In this story a bicycle in good repair the author’s friend suggested a bike ride for the next day. The author arrived at his selected location thirty minutes early and waited in the garden. His friend asked about his bike and then proceeded to shake it by holding the front wheel and fork. Ultimately, while the author was searching for a hammer , his partner removed the bike’s front wheel.
The author insisted on reassembling the bike’s numerous components, but his friend was more interested in studying the front wheel. He unscrewed something, allowing around a dozen ball bearings to spill out. His companion emphasized the need of collecting all of them to assure the bike’s complete restoration. The author managed to collect about sixteen of them and store them in his hat. Now, the author’s friend started dismantling the gear case. Despite the author’s warning against meddling with it, his friend said that removing the gear-case was simple.
The author saw his friend dismantle his once-pristine bicycle with ease, but also with dread. The bike, which had previously been in perfect shape, now was separated in several pieces. The author felt a twinge of doubt, knowing he was not the type to cause harm to people. However, he couldn’t stand by as his friend proceeded to cause havoc. He decided to intervene after noticing that the chain had been tightened to the point of immobilization. He carefully loosened it, making it twice as loose as before.
The difficult task of collecting the scattered parts began. With his friend satisfied with his own skills, he decided to restore the bike to its original condition. It turned out to be a lengthy and difficult process. It became clear that the person he knew missed experience and expertise in bicycle repair. After hours of difficulty, his friend was able to repair the bicycle. The author led him to the back kitchen, where his friend had cleaned himself up before being sent home.
Fire and Ice summary in Hindi
নাটখনৰ কাহিনীভাগ বিংশ শতিকাৰ। নাটকখনৰ সকলো চৰিত্ৰই কাল্পনিক চৰিত্ৰ আৰু ইয়াৰ অদ্ভুত নাম আছে যেনে শক্তিশালী ছিফ থিংক টেংক, নুডল, কেপ্তেইন ওমেগা, লেফটেনেণ্ট আইঅ’টা, চাৰ্জেণ্ট উপ আদি।যিসকলে নিজকে সিদ্ধান্ত লোৱা সকলো মংগল গ্ৰহৰ লোকৰ ভিতৰত আটাইতকৈ বুদ্ধিমান বুলি ভাবে নিজৰ দলৰ সৈতে পৃথিৱীলৈ যাবলৈ। তেওঁ সদায় ভাবে যে তেওঁৰ মূৰটো ডাঙৰ আছিল বাবেই তেওঁ আটাইতকৈ বুদ্ধিমান আৰু তাৰ বাবে সদায় প্ৰশংসা পাবলৈ ভাল পায়।
