- James Thurber
James Thurber is one of the celebrated essayists of the 20th century. His essay covers a variety of fields and subjects. His style is spontaneous lucid and witty.
One November night at one O' clock Thurber heard someone walking in the dining room. James Thurber thought that it was ghost. So he woke up his brother Herman. Both of them listened the sound. There was no sound. A little later they heard the steps running around the dining table out of fear locked themselves.
On hearing the sound their mother woke up and she thought that there was Burglars. She wanted to inform the police. But the phone was downstairs. So she threw a shoe into the bedroom of their neighbours Bodwell. Bodwell was very angry to find the window glass pane broken Mrs. Bodwell was shocked.
Bodwell immediately informed the police and they came to Thurber's house. A cop came to Thurber's room and asked him who he was. Thurber replied that, he lived there.
At the time grandfather woke up and he thought that the cops were the deserters from General Meade's Buttalion in the American Civil war. He attacked the policemen and the policemen escaped.
Next day the grandfather asked innocently what the cops were doing in their house the previous nights.
Thus Thurber's story is filled with wit and humour that arise out of mistaken identity.
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