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abused. He wants to be a perfect nuisance and make people mad. If
things are thrown at his head, he feels his day has not been
wasted. To get somebody to stumble over him, and curse him
steadily for an hour is his highest aim and object. He came and sat
on things, just when they were going to be packed. He put his leg
into the jam and worried the teaspoons and pretended that lemons
were rats and got into the hamper and killed three of them.

It is the natural, original sin that is born in him that makes him do
things like that.

III. Discuss in groups and answer the following questions in two or
three paragraphs

Q1.Of the three, Jerome, George and Harris, who do you think is
the best or worst packer? Support your answer with details from
the text.

A. Of the three, Harris is the worst packer in this world. But none of
them is the perfect packer. All of them are confused and do not
know what is to be placed and where. So far as Jerome is
concerned he unpacked the bag to find his toothbrush in a boot. He
also packs his spectacles in the bag. Harris and George start their
work in a light hearted spirit. There are piles of plates, cups, kettles,
bottles, jars, pies, stoves, cakes and tomatoes. They break a cup.
Harris packs the strawberry jam on top of a tomato and squashes
it. They have to pick out the tomato with a teaspoon. George treads
on the butter. He gets it off from his slipper and puts it in the kettle.
He puts it down on a chair and Harris sits on it. It sticks to him and
then they look for it all over the room. In this way they created
chaos in the room.

Q 2.How did Montmorency „contribute‟ to the packing?

A. Montmorency‟s contribution to the packing cannot be forgotten.
His ambition in life was to disturb others and be abused by them.
He came and sat on things, just when they were going to be packed
and he put his leg into the jam. He disturbed everything. He
pretended the lemons to be rats and got into the hamper and killed

three of them.

Montmorency wanted to be a perfect nuisance and make people
mad. If things are thrown at his head, he feels his day has not been