CLASS 11 Chapter 1 The summer of the beautiful light house
Aram, he said. I jumped out of bed and looked out of the window. I couldn’t believe what I saw. It wasn’t morning yet, but it was summer and with daybreak not many minutes around the corner of the world it was light enough for me to know I wasn’t dreaming.
| Word | Pronunciation (Hindi) | Hindi Meaning |
| Aram | आराम | आराम |
| said | सेड | कहा |
| jumped | जंप्ड | उछला |
| bed | बेड | बिस्तर |
| looked | लुक्ड | देखा |
| window | विंडो | खिड़की |
| couldn’t | कुडेंट | नहीं कर सका |
| believe | बिलीव | मानना |
| saw | सॉ | देखा |
| morning | मॉर्निंग | सुबह |
| summer | समर | गर्मी |
| daybreak | डेब्रेक | सवेरा |
| minutes | मिनट | मिनट |
| around | अराउंड | चारों ओर |
| corner | कॉर्नर | कोना |
| world | वर्ल्ड | दुनिया |
| light | लाइट | प्रकाश |
| enough | इनफ़ | पर्याप्त |
| dreaming | ड्रीमिंग | सपना |
My cousin Mourad was sitting on a beautiful white horse. I stuck my head out of the window and rubbed my eyes. Yes, he said in Armenian. It’s a horse. You’re not dreaming. Make it quick if you want to ride.
| Word | Pronunciation (Hindi) | Hindi Meaning |
| cousin | कज़िन | चचेरा/चचेरी/फुफेरी |
| Mourad | मूराद | निश्चय/मंगल की कामना |
| sitting | सिटिंग | बैठा हुआ |
| beautiful | ब्यूटिफ़ुल | सुंदर/सुंदरता पूर्ण |
| white | वाइट | सफेद |
| horse | हॉर्स | घोड़ा |
| stuck | स्टक | अटका हुआ |
| head | हेड | सिर |
| window | विंडो | खिड़की |
| rubbed | रब्ड | घिसा |
| eyes | आइज़ | आंखें |
| yes | येस | हाँ |
| Armenian | आर्मेनियन | आर्मेनियाई |
| it’s | इट्स | यह है |
| horse | हॉर्स | घोड़ा |
| you’re | यूर | तुम हो |
| not | नॉट | नहीं |
| dreaming | ड्रीमिंग | सपना |
| make | मेक | बनाना |
| it | इट | यह |
| quick | क्विक | जल्दी |
| if | इफ़ | अगर |
| you | यू | तुम |
| want | वांट | चाहना |
| to | टू | करने के लिए |
| ride | राइड | सवारी/सवारी करना |
I knew my cousin Mourad enjoyed being alive more than anybody else who had ever fallen into the world by mistake, but this was more than even I could believe. In the first place, my earliest memories had been memories of horses and my first longings had been longings to ride.
| Word | Pronunciation (Hindi) | Hindi Meaning |
| cousin | कज़िन | चचेरा/चचेरी/फुफेरी |
| Mourad | मूराद | निश्चय/मंगल की कामना |
| enjoyed | एन्जॉय्ड | आनंद उठाना |
| being | बीइंग | होना |
| alive | अलाइव | जीवित |
| more | मोर | अधिक |
| anybody | एनीबॉडी | कोई भी व्यक्ति |
| else | एल्स | और |
| fallen | फॉलन | गिरा हुआ |
| world | वर्ल्ड | दुनिया |
| mistake | मिस्टेक | भूल/ग़लती |
| this | दिस | यह |
| even | ईवन | भी |
| I | आई | मैं |
| could | कुड | सकता |
| believe | बिलीव | मानना |
| first | फर्स्ट | पहला |
| place | प्लेस | जगह/स्थान |
| earliest | अर्लिएस्ट | सबसे पहले |
| memories | मेमोरीज़ | स्मृतियाँ |
| horses | हॉर्सेज़ | घोड़े |
| longings | लॉन्गिंग्स | इच्छाएँ |
| ride | राइड | सवारी/सवारी करना |
This was the wonderful part. In the second place, we were poor. This was the part that wouldn’t permit me to believe what I saw. We were poor. We had no money. Our whole tribe was povertystricken. Every branch of the Garoghlanian1 family was living in the most amazing and comical poverty in the world.
| Word | Pronunciation (Hindi) | Hindi Meaning |
| part | पार्ट | भाग |
| second | सेकंड | दूसरा |
| place | प्लेस | जगह/स्थान |
| poor | पुर | गरीब |
| permit | परमिट | अनुमति |
| believe | बिलीव | मानना |
| saw | सॉ | देखा |
| money | मनी | पैसे |
| tribe | ट्राइब | जाति/समुदाय |
| poverty-stricken | पॉवर्टी-स्ट्रिकन | गरीबी से पीड़ित |
| branch | ब्रांच | शाखा |
| Garoghlanian | गैरोग्लेनियन | गैरोग्लेनियन (नाम) |
| family | फैमिली | परिवार |
| living | लिविंग | रहने/बसने |
| amazing | अमेजिंग | आश्चर्यजनक |
| comical | कॉमिकल | हास्यास्पद |
| poverty | पावर्टी | गरीबी |
| world | वर्ल्ड | दुनिया |
“Nobody could understand where we ever got money enough to keep us with food in our bellies, not even the old men of the family. Most important of all, though, we were famous for our honesty We had been famous for our honesty for something like eleven centuries
| Word | Pronunciation (Hindi) | Hindi Meaning |
| nobody | नोबॉडी | कोई नहीं |
| could | कुड | सकता |
| understand | अंडरस्टैंड | समझना |
| where | वेर | कहाँ |
| ever | एवर | कभी |
| got | गॉट | प्राप्त किया |
| money | मनी | पैसे |
| enough | इनफ़ | पर्याप्त |
| keep | कीप | रखना |
| us | अस | हमें |
| food | फूड | भोजन |
| bellies | बेलीज़ | पेट |
| even | ईवन | भी |
| old | ओल्ड | पुराना |
| men | मेन | आदमी |
| family | फैमिली | परिवार |
| important | इम्पोर्टेंट | महत्वपूर्ण |
| famous | फेमस | प्रसिद्ध |
| honesty | आनेस्टी | ईमानदारी |
| been | बीन | रहा है |
| something | समथिंग | कुछ |
| like | लाइक | जैसा |
| eleven | एलेवन | ग्यारह |
| centuries | सेंचरीज़ | सदीयों |
even when we had been the wealthiest family in what we liked to think was the world. We were proud first, honest next, and after that we believed in right and wrong. None of us would take advantage of anybody in the world, let alone steal
