Write precis of the following passage in about 100 words :
"Fire! Fire!" What awful things to hear when you wake up in the middle of the night in a strange house. My room was located on the top floor of a big, old, wooden house that burned beautifully. I leaped from my bed, unlocked the door, and entered the hallway. Thick smoke filled the air.
I started to run, but since I was still only partially conscious, I ran in the opposite direction of the stairs. I saw flames everywhere as the smoke grew thicker. My bare feet started to get hot on the floor. I sprinted into a room to reach the window after spotting an open door.
However, I fell before I could react because one of my feet got caught in something soft. I picked up the object I had fallen on to shield my face from the heat and smoke because it felt like a bundle of clothing. The floor suddenly gave way beneath me, and I fell to the ground below, surrounded by charred wood fragments.
I covered my face with the bundle and fled when I noticed a flaming doorway ahead. Even though I had terrible foot burns, I managed to get through. My bundle of clothes let out a thin cry as I arrived outside in the chilly air. I was so surprised that I almost dropped it. Then I noticed people congregating in the street. When she saw me, a woman wearing a borrowed man's coat and a nightgown screamed and ran wildly.
"My boy!" "My boy!" she exclaimed. As she removed the smoke-blackened bundle from my arms, the audience erupted in cheers. It was a little hard for me to identify her. I had saved her baby, and she was the mayor's wife. I was a hero.
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Precis writing Answer
Title:- Cheers for heroism
While asleep on the top floor of a wooden house the narrator heard at midnight, 'Fire! Fire !' Jumping up from bed he ran through the passage. Surrounded by smoke and fire he entered an open room. While reaching the window his feet dashed against a bundle of clothes.
He picked it up, put it over his face to protect from heat. The floor suddenly crumbled. He fell down. Getting up, he ran through a burning door, holding the bundle. Reaching outside he heard a faint cry from the bundle. The Mayor's wife cried out "My baby! My baby!" He was cheered for his heroism.
Note:
The original passage gives an experience of the narrator who used the first person to describe it. in the precis the third person has been used to represent the narrator.
The original passage gives an experience of the narrator who used the first person to describe it. in the precis the third person has been used to represent the narrator.
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