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(1) AN Artist's Story

Vocabulary

Laugh يضحك

Soul روح \ جوهر

Interested in مهتم

Fault غلطة \ خطأ

Bitterly بمرارة

Uncaring غير مهتم

Bring up يربي أطفال

Public العامة \ الجمهور

Fact الحقيقة

Importance أهمية

Ordinary عادي

Clever ماهر \ ذكي

Intend ينوي \ يقصد

Take to يلزم \ يتعود

Represent يمثل

The heightأوج \ قمة Sunset الغروب Youthالشباب

Proud فخور

Rise rose يرتفع

Provide with... يزود

Interfere يتدخل

Seem يبدو

So-called المدعو \ المزعوم

Heavenly سماوي \ رباني

Foolish أحمق

Beauty الجمال

Sample عينة \ نموذج

mention يذكر

Woolالصوف In any case على أية حال


Suppose يفترض

Immense هائل \ ضخم

Secretly سرا\ خلسة

Remarks ملاحظات

View منظر طبيعي

Front أمام

Simile يبتسم

Paint يرسم بالألوان

A bit of قليل من

Decide يقرر

Draw يرسم Determine يحدد \ يصمم

Drawing الرسم

يفصل \ يقطع Sever

Explain يوضح

Struggle يكافح

Hang يعلق \ يشنق

Cry يصيح

Sadly بحزن

Sound صوت \ يبدو

Empty فارغ

Believe يعتقد

Certain أكيد \ معين

Test يختبر \ اختبار

Desire يرغب Expressionتعبير

No longer لم يعد

Place مكان \ يضع

Pleasure متعة \ سعادة

Disheartened يائس

Prove يثبت




Summary

Augustus Poke whistle, a painter, thought he was ill so he took to bed. He decided not to leave the bed. An immense man visited him. Augustus thought that the stranger was a doctor sent by uncaring so - called friend .

Augustus said that the stranger, the man who thought to be a doctor couldn't help him unless Augustus told him the story of his life. It was ridiculous of Augusts to say that as it isn't logical for the doctor to listen to the life story of eve*ry patient.

The stranger tried to interrupt Augustus by saying but Augus*tus didn't give the stranger a chance to talk. Augustus said that he was delicately brought up. At the age of seven he won a prize for drawing an animal al*though he meant it to be sunset over London.

His parents were proud of him and gave him the chance of studying under great painters and provided him with a lot of paper and pencils.

He started his business as a painter of people at the age of twenty one. He painted eleven pictures of his own face. Unfortunately no one came to buy any of these pictures or have their faces drawn. This trail failed .

He turned to painting the country. He painted nine views from the back window and seven from the front window. He didn't sell any of these paintings either.

He needed money, so he sold his soul (to paint for money). He drew funny pictures for newspapers. He got no money. In*stead, his pictures were sent back to him.

It was ridiculous again from Augustus to test the paintings on his cat. He heard a saying "funny enough to make a cat laugh." He said that the cat laughed until it was sick.

(Animals never laugh). It was silly of him again. Augustus became low spirited(disheart*ened)-depressed. He drew for the advertisements. He received samples.

Finally. Augustus decided not to rise from bed again. The stranger was from the furniture shop. He came to take the bed away because Augustus didn't pay its price.



An Artist's Story ( TEXT BOOK)

"YOU are the doctor, I suppose, said Augustus Pokewhistle, smiling from his bed at the immense man who had arrived secretly while he slept, "It is kind of you to come, but I don't think you can help me. However, as you are here,' I will tell you what is wrong with me. I am an artist. I paint pictures and I draw drawings..."

"But..."

"You are going to tell me that you are not interested in the story

of my life," Augustus laughed bitterly. "You are one of the uncaring public, and it is of no importance to you if a clever young man should take to his bed at the height of his youth, never to rise again. But I suppose you have been sent here by some interfering so-called friend of mine to save me from my suffering, and I must therefore explain my illness. And you cannot understand my illness unless I tell you the story of my life

"But..."

