What local gossip did Muni indulge in? Why was the shopkeeper pleased with the gossip?

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Tarun asked 7 years ago

In the story “A Horse and Two Goats”, what local gossip did Muni indulge in? Why was the shopkeeper pleased with the gossip?

A Horse and Two Goats

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Jayanta Kumar Maity Staff answered 7 years ago

In R. K. Narayan’s short story “A Horse and Two Goats” Muni indulged in the gossip that the local postman’s wife had eloped with someone else to the city a few months ago.

The shopkeeper had some kind of enmity with the postman as he had once cheated him. That is why he felt intense pleasure knowing something bad happened to the postman.

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Nandini jain answered 3 years ago

But in the story the only conversation muni had with the shopkeeper was about convincing him to let muni buy some things on debt .

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Jayanta Kumar Maity Staff replied 3 years ago

The story in the ICSE text book “Treasure Trove” is an edited version. The above is written in the original text.

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