| Word | Pronunciation (Hindi) | Hindi Meaning |
| even | ईवन | भी |
| when | वेन | जब |
| had | हैड | था |
| been | बीन | रहा है |
| wealthiest | वेल्थिएस्ट | सबसे धनी |
| family | फैमिली | परिवार |
| what | वॉट | क्या |
| liked | लाइक्ड | पसंद किया |
| think | थिंक | सोचना |
| world | वर्ल्ड | दुनिया |
| proud | प्राउड | गर्व |
| first | फर्स्ट | पहला |
| honest | आनेस्ट | ईमानदार |
| next | नेक्स्ट | अगला |
| after | आफ्टर | बाद में |
| that | थैट | वह |
| believed | बिलीव्ड | विश्वास किया |
| right | राइट | सही |
| wrong | रॉंग | गलत |
| None | नन | कोई नहीं |
| us | अस | हमें |
| take | टेक | लेना |
| advantage | अड्वांटेज | फायदा |
| anybody | एनीबॉडी | कोई भी व्यक्ति |
| let | लेट | देना |
| alone | अलोन | अकेले |
| steal | स्टील | चुराना |
Consequently, even though I could see the horse, so magnificent; even though I could smell it, so lovely; even though I could hear it breathing, so exciting; I couldn’t believe the horse had anything to do with my cousin Mourad or with me or with any of the other members of our family,
| Word | Pronunciation (Hindi) | Hindi Meaning |
| Consequently | कान्सीक्वेंट्ली | नतीजता में |
| even | ईवन | भी |
| though | थो | हालांकि |
| could | कुड | सकते थे |
| see | सी | देखना |
| horse | हॉर्स | घोड़ा |
| so | सो | इतना |
| magnificent | मैग्नीफिसेंट | शानदार |
| smell | स्मेल | सुगंध |
| lovely | लवली | प्यारा |
| hear | हियर | सुनना |
| breathing | ब्रीथिंग | साँस लेना |
| exciting | एक्साइटिंग | रोमांचक |
| believe | बिलीव | मानना |
| anything | एनीथिंग | कुछ भी |
| do | डू | करना |
| cousin | कज़िन | चचेरा भाई/भतीजा/भतीजी |
| Mourad | मुराद | मुराद (नाम) |
| me | मी | मुझे |
| other | अदर | अन्य |
| members | मेम्बर्स | सदस्यों |
| family | फैमिली | परिवार |
asleep or awake, because I knew my cousin Mourad couldn’t have bought the horse, and if he couldn’t have bought it he must have stolen it, and I refused to believe he had stolen it.
| Word | Pronunciation (Hindi) | Hindi Meaning |
| asleep | अस्लीप | सोया हुआ |
| or | ओर | या |
| awake | अवेक | जागृत |
| because | बिकॉज | क्योंकि |
| knew | न्यू | जानता था |
| cousin | कज़िन | चचेरा भाई/भतीजा/भतीजी |
| Mourad | मुराद | मुराद (नाम) |
| couldn’t | कुडन्ट | नहीं कर सकता था |
| have | हैव | होना |
| bought | बॉट | खरीदा |
| horse | हॉर्स | घोड़ा |
| if | इफ़ | अगर |
| he | ही | वह |
| must | मस्ट | होगा |
| stolen | स्टोलन | चुराया हुआ |
| refused | रिफ़्यूज़ड | इंकार किया |
| believe | बिलीव | मानना |
No member of the Garoghlanian family could be a thief. I stared first at my cousin and then at the horse. There was a pious stillness and humour in each of them which on the one hand delighted me and on the other frightened me. Mourad, I said, where did you steal this horse?
| Word | Pronunciation (Hindi) | Hindi Meaning |
| member | मेम्बर | सदस्य |
| Garoghlanian | गरोघ्लेनियन | गरोघलेनियान परिवार |
| family | फैमिली | परिवार |
| thief | थीफ | चोर |
| stared | स्टेर्ड | घूरा |
| first | फर्स्ट | पहले |
| cousin | कज़िन | चचेरा भाई/भतीजा/भतीजी |
| horse | हॉर्स | घोड़ा |
| pious | पायस | धार्मिक |
| stillness | स्टिलनेस | शांति |
| humour | ह्यूमर | मज़ाक |
| each | ईच | प्रत्येक |
| them | थेम | उन्हें |
| one | वन | एक |
| hand | हैंड | हाथ |
| delighted | डीलाइटेड | प्रफुल्लित |
| frightened | फ्राइटन्ड | डरा हुआ |
| said | सैड | बोला |
| where | वेर | कहाँ |
| did | डिड | किया |
| steal | स्टील | चुराना |
Leap out of the window, he said, if you want to ride. It was true, then. He had stolen the horse. There was no question about it. He had come to invite me to ride or not, as I chose. Well, it seemed to me stealing a horse for a ride was not the same thing as stealing something else, such as money. For all I knew, maybe it wasn’t stealing at all. If you were crazy about
| Word | Pronunciation (Hindi) | Hindi Meaning |
| Leap | लीप | कूदना |
| window | विंडो | खिड़की |
| said | सैड | बोला |
| want | वॉंट | चाहना |
| ride | राइड | सवारी |
| true | ट्रू | सच |
| then | थेन | फिर |
| stolen | स्टोलन | चुराया हुआ |
| horse | हॉर्स | घोड़ा |
| question | क्वेश्चन | सवाल |
| invite | इन्वाइट | आमंत्रण देना |
| ride | राइड | सवारी |
| chose | चोज़ | चुनना |
| seemed | सीम्ड | लगा |
| stealing | स्टीलिंग | चोरी |
| horse | हॉर्स | घोड़ा |
| ride | राइड | सवारी |
| same | सेम | एक समान |
| thing | थिंग | चीज़ |
| stealing | स्टीलिंग | चोरी |
| something | समथिंग | कुछ |
| else | एल्स | अन्य |
| money | मनी | पैसा |
| knew | न्यू | जानता था |
| maybe | मेबी | शायद |
| stealing | स्टीलिंग | चोरी |
| crazy | क्रेज़ी | पागल |
| about | अबाउट | के बारे में |
horses the way my cousin Mourad and I were, it wasn’t stealing. It wouldn’t become stealing until we offered to sell the horse, which of course, I knew we would never do. Let me put on some clothes, I said. All right, he said, but hurry. I leaped into my clothes. I jumped down to the yard from the window and leaped up onto the horse behind my cousin Mourad.
