Monday, December 27, 2010

Please summarize "Sredni Vashtar."

Hope this can help
you...



A sickly ten-year-old boy lives a
miserable life in the house of his domineering cousin guardian. However, He would not
live another 5 years of his life because he is sick. He creates a fantasy religious cult
in a garden shed, where his idols are a hen and a ferret. He is a lonely and imaginative
young boy. One day he bought a polecat-ferret and named it Sredni Vashtar. Conradin
lived with Mrs De Ropp, his guardian. She is the one who took care of Conradin and
responsible to serve shelter, food and clothes for
conradin.


Although they lived together, Mrs De Ropp
dislikes Conradin. She never shows her concern toward Conradin. In the story, Conradin
keeps two animals in backyard shed which is a hen and a ferret. But, Mrs. De Ropp
discovers the hen and told to Conradin that she has sold the hen to the butcher. When
his guardian gets rids rid of his hen, he prays to the ferret for revenge. Then,
Conradin turn his devotion to the Sredni Vashtar, a great ferret. It gives happiness to
Conradin although he is sick. Sredni Vashtar is like a god for
Conradin.


One day, Mrs. De Ropp realized that Conradin was
keeping something else from her in the shed where Sredni Vashtar stayed. She goes the
shed again. At last she finds Sredni Vashtar while Conradin prays to his god for the
safety of his ferret. She went there to check it but she was been bitten in the throat
by the ferret and died. Sredni Vashtar bite Mrs. De Ropp. The maid went to the shed and
shocked. She screamed out loud as she discovers the dead body of Mrs. De Ropp while
Conradin enjoys toast in the kitchen.

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