7. Short Story : Alyosha

Taking help from the information given below and inventing your own ideas, write a story en ‘Alyosha’.

Outline:  Young Alyosha ………. weak and thin …………. father placed him with a merchant ……… did everything as required …………. never set eyes on his wages …………….his father grabbed all his wages …………… Cook Ustinia watched him …………..took interest in him …………. she was ready to marry Alyosha …………… But the master and his wife didn’t want married servants ………….. Alyosha’s father forbade him …………. Alyosha consented ………….. one day fell from the roof ……………..priest was called …………… Alyosha thanked Ustinia for being kind to him …………… died

Ans.                                                                              Alyosha

 Alyosha was a tiny, thin fellow with ears like wings and a huge nose. At twelve he began to plough and drive the cart. He was weak but cheerful. His father placed him with a merchant. He did everything quickly and readily. He forgot nothing and found time for everything. He would get up before daybreak, chop the wood, sweep the yard, feed cows and horses and cooked. Alyosha never set eyes on his wages. His father used to take his wages from the merchant leaving nothing for him. Towards the end of the second year, the most startling thing happened to him. He felt for the first time in his life that he too was important for some human being. The cook Ustinia would sit watching him and it worried Alyosha. He feared that it might interfere with his work. She told him all about her life. She was ready to many him. Alyosha’s father came to the merchant to collect his son’s wages. He came to know from the merchant’s wife that Alyosha wanted to marry Ustinia. Both the merchant and his wife told him that they didn’t want and approve of married servants. They would not keep them in the house. His father told Alyosha that he couldn’t marry Ustinia. Alyosha consented. From that day Alyosha went to his work as usual. One day he fell down from the roof and hurt himself. He was taken to the lodge, and the doctor examined him. He was about to die. A priest was called. “Are you going to die?” asked Ustinia. “Of course, I am.” He thanked Ustinia for being so good to him. They were lucky that they didn’t marry. He lay in wonderment, then stretched himself and died.

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