| Word | Pronunciation (Hindi) | Hindi Meaning |
| horses | हॉर्सेस | घोड़े |
| way | वे | तरीका |
| cousin | कज़िन | चचेरा भाई/भतीजा/भतीजी |
| Mourad | मुराद | मुराद (नाम) |
| stealing | स्टीलिंग | चोरी |
| become | बिकम | बन जाना |
| until | अंटिल | जब तक |
| offered | ऑफर्ड | पेश किया |
| sell | सेल | बेचना |
| horse | हॉर्स | घोड़ा |
| knew | न्यू | जानता था |
| never | नेवर | कभी नहीं |
| put | पुट | रखना |
| clothes | क्लोथ्स | कपड़े |
| said | सैड | बोला |
| all | ऑल | सभी |
| right | राइट | सही |
| but | बट | पर |
| hurry | हरी | जल्दी |
| leaped | लीप्ट | कूदा |
| into | इंटू | में |
| my | माई | मेरा |
| jumped | जम्प्ट | कूदा |
| down | डाउन | नीचे |
| yard | यार्ड | गली |
| from | फ्रॉम | से |
| window | विंडो | खिड़की |
| up | अप | ऊपर |
| onto | ऑंटू | पर |
| behind | बिहाइंड | पीछे |
| cousin | कज़िन | चचेरा भाई/भतीजा/भतीजी |
| Mourad | मुराद | मुराद (नाम) |
That year we lived at the edge of town, on Walnut Avenue. Behind our house was the country vineyards, orchards, irrigation ditches, and country roads. In less than three minutes we were on Olive Avenue, and then the horse began to trot.
| Word | Pronunciation (Hindi) | Hindi Meaning |
| year | यीयर | साल |
| edge | एज | किनारा |
| town | टाउन | शहर |
| Walnut | वाल्नट | अखरोट |
| Avenue | ऐवेन्यू | सड़क |
| house | हाउस | घर |
| country | कंट्री | देश |
| vineyards | वाइनयार्ड्स | अंगूर बाग |
| orchards | ऑर्चर्ड्स | बाग़-बगीचे |
| irrigation | इरिगेशन | सिंचाई |
| ditches | डिचेस | खाई |
| country | कंट्री | देश |
| roads | रोड्स | सड़कें |
| less | लेस | कम |
| three | थ्री | तीन |
| minutes | मिनट्स | मिनट |
| Olive | ऑलिव | जैतून |
| Avenue | ऐवेन्यू | सड़क |
| horse | हॉर्स | घोड़ा |
| began | बिगेन | शुरू हुआ |
| trot | ट्रॉट | तेजी से चलना |
“The air was new and lovely to breathe. The feel of the horse running was wonderful. My cousin Mourad who was considered one of the craziest members of our family began to sing. I mean, he began to roar
| Word | Pronunciation (Hindi) | Hindi Meaning |
| air | एयर | हवा |
| feel | फील | अनुभव |
| horse | हॉर्स | घोड़ा |
| running | रनिंग | दौड़ रहा |
| wonderful | वंडरफुल | अद्भुत |
| cousin | कज़िन | चचेरा भाई/भतीजा/भतीजी |
| Mourad | मुराद | मुराद (नाम) |
| members | मेम्बर्स | सदस्य |
| family | फैमिली | परिवार |
| began | बिगेन | शुरू हुआ |
| sing | सिंग | गाना |
| mean | मीन | मतलब |
| roar | रोर | गर्जना |
Every family has a crazy streak in it somewhere, and my cousin Mourad was considered the natural descendant of the crazy streak in our tribe. Before him was our uncle Khosrove, an enormous man with a powerful head of black hair and the largest moustache in the San Joaquin Valley2 , a man so furious in” “temper, so irritable, so impatient that he stopped anyone from talking by roaring, It is no harm; pay no attention to it.
| Word | Pronunciation (Hindi) | Hindi Meaning |
| family | फैमिली | परिवार |
| crazy | क्रेजी | पागल |
| streak | स्ट्रीक | धारा |
| cousin | कज़िन | चचेरा भाई/भतीजा/भतीजी |
| Mourad | मुराद | मुराद (नाम) |
| descendant | डीसेंडेंट | वंशानुक्रमी |
| tribe | ट्राइब | जनजाति |
| uncle | अंकल | चाचा/मामा |
| Khosrove | खोसरोवे | खोसरोवे (नाम) |
| man | मैन | आदमी |
| head | हेड | सिर |
| black | ब्लैक | काला |
| hair | हेयर | बाल |
| moustache | मस्टाश | मूँछ |
| San Joaquin | सैन जोआकिन | सैन जोआकिन (एक क्षेत्र) |
| Valley | वैली | घाटी |
| temper | टेम्पर | गुस्सा |
| irritable | इरिटेबल | चिढ़चिढ़ापनी |
| impatient | इम्पेशन्ट | अधीर |
| stopped | स्टॉप्ड | रुक गया |
| anyone | एनिवन | कोई भी |
| talking | टॉकिंग | बातचीत |
| roaring | रोरिंग | गरजना |
| harm | हार्म | कोई नुकसान |
| attention | अटेंशन | ध्यान |
That was all, no matter what anybody happened to be talking about. Once it was his own son Arak running eight blocks to the barber’s shop where his father was having his moustache trimmed to tell him their house was on fire.
