You have read the story 'The Brave Potter'. It is a humorous story. The writer of the story created humour
by creating situations where the tiger took the word 'leak' to be 'a more powerful thing' than him and
people mistook the potter to be a brave man.
Collect a humorous story. Analyse how the writer created humour in it
Answers
Explanation:
THE STORY OF THE BRAVE POTTER
It was dark . thick black clouds covered the evening sky. the thunder roared and the strong wind shook the branches and leaves of the trees in the forest, pit… pat… pit, drops of rain fell. then the lightning flashed and split the black sky with its blinding light, soon it was raining heavily.
An old tiger ran through the rain looking for shelter. he was wet and cold and his cave was far away. while hurrying to his shelter he saw an old hunt. with a sigh of relief, the tiger crawled under the thatched roof and lay down by the door. except for the sound of the inside, all followed by the voice of a woman.
oh, how terrible this leak is she complained how terrible I would rather meet a tiger in the forest than have this leak in my house!
A leak? the tiger though. What is a leak? It must be very dangerous and strong or the women would not be more frightened of the leak than of me. Am I not rightly called the king of the forest? Are n’t they all afraid of me? I wonder what a leak looks like…?
Soon afterward the tired tiger fell to sleep. He was suddenly awakened by an angry voice shouting in his ear. He felt heavy blows fall upon his head and shoulders.
You horrible beast! A voice screamed angrily how dare you to run away? How dare you make me walk about in the middle of the night trying to find you! Be careful one of this day I’ll kill you! Now, go home!’
THE STORY OF THE BRAVE POTTER
The old tiger shivered.’this must be the leak who has come out of the hut. I’d better do as he says or he will kill me.’
So the tiger allowed himself to be bound around the neck with a thick rope. The mysterious creature then climbed onto the tiger’s back and pulled at the rope. ‘comeon’
Head for home ! shouted the voice. tiger felt a sharp kick on his side. The tiger was terrified and he ran through the dark forest. The creature pulled hard on the rope to tell him which way to go. At the same time, it scolded, cursed and kicked the poor tiger. Soon they stopped in front of a small hut on the edge of the thick forest. The creature climbed down from the tiger’s back and bound him with an iron chain to a nearby tree. The creature climbed down from the tiger’s back and bound him with an iron chain to a nearby tree. Then he went on the hunt. The tiger could not free himself from the chain so he had to spend a miserable night under the free. Who was this creature who was able to capture such a large and dangerous tiger? Let’s find out
On the afternoon of that day, a potter had arrived home after a hard day’s work. He was tired and thirsty. He had asked his wife for some palm-wine. The more he drank, the better he felt. when he had drunk all the wine he no longer felt tired. When the storm began the potter suddenly
The Brave Potter is a humourous story
