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Attentive, , , , , , , , Oh!, Congratulations !, Well done!, , Warming, up!, , Enthusiastic, , 3.2 The Welcome, , Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore was a great, writer, musician and thinker. He is known for his, songs, poems, novels, short stories, plays, etc., , ‘The Welcome’ is a funny one-act play, in, which a young man wants to tell the people in his, village that he has passed M.A. But everybody, talks to him about his cat! Have you ever had such, an experience?, , Read aloud the central statement and the responses in A and B., , (A), , Sarcastic, , Indifferent, Our team, has won, the match!, , Neutral, , , , (R), , 61
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(B), , Enthusiastic Sarcastic, , , , , , , Indifferent, Raju has, lost his, wallet., , Attentive, , , , Neutral, , , , Now you have five conversations each for both ‘A’ and ‘B’. Play a guessing, game using these conversations. Different pairs of students should present these, different conversations in the class. Others rate the response in each conversation, using the following table, by putting a tick mark (“) in the appropriate box., , Words, , Gestures, , Tone, , , , , , See that all types of response are presented in the activity., , 62
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Scene I, , (A village road. Chaturbhuj Babu has come back to the village after passing his MA, examinations, hoping that everyone will make a great fuss over him. There is a plump, Afghan cat with him. Enter Nilratan.), , Nilratan, Chaturbhuj, Nilratan, , Chaturbhuj, , Nilratan, , Chaturbhuj, , Nilratan, , Chaturbhuj, , Nilratan, Chaturbhuj, , Hello there, Chatur Babu. When did you arrive ?, , Directly after the MA exams were over. I —, , Ah, you’ve got a fine, cat there!, , This year the exams, were very —, , Tell me, where did, you find that cat?, , Bought it. The, subjects I’d offered —, , How much did you, pay for it?, , I don’t remember., Nilratan Babu, has, anybody passed, any exams in our, village ?, , , , Oh, lots of them. But you won’t see a cat like that in these parts., , (to himself) Confound him, he can’t talk about anything but the, cat! It doesn’t seem to matter that I’ve just passed my MA!, , (Enter the Zamindar.), , e make a great fuss over him :, , give him a lot of respect, praise, attention, , e plump: fat, , e Confound him : Words used to show, , anger., , Listen and answer :, ~ Where does this scene take place?, , © What examination has Chaturbhuj, passed ?, , ~ What does Chaturbhuj have with him?, , nop ee, Aa, gst. gO, MO ene, , 63, , Zamindar : Ah, Chaturbhuj — what have you been doing in Calcutta all, this time?, , ciel ae a ‘a —, , oa: en .- * a moe A
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Zamindar, , Chaturbhuj, , Zamindar, , Chaturbhuj, , Zamindar, , Satu, Chaturbhuj, Satu, Chaturbhuj, Satu, Chaturbhuj, Satu, , e drop by my place : visit my house, , Ah, Chaturbhuj — what have you been doing in Calcutta all, this time?, , I’ve just finished my MA, sir., , Oh, this cat of yours is a stunner, I must say. Why don’t you, drop by my place with your cat some time this evening? The, boys would be delighted., , Of course —I quite understand. They haven’t seen me for a long, time., , Yes, I suppose so ... but what I mean is, even if you can’t come, yourself, send Beni round with the cat —I want the boys to see, it. (Exit Zamindar), , (Enter Uncle Satu.), , How are you, my boy? Been away a long time, haven’t you’?, That’s right. There were so many examinations —, , This cat of yours —, , (furiously) I’m going home. (About to leave—), , Hey, wait a minute —this cat —, , No, Sir, I’ve got work to do., , Oh come on, now, answer a civil question. This cat —, (Chaturbhuj strides away without another word.), , Just look at that. It’s education that’s ruining these, young people. We know what they’re worth, but they’re, stuffed full of conceit!, , Think and answer :, , e furiously : angrily © Who is Beni?, , e stunner : very beautiful © Do you think Uncle Satu is, , e delighted : very happy, , highly educated ?, , e We know what they are worth : ~ What is the meaning of, , We know that they don’t have merit, , “strides away’?, , or good qualities., , e acivil question : a polite question, , e stuffed full of conceit : very very proud of oneself, , mgd, , 64, , —————— aaa —— ee ie. = SS Sa . sagen, — a tugs E, , A ei |
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Scene II, (Inside Chaturbhuj’s house.), , Maid : Mother, Dada Babu has come home in a blazing temper., Mother : Why, what’s the matter?, , Maid : I don’t know. (Enter Chaturbhuj.), , Little Boy : Dada, can I have this cat?, , Chaturbhuj : (slaps him hard.) Cat, cat, cat the whole day long, is it?, , Mother : No wonder the poor boy’s angry! He comes home after, such a long time and these brats start annoying him at once., (To Chaturbhuj) Let me have the cat, son. I'll give it some rice, and milk that I’ve put by., , , , Chaturbhuj : (furiously) Here, mother, you can have the cat and feed it all, you want. I shan’t stop to eat — I’m leaving at once., , Mother : (plaintively) What makes you say such a thing? — Your meal’s, ready and waiting, dear. You can sit down to it as soon as, you’ve had your bath!, , e ina blazing temper : very angry Think and answer :, e brats : naughty kids ~ Who is Dada Babu?, e plaintively : in a sad, complaining way ~ Why does Chaturbhuj get angry, , with his mother?, , tt, 65, , ‘haturbhuj : No, I’m leaving. You’re all crazy about cats in these parts. No, One cares for men of worth (Kicks out at the cat.)