| Word | Pronunciation (Hindi) | Hindi Meaning |
| matter | मैटर | महत्व |
| anybody | एनीबॉडी | कोई भी |
| son | सन | बेटा |
| blocks | ब्लॉक्स | ब्लॉक/गली |
| barber’s | बार्बर्स | नाई की दुकान |
| shop | शॉप | दुकान |
| father | फादर | पिता |
| moustache | मस्टाश | मूँछ |
| trimmed | ट्रिम्ड | काटा गया |
| house | हाउस | घर |
| fire | फायर | आग |
This man Khosrove sat up in the chair and roared, It is no harm; pay no attention to it. The barber said, But the boy says your house is on fire. So Khosrove roared, Enough, it is no harm, I say
| Word | Pronunciation (Hindi) | Hindi Meaning |
| man | मैन | आदमी |
| Khosrove | खोसरोवे | खोसरोवे (नाम) |
| chair | चेयर | कुर्सी |
| roared | रोर्ड | गरजा |
| harm | हार्म | कोई नुकसान |
| attention | अटेंशन | ध्यान |
| barber | बार्बर | नाई |
| boy | बॉय | लड़का |
| house | हाउस | घर |
| fire | फायर | आग |
| enough | इनफ | पर्याप्त |
| say | से | कहना |
My cousin Mourad was considered the natural descendant of this man, although Mourad’s father was Zorab, who was practical and nothing else. That’s how it was in our tribe. A man could be the father of his son’s flesh, but that did not mean that he was also the father of his spirit. The distribution of the various kinds of spirit
| Word | Pronunciation (Hindi) | Hindi Meaning |
| cousin | कज़न | चचेरा भाई / भतीजा |
| Mourad | मोराद | मोराद (नाम) |
| man | मैन | आदमी |
| descendant | डीसेंडेंट | वंशज |
| father | फादर | पिता |
| Zorab | ज़ोरब | ज़ोरब (नाम) |
| practical | प्रैक्टिकल | व्यावहारिक |
| nothing | नथिंग | कुछ नहीं |
| tribe | ट्राइब | जाति |
| flesh | फ्लेश | मांस |
| spirit | स्पिरिट | आत्मा |
| distribution | डिस्ट्रिब्यूशन | वितरण |
| various | वेरियस | विभिन्न |
| kinds | काइंड्स | प्रकार |
our tribe had been from the beginning capricious and vagrant. We rode and my cousin Mourad sang. For all anybody knew we were still in the old country where, at least according to some of our neighbours, we belonged. We let the horse run as long as it felt like running. At last my cousin Mourad said, Get down. I want to ride alone.
| Word | Pronunciation (Hindi) | Hindi Meaning |
| tribe | ट्राइब | जाति |
| beginning | बिगिनिंग | शुरुआत |
| capricious | कप्रिशस | मनमौजी |
| vagrant | वेग्रेंट | भटकता हुआ |
| rode | रोड | सवारी की |
| cousin | कज़न | चचेरा भाई / भतीजा |
| sang | सैंग | गाया |
| country | कंट्री | देश |
| neighbours | नेबर्स | पड़ोसी |
| belonged | बिलांग्ड | सम्बंधित था |
| horse | हॉर्स | घोड़ा |
| run | रन | दौड़ |
| felt | फेल्ट | महसूस किया |
| like | लाइक | जैसा |
| running | रनिंग | दौड़ता हुआ |
| last | लास्ट | अंतिम |
| said | सैड | कहा |
| Get | गेट | उठाओ |
| want | वांट | चाहते हो |
| ride | राइड | सवारी |
| alone | अलोन | अकेला |
Will you let me ride alone? I asked. That is up to the horse, my cousin said. Get down. The horse will let me ride, I said. We shall see, he said. Don’t forget that I have a way with a horse. Well, I said, any way you have with a horse, I have also. For the sake of your safety, he said, let us hope so. Get down. All right, I said, but remember you’ve got to let me try to ride alone.
| Word | Pronunciation (Hindi) | Hindi Meaning |
| ride | राइड | सवारी |
| alone | अलोन | अकेला |
| asked | आस्क्ड | पूछा |
| horse | हॉर्स | घोड़ा |
| let | लेट | छोड़ना |
| up | अप | ऊपर |
| cousin | कज़न | चचेरा भाई / भतीजा |
| said | सैड | कहा |
| get | गेट | पाना |
| down | डाउन | नीचे |
| try | ट्राई | कोशिश करना |
| hope | होप | आशा |
| safety | सेफ्टी | सुरक्षा |
| remember | रिमेम्बर | याद रखना |
| got | गॉट | प्राप्त किया |
I got down and my cousin Mourad kicked his heels into the horse and shouted, Vazire, run. The horse stood on its hind legs, snorted, and burst into a fury of speed that was the loveliestthing I had ever seen. My cousin Mourad raced the horse across a field of dry grass to an irrigation ditch, crossed the ditch on the horse, and five minutes later returned, dripping wet.