"I was delicately brought up, and it soon became clear that I was not an ordinary boy. At the age of seven I won a prize for a drawing of an animal. We will forget the fact that I had intended my drawing to represent sunset over London. After that my proud parents provided me with plenty of pencils and paper and gave me the opportunity of studying under great painters. At the age of twenty-one I started a business as a painter of people, and painted eleven pictures of my own face. Nobody seemed to want them, and if you go into my sitting room, you will see them hanging sadly on the wall, looking down at the empty chair which 1 will never sit in again. For I am certain that 1 shall never rise from this bed ..."

"Nobody came to have their pictures painted, and I had no desire

to paint any more of myself. Although it may seem impossible, I could no longer get any real pleasure out of it after I had finished the eleventh, and this proves that one can get tired of even the most heavenly beauty ..."

"But..."

"May I mention that there is a certain repetition in your remarks? Let me finish, and then you can say 'but' as often as you like. I turned from painting people to painting the country. Nine times I painted the view from the back window, and seven times I painted the view from the front window. But could I sell the seven pictures of the view from the front window, or the nine of the view from the back window? I could not. I only had a bit of money left, and I decided, after a severe struggle with myself, to forget my soul and paint for money. I determined to draw funny pictures for the newspapers. Remember that I was without hope and almost hungry, so do not think of me too severely….."

"I know what you are going to say - if I had had the soul of a true artist, I would have died rather than do such a thing. But remember that my wife and children were crying for bread - or would have been crying for bread if I had had a wife and children. And was it my fault that I hadn't a wife and little children? So I made thirty or forty funny drawings every day and sent them to the papers. I soon found that selling one's soul for money is not so easy as it sounds. Believe it or not, I got no money. I just got my drawings back ..."

"But..."

"You may well ask why they were sent back. I cannot tell you. I tested them on the cat. I had often heard the expression 'funny enough to make a cat laugh', and so I placed them in a line and carried the cat along in front of them. He laughed until he was sick ... in any case he was sick."

"Then I became more and more disheartened. I tried drawing for advertisements. Clothes, pianos, bottles. Immensely tall ladies with foolish smiles. I sent them off by the hundred, and all I received was a sample bottle or two, and a sample card of wool. I rather expected to get a sample tall lady with a foolish smile, but probably she got lost in the post..."

"But..."

"So I gave up the struggle. My heart was broken, and I determined to take to my bed, never to rise again. You cannot help me, doctor. No skill of yours can help me. I feel certain that I shall never rise from this bed ..."

"And I feel certain that you will," said the stranger, carefully placing Augustus Pokewhistle on the carpet, "because I've come to take it away. I'm from the furniture shop, and the bed isn't paid for."

Questions & Answers:

1. What did Augustus believe the visitor was?

He believed the visitor was a doctor.

2. Describe the visitor. How did he arrive?

He was an immense man who had arrived secretly while he slept.

3. What was Augustus Pokewhistle?

He was an artist who painted pictures and drew drawings.

4. What did Augustus decide to do? why?

He decided to tell the visitor his story because he believed he was a doctor who came to help him. The visitor could not understand his illness, unless he knew his story.

5. Why did Augustus think the man was not interested in his story?

He believed the man was one of the uncaring public.

6. What did Augustus say about himself?

He said that he was a clever young man who had to take to his bed at the height of his youth never to rise again.

7. By whom did Augustus think the visitor was sent?

He thought the visitor was a doctor sent by a so called friend of his to save him from his suffering.

8. How was Augustus brought up?

He was delicately brought up.

9. What did Augustus win at the age of seven?

He won a prize for a drawing of an animal.

10. What did he intend that drawing to represent?

He intended it to represent sunset over London.

11. How did his proud parents help him to be an artist?

They provided him with plenty of pencils and paper and gave him the opportunity of studying under great painters. '

12. When did he start business as a painter?

He started business as a painter at the age of twenty-one.

13. What kind of painting did he start at the age of twenty-one?

He painted eleven pictures of his face.

14. Where were these paintings kept?

They were kept in his sitting room.

15. Why would he never sit in the empty chair in the sitting room?

He was certain he would never rise from his bed.

16. What made him stop painting people?

Nobody came to have his pictures painted and he no longer got any pleasure out of painting himself.

