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Cambridge School, Noida English Worksheet Class Viii Attila by RK Narayan
Cambridge School, Noida English Worksheet Class Viii Attila by RK Narayan
ENGLISH WORKSHEET
CLASS VIII
ATTILA BY RK NARAYAN
Ranga lived in a hut three miles from the town. He was a " gang cooly " often employed
in road- mending. Occasionally at nights he enjoyed the thrill and profit of breaking into
houses. At one o'clock that night Ranga removed the bars of a window on the eastern side
of the house and slipped in. He edged along the wall, searched all the trunks and almirahs
in the house, and made a neat bundle of all the jewellery and other valuables he could
pick up.
He was just starting to go out. He had just put one foot out of the gap he had made in the
window when he saw Attila standing below, looking up expectantly. Ranga thought his
end had come. He expected the dog to bark. But not Attila. He waited for a moment,
grew tired of waiting, stood up and put his forepaws on the lap of the burglar. He put
back his ears, licked Ranga's hands, and rolled his eyes. Ranga whispered, " I hope you
aren't going to bark. . .."
" Don't you worry. I am not the sort," the dog tried to say.
"Just a moment. Let me get down from here," said the burglar.
The dog obligingly took away his paws and lowered himself.
" See there," said Ranga pointing to the backyard, " there is a cat." Attila put up his ears
at the mention of the cat, and dashed in the direction indicated. One might easily have
thought he was going to tear up a cat, but actually he didn't want to miss the pleasure of
the company of a cat if there was one.
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