CBSE Class 8 · English · It So Happened
The Open Window
Chapter summary, hard words and model exam answers for Class 8 English.
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About the author
Saki (H.H. Munro, 1870–1916) was a witty British short-story writer. Vera, a self-possessed girl, terrifies Framton Nuttel with a fabricated ghost story.
Summary
Framton Nuttel came to the country for nerve cure with letters of introduction.
Framton Nuttel came to the country for nerve cure with letters of introduction.
Mrs Sappleton's niece Vera, fifteen, kept him company.
Mrs Sappleton's niece Vera, fifteen, kept him company.
French window stood open toward the lawn - Vera pointed to it.
French window stood open toward the lawn - Vera pointed to it.
She said Mrs Sappleton's husband and brothers died in a bog three years ago.
She said Mrs Sappleton's husband and brothers died in a bog three years ago.
Aunt daily waits for their return through the window - Vera's trap.
Aunt daily waits for their return through the window - Vera's trap.
Figures with gun and white coat approached; Nuttel thought them ghosts.
Figures with gun and white coat approached; Nuttel thought them ghosts.
Nuttel ran out in terror; Vera invented another story about his fear of dogs.
Nuttel ran out in terror; Vera invented another story about his fear of dogs.
Hard words & meanings
| self-possessed | calm and confident |
| protagonist | main character |
| narrator | person telling the story |
| conflict | struggle or problem |
| climax | most exciting point |
| theme | main message |
| Framton | see chapter context |
| country | see chapter context |
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