Moments Iswaran the Storyteller - CBSE Revision Notes
CBSE Class 09 English Language and Literature
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Moments Chapter-3
Iswaran The Storyteller
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Moments Chapter-3
Iswaran The Storyteller
- Mahendra, a bachelor was a junior supervisor in a firm.
- His job was to keep an eye on the activities at the construction sites.
- He had to keep moving from place to place but he adjusted himself to all conditions.
- His cook, Iswaran followed him everywhere.
- Iswaran did all the household chores and chatted with him at night.
- He weaved endless stories and anecdotes on varied subjects. He was greatly influenced by Tamil authors.
- Everyday Iswaran recounted some story packed with adventure, horror and suspense and Mahendra enjoyed listening to it.
- Iswaran recounted the incident of the up-rooted tree and the tusker who had gone mad in suspense.
- One day Iswaran narrated the story of the ghost of a woman, holding a foetus in its arms, seen around on a full moon night..
- Mahendra interrupted and said that there was no ghosts or spirits.
- He explained that it was only a figment of imagination and nothing else.
- On a full moon night Mahendra heard some sound near his window. He saw a dark cloudy figure holding a bundle.
- Mahendra was terror-stricken,he could not sleep properly.
- The next day Mahendra resolved to leave the haunted place.