তেওঁলোকে জানিব বিচাৰে যে পৃথিৱীৰ মানুহ (তেওঁলোকে পৃথিৱীৰ মানুহ বুলি কয়) কেনেকৈ জীয়াই থাকে। পৰৱৰ্তী দৃশ্যত তেওঁলোক সকলোৱে কিতাপেৰে ভৰা পুথিভঁৰাল এটাত উপস্থিত আছিল। কিন্তু তেওঁলোক সকলোৱে ঠাইখন বুজিব পৰা নাছিল। তাৰ পিছত শক্তিশালী থিংক-টেংকে বুদ্ধিমত্তা দেখুৱাবলৈ চেষ্টা কৰে আৰু তেওঁৰ ক্ৰুক কয় যে বস্তুটো এটা চেণ্ডুইচ। পৃথিৱীৰ ব্যক্তিজনে যেনেকৈ বহুত খায় গতিকে তেওঁলোকে নিশ্চয় ইয়াত জমা কৰি ৰাখিছে।
তাৰ পিছত ক্ৰুৰ এজন চাৰ্জেণ্ট উপে আনকি কিতাপ এখনৰ চুকটো খাই থিংক-টেংকৰ মতামত নিশ্চিত কৰে। কিন্তু তেওঁৰ সোৱাদ ভাল নালাগিল আৰু তেওঁলোকে এই সিদ্ধান্তত উপনীত হ’ল যে এইটো খাদ্যৰ বাহিৰে আন কিবা হ’ব পাৰে। কিছু সময়ৰ পিছত নুডলে থিংক-টেংকক পৰামৰ্শ দিয়ে যে হয়তো ইয়াক কাণৰ সৈতে যোগাযোগৰ বাবে ব্যৱহাৰ কৰা হয়। কিছু সময়ৰ পাছত নুডলে আকৌ থিংক-টেংকক পৰামৰ্শ দিয়ে যে হয়তো চকুৰ যোগাযোগৰ বাবে।
সকলো ক্ৰু মেম্বাৰে কিতাপখন খুলি পঢ়িবলৈ ধৰিলে। মাদাৰ গুজ নামৰ ছন্দৰ কিতাপ এখন আছিল। কিন্তু তেওঁলোকে কিতাপখন বুজিবলৈ অক্ষম। গতিকে এই নুডলে থিংক-টেংকক সুধিছে যে ৰাসায়নিক বিভাগে তেওঁলোকক বুদ্ধিমত্তা বৃদ্ধি কৰিবলৈ ভিটামিনৰ বড়ি দিছে, আৰু তেওঁলোকে সকলোৱে ইয়াক খাই তাৰ পিছত চেণ্ডুইচবোৰ পঢ়িব লাগে। উপে নাৰ্চাৰী ৰাইমৰ কিতাপখন পঢ়িবলৈ আৰম্ভ কৰাৰ লগে লগে তেওঁলোকে ছন্দৰ আক্ষৰিক অৰ্থ লয় আৰু অসুবিধা অনুভৱ কৰে।
থিংক টেংকে তেওঁৰ মংগল গ্ৰহৰ দলটোক ফোন কৰি কয় যে তেওঁলোকে পৃথিৱীৰ মানুহৰ বিষয়ে কিছু তথ্য সংগ্ৰহ কৰিছে, আৰু তেওঁলোকে আক্ৰমণৰ ধাৰণাটো পিছুৱাই দিয়া উচিত। উপ সকলে হাম্পটি ডাম্প্টিৰ ছন্দটো পঢ়িলে, আৰু তেওঁলোকে সকলোৱে থিংক টেংকৰ দৰে দেখা হাম্পটিৰ ছবিখন দেখিলে।
থিংক টেংকে এটা অনুমান উলিয়াইছিল যে পৃথিৱীবাসীয়ে তেওঁক চিনাক্ত কৰিছে আৰু অতি সোনকালে তেওঁক হত্যা কৰিব। গতিকে, তেওঁ নিজৰ দলটোক তাৰ পৰা লগে লগে দৌৰিবলৈ ক’লে আৰু এইদৰে ছন্দৰ ধূলিময় কিতাপ এখনে আমাক মংগল গ্ৰহৰ আক্ৰমণৰ পৰা ৰক্ষা কৰিলে। নাটকৰ নৈতিকতা হ’ল আধা খোৱা জ্ঞান সদায় বিপদজনক।
