Ch. 4 The Rattrap, # Class XII # CBSE # Core English # MCQ
Ch 4 The Rattrap Flamingo English By Selma Lagerlof NOTES · ‘The Rattrap’ is a story that underlies a belief that essential goodness in human beings can be aroused through sympathy, understanding and love. · Once a man went around selling small rattraps but he took to begging and thievery to keep his body and soul together. · One day he was struck with the idea – the whole world is a big rattrap and it offers riches as bait. · People let themselves be tempted to touch the bait then it closes in on them bringing an end to everything. · One dark evening the rattrap peddler sought shelter in an old crofter’s roadside cottage. · The old man gave him food, tobacco they enjoyed the card ...