THE UMBRELLA

THE UMBRELLA

Roald Dahl

CHARACTERS

I... a heroine

her mother

a man

A SUMARRY OF THE STORY

"It cost me over twenty ponds, I promise you. But that's of no importance so long as I can get home and rest these old legs of mine." he said.I saw my mother's hand feeling for the clasp on her purse. She saw me watching her. I was giving her one of my own frosty-nosed looks this time and she knew exactly what I was telling her. I was telling her, you simply mustn't take advantage of a tired old man in this way. But She fished into her purse and took out a pound note. she held it out to the little man. He thanked her and he was gone. She was very happy to

get it. "This will be good lesson to you," she went on . "Never rush things. Always take your time when you are summing someone up. Then you'll never make mistakes."

I'm going to read sentences of the remainder and summarize it by next my blog.

so long as: ~するかぎりは

sum some up:人を見定める

horrid：ひどく不親切な

satisfy oneself:納得する

simply:どうしても

fish into~:〜の中を探る

take advantage of~:~を利用する