लेखक के मित्र ने अगले दिन के लिए बाइक की सवारी का सुझाव दिया। लेखक अपने चयनित स्थान पर तीस मिनट पहले पहुंच गया और बगीचे में इंतजार करने लगा। उसके दोस्त ने उसकी बाइक के बारे में पूछा और फिर अगला पहिया और कांटा पकड़कर उसे हिलाने लगा। अंततः, जब लेखक हथौड़े की तलाश कर रहा था, उसके साथी ने बाइक का अगला पहिया हटा दिया। लेखक ने बाइक के कई घटकों को फिर से जोड़ने पर जोर दिया, लेकिन उसके दोस्त को आगे के पहिये का अध्ययन करने में अधिक रुचि थी। उसने कुछ खोल दिया, जिससे लगभग एक दर्जन बॉल बेयरिंग बाहर गिर गईं। उनके साथी ने बाइक की पूर्ण बहाली सुनिश्चित करने के लिए उन सभी को इकट्ठा करने की आवश्यकता पर जोर दिया। लेखक उनमें से लगभग सोलह को इकट्ठा करने और उन्हें अपनी टोपी में संग्रहीत करने में कामयाब रहा। अब, लेखक के मित्र ने गियर केस को तोड़ना शुरू कर दिया। इसमें हस्तक्षेप न करने की लेखक की चेतावनी के बावजूद, उसके मित्र ने कहा कि गियर-केस को हटाना आसान था। लेखक ने अपने मित्र को अपनी पुरानी साइकिल को आसानी से तोड़ते हुए देखा, लेकिन साथ ही डर के साथ भी। बाइक, जो पहले बिल्कुल सही हालत में थी, अब कई टुकड़ों में बंट गई थी। लेखक को यह जानकर संदेह हुआ कि वह लोगों को नुकसान पहुँचाने वाला व्यक्ति नहीं है। हालाँकि, जब उसका दोस्त तबाही मचाने लगा तो वह खड़ा नहीं रह सका। उन्होंने यह देखने के बाद हस्तक्षेप करने का निर्णय लिया कि श्रृंखला स्थिरीकरण के बिंदु तक कड़ी कर दी गई थी। उसने सावधानी से उसे ढीला कर दिया, जिससे वह पहले से दोगुना ढीला हो गया। बिखरे हुए हिस्सों को इकट्ठा करने का कठिन कार्य शुरू हुआ। अपने दोस्त के कौशल से संतुष्ट होने के बाद, उसने बाइक को उसकी मूल स्थिति में बहाल करने का फैसला किया। यह एक लंबी और कठिन प्रक्रिया साबित हुई। यह स्पष्ट हो गया कि जिस व्यक्ति को वह जानता था वह साइकिल मरम्मत में अनुभव और विशेषज्ञता से चूक गया। घंटों की मशक्कत के बाद उसका दोस्त साइकिल की मरम्मत कर सका। लेखक उसे पिछली रसोई में ले गया, जहाँ उसके दोस्त ने घर भेजे जाने से पहले खुद को साफ़ किया था।
Fire and Ice summary in Assamese
লেখকৰ বন্ধুৱে পিছদিনাখনৰ বাবে বাইক চলাবলৈ পৰামৰ্শ দিলে। লেখকে ত্ৰিশ মিনিট আগতে নিজৰ নিৰ্বাচিত স্থানত উপস্থিত হৈ বাৰীত ৰৈ থাকিল। বন্ধুৱে তেওঁৰ বাইকখনৰ কথা সুধিলে আৰু তাৰ পিছত আগৰ চকা আৰু কাঁটাচামুচখন ধৰি জোকাৰিবলৈ আগবাঢ়িল। শেষত লেখকে হাতুৰী বিচাৰি থাকোঁতে তেওঁৰ সংগীয়ে বাইকৰ সন্মুখৰ চকাটো আঁতৰাই পেলালে।
লেখকে বাইকখনৰ অসংখ্য উপাদান পুনৰ সংযোগ কৰিবলৈ জোৰ দিছিল যদিও তেওঁৰ বন্ধুৱে সন্মুখৰ চকাটো অধ্যয়ন কৰিবলৈ অধিক আগ্ৰহী আছিল। তেওঁ কিবা এটা খুলিলে, যাৰ ফলত প্ৰায় ডজনমান বল বেয়াৰিং ওলাই আহিল। তেওঁৰ সংগীয়ে বাইকখনৰ সম্পূৰ্ণ পুনৰুদ্ধাৰ নিশ্চিত কৰিবলৈ সকলোবোৰ সংগ্ৰহ কৰাৰ প্ৰয়োজনীয়তাৰ ওপৰত গুৰুত্ব আৰোপ কৰিছিল। লেখকে তাৰে প্ৰায় ষোল্লটা সংগ্ৰহ কৰি নিজৰ টুপীত জমা কৰিবলৈ সক্ষম হয়। এতিয়া লেখকৰ বন্ধুৱে গিয়াৰ কেছটো ভাঙিবলৈ আৰম্ভ কৰিলে। লেখকে ইয়াৰ লগত হস্তক্ষেপ নকৰিবলৈ সকীয়াই দিয়াৰ পিছতো তেওঁৰ বন্ধুৱে কৈছিল যে গিয়াৰ-কেছটো আঁতৰোৱাটো সহজ।
