Unit 4-The Old-Clock Shop Pages 11-14

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The story shows the kindness of Ray, old., deaf shop owner towards a stranger
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in their eyes.
Christmas Eve. Two strangers entered his shop without a sign of friendliness
counter. Kay
While one of the men was standing at the door, the other approached the shop's
to loan his
talked to the man by writing on a notepad. As the man told Ray that he wished
need or the
watch, he offered him a loan of fifty dollars against it. Ray acknowledged the
man and he helped him by accepting an old watch in exchange of good sum ot money.

1. What made Ray think the visitor was not really a shopper?
It was through his intuition, experience and common sense that Ray could make out that
the visitor was not a shopper. Besides, the visitor showed no sign of friendliness as he
approached the counter. Another man was waiting at the door to keep an eye out for police
or other shoppers.

2. Why do you think he had come to the shop?

The man had come to rob the shop. He was also hiding a gun inside his coat-pocket.
3. How did Ray communicate with him?
Ray communicated with him by writing his questions and responses on a notepad kept onn
the counter.
4. What do you think the man said to
his friend who waited at the door?
The man probably told his friend
that the shopkeeper was
front of him without any fear or
and that
deaf, they could talk in
worry.
5 Ray was not a pawnbroker. Why then
did he lend money to people in
watches and clocks? exchange jortne Od

Ray was a kind man who wanted to

help people in their time of need. So, he lent them
money without charging any interest.
6. "The watch was nothing special and yet had great powers." In what sense did it have
great powers"?
The ordinary watch had great powers to change the fate of the two men who were
to rob the shop. It planning
prevented them from committing their first crime. And so, it saved themn
from a life of guilt, crime and
debauchery. With the money that the man had received from
Ray in
exchange for the watch, he could easily meet his needs without becoming a criminal.
Do vou think the man would ever come
back to pick up the watch?
The fact that Ray loaned the
money to the men in their time of need could have caused a
change of heart in the man. It is quite possible that they would come back to pick up the
watch later.

S. When did "the unfriendly face" of the visitor turn

truly friendly?
The unfriendly face" of the visitor turned truly friendly when he received
fifty dollars for
his old watch. He thanked Ray, and wished him a merry Christmas. He
promised to come
back for his watch. He felt gratitude towards Ray for helping him out