02. The Thief's Story
SUMMARY The Thief's Story is written by Ruskin Bond. Hari Singh and Anil are the main characters of this story. Hari Singh was a young boy of fifteen years old and narrator of this story. He was a thief. One day at a wrestling match, he came across Anil. He won Anil‘s confidence andc Came to his house as a servant. Anil was a writer and he did not earn much. So, Hari Singh agreed to work for him only for food. Hari Singh did not know how to cook. The first meal which he cooked for Anil was so bad. Anil gave it to a stray dog and told Hari Singh to be off. But Hari‘s appealing smile made Anil give up his decision to turn him out. In the morning Anil made tea and then he brought the day‘s supplies from the market and made profit of a rupee. Anil had no regular income. He earned something by writing articles and stories for magazines. But one day Anil came home with a bundle of notes. He told Hari that he had earned six hundred rupees by selling one of his books to a publisher. Hari‘s...