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The Summer of The Beautiful White Horse
The Summer of The Beautiful White Horse
3.Why did the sight of Mourad’s horse both delightful and frightening
for Aram?
Ans. Aram was just a young lad, truthful and honest. But he had a
longing for riding a horse. Naturally, he was delighted when Mourad
asked him to sit on the white horse. But he was also frightened
because he knew that it was a stolen horse.
4.Who was Uncle Khosrove? What were some of the notable traits
of his character?
Ans. Uncle Khosrove was widely known to be crazy. He was short-
tempered and impatient as well. He stopped others from talking by
shouting at them. His stock saying was: it is no harm, pay no
attention to it. ‘Mourad had got that craziness from Uncle Khosrove.
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6.‘I didn’t want both of us to be liars. Who spoke these words and in
what context?
Ans. These words were spoken by Mourad to Aram. Mourad
indirectly admitted that he was telling a lie. In fact, he had stolen
the horse quite a few days back but in case they were found out by
the horse owner, Aram was to tell him that they had started riding
that very morning.
7.Who was John Byro? What did he first lose but finally recover?
Ans. John Byro was an Assyrian farmer and lived in the
neighbourhood. He was a frequent visitor to Aram’s house. His white
horse has stolen a few weeks ago. He recognised his horse being
led by Mourad. But he did not create a scene. Mourad returned it to
him when he realised that his family’s honour was at stake.
But one day, he surprised the narrator also. He had brought along a
Wonderful white horse. No doubt it was not ‘his’, as neither he could
purchase and stealing was out of question. Both belonged to poor
family and stealing was not a natural trait with their tribe whose
hallmarks were honesty and trust.
But unluckily, the narrator came to know about the real owner. He
felt nervous as the owner of the horse, John Byrd had come to his
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house, inquiring/ feeling sorry over his lost horse. Jle went to
Mourad to reveal the news. At that time Mouracl was sitting under a
peach tree, healing the hurt wing of a young robin. It showed that he
loved animals and birds a lot.
He put his arms around the horse, pressed his nose into the horse’s
nose, patted it, and then started back. It was all too mysterious to
Aram to understand Mourad’s strange ways of making the wounded
bird fly, keeping the dogs shut their mouths, and making the horse
run. Really he was a strange boy.
HOMEWORK
1.Did the boys return the horse because they were conscience-
stricken or afraid?
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