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The Rattrap Summary Class 12 English Flamingo
Here, in today’s article, we are going sprinkle on the Rattrap
Summary of Flamingo Class 12 English to ace you in understanding the chapter
and its theme. Let’s dive in to learn;
THE RATTRAP SUMMARY
The Rattrap Summary is a story about a rattrap seller who leads a very poor life
as his earnings are very low. He has to resort to thievery and begging to make
both ends meet.
He is alone in this whole world and leads a miserable life. So he starts knitting up
various kinds of thoughts. One of these thoughts is of supposing the whole world
as a big rattrap. His views are that the world offers us various types of baits in the
form of comforts of life. This in return traps us into the rattrap of the world and
leads us to various types of miseries.
Every night, the peddler had to search for shelter as he has no home. One
evening he was offered shelter by an old crofter. The next morning he stole the
crofter’s money which he had earned by selling his cow’s milk. To safeguard
himself, the peddler chose the path through the forest which was secluded, but
soon found himself trapped in the forest as he wasn’t able to find the way out of
the dense forest.
Later on, he finds a way to a forge and takes shelter there. Something unusual
happens. The ironmaster mistakes him as an old friend and invites him to his
house. The poor peddler rejects the offer due to the fear of being caught. Soon
he is invited by the ironmaster‘s daughter. The next morning he is somehow
stopped by the ironmaster’s daughter for Christmas Eve even after being
caught that he was a peddler and not Captain Stahle.
The next day after Christmas, when the ironmaster and his daughter visit the
church, they come to know that the man is a thief who had stolen money from

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the old crofter. The ironmaster and his daughter repent for sheltering a thief and
wonder at what all things he would have stolen by that time. Here comes a twist
as instead of stealing, the peddler gifts the ironmaster’s daughter a rattrap. She
finds a letter of thanks and the stolen money inside the rattrap.
The peddler thanks Edla for her kindness and requests her to return the stolen
money to the crofter. This story gives us the message that goodness in a human
being can be awakened at any time with your own good deeds.
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THE RATTRAP THEME
The theme of the story is that most human beings are prone to fall into the trap
of material benefit. However, every human being has essential goodness that
can be awakened through understanding and love.
CHARACTERS OF THE RATTRAP STORY
1. A peddler with Rat traps
2. An old man: The crofter
3. Master Smith in Ramsjo Iron Mill in Sweden
4. Iron mill Owner
5. Edla Willmansson: Daughter of the Iron mill Owner
Important Message Or Summary of the Rattrap
The story conveys a universal message that the essential goodness in a human
being can be awakened through love, respect, kindness and understanding. It
highlights the human predicament. Material benefits are the traps that most
human beings are prone to fall into. Human beings do have a tendency to
redeem themselves from dishonest ways as does the peddler at the end of the
story.

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Now based on your learning and understanding of summary of the
rattrap chapter of Flamingo Class 12 English try to answer the following
questions:
Ques 1: The peddler believed that the whole world is a rattrap. How did he
himself catch in the same?
Ques 2: In the story, the peddler’s view of life is true and of no one else.
Comment.
Ques 3: What kind of feeling did the peddler undergo after robbing the crofter?
Ques 4: How are the values of concern and compassion brought in the story?
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