Father’s Help : R K Narayan
TEXT : Unit 1
Chart-table
Read the text carefully and answer the following questions :
Lying in bed, Swami realized with a shudder that it was Monday morning. It looked as though only a moment ago it was Friday. Already Monday was here. He hoped he didn’t have to go to school.
At nine o’clock, Swaminathan wailed, “I have a headache.”
Mother generously suggested that Swami might stay at home. At 9.30, when he ought to have been in the school prayer hall, Swami was lying on the bench in Mother’s room.
Father asked him, “Have you no school today?”
“Headache,” Swami replied.
“Nonsense! Dress up and go.”
“Headache!”
“Loaf about less on Sundays and you will be without a headache on Monday.”
Swami knew how strict his father could be. So he changed his tactics. “I can’t go so late to the class.”
“You’ll have to. It is your own fault.”
“What will the teacher think if I go so late?”
“Tell him you had a headache and so are late.”
“He will scold me if I say so.”
“Will he? Let us see. What is his name?”
“Samuel.”
“Does he always scold the students?”
“He is a very angry man. He is especially angry with boys who come in late. I wouldn’t like to go late to Samuel’s class.”
“If he is so angry, why not tell your headmaster about it?”
“They say that even the headmaster is afraid of him.”
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Fill in the chart with information from the extract of the text :
a) time when Swami complained of a headache ——————-> 9 a.m.
b) person who ordered Swami to dress up and go to school —–> Swami’s father
c) the name of the teacher mentioned by Swami to his father —–> Samuel
Fill in the chart taking information from the extract of the text :
1️⃣ Statement
Swami would not go to school that day.
Reason
He had a headache.
2️⃣ Statement
At nine o’clock Swaminathan wailed.
Reason
He wanted to complain of a headache to avoid school.
3️⃣ Statement
Mother suggested Swami to stay at home.
Reason
Swami complained of a headache.
4️⃣ Statement
He had a headache on Monday.
Reason
Swami loafs about on Sundays.
5️⃣ Statement
Swami changed his tactics
Reason
He knew how strict his could be.
6️⃣ Statement
Swami was unwilling to go late to Samuel’s class.
Reason
According to Swami, he was a very angry man who was especially angry with those boys who came in late in class.
7️⃣ Statement
Father insisted Swami on going to school.
Reason
He is a very strict man, and he didn’t want Swami to miss school.
8️⃣ Statement
Swami would not like to go late to Samuel’s class.
Reason
If Mr Samuel is so angry.
9️⃣ Statement
Swami did not want to tell about his teacher Samuel to the headmaster.
Reason
Some students think that even the headmaster is afraid of Samuel.
1️⃣0️⃣ Statement
Swami did not tell the headmaster about his teacher, Samuel.
Reason
According to Swami, Samuel is a very angry man, and some students think that even the headmaster is afraid of him.
Fill in the chart with information from the extract of the text :
1️⃣ Who
Swami
Said What or Did What
complained of a headache
When
at nine o’clock
2️⃣ Who
Mother
Said What or Did What
“Swami may stay at home.”
When
Swami complained of a headache at nine o’clock.
3️⃣ Who
Father
Said What or Did What
“Have you no school today?”
When
He found Swami lying on the bench in his mother’s room at 9.30.
4️⃣ Who
Swami
Said What or Did What
lying on the bench
When
at 9.30 when he ought to have been in the school prayer hall
5️⃣ Who
Swami
Said What or Did What
loafs about
When
on Sundays
Fill in the chart with information from the extract of the text :
1️⃣ Cause
At nine o’clock Swami said that he had a headache.
Effect
Mother generously suggested that he might stay at home.
2️⃣ Cause
He loafed about much on Sundays.
Effect
Swami had headaches on Mondays.
3️⃣ Cause
If he loafed about less on Sundays.
Effect
Swami would be without a headache on Monday.
4️⃣ Cause
According to Swami, Samuel was a very angry man, and he was especially angry with those boys who came in late in class.
Effect
Swami would not like to go so late to Samuel’s class.
5️⃣ Cause
Swami knew that his father was strict.
Effect
He changed his tactics.
Fill in the chart with information from the extract of the text :
Character Nature / Habit
Swami —-> Truant
Mother —-> Lenient / Generous
Father —-> Strict / Stern
Samuel —-> angry (according to Swami)
The Headmaster —-> meek (according to Swami)