| Word | Pronunciation (Hindi) | Hindi Meaning |
| got | गॉट | प्राप्त किया |
| down | डाउन | नीचे |
| cousin | कज़न | चचेरा भाई / भतीजा |
| Mourad | मूरड | मूरड (नाम) |
| kicked | किक्ड | ठोंका |
| heels | हील्स | एड़ी |
| horse | हॉर्स | घोड़ा |
| shouted | शाउटेड | चिल्लाया |
| run | रन | दौड़ |
| stood | स्टूड | खड़ा रहा |
| hind | हाइंड | पीछे की ओर |
| legs | लेग्स | पैरों |
| snorted | स्नॉर्टेड | नाक से सांस निकालना |
| burst | बर्स्ट | फटना |
| fury | फ्यूरी | क्रोध |
| speed | स्पीड | गति |
| loveliest | लवलीएस्ट | सबसे प्यारा |
| thing | थिंग | चीज़ |
| seen | सीन | देखा |
| raced | रेस्ड | दौड़ा |
| across | अक्रॉस | पार |
| field | फील्ड | खेत |
| dry | ड्राई | सूखा |
| grass | ग्रास | घास |
| irrigation | इरिगेशन | सिंचाई |
| ditch | डिच | खाई |
| five | फाइव | पांच |
| minutes | मिनट्स | मिनट |
| later | लेटर | बाद में |
| returned | रिटर्न्ड | लौट आया |
| dripping | ड्रिपिंग | टपकती हुई |
| wet | वेट | गीला |
The sun was coming up. Now it’s my turn to ride, I said. My cousin Mourad got off the horse. Ride, he said. I leaped to the back of the horse and for a moment knew the most awful fear imaginable. The horse did not move
| Word | Pronunciation (Hindi) | Hindi Meaning |
| sun | सन | सूरज |
| coming | कमिंग | आ रहा था |
| up | अप | ऊपर |
| now | नाउ | अब |
| it’s | इट्स | यह है |
| my | माय | मेरा |
| turn | टर्न | बारी |
| ride | राइड | सवारी |
| said | सैड | कहा |
| cousin | कज़न | चचेरा भाई / भतीजा |
| Mourad | मूरड | मूरड (नाम) |
| got | गॉट | प्राप्त किया |
| off | ऑफ़ | उतरा |
| horse | हॉर्स | घोड़ा |
| leaped | लीप्ट | उछाला |
| back | बैक | पीठ |
| moment | मोमेंट | पल |
| knew | न्यू | पता चला |
| most | मोस्ट | सबसे |
| awful | ऑफ़ल | भयानक |
| fear | फिअर | डर |
| imaginable | इमॅजिनेबल | कल्पना की जा सकने वाला |
| move | मूव | हिला |
Kick into his muscles, my cousin Mourad said. What are you waiting for? We’ve got to take him back before everybody in the world is up and about. I kicked into the muscles of the horse. Once again it reared and snorted. Then it began to run
| English Word | Pronunciation (Hindi) | Hindi Meaning |
| Kick | किक | थोक |
| Muscles | मसल्स | मांसपेशी |
| Cousin | कज़िन | चचेरा भाई |
| Mourad | मुराद | इच्छा |
| Waiting | वेटिंग | प्रतीक्षा |
| Take | टेक | लेना |
| Back | बैक | पीछे |
| Everybody | एव्रीबॉडी | सबको |
| World | वर्ल्ड | दुनिया |
| Up | अप | उठा हुआ |
| Run | रन | दौड़ |
i didn’t know what to do. Instead of running across the field to the irrigation ditch the horse ran down the road to the vineyard of Dikran Halabian where it began to leap over vines. The horse leaped over seven vines before I fell. Then it continued running. My cousin Mourad came running down the road
| English Word | Pronunciation (Hindi) | Hindi Meaning |
| Field | फ़ील्ड | खेत |
| Irrigation | इरिगेशन | सिंचाई |
| Ditch | डिच | खाई |
| Horse | हॉर्स | घोड़ा |
| Road | रोड | सड़क |
| Vineyard | वाइनयार्ड | दाख़मदान |
| Vines | वाइन्स | बेल |
| Seven | सेवन | सात |
| Fell | फेल | गिर गया |
| Running | रनिंग | दौड़ते |
| Cousin | कज़िन | चचेरा भाई |
| Mourad | मुराद | इच्छा |
| Road | रोड | सड़क |
i’m not worried about you, he shouted. We’ve got to get that horse. You go this way and I’ll go this way. If you come upon him, be kindly. I’ll be near. I continued down the road and my cousin, Mourad went across the field toward the irrigation ditch. It took him half an hour to find the horse and bring him back
| English Word | Pronunciation (Hindi) | Hindi Meaning |
| Worried | वरीड | चिंतित |
| Horse | हॉर्स | घोड़ा |
| Road | रोड | सड़क |
| Cousin | कज़िन | चचेरा भाई |
| Mourad | मुराद | इच्छा |
| Field | फ़ील्ड | खेत |
| Irrigation | इरिगेशन | सिंचाई |
| Ditch | डिच | खाई |
| Half | हाफ़ | आधा |
| Hour | घंटा | घंटा |
| Find | फ़ाइंड | ढूंढ़ना |
| Bring | ब्रिंग | लाना |
All right, he said, jump on. The whole world is awake now. What will we do? I said. Well, he said, we’ll either take him back or hide him until tomorrow morning. He didn’t sound worried and I knew he’d hide him and not take him back. Not for a while, at any rate
| English Word | Pronunciation (Hindi) | Hindi Meaning |
| World | वर्ल्ड | दुनिया |
| Jump | जंप | छलांग |
| Whole | होल | पूरा |
| Awake | अवेक | जागृत |
| Do | डू | करना |
| Hide | हाइड | छिपाना |
| Sound | साउंड | ध्वनि |
| Worried | वरीड | चिंतित |
| Knew | न्यू | जानना |
| Take | टेक | लेना |
| Back | बैक | वापस |
| Hide | हाइड | छिपाना |
| Not | नाट | नहीं |
| While | वाइल | जबकि |
| Any | एनी | कोई भी |
| Rate | रेट | दर |
Where will we hide him? I said. I know a place, he said. How long ago did you steal this horse? I said. It suddenly dawned on me that he had been taking these early morning rides for some time and had come for me this morning only because he knew how much I longed to ride. Who said anything about stealing a horse? he said. Anyhow, I said, how long ago did you begin riding every morning?
| English Word | Pronunciation (Hindi) | Hindi Meaning |
| Place | प्लेस | जगह |
| Horse | हॉर्स | घोड़ा |
| Dawn | डॉन | सवेरा |
| Ride | राइड | सवारी |
| Long | लॉंग | लंबा |
| Steal | स्टील | चुराना |
| Begin | बिगिन | शुरू करना |
| Morning | मॉर्निंग | सुबह |
Not until this morning, he said. Are you telling the truth? I said. Of course not, he said, but if we are found out, that’s what you’re to say. I don’t want both of us to be liars. All you know is that we started riding this morning. All right, I said
| English Word | Pronunciation (Hindi) | Hindi Meaning |
| Morning | मॉर्निंग | सुबह |
| Truth | सच्चाई | सत्य |
| Course | कोर्स | रास्ता |
| Liars | लायर्स | झूठे |
| Riding | राइडिंग | सवारी |
| Found | फाउंड | पाया जाता |
| Started | स्टार्टेड | शुरू हुआ |
| All | ऑल | सब |
| Okay | ओके | ठीक |
He walked the horse quietly to the barn of a deserted vineyard which at one time had been the pride of a farmer named Fetvajian. There were some oats and dry alfalfa in the barn. We began walking home.