লেখকে তেওঁৰ বন্ধুৱে তেওঁৰ এসময়ৰ অতীতৰ চাইকেলখন সহজেই ভাঙি পেলোৱা দেখিছিল, কিন্তু ভয়তেও। পূৰ্বে নিখুঁত ৰূপত থকা বাইকখন এতিয়া কেইবাটাও টুকুৰাত পৃথক কৰা হৈছে। লেখকে মানুহৰ ক্ষতি কৰিব পৰা ধৰণৰ নহয় বুলি জানিও সন্দেহৰ টুকুৰা এটা অনুভৱ কৰিলে। অৱশ্যে বন্ধুজনে বিধ্বংসী ৰূপ ধাৰণ কৰিবলৈ আগবাঢ়ি যোৱাৰ বাবে সি কাষত থিয় দিব নোৱাৰিলে। শিকলিডাল স্থবিৰ কৰি ৰখাৰ পৰ্যন্ত টান কৰা লক্ষ্য কৰি তেওঁ হস্তক্ষেপ কৰাৰ সিদ্ধান্ত লয়। সি সাৱধানে ঢিলা কৰি দিলে, আগৰ তুলনাত দুগুণ ঢিলা কৰি দিলে।
সিঁচৰতি হৈ থকা অংশবোৰ সংগ্ৰহ কৰাৰ কঠিন কাম আৰম্ভ হ’ল। বন্ধুজনে নিজৰ দক্ষতাত সন্তুষ্ট হৈ তেওঁ বাইকখনক পুনৰ আগৰ অৱস্থালৈ ঘূৰাই অনাৰ সিদ্ধান্ত ল’লে। ই এক দীঘলীয়া আৰু কঠিন প্ৰক্ৰিয়া বুলি প্ৰমাণিত হ’ল। স্পষ্ট হৈ পৰিল যে তেওঁৰ চিনাকি ব্যক্তিজনে চাইকেল মেৰামতিৰ অভিজ্ঞতা আৰু বিশেষজ্ঞতা হেৰুৱাই পেলাইছিল। ঘণ্টাৰ পিছত ঘণ্টা কষ্টৰ অন্তত বন্ধুৱে চাইকেলখন মেৰামতি কৰিবলৈ সক্ষম হ’ল। লেখকে তেওঁক পিছফালৰ পাকঘৰলৈ লৈ গ’ল, য’ত বন্ধুজনে ঘৰলৈ পঠোৱাৰ আগতে নিজকে চাফা কৰি লৈছিল।
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A Bicycle in Good question and answers
Question1: Did the front wheel wobble? What is your opinion? Give a reason for your answer.
Answer: No, the front wheel didn’t wobble. The Author was already using it and was satisfied with it. Even the friend thought it was a good-looking gadget.
Question2: In what condition did the Author find the bicycle when he returned from the tool shed?
Answer: When the author returned from the tool shed, his friend had removed the front wheel and sat on the ground with it between his legs.
Question3: “Nothing is easier than taking off the gear case.” Comment on or continue this sentence in the light of actually what happens.
Answer: As he correctly pointed out, removing the gear case is easier than properly reinstalling it.
Question4: What special treatment did the chain receive?
Answer: First, the chain was tightened further. It would not move, and later it was loosened even more than before.
Question5: The friend has two qualities – he knows what he is doing, and he is sure that it is good. Find the two phrases in the text which mean the same.
