any three incident of chapter 1 of three men in a boat
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1)Uncle podger's incident :-
Uncle Podger was always ready to take on a responsibility.
Once a picture had come from the french- maker's, Uncle Podger asked Aunt Podger to leave the job of hanging the picture to him.
He took off his coat and he asked children to fetch him hammer , nails etc.
Everyone was busy obeying his instructions.
And when the picture was about to be hanged , he dropped the picture and cut himself with a broken glass.
He moved around the room , looking for his handkerchief and later found it in his coat pocket and his coat was underneath himself.
He moved a mess of things .
It was only after a minor incidents and injuries Uncle Podger managed to get that picture on the wall , crooker and insecure , around midnight.
He took a long time to hang it and created a mayhem in the house.
Finally , he declared that some people would have had man to do a little thing like that.
2) Cheese incident :-
Tom gave the cheese to Jerome and he took it in a cab.
The horse was old , weak and sleepy.
It could hardly move.But the smell of the cheese made the horse to move swiflty like a steam roller.
At the crowded railway station , people fell back respectfully making way for him as if he were a prince.
The carriage in which he got into , there were already other seven people.Jerome put the cheese on rack , and sat down
But the passengers hated the smell of the cheese.
An old man and his companion began sniffing , and went out of the carriage at the next station.
A married woman believed it was a conspiracy to make her leave the carriage.She protested and left . The smell of the cheese reminded one of the co passengers of a dead baby,
The other passengers tried to get in such a way that hurt themselves.
The last co passenger was depressed.
Now Jerome had the carriage all by himself .
Many passengers got into it but turned back as soon as they stepped into it.
3)Packing incident :-
The three friends bought all the things they needed during their trip and they were piled in a heap in the middle of the room waiting to be packed.
The narrator was proud of his skill in packing
He wanted to impress George and Harris and told them to leave the entire matter to him.
To his utter surprise they readily agreed to the suggestion and George put a pipe and sprawled himself in the easy chair.
Harris cocked his leg the table .
This irritated the narrator becausehe wanted George and Harris to do the packing , while he wanted to supervise them and instruct them how to pack.
But George and Harris took him at his words literally .
4) Hampton court maze :-
Harris had been to a Hampton court maze with a cousin.
He studied the map carefully and believed that he would get out of it in 10 minutes.
He met some people who had been in the maze for three quarters of an hour ,and were lost. They didn't know how to get out of it.
Harris told them that they could follow him and he would get them out of it , in no time.
They happily followed him , and on the way more lost people joined him.
Harris believed that if one kept turning to right , he could get out of it without difficulty.
He tried turning to the right again and again but came back to the same place.
Harris's followers lost their patience and looked menacingly at him.
Harris also thought they he also got lost in the maze.
They called a keeper who came and lead them out of the maze.
5)Comic song of Harris
Harris strongly believes that he can sing a comic song , but his friends know that he can't and will never sing a comic song.
AT a party , Harris was asked to sing.He replied that he could only sing a comic song.
The hostess was eager to hear him and asked everybody to be quiet.Harris stood in front of the piano and said that he was going to sing the Judge's song out of Pinafore.
The pianist gives a brilliant performance of the prelude but when it was Harris' turn to join him, he didn't join , he didn't began to sing.
So the pianist had to began all over again.
Harris too began to sing at the same time.
The confused pianist gave up the prelude , and tried to follow Harris.
But he was puzzled , he couldn't recollect what Harris was singing.He stopped playing.
In fact , Harris was singing an entirely different song.
The pianist gave up in disgust and another pianist took over.
Harris was asked to sing again.
Sometimes Harris repeated the same verse and sometimes he forgot it altogether and tried to recollect.
This was an utter confusion
The audience held their sides with laughter.
Harris thought that his comic song has brought him success.Little did he realize that he had made a fool of himself in front of everyone
6) Funny incident with George's father:-
George's father and his friend were to sleep in a same room and on the same bed.
One day , when the slept they realized that other than them , there were 2 other men sleeping besides them.
They decided that they would kick them out of their bed.
Both of them at the same time kicked the other man.
The fun part was that there was no other person than the two.