| English Word | Pronunciation (Hindi) | Hindi Meaning |
| Horse | हॉर्स | घोड़ा |
| Barn | बार्न | खलिहान |
| Vineyard | विनयार्ड | द्राक्षालय |
| Deserted | डिज़र्टेड | छोड़ा हुआ |
| Oats | ओट्स | जई |
| Alfalfa | एलफेल्फा | लूसर्न |
| Home | होम | घर |
| Quietly | क्वायट्ली | शांतिपूर्वक |
| Walking | वॉकिंग | चलना |
It wasn’t easy, he said, to get the horse to behave so nicely. At first it wanted to run wild, but, as I’ve told you, I have a way with a horse. I can get it to want to do anything I want it to do. Horses understand me. How do you do it? I said. I have an understanding with a horse, he said. Yes, but what sort of an understanding? I said. A simple and honest one, he said
| English Word | Pronunciation (Hindi) | Hindi Meaning |
| Horse | हॉर्स | घोड़ा |
| Behave | बिहेव | व्यवहार करना |
| Nicely | नाइस्ली | अच्छे ढंग से |
| Wild | वाइल्ड | जंगली |
| Way | वे | तरीका |
| Horses | हॉर्सेस | घोड़े |
| Understand | अंडरस्टैंड | समझना |
| Simple | सिम्पल | सरल |
| Honest | होनेस्ट | ईमानदार |
Well, I said, I wish I knew how to reach an understanding like that with a horse. You’re still a small boy, he said. When you get to be thirteen you’ll know how to do it. I went home and ate a hearty breakfast.
| English Word | Pronunciation (Hindi) | Hindi Meaning |
| Wish | विश | इच्छा |
| Reach | रीच | पहुंच |
| Understanding | अंडरस्टैंडिंग | समझ |
| Horse | हॉर्स | घोड़ा |
| Small | स्मॉल | छोटा |
| Boy | बॉय | लड़का |
| Thirteen | थर्टीन | तेरह |
| Know | नो | जानना |
| Home | होम | घर |
| Eat | ईट | खाना |
| Hearty | हार्टी | पौष्टिक |
| Breakfast | ब्रेकफास्ट | नाश्ता |
That afternoon my uncle Khosrove came to our house for coffee and cigarettes. He sat in the parlour, sipping and smoking and remembering the old country. Then another visitor arrived, a farmer named John Byro, an Assyrian who, out of loneliness, had learned to speak Armenian.
| English Word | Pronunciation (Hindi) | Hindi Meaning |
| Afternoon | आफ्टरनून | दोपहर |
| Uncle | अंकल | मामा |
| Khosrove | खोस्रोवे | खोस्रोवे |
| House | हाउस | घर |
| Coffee | कॉफ़ी | कॉफ़ी |
| Cigarettes | सिगरेट | सिगरेट |
| Parlour | पार्लर | पार्लर |
| Visitor | विज़िटर | आगंतुक |
| Farmer | फ़ार्मर | किसान |
| John | जॉन | जॉन |
| Byro | बायरो | बायरो |
| Assyrian | असीरियन | असीरियन |
| Loneliness | लोनलिनेस | अकेलापन |
| Learned | लर्न्ड | सीखा |
| Speak | स्पीक | बोलना |
| Armenian | आर्मेनियन | आर्मेनियन |
My mother brought the lonely visitor coffee and tobacco and he rolled a cigarette and sipped and smoked, and then at last, sighing sadly, he said, My white horse which was stolen last month is still gone — I cannot understand it.
| English Word | Pronunciation (Hindi) | Hindi Meaning |
| Mother | मदर | माता |
| Visitor | विज़िटर | आगंतुक |
| Coffee | कॉफ़ी | कॉफ़ी |
| Tobacco | तम्बाकू | तम्बाकू |
| Cigarette | सिगरेट | सिगरेट |
| Horse | हॉर्स | घोड़ा |
| Month | मंथ | महीना |
| Sadly | सैडली | उदासीपूर्वक |
| Stolen | स्टोलन | चुराया |
| Gone | गॉन | गया |
| Understand | अंडरस्टैंड | समझना |
My uncle Khosrove became very irritated and shouted, It’s no harm. What is the loss of a horse? Haven’t we all lost the homeland? What is this crying over a horse? That may be all right for you, a city dweller, to say, John Byro said, but what of my surrey? What good is a surrey without a horse?
| English Word | Pronunciation (Hindi) | Hindi Meaning |
| Uncle | अंकल | मामा |
| Irritated | इरिटेटेड | चिढ़ा हुआ |
| Shouted | शाउटेड | चिल्लाया |
| Harm | हार्म | क्षति |
| Loss | लॉस | हानि |
| Homeland | होमलैंड | मातृभूमि |
| Crying | क्रायिंग | रोना |
| City dweller | सिटी ड्वेलर | शहर निवासी |
| Surrey | सरी | सरी |
| Good | गुड | अच्छा |
| Horse | हॉर्स | घोड़ा |
Pay no attention to it, my uncle Khosrove roared. I walked ten miles to get here, John Byro said. You have legs, my uncle Khosrove shouted. My left leg pains me, the farmer said. Pay no attention to it, my uncle Khosrove roared. That horse cost me sixty dollars, the farmer said. I spit on money, my uncle Khosrove said
| English Word | Pronunciation (Hindi) | Hindi Meaning |
| Attention | अटेंशन | ध्यान |
| Uncle | अंकल | मामा |
| Roared | रोर्ड | चिल्लाया |
| Walked | वॉक्ड | चला |
| Miles | माइल्स | मील |
| Legs | लेग्स | पैर |
| Shouted | शाउटेड | चिल्लाया |
| Left | लेफ्ट | बाएं |
| Pains | पेंस | दर्द |
| Money | मनी | पैसा |
| Spit | स्पिट | थूकना |
He got up and stalked out of the house, slamming the screen door. My mother explained. He has a gentle heart, she said. It is simply that he is homesick and such a large man. The farmer went away and I ran over to my cousin Mourad’s house.
