Question

QUESTIONS FOR PRACTICE
1. Why did the author reopen the bag first time?
2. What horrible idea came to the mind of the author?
3. How did Montmorency disturb George and Harris?
4. At what time did they decide to wake up in the morning?
5. "The Packing incident adds humour to the lesson". Justify this statement.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Answer:1. Jerome had to reopen the packed bag because he kept forgetting things. First, he forgot to pack his boots and then couldn't remember having packed his toothbrush.

Jerome had to reopen the packed bag because he kept forgetting things. First, he forgot to pack his boots and then couldn't remember having packed his toothbrush.2. The "horrible idea" that occurred to Jerome a little later was whether he had packed his toothbrush or not. Whenever he travelled he could never remember if he had packed his toothbrush or not. He said that toothbrush was a thing that haunted him when he was travelling and made his life a misery.

3. Montmorency put his leg into the jam and disturbed the teaspoons. He pretended that the lemons were rats and went into the hamper to kill three of them before being hit with a frying pan by Harris.

4. This is followed by a discussion on the 'wake up' time and George is so tired that he sleeps off even before the time is decided upon. Jerome and Harris decide that 6.30 in the morning would be the right time to get up and then they too go off to sleep.

5. The whole lesson 'Packing' is about obstacles and non-sense while packing by narrator , Harris and George.

'Packing' is a humorous narrative. It describes the oddities of three friends who decide to go on a holiday, in a highly entertaining way. All their actions show their foolishness. They are non-serious and do packing in a careless manner, putting pastries at the bottom and heavy things on top of them. By highlighting their odd behaviour, their carelessness and their forgetfulness. The story conveys a message that packing is a responsible work with great humour like butter incident and Montmorency's act.

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