Question

A brief summary of the rattrap

Answer 1

The peddler was a vagabond who sold rattraps with a little thievery on the side to make both ends meet. Had no worldly possession to call his own, not even a name. It amused him to think of the world as a rattrap and all the material possessions as bait as the world, he felt was never kind to him. Moreover, he prided himself in the fact that he was out of it.     Takes shelter at a crofter’ s cottage. The crofter welcomed him, gave him diner, shared his pipe, played mjolis with him also confided in him about his income and showed him where he put it. Next morning, the Peddler steals the money and takes the back roads to keep away from people and gets lost in the jungle at night. While he wanders in the forest he realizes that he has also got caught in the rattrap and that the money was the bait. Finally reaches Ramsjo ironworks, where he takes shelter for the night. The blacksmith and his assi stant ignore him but the master mistakes him to be an old acquaintance and invites him home. Though the Peddler does not correct the ironmaster, hoping to get some money out of him, he declines his invitation. The ironmaster then sends his daughter who per suades him to go home with her. She notices his uncouth appearance and thinks that either he has stolen something or he has escaped from jail.   80 The Peddler is scrubbed, bathed, given a haircut, a shave and a suit of old clothes of the ironmaster. In the mo rning light, the iron master realizes he is mistaken and that he is not the Captain. He wants to call the Sheriff. The peddler is agitated and breaks out that the world is rattrap and he too is sure to be caught in it. The ironmaster is amused but orders h im out. The compassionate Edla convinces her father that he should spend the Christmas day with him. The Peddler spends the whole of Christmas Eve eating and sleeping. The next day at church, Edla and her father come to know that the Peddler is a thief wh o stole thirty kroners from the poor crofter.
Back home, they found a letter addressed to Edla, signed as Captain Von Stahl and a rattrapas a gift from the crofter. In the rattrap were the three ten kroner notes of the crofter..


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Answer 2

Set amidst the mines of Sweden, Rattrap is the story written by Selma Lagerlof.  Selling around small rattraps, a rattrap peddler was a poor fellow who begged for the materials from big farm and stores. He led a lonely life and resorted to begging sometimes. He had no home and shelter and that world has never been kind to him. He thought of the world as a rattrap wherein when anyone touched the rattrap it traped their hand and amuses himself by thinking of such people. One night in December he knocks at the cottage door for shelter. The owner of the cottage was a lonely crofter. He welcomes the peddler and has him tobacco to smoke and hot porridge to eat. The crofter finds someone to talk and is generous towards the peddler. The crofter shares about the payment he received from the previous month, amounting to thirty Kronor and shows the money to the peddler. The crofter instead of putting the money in a pouch he hung it on the window frame.

Next day while the crofter left locking the cottage, the peddler was lured to steal thirty kronor and smashes the window pane. He walked along the woods and found forest as a rat trap as he moved in circles. While he gave up he heard sound from distant and follows the sound. He opened the gate of Ramsjo ironwork and the owner of ironwork analyses him to be his old regimental comrades, Captain Von Stable. The owner offers the peddler to come home but peddler being alert declines the offer and later ironmaster asks his daughter Edla to bring the peddler home. As Edla approaches, he agrees to go and feels guilty about stealing the money.

The ironmaster is ecstatic about his friend and feeds him. Also, he asks his servant to make him clean, while the peddler is shaved and bathed the ironmaster realizes that it was not Captain Von Stable. He is disappointed with such deceive act and thoughts of having him to the sheriff. Hence, the peddler was asked to leave. Edla doesn't like the behavior of her father and pursues her father to let the peddler stay for Christmas. While the next day at the church Edla and ironmaster learn that the peddler is a thief because of which Edla feels to be heated and while they return home they saw that nothing has been stolen. The peddler leaves behind a silver rattrap and the Crofter's money with a letter and signed a letter as Captain Von stable.