| English Word | Pronunciation (Hindi) | Hindi Meaning |
| House | हाउस | घर |
| Screen | स्क्रीन | परदा |
| Mother | मदर | मां |
| Heart | हार्ट | दिल |
| Homesick | होमसिक | गृहाशी |
| Large | लार्ज | बड़ा |
| Farmer | फार्मर | किसान |
| Cousin | कज़िन | भतीजा/भांजा |
| House | हाउस | घर |
He was sitting under a peach tree, trying to repair the hurt wing of a young robin which could not fly. He was talking to the bird. What is it? he said. The farmer, John Byro, I said. He visited our house. He wants his horse. You’ve had it a month. I want you to promise not to take it back until I learn to ride. It will take you a year to learn to ride, my cousin Mourad said. We could keep the horse a year, I said.
| English Word | Pronunciation (Hindi) | Hindi Meaning |
| Peach | पीच | आड़ू |
| Tree | ट्री | पेड़ |
| Hurt | हर्ट | चोट |
| Wing | विंग | पंख |
| Young | यंग | युवा |
| Robin | रॉबिन | रॉबिन |
| Fly | फ्लाई | उड़ना |
| Talking | टॉकिंग | बातचीत करना |
| Farmer | फार्मर | किसान |
| John | जॉन | जॉन |
| Byro | बायरो | बायरो |
| House | हाउस | घर |
| Horse | हॉर्स | घोड़ा |
| Month | मंथ | महीना |
| Learn | लर्न | सीखना |
| Ride | राइड | सवारी करना |
| Year | यियर | साल |
| Cousin | कज़िन | भतीजा/भांजा |
My cousin Mourad leaped to his feet. What? he roared. Are you inviting a member of the Garoghlanian family to steal? The horse must go back to its true owner. When? I said. In six months at the latest, he said. He threw the bird into the air. The bird tried hard, almost fell twice, but at last flew away, high and straight Early every morning for two weeks my cousin Mourad and I took the horse out of the barn of the deserted vineyard where we were hiding it and rode it,
| Word | Pronunciation (Hindi) | Hindi Meaning |
| cousin | कजिन | चचेरा/भाईजान/भतीजा |
| Mourad | मुराद | मंगलकारी/आराम |
| leaped | लीप्ड | कूदना |
| feet | फीट | पैर |
| roared | रोर्ड | चीखना/रोरना |
| inviting | इन्वाइटिंग | आमंत्रण करना |
| member | मेम्बर | सदस्य |
| Garoghlanian | गैरोघ्लानियन | एक प्रकार का पक्षी |
| family | फैमिली | परिवार |
| steal | स्टील | चोरी करना |
| horse | हॉर्स | घोड़ा |
| go | गो | चलना/जाना |
| back | बैक | पीछे |
| true | ट्रू | सच्चा |
| owner | ओनर | मालिक |
| When | वेन | कब |
| six | सिक्स | छः |
| months | मंथ्स | महीने |
| latest | लेटेस्ट | नवीनतम |
| threw | थ्रू | फेंकना |
| bird | बर्ड | पक्षी |
| air | एयर | हवा |
| tried | ट्राइड | प्रयास किया |
| hard | हार्ड | कठिनाई से |
| almost | ऑल्मोस्ट | लगभग |
| fell | फेल | गिर गया |
| twice | ट्वाइस | दो बार |
| last | लास्ट | अंतिम |
| flew | फ्लू | उड़ा |
| away | अवे | दूर चला गया |
| high | हाई | ऊँचा |
| straight | स्ट्रेट | सीधा |
| Early | अर्ली | समय पर |
| every | एव्री | हर बार |
| morning | मॉर्निंग | सुबह |
| two | टू | दो |
| weeks | वीक्स | हफ्ते |
| took | टुक | ले गया |
| barn | बार्न | खलिहान |
| deserted | डिजर्टेड | छोड़ दिया हुआ |
| vineyard | विनयार्ड | अंगूर का बगीचा |
| hiding | हाइडिंग | छिपाना |
| rode | रोड | सवारी की |
“ and every morning the horse, when it was my turn to ride alone, leaped over grape vines and small trees and threw me and ran away. Nevertheless, I hoped in time to learn to ride the way my cousin Mourad rode.”
| Word | Pronunciation (Hindi) | Hindi Meaning |
| morning | मॉर्निंग | सुबह |
| horse | हॉर्स | घोड़ा |
| turn | टर्न | मोड़ |
| ride | राइड | सवारी |
| leaped | लीप्ड | कूदना |
| grape | ग्रेप | अंगूर |
| vines | वाइंस | बेल |
| small | स्मॉल | छोटा |
| trees | ट्रीज़ | पेड़ |
| threw | थ्रू | फेंकना |
| ran | रन | दौड़ गया |
| hoped | होप्ड | आशा की |
| time | टाइम | समय |
| learn | लर्न | सीखना |
| cousin | कजिन | चचेरा/भाईजान/भतीजा |
| Mourad | मुराद | मंगलकारी/आराम |
| rode | रोड | सवारी की |
| way | वे | तरीका |
| nevertheless | नेवर्थलेस | फिर भी |
| alone | अलोन | अकेला |
“One morning on the way to Fetvajian’s deserted vineyard we ran into the farmer John Byro who was on his way to town. Let me do the talking, my cousin Mourad said. I have a way with farmers. Good morning, John Byro, my cousin Mourad said to the farmer. The farmer studied the horse eagerly.”
