Summary
Short-Questions
1. What is the reason for which Will Sentry always followed Mr.
Franklyn?
2. How does the boy, the narrator, look at his uncle and his aunt?
3. Describe the relation between Thomas (the boy's uncle) and his wife.
Or, Write a paragraph to describe the relation between Thomas (the
boy's uncle) and his wife.
4. The plan was to go to Porthcawl for the outing. Did they ever reach
there? Why?
5. Describe very briefly how the Boy’s uncle looked like?
Or, Sketch the character of Mr Thomas.
6. Sketch the character of Mrs. Thomas.
Long – Question
1. Write an essay on an outing, actual or imaginary, in which you were
a participant.
2. A Story
Dylan Thomas
Characters
A boy : speaker
Uncle : boy's uncle, heavy man
Aunt : small and thin woman
Mr. B. Franklyn : uncle's friend (treasurer of the outing)
Will Sentry : " (follow Franklyn)
Mr. Weazley : " (forget to take his teeth)
Mr. O' Jones : " (forget to take him, prepare dinner at last)
Place
Porthcawl : their target place but never reached
Theme : There is love hidden within struggle between husband and wife. Drunkards never care their aim and purpose their time as well. Company of kids with the old is tedious.
Summary
"A Story" is a short story written by Dylan Thomas. The narrator of this story is a child. He presents the adult's world from a child's point of view. The story is about a day's outing by a motor. The narrator used to live with his uncle and aunt. His uncle was very big and noisy but his aunt was small. Their shop is in front of their house.
One Sunday morning the boy's uncle and his friends decided to go to Porthcawl by a motor-coach. His uncle's wife became angry. She threatened her husband that she would go to her mother's house if he went on outing. But he neglected her threat because it was not new to him. His friends, Will Sentry and Mr. Franklyn came in. They had the list of friends who were ready to go outing. The boy found that his aunt had already gone to her mother's house. Then they began to Porthcawl. They forget Mr. Old O' Jones and Mr. Weazley forgot to take his teeth. They took old O' Jones but neglected Mr. Weazley's teeth. The bus stopped outside the pub and started to drink and shout. They argued and quarreled because they all were drunk. The boy fell so boring the inn, they reached near the river. They liked the cool water of the river. When they went to the river, some of them were slipped on the stone. They thought that it was better than Porthcawl. It was evening. They wanted to return to the house. They forgot to go to Porthcawl. In the moonlight, O' Jones began to cook supper. They had brought some cases of beer. They sat in a circle in the field and drank wine. The boy, narrator, began to sleep against his uncle's waistcoat.
Short-Questions
1. What is the reason for which Will Sentry always followed Mr.
Franklyn?
Will Sentry always follow Mr. Franklyn because Mr. Franklyn was the treasurer of that outing. He had collected a lot of money for their journey. The last year's treasurer had spent all the money on wine and so on. So, this year Will Sentry tried to control Mr. Franklyn. So that he couldn't repeat the tradition. He tried to check him.
2. How does the boy, the narrator, look at his uncle and his aunt?
The narrator of this story lived in his uncle and aunt's house. Although she was his aunt, he never thought except the wife of his uncle. His uncle was heavy, great fat, and noisy where as his aunt was slim, quick and small. His uncle seemed as a big and old ship. He used to breathe noisily, used to eat so much. His hair was like a dry forest. She could walk like a cat. Aunt was small and she used to climb on chair to beat his uncle.
3. Describe the relation between Thomas (the boy's uncle) and his wife.
Or, Write a paragraph to describe the relation between Thomas (the
boy's uncle) and his wife.
There is love hidden within struggle between husband and wife. Thomas loved his wife. But, sometimes she was angry with him. She used to beat him on his head with a china dog. She is so small. So, she lifts up a chair in the kitchen to hit him. When he came home from annual outing having drunk, she didn't like him and she would go to her mother's house. But if he did not drink, she loved him very much. She prepared well food and asked him to take his boots off before he went to bed. The relation between them was not bad.
4. The plan was to go to Porthcawl for the outing. Did they ever reach
there? Why?
Thomas and his friends had a plan to go to Porthcawl for the outing but they didn't reach there because their main intention was to drink in outing. Porthcawl was not important for them. It was only their thing to just say. On the way to Porthcawl they stopped their bus in front of a pub to drink. They forgot to go to Porthcawl because it was not the place in their intention. They drank which was their aim.
5. Describe very briefly how the Boy’s uncle looked like?
Or, Sketch the character of Mr Thomas.
The narrator of this story lived in his uncle and aunt's house. He describes his uncle as heavy, great fat, and noisy. His uncle seemed as a big and old ship. He used to breathe noisily, used to eat so much. His hair was like a dry forest, because his hair is red. His behaviours are like pig, because he dropped a lot of food on his clothes when he ate foods. He doesn’t think that his wife is his life partner, because she blocked his freedom. He hated his wife for this behaviour.
6. Sketch the character of Mrs. Thomas.
Mrs. Thomas is the aunt of the boy who is the narrator of this story. She is small and quiet. He compares his aunt to a mouse and cat because cats walk quietly. She spends a lot of time cleaning the small house. She becomes angry at her husband because he is going on an outing with his friends and will drink a lot of alcohol. she is short tempered in nature. So, she always threatens him.
7. Give a description of the outing as Thomas would describe it.
8. How does the boy describe his uncle and aunt?
Long – Question
1. Write an essay on an outing, actual or imaginary, in which you were
a participant.
Last year I went to Manakamana with my friends. It is one of the most famous religious places of our country, Nepal. We got on cable car from Kulintar and reached the temple in 10 minutes. It is my first experience to ride cable car, which is memorable one.
I found the place very amusing. It was winter season but the weather was very clear. So, we could see high Himalayas covered in snow. The orange orchards added more beauty to the place. What attracted me most was the temple which is popular from many years in the past. The temple faces the south and it has one door to enter the temple and come out of the temple. It is still unknown about who made the temple. The temple is made in Shikhar Shaily. We can see wood carvings (arts to make picture, sign on wood) on the door and other parts of the temple.
There is always a crowd of people to worship goddess Manakamana. It is believed that our wishes are fulfilled if we visit, worship and pray to goddess. The temple is the centre of attraction to many tourists. We can see both Nepali and foreigner. Cable car has added more attraction to the temple because people of any age can go there and worship the goddess. It is believed that the temple is important for the unification of Nepal, because it was the goddess who told King Prithivi Narayan shah to unify Nepal in dream. We worshipped goddess bought Malas and other artistic object, took photos, go trekking and so on…
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