It is about a poem in which P.G. Wodehouse telling something. It is important for 9th KV students.

1. By-P.G. Wodehouse

2.  P. G. WodehouseAKA Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
 Born: 15-Oct-1881
Birthplace: Guildford, Surrey, England
Died: 14-Feb-1975
Location of death: Remsen burg, Long Island, NY
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Buried, Remsen burg Cemetery, Remsen
burg, NY
 Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Author
 Nationality: England
Executive summary: Jeeves novels
 Father: Henry E. Wodehouse (a Hong Kong magistrate)
Wife: Ethel Rowley (widow, m. 1914, until his death, d.
1984, one daughter)

3. ABOUT:-P.G WODEHOUSEABOUT:-P.G WODEHOUSE
 Sir Pelham Grenville WodehouseSir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse ,,
KBEKBE ; 15 October 1881 – 14 February ; 15 October 1881 – 14 February
1975) was an English humorist, whose1975) was an English humorist, whose
body of work includes novels, shortbody of work includes novels, short
stories, plays, poems, song lyrics, andstories, plays, poems, song lyrics, and
numerous pieces of journalism. Henumerous pieces of journalism. He
enjoyed enormous popular successenjoyed enormous popular success
during a career that lasted more thanduring a career that lasted more than
seventy years and his many writingsseventy years and his many writings
continue to be widely read. Despite thecontinue to be widely read. Despite the
political and social upheavals thatpolitical and social upheavals that
occurred during his life,occurred during his life,

5. KEEPING IT FROM HAROID
 Mr. and Mrs.
Bramble were
immensely proud of
their son Harold
 Harold was ten years
old, a prodigy and an
exceptional child by
all standards.

6.  An intellectual, he won prizes
in competitions. He was very
classy and so superior that
even his parents developed
a complex. Harold was a
model of excellent behavior
and he respected his
parents a lot. Mr. Bramble
was a professional boxer and
had been proud of his fame
but ever since Harold was
born, he had kept this as a
secret. Harold was told that
his father was a commercial
traveler.

7.  Mr. Bramble who had thrived
on his feats in the boxing ring,
trembled to see his name in
print now. Both Mr. and Mrs.
Bramble were secretly a little
afraid of their son and did not
wish to fall in his esteem. Mr.
Bramble was already thirty-one
years old and he had decided
to have his last boxing match
and then retire.

8.  A week away, Bill Bramble
was scheduled to have his
last fight, the twenty-round
contest with American
Murphy at the National
Sporting Club, for which he
was training at the White
Hart down the road.

9.  Mrs. Bramble sends Harold for a walk but she is
surprised to see her husband and her brother,
Major Percy Stokes in the doorway. She is shocked
to know that Bill has decided not to fight and there
is lot of discussion regarding his decision with
Percy Stokes. Mrs. Bramble makes it clear that this
step was unacceptable to her, even if she did not
like her husband's profession. Bill Bramble was
supposed to win five hundred pounds, and one
hundred and twenty, even if he lost. This money
was very much needed to cater to Harold's
education. The trainer, Jerry Fisher, enters at this
juncture and he is also shocked to discover that Bill
has decided to back out at the eleventh hour.

10.  Jerry begs, pleads, cries and tempts Bill but he is
steadfast in his decision because this fight will be
covered by all newspapers and Harold will discover
this secret. Tempers are running high, and at this
critical moment, Harold makes his entry. Mr. Jerry
Fisher feels cheated, he wants his revenge. So he
spills over the entire story to Harold, despite all
opposition. Bill feels let down in front of his son and
tells him frankly that he was not a man of wrath but
just a professional boxer and he is withdrawing
from his last match. Harold who had been watching
all, suddenly surprises everyone.

11.  He is angry with his
parents for hiding this
secret but the content
of his speech takes
everyone's breath
away. Harold reveals
that he was betting
> By P.G. Wodehouse

12.  his pocket money on the
defeat of Jimmy Murphy
and his friends would
have been awfully proud
of him, had they known
that his father was 'Young
Porky'. He even requests
for a photograph of his
father to impress his
friends. This talk
encourages Jerry Fischer
and Bill also goes to
complete his training.

13.  Harold reverts back to playing games with his
mother and continues with his affectionate
chat.

14. QUESTION & ANSWER
 What sort of a domestic creature was
Mrs. Bramble?
Mrs. Bramble was such a domestic creature
whose life was meant and spent for her very
popular husband and her very genius son
Harold. She was often lost in reveries
meditating on her family’s sound future.

15.  What did Harold dislike of his
mother?
Harold disliked his mother’s referring to him
in third person, that is, addressing herself
‘mother’ rather than I and calling him
dearie or precious which sounded rather
against his impressions of himself. In fact
Harold liked to be considered as a young
man of ten years.

16.  What was a constant source of
amazement to Mrs. Bramble?
The constant source of amazement for Mrs.
Bramble was that her son Harold had no
character traits of his father, the nationally
acclaimed Young Porky, the boxer. Unlike his
father, Harold was a model student for his
class.

17.  Why was Harold’s perfection a
trouble for his parents?
Harold was perfect in everything, right from
his studies to his behavior. Because he was
very precise and that an evasive answer
could not satisfy his questions, his parents
could not simply mix their definition of a
boxer. They had to, therefore say that Mr. Bill
was a commercial traveler.

18.  What was to be kept from Harold? Why was
it to be kept from Harold?
The fact that his father was a boxer was to be kept
from Harold. It was so decided by his parents
because they feared that the child would be hurt to
know that his father was a man of wrath and made
a living by injuring people. Harold had already
become a model student in his school and a model
of goodness and intelligence among his friends and
teachers.

19.  How was Bill’s normal life different from his life in the ring?
 Who was Young Porky?
 How did Harold defy the law of heredity? How was it found later
that he had not defied the law after all?
 “He would have to be chucking the game before it chucked
him.” What did Bill mean by this?
 What were Bill’s plans after retiring from his profession?
 Why was Mrs. Bramble amazed to see Percy Stokes when he
was supposed to be at White Hart? Who else was with him?

20.  Why did Mr. Bill at first blame Jerry Fischer?
 How did Percy and Mr. Bill try to escape Mrs. Bill’s wrath?
 Why was Mrs. Bramble not glad to see her husband’s return
from boxing?
 What was the real reason for Bill’s untimely retiring from
boxing?
 Why did the coach, Jerry Fischer, follow Mr. Bill to his home?
 What is the villainous role of Major Percy Stokes in the
story?
 How did Harold know what his parents didn’t want him to
know?
 What does Harold mean by saying, “it is thick! It is jolly
rotten?”
 What is the anti-climax of the story?

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 MADE BY:-Manish
Kumar Mondal.
 CLASS:-IX-B
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