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We were crying and shivering with fright. Granny
said, ‘They can’t harm you now. Be brave and do

as I tell you.’

In those days there were no telephones in
that area. Father drove to the police station.
Our neighbours, hearing the commotion,

came rushing to our house.

Granny and my mother washed and
bandaged Grandpa’s wound, which
was a deep cut. It was the first time
I had seen so much blood and I felt

sick and dizzy.

Soon the police came and the doctor
too. The robbers were handcuffed
and taken away. Everyone was happy

that this gang, which had so terrorised the town and
surrounding villages, had at last been caught. fright: the feeling of fear
commotion: a sudden, brief
‘Just imagine an old woman catching them when even the period of loud noise
police couldn’t!’ they kept saying. dizzy: a feeling that you are
about to fall
handcuffed: put handcuffs on
Granny was rewarded in cash. She gave the money to the someone
hospital where Grandpa had been admitted. He was there terrorised: made someone feel
very frightened by threatening
for a month and came out with a big scar, of which he was them
very proud. scar: a mark left (as on the
skin) after injured tissue has
healed
He told people that he got it defending us against the grin: a broad smile
robbers! Granny kept mum, a mischievous grin on her

wrinkled face.

—Tara Parameswaran

Time to answer

A. Choose the correct option.

1. Who was outwitted in the story?

the grandmother the burglars

the grandfather the neighbours

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