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The Thief's Story

Madhya Pradesh Board · Class 10 · English

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1Who does 'I' refer to in this story?Show solution
The narrator says, "I was still a thief when I met Anil" and later gives his name as Hari Singh. So “I” refers to Hari Singh.

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2What is he "a fairly successful hand" at?Show solution
He says he was "an experienced and fairly successful hand" at stealing, so he is a thief.

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3What does he get from Anil in return for his work?Show solution
Anil tells him, "If you can cook, then may be I can feed you" and later lets him sleep on the balcony. So he gets food and a place to sleep in return for his work.

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4How does the thief think Anil will react to the theft?Show solution
Hari Singh believes Anil will not react with anger. He says Anil’s face would show "only a touch of sadness" — not for the loss of money, but for the loss of trust.

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5What does he say about the different reactions of people when they are robbed?Show solution
Hari Singh says he had studied men’s faces after thefts: the greedy man showed fear, the rich man showed anger, and the poor man showed acceptance. But he felt Anil would show sadness, because Anil would regret the loss of trust more than the loss of money.

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6Does Anil realise that he has been robbed?Show solution
No. The story says that when Hari Singh returned the money, "He knew. But neither his lips nor his eyes showed anything." So Anil understood what had happened, but he did not openly show it.

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Think about it

1What are Hari Singh's reactions to the prospect of receiving an education? Do they change over time? (*Hint:* Compare, for example, the thought: "I knew that once I could write like an educated man there would be no limit to what I could achieve" with these later thoughts: "Whole sentences, I knew, could one day bring me more than a few hundred rupees. It was a simple matter to steal — and sometimes just as simple to be caught. But to be a really big man, a clever and respected man, was something else.") What makes him return to Anil?
2Why does not Anil hand the thief over to the police? Do you think most people would have done so? In what ways is Anil different from such employers?

Talk about it

1Do you think people like Anil and Hari Singh are found only in fiction, or are there such people in real life?
2Do you think it a significant detail in the story that Anil is a struggling writer? Does this explain his behaviour in any way?
3Have you met anyone like Hari Singh? Can you think and imagine the circumstances that can turn a fifteen-year-old boy into a thief?
4Where is the story set? (You can get clues from the names of the persons and places mentioned in it.) Which language or languages are spoken in these places? Do you think the characters in the story spoke to each other in English?

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