And they kicked each other out of their bed !!
Uncle Podger was always ready to take on a responsibility.
Once a picture had come from the french- maker's, Uncle Podger asked Aunt Podger to leave the job of hanging the picture to him.
He took off his coat and he asked children to fetch him hammer , nails etc.
Everyone was busy obeying his instructions.
And when the picture was about to be hanged , he dropped the picture and cut himself with a broken glass.
He moved around the room , looking for his handkerchief and later found it in his coat pocket and his coat was underneath himself.
He moved a mess of things .
It was only after a minor incidents and injuries Uncle Podger managed to get that picture on the wall , crooker and insecure , around midnight.
He took a long time to hang it and created a mayhem in the house.
Finally , he declared that some people would have had man to do a little thing like that.
2) Cheese incident :-
Tom gave the cheese to Jerome and he took it in a cab.
The horse was old , weak and sleepy.
It could hardly move.But the smell of the cheese made the horse to move swiflty like a steam roller.
At the crowded railway station , people fell back respectfully making way for him as if he were a prince.
The carriage in which he got into , there were already other seven people.Jerome put the cheese on rack , and sat down
But the passengers hated the smell of the cheese.
An old man and his companion began sniffing , and went out of the carriage at the next station.
A married woman believed it was a conspiracy to make her leave the carriage.She protested and left . The smell of the cheese reminded one of the co passengers of a dead baby,
The other passengers tried to get in such a way that hurt themselves.
The last co passenger was depressed.
Now Jerome had the carriage all by himself .
Many passengers got into it but turned back as soon as they stepped into it.
3)Packing incident :-
The three friends bought all the things they needed during their trip and they were piled in a heap in the middle of the room waiting to be packed.
The narrator was proud of his skill in packing
He wanted to impress George and Harris and told them to leave the entire matter to him.
To his utter surprise they readily agreed to the suggestion and George put a pipe and sprawled himself in the easy chair.
Harris cocked his leg the table .
This irritated the narrator becausehe wanted George and Harris to do the packing , while he wanted to supervise them and instruct them how to pack.
But George and Harris took him at his words literally .
4) Hampton court maze :-
Harris had been to a Hampton court maze with a cousin.
He studied the map carefully and believed that he would get out of it in 10 minutes.
He met some people who had been in the maze for three quarters of an hour ,and were lost. They didn't know how to get out of it.
Harris told them that they could follow him and he would get them out of it , in no time.
They happily followed him , and on the way more lost people joined him.
Harris believed that if one kept turning to right , he could get out of it without difficulty.
He tried turning to the right again and again but came back to the same place.
Harris's followers lost their patience and looked menacingly at him.
Harris also thought they he also got lost in the maze.
They called a keeper who came and lead them out of the maze.
5)Comic song of Harris
Harris strongly believes that he can sing a comic song , but his friends know that he can't and will never sing a comic song.
AT a party , Harris was asked to sing.He replied that he could only sing a comic song.
The hostess was eager to hear him and asked everybody to be quiet.Harris stood in front of the piano and said that he was going to sing the Judge's song out of Pinafore.
The pianist gives a brilliant performance of the prelude but when it was Harris' turn to join him, he didn't join , he didn't began to sing.
So the pianist had to began all over again.
Harris too began to sing at the same time.
The confused pianist gave up the prelude , and tried to follow Harris.
But he was puzzled , he couldn't recollect what Harris was singing.He stopped playing.
In fact , Harris was singing an entirely different song.
The pianist gave up in disgust and another pianist took over.
Harris was asked to sing again.
Sometimes Harris repeated the same verse and sometimes he forgot it altogether and tried to recollect.
This was an utter confusion
The audience held their sides with laughter.
Harris thought that his comic song has brought him success.Little did he realize that he had made a fool of himself in front of everyone
6) Funny incident with George's father:-
George's father and his friend were to sleep in a same room and on the same bed.
One day , when the slept they realized that other than them , there were 2 other men sleeping besides them.
They decided that they would kick them out of their bed.
Both of them at the same time kicked the other man.
The fun part was that there was no other person than the two.
And they kicked each other out of their bed !!
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