Iswaran the storyteller chapter-3 class – summary
Iswaran the storyteller
Mahendra a bachelor was a junior supervisor in a firm, his job was to keep an eye on the activities at the construction sites he had to keep moving from place to place but he adjusted himself to all conditions, his cook, Iswaran followed him everywhere Iswaran did all the household chores and chatted with him at night, he weaved endless stories and anecdotes on varied subjects he was greatly influenced by Tamil authors, Everyday Iswaran recounted some story packed with adventure horror and suspense and mahendra enjoyed listening to it Iswaran recounted the incident of the up rooted tree and the tusker who had gone mad in suspense, one day Iswaran narrated story of the ghost of a woman, holding a foetus in its arms, seen around on a full moon night Mahendra interrupted and said that there was no ghosts or spirits he explained that it was only a figment of Imagination and nothing else, On a full moon night Mahendra heard some sound near his window he saw a dark cloudy figure holding a bundle Mahendra was terror stricken, he could not sleep properly the next day Mahendra resolved to leave the haunted place,