17. Why did the stranger keep repeating the word "But" ?

He wanted to tell Augustus that he was not a doctor and that he came to take the bed as it was not paid for, but Augustus did not give him the chance to speak.

18. What did Augustus do when he stopped painting people?

He began to paint the country.. He painted the view from the back window nine times and the view from the front window seven times.

19. What was the result of painting the country?

He did not sell any of them.

20. What did he decide to do when he did not sell any of the country pictures?

He decided to forget his sour and paint for money.

21. What did he draw for newspapers?

He drew funny pictures for newspapers.

22. What would have happened if he had been married?

His wife and children would have cried for bread.

23. What was the result of drawing for newspapers? He got his drawings back and couldn't get any money.

24. How did he test his drawings?

He tested them in the cat and the cat laughed until he was sick. This meant they were funny.

25. What was the result of drawing for advertisements?

He sent them by the hundred, but received only samples of bottles and cards of wool.

26. What was his final decision?

He gave up the struggle and decided to take to his bed, never to rise again.

27. Why was the visitor sure that he would rise from his bed?

The visitor was from a furniture shop and came to take the bed away because it was not paid for. He placed Augustus on the carpet.

28. Why do we believe that Augustus was not a very good artist?

The prize he got when he was seven was for a drawing of an animal while he had intended it to represent sunset. None of his paintings were sold. He got back his funny drawings he had sent to newspapers. When he tried drawing for advertisements, he just received some samples.

29. Show that Augustus was talkative.

He talked all the time and did not give his visitor a chance to talk to him. When the visitor interrupted him with the word "but" several times, he asked to let him finish his story first and then to say "but" as often as he liked.

30. Show that Augustus was centered upon himself.

He spoke all the time about the story of his life and did not try to listen to his visitor. People around him were uncaring. He considered himself a clever young man. He believed a friend who would send him a doctor to help him would be an interfering so called friend.

31- Do you think that the reader should feel any sympathy for Au*gustus Pokewhistle, or not ? Give reasons for you answer.

We shouldn't feel any sympathy for him because he was not a gifted artist but a very much conceited.

32- How does Augustus Poke whistle describe his friends ? Do you think he would be a nice person to have as a friend ?

He describes them as interfering and "so-called". No.

33- Why do you think that Augustus Pokewhistle's business as a painter of people didn't do well ?

Because he only painted portraits of his own face.

34-When Augustus turned form painting people to painting the country, why do you think that he still could not sell any of his paintings ?

Because he only painted the views from the back and front windows of his room.

35- Why does Augustus describe trying to sell his drawings to the newspapers as "selling his soul" ?

Because it is against his principles as he sees himself as a true artist.

36- Why did he get bottles and cards of wool in the post ?

He got bottles and cards of wool in the post from advertis*ing agancies which he had sent his drawings to.

37- Do you think that Augustus has a good reason for never rising from his bed ?

No, I don't think so because he is still in the height of his

youth. He should be hopeful.

38- Why is the man from the furniture shop certain that Augustus will rise again form his bed ?

Because he has come to take the bed away because it hasn't been

Quotations:

1. "You are the doctor, I suppose."

a) To whom did Augustus say this statement?

Pokewhisle to the visitor.

b) What was that man?

He was a man from the furniture shop.

c) By whom did Augustus think that man was sent?

By some interfering so-called friends.

2. "It is of no importance to you if a clever young man should take to his bed at the height of his youth, never to rise again."

a) Why did Augustus believe that the visitor would not care for him?

As he was one of the uncaring public.

b) What made Augustus take that decision at the height of his youth?

As he failed to get money out of his work. He became disheartened.

c) When did Augustus rise from bed?

When the visitor placed him on the carpet.

3. "But I suppose you have been sent here by some interfering so called friend of mine to save me from my suffering."

a) What was Augustus suffering from?

He couldn't get any money from his work.

b) What does this quotation show about Augustus's character?

He wasn't a nice person to be a friend.

c) By whom was the visitor really sent to Augustus?

The owner of a furniture shop.

4. "At the age of seven, I won a prize for a drawing of an animal."

a) What did Augustus intend that drawing to represent?

The sunset over London.

b) What did Augustus's parents do as a result of his getting the prize?

