Treasure trove 9th volume 1one horse two goats answer first passage
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(i) The story, 'A Horse And Two Goats' deals with the misunderstanding between an Indian, and an American, as both do not know each other's language, but instead act according to the action, given by the other, in a way, which is completely irrelevant to the subject, the other person is actually talking about in the first place, and pretend to understand it. Muni, in this story, is talking about different- different topics, example, about a murder, himself, the purpose of the horse statue, why it was built, etc; whereas the American thinks that Muni is the owner of the statue, and talks about selling the statue to him, in exchange of money.
This clearly shows that either one of them are understanding, what the other person is saying, creating a misunderstanding.
(ii) The story 'A Horse And Two Goats' is a fine example of humour, as both Muni, and the American do not understand what the other person is saying due to language differences. Muni does not understand a word of the American, and only knows two words of English language in his vocabulary. So, to every question the American asks him, he simply replies 'Yes, or No' to all those questions, which confuses the American, and also makes the story more amusing. Moreover, Muni gives answers, completely irrelevant to the American's questions, after saying 'Yes, No' first, to which the American thinks that Muni is talking about the horse statue, which he wants to buy. This further increases the excitment of the story, and adds humour to it.
(iii) R.K. Narayana's story 'A Horse And Two Goats' is set in a tiny south Indian village, and depicts the everyday life of Muni, and his wife, realistically, as this story begins by giving us some brief information about Muni, and his wife, how they became so poor, etc. R.K. Narayana has done an amazing job in explaining us the day to day life of both these characters, by giving them both some dialougs, and by also creating a small argument between Muni, and his wife, at the start, so as to further the plot, and not making the story boring in the begining. This argument is depicted so cleverly by the author, that it also succeeds us in making us believe that these are the things that both these characters do, in their everyday life. Moreover, their work is not so interesting, or extra-ordinary, which is what adds realism to this story.