Alternative ending to the story a face in the dark by ruskin bond
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As we know that A FACE IN THE DARK by Ruskin Bond is an open ended story there are many possible endings to it.
1. Mr. Oliver might have had a bad dream.
2.as we know that Mr. Oliver is supposed to be a typical strict teacher,his students along with his colleagues decided to have fun with him.
3.He might have passed off in the the pine forest.
4.he might have probably died after seeing the boy and the watchman.
5.he might have had an hallucination.
There can be more than these endings it all depends on your imagination. These are just mine. :)
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Alternate Ending: A Face in the dark
And thats when the wind blew the lamp out .(continued)As Mr Oliver fell on the ground, his fears giving way to sorrow, he closed his eyes and let the drop of tear roll down his cheek. For he knew that the darkness that had taken his family away had returned it again. Temporarily, yes, but it had returned to him his joy so that he can laugh again. As the visions vanished from sight, the unimaginative man threw back his head and laughed……
Mr Oliver came back to his senses and realized that he was still alive.Taking in account of what had just happened,Mr Oliver made a promise to himself that he will not join this darkness which returned as it had already consumed his family.
Mr Oliver ran as fast as he could and managed it back to the school without fainting. He panted hard as he unlatched the gate and then unlocked the door of his small bungalow in the school premises. As he got in, he banged the door shut behind him and was much relieved to be in the well-lit confines of his house.
He sunk his panting self in his rosewood rocking chair in the drawing room. The entire episode of his encounter with the boy and the old man flashed through his mind as he lay there with his eyes fixed on the wooden pendulum clock on the wall above the fireplace.
In one of those faint moments, his eyes unconsciously shifted from the clock to the mirror plastered next to the fireplace. And ‘NO!!!’ he gave out a thunderous yell in utter horror!
The face that the little boy and the old man had back in the woods was now fixed on Mr Oliver’s body! He was faceless! He rushed out horrified and shouting, out of the door and out of the gate. It was midnight. Mr Oliver ran, as fast as he could. He reached the woods. He found a lantern hanging midair. He grabbed the lantern hurriedly without thinking as he needed some light to show him the way.
Just then, a man popped out from behind a tree. He was a passerby headed towards the Shimla Bazaar and had stopped by in the pine forest to relax for a while. Mr Oliver lifted the lamp up. As soon as the man saw Mr Oliver’s face, he fainted.
He had no face…no eyes, nose, mouth – nothing!
The lovable, soft-spoken, school teacher of yesterday, was a dreaded faceless apparition today.
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