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Quest
ion:

Youwil
lpr
obabl
yagreethatt
hisst
orydoesnothav
ebr
eat
hlessadv
ent
ureandexci
ti
ngact
ion.
Thenwhati
nyouropini
onmakesitint
erest
ing?

Answer:
Thev
ari
ousr
easonswhi
chmaket
hisst
orymi
nd-
gri
ppi
ngandar
eal
paget
urner
,ar
e:

-Theinnocenceoft
hel
anguagewhi
chkeepsusi
nsuspenseaboutt
hebel
ongi
ngnessoft
he
horse.

-Themy
ster
ybehi
ndr
idi
nghor
se;
Thei
nter
est
ingf
eat
urewhi
chmakest
hisst
orycapt
ivat
ing

i
sthewayi
nwhi
cht
her
elat
ionshi
pbet
weent
heaut
horandhi
scousi
ndev
elops.

Quest
ion:

Di
dtheboysret
urnt
hehor
sebecauset
heywer
econsci
ence-
str
ickenorbecauset
hey
wer
eafr
aid?

Answer:.Themostbeaut if
ulessenceoft hi
sstoryist hefactt hattheboy swerev eryinnocent
andmeantnohar mt oanyone.Theywer ejustdreamyandwi shedt orideahor se.I
tpr i
cked
thei
rconsciencewhent heysawt heclearheart
edf armer ,JohnBy r
o,whodi dn'tsuspectthem
evenoncef orsteal
ingthehorse.Theywer enotaf r
aidbutwer egui l
t-
stri
ckenwhent heymeta
pure-
heartedsoul l
i
keJohn, whocouldn'teventhinkofpeopl eoftheirclansteali
ng,ev enaft
er
hesaiditwasconf ir
medt hatthehorseresembledhi s,justli
ket wins.Thechildrenmi ghthave
alsobeenaf r
aidofruini
ngthepresti
geandhonouroft heirfami l
i
es.

Quest
ion:

Thestor
yrevolvesaroundchar acter
swhobel ongtoat r
ibei
nArmenia.Mouradand
Aram ar
emember softheGar oghlani
anfami l
y.NowlocateArmeni
aandAssy r
iaonthe
atl
asandprepareawr i
te-
upont heGaroghlani
antri
bes.Youmaywr i
teaboutpeopl
e,
thei
rnames,tr
aits,geographi
cal andeconomicfeatur
esassuggestedinthest
ory.

Answer
:Her
ear
eaf
ewwor
dst
odescr
ibet
heGar
oghl
ani
ant
ri
be:

Thi
senti
reconceptoftheexist
enceofthi
st r
ibeissai
dtobeficti
ti
ous.It
'ssai
dtobef or
medby
Wil
li
am Sar
oyaninhisbook“ Mynamei sAram”(1940).TheGaroghl
aniantri
beisArmenian.The
cul
tur
eofthesepeople,knownfort
heirhonesty,
isatthehear
tofthestory.Hospi
tal
it
yisalso
ani mport
antfunct
ioni
ntheAr meni
ancult
ure.Social
gatheri
ngsrevol
vearoundl
argeamountof
food.Therel
igionofmostArmenianpeopl
eisChristi
anit
y,whichi
sstruct
uredar
ound
forgiv
enessofsinsandfocusesonthespi
ri
tofTolerance.

Answert
hef
oll
owi
ngi
n120-
150wor
dseach.

Quest
ion1.

Wr
it
eabr
iefnot
eont
heGar
oghl
ani
anf
ami
l
yasper
cei
vedbyt
henar
rat
or.

Answer
:

TheGaroghlanianfamil
ywaspoor .I
nfact ,t
hewhol etr
ibewaspov ert
y-st
ri
cken.Butthefamil
y
wasli
vinginthemostamazi ngandcomi calpover
tyintheworld.Nobodycouldunderstand
wher
et heyevergotmoneyenought of eedt hem,noteventheoldmenoft hefamil
y.Most
i
mportantl
y,theyhadbeenf amousfortheirhonestyforaroundelevencenturi
es,ev
enwhent hey
hadbeenoneoft hewealt
hiestfami
li
esint heworld.

Theywer eproud,honest,andbeli
evedinvaluessuchasrightandwr ong.Noneofthem woul
d
takeadv antageofany bodyintheworld,l
etalonesteal
.Thestreakof‘madness’shar
edbythe
narrat
or’sUncleKhusr oveandcousinMour adhadbeent hereinthei
rtri
be,f
rom thebegi
nni
ng,
unpredictableandunrestrai
ned.

Quest
ion2.

Whatdi
dAr
am f
eel
aboutt
he‘
crazyst
reak’
int
hef
ami
l
y?