| Word | Pronunciation (Hindi) | Hindi Meaning |
| morning | मॉर्निंग | सुबह |
| way | वे | तरीका |
| Fetvajian’s | फेटवाजियन्स | फेटवाजियन्स |
| deserted | डिजर्टेड | छोड़ दिया हुआ |
| vineyard | विनयार्ड | अंगूर का बगीचा |
| farmer | फार्मर | किसान |
| John | जॉन | जॉन |
| Byro | बायरो | बायरो |
| town | टाउन | शहर |
| talking | टॉकिंग | बातचीत |
| cousin | कजिन | चचेरा/भाईजान/भतीजा |
| Mourad | मुराद | मंगलकारी/आराम |
| farmers | फार्मर्स | किसानों |
| good | गुड | अच्छा |
| eagerly | ईगरली | उत्सुकता से |
| studied | स्टडीड | अध्ययन किया |
| horse | हॉर्स | घोड़ा |
“Good morning, son of my friends, he said. What is the name of your horse? My Heart, my cousin Mourad said in Armenian. A lovely name, John Byro said, for a lovely horse. I could swear it is the horse that was stolen from me many weeks ago. May I look into his mouth? Of course, Mourad said”
| Word | Pronunciation (Hindi) | Hindi Meaning |
| morning | मॉर्निंग | सुबह |
| son | सन | बेटा |
| friends | फ्रेंड्स | दोस्त |
| name | नेम | नाम |
| horse | हॉर्स | घोड़ा |
| Heart | हार्ट | दिल |
| lovely | लवली | प्यारी |
| Armenian | आर्मेनियन | आर्मेनियाई |
| said | सैड | बोला |
| John | जॉन | जॉन |
| Byro | बायरो | बायरो |
| stolen | स्टोलन | चुराया हुआ |
| weeks | वीक्स | हफ्ते |
| ago | अगो | पहले |
| look | लुक | देखना |
| mouth | माउथ | मुंह |
| course | कोर्स | बेशक |
“The farmer looked into the mouth of the horse. Tooth for tooth, he said. I would swear it is my horse if I didn’t know your parents. The fame of your family for honesty is well known to me. Yet the horse is the twin of my horse. A suspicious man would believe his eyes instead of his heart. Good day, my young friends.”
| Word | Pronunciation (Hindi) | Hindi Meaning |
| farmer | फार्मर | किसान |
| mouth | माउथ | मुंह |
| tooth | टूथ | दांत |
| swear | स्वेयर | शपथ लेना |
| horse | हॉर्स | घोड़ा |
| know | नो | जानना |
| parents | पैरेंट्स | माता-पिता |
| fame | फेम | प्रसिद्धि |
| family | फैमिली | परिवार |
| honesty | आनेस्टी | ईमानदारी |
| well | वेल | अच्छे से |
| known | नोन | जाना हुआ |
| suspicious | सस्पिशस | संदेहपूर्ण |
| man | मैन | आदमी |
| believe | बिलीव | मानना |
| eyes | आइज़ | आंखें |
| instead | इन्स्टेड | बजाय |
| heart | हार्ट | दिल |
| good | गुड | अच्छा |
| day | डे | दिन |
| young | यंग | युवा |
| friends | फ्रेंड्स | दोस्त |
“Good day, John Byro, my cousin Mourad said. Early the following morning we took the horse to John Byro’s vineyard and put it in the barn. The dogs followed us around without making a sound. The dogs, I whispered to my cousin Mourad. I thought they would bark.”
| Word | Pronunciation (Hindi) | Hindi Meaning |
| day | डे | दिन |
| John | जॉन | जॉन |
| Byro | बायरो | बायरो |
| cousin | कजिन | चचेरा/भाईजान/भतीजा |
| Mourad | मुराद | मंगलकारी/आराम |
| early | अर्ली | समय पर |
| following | फॉलोइंग | के बाद |
| morning | मॉर्निंग | सुबह |
| horse | हॉर्स | घोड़ा |
| vineyard | विनयार्ड | अंगूर का बगीचा |
| barn | बार्न | खलिहान |
| dogs | डॉग्स | कुत्ते |
| followed | फॉलोड | पीछा किया |
| us | अस | हमें |
| around | अराउंड | चारों ओर |
| without | विदाउट | बिना |
| making | मेकिंग | बनाना |
| sound | साउंड | ध्वनि |
| whispered | विस्पर्ड | फुसफुसाना |
| thought | थॉट | सोचा |
| would | वुड | होगा |
| bark | बार्क | भोंकना |
They would at somebody else, he said. I have a way with dogs. My cousin Mourad put his arms around the horse, pressed his nose into the horse’s nose, patted it, and then we went away. That afternoon John Byro came to our house in his surrey and showed my mother the horse that had been stolen and returned
| Word | Pronunciation (Hindi) | Hindi Meaning |
| somebody | समबाडी | कोई और |
| way | वे | तरीका |
| dogs | डॉग्स | कुत्ते |
| cousin | कजिन | चचेरा/भाईजान/भतीजा |
| Mourad | मुराद | मंगलकारी/आराम |
| arms | आर्म्स | बाहों |
| horse | हॉर्स | घोड़ा |
| nose | नोज़ | नाक |
| patted | पैटेड | सहलाना |
| went | वेंट | चले गए |
| afternoon | अफटर्नून | दोपहर |
| John | जॉन | जॉन |
| Byro | बायरो | बायरो |
| house | हाउस | घर |
| surrey | सर्री | सर्री |
| showed | शोव्ड | दिखाया |
| mother | मदर | मां |
| stolen | स्टोलन | चुराया हुआ |
| returned | रिटर्न्ड | वापस लाया |
I do not know what to think, he said. The horse is stronger than ever. Better-tempered, too. I thank God. My uncle Khosrove, who was in the parlour, became irritated and shouted, Quiet, man, quiet. Your horse has been returned. Pay no attention to it .
| Word | Pronunciation (Hindi) | Hindi Meaning |
| know | नो | जानना |
| think | थिंक | सोचना |
| horse | हॉर्स | घोड़ा |
| stronger | स्ट्रॉंगर | मजबूत |
| ever | एवर | कभी |
| better-tempered | बेटर-टेम्पर्ड | बेहतर मनभावन |
| thank | थैंक | धन्यवाद करना |
| God | गॉड | भगवान |
| uncle | अंकल | मामा/चाचा/मौसा |
| Khosrove | खोस्रोवे | खोस्रोवे |
| parlour | पार्लर | कक्ष |
| became | बिकेम | बन गया |
| irritated | इरिटेटेड | चिढ़ा हुआ |
| shouted | शौटेड | चिल्लाया |
| quiet | क्वायट | चुप |
| man | मैन | आदमी |
| attention | अटेंशन | ध्यान |