Summary of ballad of rumm
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The poem "The Ballad of Rum" has been written by Peter R Wolveridge. The poet tells the story of a dog whose name is Rum. Rum was an over-friendly dog who once came wandering into the poet's garden. The poet's family accepted the dog with an open heart and included it as their family member. The dog was very friendly to the people. It would only bark at the cats, toad, cattle, and horses. Whenever it would see a human being it would start wagging its tail. He was loved by everyone. Everyone would give some amount of food to it in response to his wag. In this way, it became fatter. The night when a burglar crept in the house, instead of barking, rum started to wag its tail. It felt very happy to find someone in the middle of the night. When the burglar jumped off the walls, his wallet slipped out of his pocket. Rum was not able to jump and so it took the wallet with itself and kept it in with it. the next day it gave the wallet to the poet's family and then the policemen were able to catch the burglar. This particular news spread all over the town that how intelligently Rum had made the burglar behind the bars. This made all the members of the poet's family laugh at the hero Rum. After that particular instance, no one ever tried to creep inside the poet's house.
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Ballad of Rum is a funny poem written by Peter R Wolveridge. It is about a dog who came wandering into the poet's garden one day. They kept him as their pet, named him Rum, fed him and assigned him to guard their gate. But unlike a good guard dog, Rum barked at all cats, horses, toads, but not at people. He liked people, as they fed him and played with him.
One night, a burglar came into the poet's house. Rum did not bark at him, as he was happy to get someone's company in the night. He jumped at the burglar to play, but the burglar got frightened and fled away leaving his wallet behind. Rum took his wallet and showed it to his family in the morning. Police captured and jailed the thief with the help of this wallet.
As a result, Rum became popular in the town due to his bravery, and no one tried to intrude into their house after that.