THE OPEN WINDOW – saki
INTRODUCTION:
The
‘OPEN WINDOW’ written by Saki is a short story. Veera is a 15 years old girl
who was the story teller. She was very clever, resourceful and naughty. She was
very good fabricator.
CONTENT:
Mr.
Nuttel Framton, a young man was received by Vera. She deceived him by telling
false story about her aunt. She told him that her aunt’s husband and her two
brothers had gone out with their dog for hunting three years ago and never came
back and they are dead but, Mrs. Sappleton kept the window open always thinking
that they will return one day. She told the story in such a way that framton
believed it. He gave horrible expression when Mrs. Sappleton said that her
husband and brothers would be home soon from the shooting.
Veera
was a good actor, when Mr. Sappleton was coming from the window she expressed
as though dead person were coming. With this Mr. Framton believed them to be
ghost and without waiting even a second he dashed outside the house.
CONCLUSION:
This
story shows Veera’s remarkable ability to create convincing fiction, instantly
and crack practical jokes.
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