The Princess September
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The Princess September
In this chapter, the King and Queen had 9 daughters. The Queen often that difficulties remembering the names of all the daughter so the king had decided to name all the princesses on the basis of months. The eldest one would be January, then February, and so on till they reached the youngest named September.
The King had a weird habit of giving gifts to others on his birthday instead of receiving gifts from others. So one year, he had given a green parrot in a golden cage to all of his daughters each. The daughters loved the gift and would spend about an hour everyday with the parrots. The parrots could say 'God save the King and Pretty Polly' in 7 languages.
One morning, Princess September that noticed that her parrot died. She was very sad and she kept crying. The Queen had ordered the maids to not let her sleep before having dinner. But, since they had to go to a party, they left her crying. After sometime she noticed a little bird coming inside her room. The bird started to sing about the King's garden, the willow tree, the goldfishes, etc. And as time passed by she forgot to have dinner.
The bird then bowed to the princess and asked if he could be kept in place of her parrot who had died. The bird wasn't that pretty. Then the princess clapped her hands and the bird started singing and soon she fell asleep. The princess would feed it and bath him. She had taken it to the king, queen and the other princesses. Everyone was glad to hear the songs it sang and the king was impressed by it and said that he would love to hear it sing and he was tired of listening to parrots.
The other princesses felt jealous of Princess September and asked her to buy a new parrot but she replied that she already had a bird who would sing like a nightingale and she didn't want another parrot. Then the princesses said the bird can fly off anytime and she should keep it in the cage so it doesn't fly off.
After thinking about it she realised that if the bird flew away it would take a long time for it to return and thus put it into the cage. When the bird asked why was it kept in the cage she would reply that it was kept in the cage so it is safe from the cats. The bird frequently asked her to open the cage but she refused everytime to do so. When Princess September would ask it to sing, it couldn't. He wanted to see the trees, rivers, etc. It refused to even eat.
The next day, the bird had told that it couldn't sing and would die if he wasn't set free. She thus thought to set it free and the bird had promised that it would return. She would keep the window open for the bird to return and sing it's beautiful songs again.
Princess September grew up into a very beautiful girl and was married to King of Cambodia whereas her sisters weren't so pretty because they never slept with open window and married to the councillors of the King.
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CBSE Class 8 English Princess September Summary
Princess September was written by William Somerset Maugham. It is the story about a princess named September. She had eight elder sisters who were named after months of the year. The King of Siam had a strange habit of giving gifts on his own birthday. So, he and his wife, the Queen had gifted a parrot in a golden cage to each of their nine daughters. All the princesses were happy to receive their gifts and they would spend an hour with their pet daily. All the parrots could say ‘God save the King’ and some could even say ‘Pretty Polly’ in seven different Oriental languages.
One day, Princess September went to meet her parrot and found it lying dead in its golden cage. She burst into tears seeing her dead pet. Her Maids of Honour could do nothing to comfort her. They informed the Queen who told them to put the little princess to sleep without supper. They had to go to a party, so they put the little girl to bed quickly and left her crying all by herself. As she was crying, she noticed a little bird hop into her room. He started singing a beautiful song near the lake in the King’s garden with the willow trees looking at themselves in the still water and the goldfish gliding in and out of the branches, that were reflecting in the water. She was so engrossed in the bird’s song that she completely forgot that she didn’t have her supper. She praised the little bird when he finished his song.
The little bird bowed to the princess and asked her if she would like to keep him in her parrot’s place. He admitted that he wasn’t as pretty as other birds, but he could certainly sing beautiful songs for the princess. Princess September clapped her hands delightfully and as the bird sang another song, she quickly fell asleep. The next morning, she found that the bird was still there and she bathed the bird in her saucer and fed some rice to him with her own hand. Soon, she took the bird to the King, Queen and her sisters. Everyone was surprised and delighted when they heard his song. The King particularly mentioned that he was fed up with hearing ‘God save the King’ and ‘Pretty Polly’ from the parrots. He compared these words to his Councillors who would always say the same thing repeatedly. Listening to the beautiful song of the little bird was a lovely surprise for him too.
The other princesses were vexed and started feeling jealous of Princess September’s little singing bird. The bird flew and sang around the rooms of the palace like a nightingale. The princesses suggested Princess September buy a new parrot, but she responded that she already had a pet bird who could sing beautiful songs for her. They also told her that since the bird was free, he could fly away from her anytime. They advised her to keep him in a cage to prevent him from flying away. However, the little princess trusted her bird and believed that he would never betray her.
Once it so happened that the little bird went to visit his father-in-law but took longer than usual to return to Princess September. She was so worried that she popped him into the cage right away when he returned. When the bird asked why she put him in, she replied that this would keep him safe from the cats roaming in the palace. The next morning, the little bird requested the princess to open the cage, but she refused to let him out. Princess September asked him to sing for her, but he could not do so. On insisting, he said that he wanted to see the trees, the lake and the green rice fields. He did not eat food as well.
Princess September listened to her sisters’ advice and kept the bird locked in the golden cage. In due course of time, the bird stopped singing and didn’t sing songs like he used to before. The princess enquired why he didn’t sing. The bird replied that he could not sing if he was not set free, he would die if he was kept locked inside the cage for a long time. Princess September didn’t want to lose her little friend like her pet parrot so she set him free. The bird flew away and promised to return soon. The princess kept her window open and the bird would visit her often. He sang lovely melodious songs for her.
As years passed, Princess September grew up to be a very beautiful young lady due to exposure to natural sunlight and air coming through her window. Later, she got married to the King of Cambodia. However, her sisters were not pretty at all and were married to the King’s Councillors with a Siamese cat and a pound of tea.
Conclusion of Princess September
The chapter – Princess September teaches students that freedom is the birth right of every living being. No amount of expensive items, money or worldly comforts can make up for the loss of freedom of any living creature. Presenting the CBSE Class 8 English It So Happened Prose Summary of Princess September that must have helped 8th standard students to have a detailed understanding of the chapter.