Answer
:

Aram fel
tthateveryfamilyhasacr azyelementsomewher e,andMour adseemedt ohav e
i
nherit
editfrom thei
rUncleKhosr ove,amansof uri
ousi ntemper,soirri
table,
soi mpati
entthat
hestoppedany onefrom tal
kingbyr oari
ng,“I
tisnohar m; paynoattenti
ont oit.
”Thatwasal lhe
saidnomat terwhatanybodyhappenedt obet alkingabout .Evenwhenhi sownsonAr akcame
runni
ngtot hebarber’
sshopwher ehewashav inghismoust achetri
mmedt ot
ellhimtheir
housewasonf i
re,Khosroveroaredex actl
ythesamet hi
ng.Thebar berrepeatedwhatt heboy
hadsaidbutKhosr overoared,“Enough,iti
snohar m, Isay.”Mourad,thoughhewast hesonof
Zorab,wast heonewhohadi nheri
tedthest r
eakofmadnessf rom Khusrov e.

Quest
ion3.

Descr
ibet
her
ideofAr
am andMour
adwhent
heywentoutt
oget
herf
ort
hef
ir
stt
ime.

Answer
:
Mour adcall
edoutt othenarr
atorwholeapedontot hehorsebehi ndhi scousinMour ad.OnOl i
ve
Avenue, t
heylett
hehor serunforaslongasitfel
tlikerunni
ng.Mour ad,then,wentforaride
al
one; hekickedhisheelsi
ntothehorseandshout ed,“Vazi
re,run.”Thehor sestoodoni tshind
l
egs, snort
ed,andburstint
oaf uryofspeed.Mouradr acedthehor seacrossaf iel
dofdr ygrass,
acrosstheirri
gat
ionditchandfiv
emi nutesl
aterr
et ur
ned,drippingwet .

WhenAr am l eapedont ot hehorseforaride,t

hehorsedidnotmov eatf
irst
.Mour adt
oldhimto
kickint
ohi smuscl es.WhenAr am didso,thehorseonceagainrearedandsnor t
edandbegant o
run.Butinsteadofr unningacr ossthefi
eldtotheirr
igat
iondit
ch,thehorserandownt heroadto
thevineyardofDi kranHal abi
anwher eitbegantoleapov erv
ines.Thehorseleapedoverseven
vinesandt henAr am fel
l off.

Quest
ion4.

Br
ingoutt
hehumouri
nUncl
eKhosr
ove’
sandJohnBy
ro’
smeet
ing.

Answer
:

UncleKhosrov
ecamet oAram’shousef orcoff
eeandcigaret
tes.Soonanot herv i
sit
orarr
ived,
a
far
mernamedJohnBy ro.Thefarmer,hav i
nghi
scoff
eeandaci garett
e,saidwithasi ght
hathis
whit
ehorsewhi chhadbeenstolenthepr evi
ousmonth,
wasst il
l untr
aceable.UncleKhosrove
becamev er
yannoy edandshoutedthatitwasnoharm sincetheyhadal llostthei
rhomeland.
Hence,i
twasnousecr yi
ngoverahorse.

JohnByrosaidthatwi thoutahorsehiscar
riagecoul
dnotbeputt ouse.“Paynoat tent
iontoi
t,
”
roar
edUncleKhosrov e.WhenJohnsai dthathehadwal kedtenmilest
ogett here,Uncl
e
Khosroveshoutedthathehadl egs.Thefarmersaidthathi
sleftl
egpainedbutUncl eKhosrov
e
roar
edagain,“Paynoat t
enti
ontoit
.”Thefarmersaidthatthehor
secosthim sixtydoll
ars.
UncleKhosrovesai
d, “Ispitonmoney”andwal kedoutofthehouse,sl
ammi ngthedoor .

Quest
ion5.

Descr
ibeJohnBy
ro’
smeet
ingwi
thhi
shor
seandt
het
woboy
s.Whati
mpactdi
dithav
e
onhim?

Answer
:

Onemor ning,
onthewaytoFetvaj
i
an’sdeser
tedv i
neyar
d,wher
etheywouldhidethewhi t
e
horseduri
ngtheday,t
heboysmetJohnBy rowhowasonhi swayt otown.Theywishedeach
otherandthefar
merstudi
edthehorseeager
ly.Heaskedtheboysthenameoft hehorse.
Mour adsaidi
twascal
led‘
MyHear t’
inArmenian.JohnByr
osaidthathecouldswearitwashi
s
horsethatwasstol
enmanyweeksago.

Thef
armerthenl
ookedint
othemouthofthehorse.Hewasevenmorecert
ainthatt
hehorse
wasarepl
i
caofhis.Hesai
d,hadhenotknowntheirfami
l
y’sf
ameforhonest
y,hewouldhave
cl
aimedthehorsetobehis.Hebel
i
evedMouradwhenhesuggest
edthatt
hehorsewasthetwin
ofJohnByro’
shorse.Thenextmor
ning,
theboy
stookt
hehorsetoJohnByro’
sviney
ardandput
i
tinthebam.