NCERT Solutions For Class 11 English
Snapshot
Chapter 1 – The
Summer of the Beautiful White Horse (William Saroyan)
Summary
Aram and Mourad, two economically
disadvantaged boys belonging to the Armenian Garoghlanian family, renowned for
their honesty since the eleventh century, found themselves in an extraordinary
situation. One early morning, as Aram blissfully dreamed, his cousin Mourad
appeared at his window accompanied by a stunning white horse. Aram, initially
skeptical, couldn't believe the reality of the horse in the faint light
outside. Due to their poverty, he doubted the horse could be theirs and
speculated whether Mourad had stolen it.
Mourad invited Aram for a ride,
urging haste before the world awoke. Aram, quickly dressing, jumped out of the
window to join Mourad on the horse. They traversed the familiar landscapes of
Walnut Avenue, a region marked by its aged countryside.
After some time, Mourad requested
Aram to dismount, expressing a desire to ride alone. Aram, aspiring to solo
riding, learned that Mourad had pilfered the horse a month earlier, making it a
daily ritual. When Aram eventually got his turn to ride, the horse unexpectedly
took him to a vineyard, threw him off, and fled. After an extensive search,
Mourad located the horse and concealed it in an abandoned vineyard, stocked
with oats and alfalfa. Mourad displayed remarkable adeptness in handling both
animals and humans.
One day, John Byro visited Aram's
house to speak with his irritable and loud uncle, Khosrove. Byro reported his
missing horse, purchased for sixty dollars. Despite Khosrove's dismissive
response, advising him to pay no attention to it, Byro left, perturbed by the
encounter.
Aram, concerned about Byro's missing
horse, implored Mourad not to return it until he learned to ride. Mourad,
angered and asserting their tribe's reputation for honesty, declared they were
not thieves and vowed to return the horse after six months.
During one of their trips to hide
the horse, they encountered John Byro returning to town. Byro conversed with
them, inspecting the horse closely. Acknowledging its resemblance to his
missing horse, he chose to trust the honesty of Aram's family, assuming it was
a twin. Mourad skillfully allowed Byro to maintain this assumption, and they
departed. The next morning, they returned the horse to Byro's vineyard, placing
it in the barn, accompanied by the silent presence of the dogs.
Later that afternoon, a delighted
and astonished John Byro returned home, informing his mother about the
unexpected return of his horse. Despite the improved temper and strength of the
horse, Uncle Khosrove, true to his character, roared, "Quiet, man, quiet.
Your horse has been returned. Pay no attention to it."
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