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| The Shop That Never Was |
The Shop That Never Was Bengali Analysis
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I felt very uneasy and began to look for the way out.
আমি খুব অস্বস্তি বোধ করছিলাম এবং বেরিয়ে আসার পথ খুঁজতে লাগলাম।
Turning to Gip, I saw him standing on a stool.
গিপের দিকে ফিরে দেখি সে একটা টুলের উপর দাঁড়িয়ে আছে।
The shopman was holding a big drum in his hand.
দোকানদার তার হাতে একটা বড় ড্রাম ধরে আছে।
"We're playing hide and seek, daddy!" cried Gip.
"আমরা লুকোচুরি খেলছি, বাবা!" গিপ চিৎকার করে উঠলো।
And before I could prevent him, the shopman had put the big drum over him.
আর আমি তাকে থামানোর আগেই দোকানদার তার উপর বড় ড্রামটা চাপিয়ে দিল।
"Take that off," I cried, "this instant. You'll frighten the boy."
"ওটা খুলে ফেলো," আমি চিৎকার করে বললাম, "এখনই। তুমি ছেলেটিকে ভয় দেখাবে।"
The shopman did so without a word.
দোকানদার কোন কথা না বলেই তাই করল।
He held the big drum towards me to show its emptiness.
সে বড় ড্রামটা আমার দিকে ধরে তার শূন্যতা দেখাল।
The stool was empty, too.
টুলটাও খালি ছিল।
My boy had disappeared!
আমার ছেলেটা অদৃশ্য হয়ে গেছে!
"Where is my boy?" I said.
"আমার ছেলেটা কোথায়?" আমি বললাম।
"You see," he said, displaying the drum's interior, "this is genuine magic!"
"দেখছেন," সে ড্রামের ভেতরটা দেখিয়ে বলল, "এটা তো আসল জাদু!"
I jumped at him and fell into utter darkness.
আমি তার দিকে ঝাঁপিয়ে পড়লাম এবং সম্পূর্ণ অন্ধকারে পড়ে গেলাম।
THUD!
বজ্র!
"Sorry, Sir, I didn't see you coming, "someone said.
"দুঃখিত, স্যার, আমি আপনাকে আসতে দেখতে পাইনি," কেউ একজন বলল।
I saw I was in Regent Street and I had collided with a man, and a yard away was Gip.
আমি দেখলাম আমি রিজেন্ট স্ট্রিটে ছিলাম এবং একজনের সাথে আমার ধাক্কা লেগেছে, এবং এক গজ দূরে গিপ ছিল।
He was carrying four parcels in his arm.
তার বাহুতে চারটি পার্সেল ছিল।
He smiled at me.
সে আমার দিকে তাকিয়ে হাসল।
He did not look scared.
সে ভীত দেখাচ্ছিল না।
For a second I was at a loss.
এক সেকেন্ডের জন্য আমি হতবাক হয়ে গেলাম।
I stared round to see the door of the magic shop.
আমি জাদুর দোকানের দরজা দেখতে চারপাশে তাকিয়ে রইলাম।
It was not there.
ওটা সেখানে ছিল না।
There was no door, no shop, nothing.
কোন দরজা ছিল না, কোন দোকান ছিল না, কিছুই ছিল না।
I did the only thing possible in that mental state.
সেই মানসিক অবস্থায় আমি একমাত্র কাজটিই করেছি।
I called for a cab.
আমি একটি ক্যাব ডাকলাম।
I got in with Gip.
আমি গিপের সাথে ভেতরে ঢুকলাম।
"Dad!" Said Gip at last, "that was a proper magic shop!" Gip looked completely undamaged.
"বাবা!" অবশেষে গিপ বলল, "ওটা একটা জাদুর দোকান ছিল!" গিপ সম্পূর্ণরূপে অক্ষত দেখাচ্ছিল।
He was neither scared, nor disturbed.
সে ভয়ও পেল না, বিরক্তও হল না।
There in his arms were four parcels containing items from the magic shop.
তার বাহুতে জাদুর দোকানের জিনিসপত্র ভর্তি চারটি পার্সেল ছিল।
Since then I have been up and down Regent Street several times looking for that shop.
তারপর থেকে আমি রিজেন্ট স্ট্রিটে বেশ কয়েকবার ওই দোকানটি খুঁজছি।
After all, I had not paid for the items.
সর্বোপরি, আমি জিনিসপত্রের জন্য টাকা দেইনি।
Word Nest:
interior : inside of a house or room (একটি বাড়ি বা ঘরের ভিতরে)
collided : hit against something (কিছুর সাথে ধাক্কা)
cab : vehicle, popularly known as taxi (যানবাহন, যা ট্যাক্সি নামে পরিচিত)
Activity 6
Fill in the chart with information from the text:
Ans:
|
Cause |
Effect |
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(a) The narrator thought that his son would be frightened |
He cried to the shopman to take the drum off. |
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(b) Gip’s father jumped at the shopman |
He fell into utter darkness. |
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(c) His mental state was not normal. |
the narrator called for a cab |
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(d) He had not paid for the items. |
Gip’s father went up and down Regent Street looking for
the magic shop. |
Activity 7
Answer the following questions in complete sentences:
(a)
What did the shopman do with drum?
Ans: The shopman had put the big drum over Gip and
vanished him.
(b)
Why did the narrator think that his son would be frightened ?
Ans: The narrator thought that his son would be
frightened because the shopman put the big drum over his head.
(c)
Where did the narrator find his son?
Ans: The narrator again found his son in Regent
Street
(d) What was the mental state of the narrator
?
Ans: The mental state of the narrator was not
right.
Activity 8
Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles:
(a) Last week I saw a one-day cricket match between India and Australia.
(b) There is a university in our district.
(c) Brutus is an honourable man.
(d) She arrived an hour late.
Activity 9(a)
Make meaningful sentences of your own with the following words:
prevent : I prevent him from doing that.
disappeared : The plane disappeared in the
sky.
stared : I stared at the night stars.
parcel : My friend gave me a parcel.
Activity 9(b)
Find words from the text which are similar in meaning to the
following:
(i) frightened: scared
(ii) at a particular moment: instant
(iii) showing: displaying
(iv) relating to the mind: mental
Activity 10(a)
Suppose
you see a strange object displayed on the window of a shop. You go in and ask
the shopkeeper about the object. Write a paragraph within sixty words on what
you learn about this strange object using the following hints:
The location of the shop—description of the object—conversation
you had with the shopkeeper—your feelings
Ans:
One day I went to
Kolkata with my parents. While crossing a big shop I saw a little boy was
standing on the window of a shop. Out of curiosity, I entered the shop and
asked the shopkeeper about the little boy. The shopkeeper smiled and said that
it was not a real boy. It is a mannequin, a model of a human body which is used
for displaying clothes in shop windows.
Activity 10(b)
Write
a paragraph in about sixty words on two of your wishes that you want fulfilled.
Ans:
My Two Wishes
Teachers are the
backbone of our society. They give us education, tell us about right and wrong,
make us better with their advises. I also want to be a teacher in future to
educate many children.
My second wish is to
do something for my parents. They have been doing so many things for us since
our birth. In return I want to serve them and take proper care of them.