Answer: “Cheery confidence” and “inexplicable hopefulness.”
Question6: Describe ‘the fight’ between the man and the machine. Please find the relevant sentences in the text and write them.
Answer: “Then he lost his cool and tried to bully the beast. The bicycle exemplified the spirit. The bicycle would be on the gravel path one second and then he would be on top of it the next. Next, the position would be reversed.”
A Bicycle in Good repair MCQ
- What did the man propose one evening?
- a) Play a game
- b) Go for a bicycle ride
- c) Have dinner together
- d) Watch a movie
Correct Answer: b) Go for a bicycle ride
- How did the narrator feel when waiting for the man in the garden?
- a) Annoyed
- b) Excited
- c) Pleased with himself
- d) Indifferent
Correct Answer: c) Pleased with himself
- What did the man say about the narrator’s bicycle?
- a) It’s ugly
- b) It’s old
- c) It’s good-looking
- d) It’s broken
Correct Answer: c) It’s good-looking
- What did the man do to the front wheel of the bicycle?
- a) Tightened it
- b) Shook it violently
- c) Checked the brakes
- d) Polished it
Correct Answer: b) Shook it violently
- How did the narrator feel about the man shaking the bicycle?
- a) Annoyed
- b) Pleased
- c) Amused
- d) Indifferent
Correct Answer: a) Annoyed
- What did the man suggest was wrong with the bicycle?
- a) Wobbly handlebars
- b) Loose chain
- c) Broken seat
- d) Flat tire
Correct Answer: b) Loose chain
- What advice did the narrator’s experienced friend give about the gear-case?
- a) Fix it immediately
- b) Sell the machine and buy a new one
- c) Ignore it
- d) Tighten the screws
Correct Answer: b) Sell the machine and buy a new one
- Why did the narrator let the man continue despite common sense telling him to stop?
- a) Weakness in hurting feelings
- b) Fear of the man
- c) Laziness
- d) Trust in the man’s expertise
Correct Answer: a) Weakness in hurting feelings
- What did the man discover after fitting the front wheel back into position?
- a) Loose chain
- b) Missing screws
- c) Wobbling handlebars
- d) Forgotten balls
Correct Answer: d) Forgotten balls
- Where did the narrator put the balls for safety?
- a) In the pocket
- b) In the tool shed
- c) In the hat
- d) In the garden
Correct Answer: c) In the hat
- What did the man say about the screws disappearing?
- a) It’s a mystery
- b) They were stolen
- c) They were never there
- d) They are hiding
Correct Answer: a) It’s a mystery
- How did the man suggest fixing the missing balls issue?
- a) Buy new ones
- b) Use marbles
- c) Trust to providence
- d) Forget about it
Correct Answer: c) Trust to providence
- What did the man say after fixing the balls issue?
- a) It’s perfect now
- b) It will do for the present
- c) It’s a disaster
- d) Throw it away
Correct Answer: b) It will do for the present
- How did the man attempt to fix the gear-case?
- a) From the off side
- b) From the on side
- c) Lying on the ground
- d) All of the above
Correct Answer: d) All of the above
- How did the bicycle show spirit during the proceedings?
- a) It resisted the man’s attempts
- b) It laughed
- c) It stayed still
- d) It apologized
Correct Answer: a) It resisted the man’s attempts
- What did the bicycle hit the man sharply over the head with?
- a) Handlebars
- b) Pedal
- c) Gear-case
- d) Chain
Correct Answer: a) Handlebars
- What time did the man decide to stop the proceedings?
- a) Noon
- b) Midnight
- c) Quarter to one
- d) Three o’clock
Correct Answer: c) Quarter to one
- How did the man look at the end of the proceedings?
- a) Clean and well-dressed
- b) Cut and bleeding
- c) Smiling and happy
- d) Angry and frustrated
Correct Answer: b) Cut and bleeding
- Where did the narrator take the man after the proceedings?
