1. THE SUMMER OF THE BEAUTIFUL WHITE HORSE
Made by
D.AJAY Chandra
class :-XI ‘a’
ROLL.NO:-11110

2. The story revolves around the two poor Armenian boys; Mourad & Aram and
a beautiful white horse. The boys stole a beautiful horse and kept him in a
secret place. Their tribe was suffering from poverty but despite this, they were
famous for their honesty. Both the boys took good care of the horse and loved
him. They also enjoyed their riding for a long time. At the other side, John
Byro, the real owner of the horse was very simple and kind hearted person.
When he saw the horse with the boys, he looked into horse’s mouth and
examined his teeth. John Byro recognized his horse but refuses to believe,
because of their fame of honesty. After realizing their mistake, they returned
the horse to his
real owner.
INTRODUCTION

3.  The story revolves around the two cousins Aram and
Mourad who belong to a poor Armenian tribe .
 The other major characters are:-
 Uncle Khosrove , furious and intempered.
 John Byro, an American who out of loneliness learnt
Armenian.

4.  It is a poor Armenian tribe. Every branch of the
Garoghlanian family was living in the most amazing
and comical poverty in the world.
 Most important of all ,they were famous for their
honesty .
 The people of the tribe were proud first and, honest
next.

5. This is a story of two tribal Armenian boys who belonged to the
Garoghlanian tribe. For their family, even at times of extreme poverty
nothing could match the importance of honesty. They never did
anything wrong and never lied or never even stole anything. The story
talks about an incident that revolves around two cousins Aram who is
nine years old and Mourad who is thirteen. The world, for Aram, at that
time, seemed to be a delightful and extremely joyous yet mysterious
dream. People believed in every imaginable kind of magnificence.
Mourad was considered to be crazy by everybody he knew.
The story opens with Mourad coming to Aram's house at four in
the morning one fine day. He tapped on the window to Aram's room.
When Aram looked out of the window, he was taken aback and startled
to see Mourad riding a beautiful white horse. In fact, he was so dazed
that Mourad had to say “Yes, it's a horse. You are not dreaming.” All this
was too unbelievable because Aram knew that they were too poor to be
able to afford to buy a horse. The only way Mourad could possess it
could be by stealing. They were too honest to lie and yet too crazy to
ride a horse.

6.  Thus, they kept the horse for two weeks, enjoying its ride in cool air
and singing to their heart's content on the country roads. They hid it
from the rest of the world by keeping it in a barn of the deserted
vineyard. Meanwhile, Aram came to know that the horse was stolen
from John Byro. They planned not to return it to him so soon although
it pricked their conscience to steal, which was completely their ethics
and tribal norms.
 One fine day they came across John, the farmer. Such was the boys'
family famous for their honesty that the thought of his horse being
stolen by the boys never crossed John's mind. He was just amazed at
the resemblance and said: “I would swear it is my horse if I did not
know your parents.”
 This moving experience led the boys towards John's vineyard the very
next morning. They left the horse in the barn after patting it
affectionately. Later that day, John seemed to be very pleased and
shared the news of the return of his horse with Aram's mother. The
story teaches us the importance and necessity of honesty even in the
face of greed and passion

7.  Aram is the narrator of the story, and serves as the
moral center. He is very mindful of doing the right
thing, while understanding the financial challenges of
the family. He does not seek to disrupt the balances in
the family or in the community, and while he does love
the horse, he does understand that in taking it, he and
his cousin are doing something that is not entirely
right.

8.  Mourad, in contrast, is guided by his passion for the
horse, compelling him to take it. Mourad has been
described in the story as an animal lover. He sang
when he rides a horse. His passion for riding made
him a fearless rider. He had always a way with horse
and knew how to tame them against running wild. He
took good care of animals which shows his emotional
attachment with the animals

9.  Uncle Khosrove is explained to be very impatient
man. This worked to his disadvantage one day when he
was getting his hair trimmed by the barber and he
came to know that his house was on fire. He had an
amazing reaction when he said:”It is no harm, pay no
attention to it. Enough ,it is no harm I say.”
 He was a big man with largest moustache .he was very
intempered and so irritable.