They gave him an opportunity to study under great painters.

c) To what extent was Augustus a good artist?

In fact ,he wasn't a good artist.

5. "At age of twenty-one, I started business as a painter of people".

a) What pictures did he paint at the age of twenty-one?

Pictures of his own face.

b) Where could the visitor see them? why?

On the walls of his setting room as no one wanted to buy them.

c) What did he decide to paint when painting people did not succeed?

Painting the country

6. "May I mention that there is a certain repetition in your remarks? Let me finish, and then you can say «but» as often as you like".

a) Why did the visitor repeat the word "but"?

as he wasn't really a doctor.

b) What did this quotation show about Augustus's character?

He was talkative and despot.

c) About what was Augustus speaking when he said this quotation?

The story of his life.

7. "I decided, after a severe struggle with myself, to forget my soul and paint for money."

a) Why did Augustus have a severe struggle with himself?

He thought he was a good artist but unable to earn his living.

b) What did he first do when he decided to paint for money?

He drew funny pictures for newspapers.

c) What was the result of what he did?

He didn't get any money but he got his pictures back.

8. "I soon found out that selling one's soul for money is not so easy as it sounds"

a) What did Augustus mean by " selling one's soul for money"?

It was against his principle to paint for money as he thought he was a true artist.

b) Why was the matter not so easy as it sounded?

The matter of selling his soul.

c) How did he test his drawings?

He tested them on the cat.

9. "I tested them in the cat. I had often heard the expression «funny enough to make a cat laugh»".

a) What did Augustus test?

His pictures.

b) Why did he test them?

As no one wanted to buy them.

c) What was the result of the test?

The cat laughed until it was sick.

Test yourself

1-How was Augustus brought up ?

2-What happened when Augustus was seven years old ?

3-Why wasn't Augustus a good friend ?

4-Mention two ridiculous things about Augustus ?

5-Why did he think that the stranger wouldn't understand his illness?

6-What was really wrong with Augustus ?

7-How did Augustus' parents help him to be an artist ?

8- What happened when Augustus was twenty-one ?

9- Why did Augustus turn to painting the country ?

10- How did he test his funny pictures ?

11-Why did he test the funny pictures on his cat ?

12-What made Augustus decide to forget his soul ?

13-What was his last attempt of drawing and what was the result of it ?

14-What was Augustus' final decision?

15-Who was the stranger ?

16-What was the purpose of the stranger's visit to Augus*tus?

Quotations

1- "You are the doctor, I suppose".

a) Who said this ?

b) to whom ?

c) Was the speaker right in his supposition ?

2- "Funny enough to make a cat laugh".

a Who said this?

b)What does this expression mean ?

c) How did Augustus take this meaning into consideration ?

3- "I soon found that selling one's soul for money is not so easy as it sounds".

a)Who said this?

b) What did Augustus mean by "Selling one's soul" ?

c) Why couldn't Augustus give up further attempts to sell his paintings ?

4- "I feel certain that I shall never rise from this bed"

a)Who said this?

b) Would you support Augustus in such feeling ?

c) What would you advise him to do ?

5-"As I feel certain that you will".

a) Who said this ? To whom ?

b) What did it reveal ?

c) What was the speaker sure of?

6- "So I gave up my struggle. My heart was broken".

a)Who was the speaker?

b) Was Augustus right when he gave up the struggle ?

c) If you were Augustus, would you do the same ? Why ?

7- "May I mention that there is a certain repetition" in your re*marks ? Let me finish and then you can say "but" as often as you like".

a) Who was the speaker ? To Whom?

b) What remarks did the visitor repeat ? Why ?

c) What did this quotation show?

8- " I gave up the struggle. My heart was broken and I determined to take to my bed, never to rise again." a) What was his last attempt in his struggle?

b) Why did Augustus give up the struggle? •

c) What made his decision not carried out?

9- "And I feel certain that you will, because I 've come to take it away".

a) What was the visitor certain of?

b) What was he going to take away?

c) Why was he going to do so?

10-"I am from the furniture shop and the bed isn't paid for".

a) Why didn't Augustus know that the visitor was from the furniture shop?

b) What did the visitor do in order to take the bed?

c) Why didn't Augustus pay for the bed?