moment,
because it was very late, and dark too. It was also not thoughtful to go
out at night, in Shimla, during those days.
(iii) Mr.
Oliver immediately got so much frightened that he dropped his torch
from his hands, and ran directly opposite as to where the boy was
sitting, when he saw the face of the boy. He ran blindly, and shouted
for help until he saw a light coming from a distance, and ran towards
it.
(iv) He
saw a bright yellow light when he was running towards the school
building. He used this light as his guide to get out of the forest. This
light was coming from a lantern.
(v) Mr.
Oliver stumbled up to the watchman of the school, who was holding a
lantern in his hands. He was completely out of his breath, and scared to
life, when he met the watchman. He was gasping for air very badly, at
that time.
EXTRACT-4
(i) The
boy sitting on the rock in the middle of the pine forest, which Mr.
Oliver navigated through, upon returning from the school after teaching,
had no eyes, no nose or mouth.
(ii) Mr.
Oliver called for help as he ran blindly through the pine forest, as he
was scared for his life, when he saw the boy's empty face, who was
sitting on the rock, in the pine forest.
(iii) The
watchman found Mr. Oliver in a very frightened, and completely out of
breath. He was even gasping for air. He asked Mr. Oliver if there was an
accident, and why was he running, and what from?
(iv) Mr.
Oliver answered the watchman that he had seen something very horrible.
He said that he saw a weeping boy, in the middle of the forest with no
eyes, no mouth, no eyebrows, no nothing.
(v) Upon
seeing Mr. Oliver's condition, and hearing his reply to his questions,
he simply asked if the boy's face was like his, as he brought the
lantern that he was holding, close to his face so that Mr. Oliver could
see his face.
EXTRACT -5
(i) Mr.
Oliver's hands trembled due to fear when he saw the boy's strange, and
frightening face, who was sitting on a rock in the middle of a pine
forest very late, which made the atmosphere more frightful.
(ii) Mr.
Oliver scrambled down the path in the pine forest, because it was a
shortcut to the place, where he lived. He used to work late hours in his
school as a professor, so he used to take the dark path of the forest,
so he could reach home faster, as it usually got very late everyday,
after his work.
(iii) Mr.
Oliver saw a young boy sitting on a rock with his head hung down in his
hands, and he shook convulsively which indicated that he was weeping,
but he did not made any sound. It was a soundless weep, which was very
strange, and some-what fearful.
(iv) Mr
Oliver found the boy's face look horrible, as it had no eyes, no ear,
no nose, no nothing. It was just a round, smooth oval head. The boy's
face did not even had eyebrows, which is a very frigthening, and strange
sight, which would scare anyone.
(v) Upon
hearing the replying to his question to Mr. Oliver, the watchman just
simply asked Mr. Oliver if his face too looked very familiar to the
boy's face, which Mr. Oliver saw in the forest, as he moved the lantern
that he was holding in his hands, close to his face, so that Mr. Oliver
could see his face.
ASSIGNMENT WORK
(i) Ruskin
Bond manages to make a story, supernaturnal. He cleverly sets in a pine
forest in Shimla, where Mr. Oliver, and Anglo-Indian teacher, walks
through, on his way back from school. While walking through the forest,
he comes across a weeping boy whose face is flat without eyes, ears,
nose, or mouth. This frightens Mr. Oliver, and he turns, and starts
running towards the source of light, which he saw in the distance. While
running towards the school, he finds the light is coming from the
lantern which the watchman is holding in his hands, and bumps into him
accidently, and tells him what had happened. He then tells the watchman
that he saw a boy with no eyes, no ears, no nose, no nothing, in the
middle of the forest. All of this creates an atmosphere of
supernaturnalism. The author also manages to create an atmosphere of
strange mystery, by using lines like 'where there was a strong wind',
'the pine trees made sad, eerie sounds that kept most people to the main
road.' The boy sitting alone on a rock in the forest, at night, looks
creepy, and mysterious. The description of this boy's face, having no
eyes, no ears, nose or mouth, also helps in creating an strange,
frightening, fearful, mysterious, and supernatural atmosphere.
(ii) Mr.
Oliver was an Anglo Indian teacher, who worked at a long running
school, where rich Indian families sent their boys. He had been teaching
in the school in Shimla for several years. He usually strolled into the
town, int the evening, and would return after dark through the pine
forest. There were strong winds, because of which the pine trees made
sad, eerie sounds, but Mr. Oliver was not an imaginative, or nervous
man. He was walking with a torch, and saw a lonely boy, sitting on a
rock, and weeping very strangly, and soundlessly. He asked the boy what
he was doing out so late, but he did not respond. As Mr. Oliver moved
closer, he sensed that something was wrong. He kept on asking gim, and
he finally saw his face. It had no eyes, ears, nose or mouth, which
terrified Mr. Oliver. He dropped his torch, and immediately turned, and
scarmbled down the path, running blindly though the trees, and calling
for help. He was very scared, and wanted to get as far as he could, away
from there.
(iii) Mr.
Oliver, an Anglo Indian teacher, was one day taking a shortcut through
the pine forest, which was making sad, eeire sounds, because of the
strong winds. While walking down the path, he saw a lonely boy sitting
on a rock, weeping soundlessly, and strangly, which was scary, as it was
very dark, and boys were not supposed to be out after the dark. He kept
moving closer to him with a felling that something was wrong, and when
light from his torch fell on the boy's face, he was terrified as the boy
had no eyes, ears, nose or mouth. It was just a round oval, smooth
head, with a school cap on top of it. the sad, eerie sounds that the
pine trees were making, the flickering light from Mr. Oliver's torch,
the darkness, the fact that the boy had a horrible, and creepy face, all
combined, made him truely frightened.
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