1) The document summarizes the short story "The Story Teller" by Hector Hugh Munro, who wrote under the pen name Saki. 2) The story takes place on a railway carriage with five characters: an aunt, two small girls, a small boy, and a stranger who tells them an extraordinary story. 3) In the story, the stranger tells the children about a girl named Bertha who always wore medals for goodness but was ultimately killed by a wolf, showing that her medals did not protect her.

1. WELCOME

2. Name: REENALEKSHMI. P.R
Option: English
College: Sabarigiri College of Education, Anchal

3. Unit: On Telling a Tale
Subunit : The Story Teller
Standard: VIII
Author: Hector Hugh Munro

4. HECTOR HUGH MUNRO(1870-1916)
Well known by the pen name Saki.
British writer.
Also wrote plays and novels.

5. THE STORY TELLER
This story take place in a Railway carriage.
There are five characters in this story – An Aunt, a small girl,
a smaller girl, a small boy and a stranger (The story teller)
The aunt said ordinary story to the children. So they never
interested in her stories.
For making the children alternative, the stranger said a story
about a girl named Bertha. It was an extraordinary story.

6. Bertha is a small girl, who always wore three medals of
goodness. But she has no interaction with the ordinary
people.
But at the end a wolf killed her. Her medals never help
her for escaping from the danger.
The story realizes the concept of universal brotherhood.
Creates awareness on social responsibility among
children.

7. VOCABULARY
Scultry - whether that is unpleasantly hot with no
wind.
E.g.: On a scultry day, people usually sweat a lot.
Persistent - continuing to do something although it is
difficult.
E.g.: Indians have always resisted the persistent attack
of Pakistan.

8. QUESTONS
What is the title of the story?
Who is the author?
Who are the characters of the story?
How did they travel?
ACTIVITY 1
Write down some of your immediate relations, and
defined them.
E.g.: Aunt- Mother’s or Father’s sister.

9. ACTIVITY 2
Disclosure
In paragraph 4, we hear the aunt saying the bachelor is a
hard, unsympathetic man. It means he is not sympathetic.
Similarly, if a man is not happy- he is an unhappy man. From
this we find the antonym of a word(a word with opposite
meaning) can be formed by adding “un” before it. Find out the
similar words from the passage.
Kind- Unkind
Happy- Unhappy

10. ASSIGNMENT
Write a conversation between Cyril and his
aunt.

11. THANK YOU