3.
3 The Piggy Pub
1. Where did the three friends stop for the night and why?
Ans: The three friends were feeling tired after a whole day’s
rowing. They hauled up for the night under a great elm tree. They
fastened their boat to its spreading roots. Here they decided to
spend the night in their boat.
2. How did they prepare themselves for the night?
Ans: First, they put up a canvas on their boat then had a hearty
supper. After lying down comfortably in the boat, they started
enjoying the beauty of the night.
3. What did the three friends do while they lay in their boat?
Ans: They enjoyed the beauty of the night. They talked of the
joys of travelling and of camping in the woods.
4. What reminded George of a funny incident?
Ans: The mention of drinking reminded George of a funny
incident that had happened once with his father.
5. Who was travelling with George’s father and where did they
stop for the night?
Ans: A man named Joe was travelling with George’s father. They
stopped for the night at a little inn on the way.
6. Who were Tom and Joe? How did they send the evening at the
inn?
Ans: Tom was George’s father and Joe was a friend of George’s
father. They were travelling together and stopped at a little inn
for the night. They joined the other fellows in the open
compound of the inn. They spent the evening drinking with
them. It was quit late when they left for their room to sleep.
7. Who had to grope in the dark and why?
Ans: Both Tom and Joe had to grope in the dark. It was quite late
in the night when they went to their room to sleep. They were a
little drunk. The candle in the room had gone out. So they had to
grope in the dark for their beds.
8. Why do you think the two friends got into the same bed at the
inn?
Ans: The candle in the room had gone out and it was quite dark.
The two friends groped for their respective beds, and lay down
in it. Being drunk, they couldn’t know it was the same bed on
which they were lying.
9. What did Tom say he was going to do with the other man in
his bed and why?
Ans: Both Tom and Joe were lying in the same bed. Being drunk,
each thought it was some stranger lying in the bed with him. Joe
said he was going to chuck the other man out of the bed. At this,
Tom said that he was also going to do the same thing.
10. Who was chucked out of the bed and by whom?
Ans: Both Tom and Joe were chucked out of the bed by each
other. Each thought it was some stranger who had chucked him
out. Being drunk, they didn’t know that both of them were lying
in the same bed.
11. What story had Harris heard from his own father?
Ans: Harris had heard from his father the same story that George
had narrated about his own father.
12. How was it known that the fellow travelling with George’s
father was none other than Harris’s father?
Ans: After George had narrated the incident that had once
happened with his father at an inn, Harris asked what the name
of the inn was. George said it was “The Piggy Pub”. At once Harris
knew that the fellow travelling with George’s father was none
other than his own (Harris’s) father. He had often heard his
father tell the same story and which he said had happened to
him at “The Piggy Pub”.
HOTS
1. At what moment in the story, do you think Harris realises
that the incident being describe by George had also
happened with his own father?
Ans: After George has related the incident that had once
happened with his father at an inn. Harris asks, “What was the
name of the inn?” George says it was “The Piggy Pub”. At this
point, Harris at once realises that the incident described by
George had happened with his own father also. He had often
heard his father tell a similar story and which his father said
had happened to him at “The Piggy Pub”.
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