Monday, 8 October 2018

LITTLE GIRLS ARE WISER THAN MEN - Short Story - by Leo Tolstoy - Notes - SUMMARY

LITTLE GIRLS ARE WISER THAN MEN
-- Leo Tolstoy

          “Little Girls are wiser than Men” is a short story written by Leo Tolstoy. This story is about the innocence and purity of little children. 

On an Easter morning, two little girls named Akoulya and Malasha were playing together. They wore new clothes. They went to a large puddle of dirty water.  Malasha wanted to step into the puddle.  Akoulya warned Malasha to walk carefully without splashing the water.  But, Malasha  slumped her foot heavily splashing the dirty water on Akoulya’s new frock and face. Akoulya tried to catch Malasha. But, Malasha tried to escape. But, Akoulya’s mother beat Malasha. This led to quarrel and exchange of abuses among the neighbours. Akoulya’s old grand mother tried to calm them. But, the crowd did not listen to her.

Forgetting their differences, the two little girls met together went back to the puddle. They made a channel out of the Puddle.  The two girls followed the channel with delight. Looking at them, the old lady commented that the little girls were wiser than the elders since they forgot their enmity and playing together. All the men and women felt ashamed of themselves and left the place.

           Leo Tolstoy opines that, to enter the kingdom of God, one must possess the innocence and  purity of little children.
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Noojilla Srinivas
Lecturer in English
Govt. Degree College - Alamuru
M: 7981862200
email: noojillasrinivas@gmail.com

7 comments:

  1. Nice but sum sentence are missing but very nice story.

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  2. I really like it but some mistakes are there but l really like this story and my name is Athulya

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  3. well, good summary but some lines are missing and it didnt helped me.So next try to add all the sentences.

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  4. Very interesting story I like this too much thank you Leo Tolstoy

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  5. My name is Bhavyam Bhaskar

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