- a) To the hospital
- b) To a restaurant
- c) To the back kitchen
- d) To the tool shed
Correct Answer: c) To the back kitchen
- How did the bicycle appear at the end of the story?
- a) Perfectly fine
- b) Broken and damaged
- c) Ready for another ride
- d) Fed up and tired
Correct Answer: b) Broken and damaged
- How did the man clean himself after the proceedings?
- a) Took a shower
- b) Used a towel
- c) Wiped his brow
- d) Used a vacuum cleaner
Correct Answer: c) Wiped his brow
- What was the man’s disposition throughout the story?
- a) Angry
- b) Cheerful
- c) Sad
- d) Annoyed
Correct Answer: b) Cheerful
- Why did the man slide over on to his head during the proceedings?
- a) Lost balance
- b) Bicycle pushed him
- c) Intentional move
- d) Fainted
Correct Answer: a) Lost balance
- What did the bicycle look like at the end of the story?
- a) Perfectly repaired
- b) Clean and polished
- c) In good repair
- d) As if it had enough
Correct Answer: d) As if it had enough
- What did the man say about the bicycle’s spirit during the proceedings?
- a) It was cooperative
- b) It showed no spirit
- c) It was stubborn
- d) It had a good sense of humor
Correct Answer: a) It was cooperative
- What did the man lose during the proceedings?
- a) Hat
- b) Temper
- c) Bicycle
- d) Screws
Correct Answer: b) Temper
- What was the man’s initial reaction after fixing the gear-case?
- a) Laughing
- b) Crying
- c) Celebrating
- d) Apologizing
Correct Answer: a) Laughing
- Why did the man say the bicycle hit him sharply over the head?
- a) It was annoyed
- b) It had a mind of its own
- c) It was revenge
- d) It was part of the fight
Correct Answer: b) It had a mind of its own
- What did the man use to wipe his brow at the end?
- a) Towel
- b) Sleeve
- c) Handkerchief
- d) Bicycle chain
Correct Answer: c) Handkerchief
- How did the narrator feel about the man at the end of the story?
- a) Respected him
- b) Hated him
- c) Ignored him
- d) Fired him
Correct Answer: a) Respected him
- What did the man suggest about the missing screws?
- a) Buy new ones
- b) Forget about it
- c) Keep looking
- d) Ask a professional
Correct Answer: c) Keep looking
- How did the man handle the bicycle while working on the gear-case from below?
- a) Held it upright
- b) Turned it upside down
- c) Laid it flat
- d) Balanced it on his head
Correct Answer: c) Laid it flat
- What was the man’s reaction when the bicycle hit him sharply over the head?
- a) Laughing
- b) Crying
- c) Angry
- d) Unfazed
Correct Answer: c) Angry
- How did the bicycle respond during the rough-and-tumble fight?
- a) Fought back
- b) Stayed still
- c) Apologized
- d) Broke into pieces
Correct Answer: a) Fought back
- What did the narrator send the man home to do?
- a) Rest
- b) Fix the bicycle
- c) Clean up
- d) Apologize
Correct Answer: c) Clean up
- What did the man say about fixing the chain?
- a) Tightened it perfectly
- b) Loosened it too much
- c) Broke it
- d) Ignored it
Correct Answer: b) Loosened it too much
- How did the man work on the gear-case from the on side?
- a) Standing
- b) Sitting
- c) Lying on the ground
- d) Hanging from a tree
Correct Answer: a) Standing
- What did the man say about the bicycle looking like it had enough at the end?
- a) It needed rest
- b) It was bored
- c) It was fed up and tired
- d) It was in perfect condition
Correct Answer: c) It was fed up and tired
- What did the man lose during the groveling for the missing balls?
- a) Hat
- b) Temper
- c) Screws
- d) Balance
Correct Answer: a) Hat
- What did the narrator think about the man’s inexplicable hopefulness?
- a) It was irritating
- b) It did him good
- c) It was unnecessary
- d) It was foolish
Correct Answer: b) It did him good
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