This passage is taken from Jerome K. Jerome’s novel ‘Three Men in a Boat’. It
describes humorously the incident that takes place when the narrator, Jerome
and his two friends get engaged in packing their things before going on for a
boating trip. It focuses on the fact that packing is an art and very few people are
gifted with this art.
Once Jerome and his two friends, George and Harris decided to go on a trip. He felt
that he knew packing better than his friends. So he told them to leave the job entirely
on him. George and Harris accepted the offer and relaxed while Jerome was busy
in packing the bag.
But Jerome was not happy to see both of his friends passing their time leisurely.
What he actually intended was that being the best of them he would boss the job
and his friends would potter under his direction.
Jerome started packing. It took him a longer time than he had expected. He packed
the bag but left the boots outside. So, he had to re-open the bag and put the boots
in. No sooner had he packed the bag than he forgot whether he had packed his
toothbrush.
He again opened the bag and made a frantic search for the toothbrush which he
finally found inside a boot. When he had finished, George asked if the soap was in.
Jerome got irritated and refused to re-open the bag. However, he had to open the
bag once again when he found that he had packed his spectacles.
Now it was the turn of George and Harris to do the rest of the packing. They began
in a light-hearted spirit to show Jerome that it was not a very difficult task. But they
too proved themselves immature as they made a lot of mistakes while packing.
They started with breaking a cup. Then Harris packed the strawberry jam on top of
a tomato and squashed it. And then there was George who trod on the butter. In
this way they messed up things and took a long time in packing.
Jerome’s dog Montmorency lingered the task of packing by creating nuisance. He
came and sat on things, just when they were wanted to be packed. He put his leg
into the jam and disturbed the teaspoons.
He pretended that the lemons were rats and got into the hamper to attack them. The
packing was finished at midnight.
In not more than 50 words write how did George, Harris and Montmorency
contribute to the packing.
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This passage is taken from Jerome K. Jerome’s novel ‘Three Men in a Boat’. It
describes humorously the incident that takes place when the narrator, Jerome
and his two friends get engaged in packing their things before going on for a
boating trip. It focuses on the fact that packing is an art and very few people are
gifted with this art.
Once Jerome and his two friends, George and Harris decided to go on a trip. He felt
that he knew packing better than his friends. So he told them to leave the job entirely
on him. George and Harris accepted the offer and relaxed while Jerome was busy
in packing the bag.
But Jerome was not happy to see both of his friends passing their time leisurely.
What he actually intended was that being the best of them he would boss the job
and his friends would potter under his direction.
Jerome started packing. It took him a longer time than he had expected. He packed
the bag but left the boots outside. So, he had to re-open the bag and put the boots
in. No sooner had he packed the bag than he forgot whether he had packed his
toothbrush.
He again opened the bag and made a frantic search for the toothbrush which he
finally found inside a boot. When he had finished, George asked if the soap was in.
Jerome got irritated and refused to re-open the bag. However, he had to open the
bag once again when he found that he had packed his spectacles.
Now it was the turn of George and Harris to do the rest of the packing. They began
in a light-hearted spirit to show Jerome that it was not a very difficult task. But they
too proved themselves immature as they made a lot of mistakes while packing.
They started with breaking a cup. Then Harris packed the strawberry jam on top of
a tomato and squashed it. And then there was George who trod on the butter. In
this way they messed up things and took a long time in packing.
Jerome’s dog Montmorency lingered the task of packing by creating nuisance. He
came and sat on things, just when they were wanted to be packed. He put his leg
into the jam and disturbed the teaspoons.
He pretended that the lemons were rats and got into the hamper to attack them. The
packing was finished at midnight.
In not more than 50 words write how did George, Harris and Montmorency
contribute to the packing.
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