2. Prepared by : 10 th class Students (Ram dyal, Ruksana, Gurpreet Kaur, Harinder Singh) Guided by : Sukhdev Singh Designation : SS Master Phone : 9872968533 Govt High School, Jhuner (Sangrur) The Grief (Anton Pavlovich Chekhov) Anton Pavlovich

3. The Grief Govt. High School, Jhuner The Grief’ is a deeply moving story. It is about a cab driver Iona whose son has recently died. His heart is full of grief. He wants to lighten his heart by telling his tale of grief to someone. ieh ie`k fUMGy qOr qy ipGlwaux vwlI khwxI hY[ieh ie`k b`GI cwlk, AwEnw dI khwxI hY ijsdy pu`qr dI huxy-huxy mOq hoeI hY[ausdw idl du`K nwL BirAw hoieAw hY[ auh iksy nUM Awpxy du`K dI khwxI suxwky Awpxy idl dw boJ hlkw krnw cwhuMdw hY[

4. The Grief Govt. High School, Jhuner He stands still near his cab on a snowy evening. He waits for a passenger whom he can tell his tale. auh ie`k brPwnI Swm dy smyN cup-cwp AwpxI b`GI dy kol KVHw hY[auh iksy XwqrI dw ieMqzwr kr irhw hY,ijsnUM auh AwpxI khwxI suxw sky[

5. The Grief Govt. High School, Jhuner A passenger comes. He asks Iona to take him to viborg. Iona pulls the reins of the horse and the cab moves. He tries to tell his tale to the passenger who is an officer. The officer is not interested in his story. ie`k XwqrI AwauNdw hY[auh AwEnw nUM ivborg lY jwx leI kihMdw hY[AwEnw GoVy dI lgwm iK`cdw hY Aqy b`GI c`l pYNdI hY[XwqrI joik ie`k A&sr hY,ausnUM AwEnw AwpxI khwxI suxwaux dw Xqn krdw hY[A&sr dI aus khwxI iv`c idlcspI nhIN hY[

6. The Grief Govt. High School, Jhuner When the cab reaches viborg, the officer leaves. Iona waits near an inn for an hour. Three passengers come to him. They ask him to take them to the Police Bridge. jd b`GI ivborg phuMcdI hY qW A&sr clw jWdw hY[AwEnw ie`k srW dy bwhr ie`k GMty q`k ieMqzwr krdw hY[iqMn XwqrI ausdy kol AwaNdy hn[auh ausnUM puils bir`j qy iljwx leI kihMdy hn[

7. The Grief Govt. High School, Jhuner He tries to tell his story to him but soon finds him asleep. At last, he realises that nobody is prepared to show any sympathy to him or even to listen to him. He comes to the conclusion that it is useless to turn to people for help. auh ausnUM AwpxI khwxI suxwaux dI koiSS krdw hY prMqU jldI hI ausnUM su`qw hoieAw pwauNdw hY[AMq iv`c ausnuM mihsUs ho jWdw hY ik koeI vI aus nwL hmdrdI krn qW dUr ausdI g`l suxn nUM vI iqAwr nhIN hY[

8. The Grief Govt. High School, Jhuner At last, he tells the story of his grief to his horse, who seems to be listening to his master very attentively. Thus, Iona gets consolation from his horse. AMq iv`c auh Awpxy du`K dI khwxI Awpxy GoVy nUM suxwauNdw hY, jo ik Awpxy mwilk nUM iDAwnpUrvk suxdw pRqIq huMdw hY[ ies pRkwr AwEnw nUM Awpxy GoVy qoN idlwsw pRwpq huMdw hY[

9. Questions / Answers

10. Q-1: Why does the cab driver Iona Potapov look quite white? Ans:-It is a snowy evening. Lona is covered all over with snow. He looks quite like a white ghost.

11. Q-2 Who is the first passenger and where does he want to go? Ans:- The first passenger is an officer. He wants to go Viborg.

12. Q-3: Who has died? Ans:- Iona ‘s only son has died.

13. Q-4: What does lona want to talk about and why? Ans:- Lona’s only son has died. His heart is full of grief. He wants to lighten his grief by talking about it to someone.

14. Q5-Who are the next passengers? Ans-The next passengers are three young men. Two of them are tall while the third one is short and humpbacked.

15. Q6 - Now I have only a wife and the moist ground.’ What does ‘moist ground’ refer to? Ans-The’moist ground’ refers to the grave of Iona’s son, who has died recently.

16. Q-7 Why did potapov look like a phantom? Ans: It was snowing and potapov was all covered with snow. That was why he looked like a white phantom.

17. Q-8: Why did people not listen to lona? Ans. Everyone was busy with his own thoughts. Nobody bothered to listen to poor lona’s story of grief.

18. Word Meanings Twilight - Gusmsw Twirl - c`kr Kwxw Fare - svwrI Mist - kohrw Nod - isr ihlwaux dI ikirAw Assent - hW kihxw Swear - ApSbd suxwauxw Furiously - byh`d gu`sy nwl

19. Word-meanings Twists - iskoVdw hY Hoarsely - BwrI PtI hoeI Avwj iv`c Bad grace- AiSSt mudrw Smacks - ctwk dI Awvwz pYdw krdw hY[ Rouble kopeks - rUsI mudrwvW dy nW Twanging - n`k qo Awvwz k`Fdy hoey

20. Bibliography A Text Book of English of class 10’th www.google.com

21. Thanks