Summary of the goat and the stars
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The short story ‘The Goat and the Stars’ is about a young farm-boy who innocently misinterprets a church announcement regarding Christmas Eve gifts. The announcement says, “No Gift too Large. None too Small. Give generously. This Means You.” The little boy is deeply influenced by the words and gets disturbed every time he passes by the notice. He even has the feeling that he is being watched by God. So he decides to give a gift. But till Christmas eve he is unable to decide what to give. However, on Christmas eve he decides to give a goat-kid as his gift. He is of the feeling that it is a great sacrifice to make as he deeply loves the goat-kid. He is proud that he is offering a living thing, his friend. He takes the goat-kid under the cover of darkness. But he has a problem. He doesn’t know the procedure followed in the church for offerings. He thinks he can go to church and announce to the men in charge about the sacrifice of the goat-kid. So he goes to church, only to be met with laughter. He reaches the church at the time of the sermon. The church is full of people. During the service, the clergyman mentions about the gifts of frankincense and myrrh given to child Jesus by the three wise men. At this moment, a man and his wife become aware of a strange smell. Initially, they are not able to locate the source of the smell. Since the sermon was on frankincense and myrrh, they wonder whether frankincense and myrrh could have such a strange smell. Later they realise that the smell is coming from the boy and the goat. When they come to know the intention of the boy, they discourage him by saying that such gifts cannot be given. The boy returns home without making the sacrifice. The author adds that the boy is surprised by the absence of snow, small bells and a moving star. The author suggests that the disappointment of the boy results in this phenomenon.
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