eTHE UMBRELLA MAN
ROALD DAHL
A SUMMARY OF THE STORY
They saw him crossing the street. They suspected him. So they ran after him. He was scutting along like a rabbit and they had to walk fast to keep up with him. He entered a shop. It's a pub! They peered into the shop to watch him. He was gladly drinking the whisky. "It's ridiculous!"her mother said. The little man was standing by the bar with the empty glass in his hand. Then he turned away from the bar and edged back through the crowed to where his hat and coat were hanging. He lifted from the coat-rack one of the many wet umbrellas hanging there, and off he went. Out he came. But he never looked in our direction. He opened his new umbrella over his head and scurried off down the road the way he had come. We followed him back to the main street where we had first met him, and we watched him as he proceed,with no trouble at all, to exchange his new umbrella for another pound note. And as soon as the transaction was completed, he was lost in the crowd... THE END
scurry:急ぐ
transaction:取引
peep:のぞき見る
in a hurry:急いで
pedestrain:歩行者
proceed:実行する
We talked about this a little in class last week. In particular, we talked about how the word "scurry" is different from "hurry" and how important it is to learn words in sentences.
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