blaspheming. ‘I’m gonna get my gun back from that old bird,’ said the zither-cop. ‘Yeh,’ said Joe, ‘You – and who else?’ I told them I would bring it to the station house the next day. ‘What was the matter with that one policeman?’ mother asked, after they had gone.
‘Grandfather shot him,’ I said. ‘What for?’ she demanded. I told her he was a deserter. ‘Of all things!’ said mother.
‘He was such a nice-looking young man’. Grandfather was fresh as a daisy and full of jokes at breakfast next morning. We thought at first he had forgotten all about what had happened, but he hadn’t. Over his third cup of coffee, he glared at Herman and me.
‘What was the idea of all the cops tarryhootin’ around the house last night?’ he demanded. 'None of you bothered to leave a bottle of water beside my bed. Do you ever realize what it cost for a thirsty man to look for water in the dining room last night?', he complained. He had us there.
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Were the policemen willing to leave the house? j. What made the reporter gaze at the author? About the Author James Grover Thurber ( – ) was an American cartoonist, author, humourist, journalist, playwright, and celebrated wit.
He was best known for his cartoons and short stories published mainly in The New Yorker magazine, such as "The Catbird Seat", and collected in his numerous books. He was one of the most popular humourists of his time, as he celebrated the comic frustrations and eccentricities of ordinary people. rending(v) - tearing to pieces yanked(v) - pulled with a jerk zither(n) - a musical instrument consisting of