CLASS 11 Chapter 1 The summer of the beautiful light house

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

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