The world – Renowned nose

Characters

 The Long-nosed One

 The Long-nosed One’s Mother
 His two female secretaries

Starting – Noooose!
 An ordinary kitchen worker’s life became extraordinary when his nose started growing in
length.
 Before that, he was an unknown kitchen worker and he only wanted to eat, sleep and
inhale a lot of snuff.
 His nose grew longer, and reached the level of his navel still he did not care about it
because he could still inhale snuff without any difficulty.
 But he was dismissed from his job at the kitchen.
 No one, no political party came forward questioning this injustice.
 Some of his visitors even stole things from the house where he had been working.
 Soon he had no money to even buy snuff.
 His mother started driving people away from his hut.

Questions & Answers

1. What do you know about the protagonist/main character of the story? (2 marks)

The protagonist of the story is a humble, illiterate man not particularly known for his
intelligence. His kitchen was his world and he was not particularly bothered about what
happened outside it. His daily routine had nothing special about it. He cooked, ate, took a
good pinch of snuff, slept, woke up and cooked again.
2. Was the man happy with his life? (2 marks)
The man in the story appears to be a happy man because anyone whose dreams are few
and follows a routine is said to be happy with his life. Even though his mother came to
collect his wages, he was happy that he could earn for his family in the first place and got
his favorite snuff in the second. Day in and day out he continued to live out this
monotonous/boring routine and was quite content/happy with it.
3. What happened in the man’s routine life? (2 marks)
Something happened that changed the man’s life forever – his nose began to grow in
length. It grew so long that it reached his naval and went further down. This curious
phenomenon brought a large number of visitors to see him. The man was soon called the
long-nosed one and he became a political figure who made decisions and rose in power
and wealth.
4. What does the author think about the twenty fourth year? (2 marks)
5. “It is a startling piece of news that nose has become a matter of dispute among
intellectuals.”
 1. Whose nose became a matter of dispute among intellectuals?
The nose of the cook became a matter of dispute among intellectuals.
2. What did intellectuals dispute over the nose?
(Answered in another section)
6. Did the deformity trouble the Long-nosed One? Why? (2 marks)
7. Why was the Long-nosed One dismissed from the kitchen? (2 marks)
The people for whom the Long Nosed One had been working dismissed him because of
his long nose. Since his nose attracted visitors, they had no peace at home. People came
visiting him day and night. Photographers pestered (troubled) them and news reporters
became a nuisance. Besides, a number of things were stolen (pilfered) from their house.
8. Why does the author say, “the poor cook”? (2 marks)
1. He lost his job.
2. There was no political party to support him.
3. No lover of humanity came forward for him.
4. He had no money.
9. Do you think that the Long Nosed One was intelligent? Give reason/s. (2 marks)
10. Do you support the Long-nosed One’s asking his old mother to get his horrid visitors
out? (2 marks)
1. Yes.
2. The visitors had no sympathy for him and his mother.
3. They looked at him as a wild animal – not as a human being.

Next – A Celebrity from Kitchen

 The long-nosed man soon became a celebrity.
 Photographers and news reporters came to see him.
 Then they tried to bribe the mother to let them see the long nose.
 His income grew day by day and he became a millionaire in six years.
 He became a celebrity. He acted in three films including ‘The Human Submarine’.
 Poets wrote epic poems about him. Whenever something important happened, the
newspapers published his comments.
 He started commenting about everything in the world.
 The government awarded him the title, ‘Chief among the Long-nosed Ones’.
 Different political parties wanted him to join their parties.

Questions & Answers

1. Good fortune dawned on the mother and son after that day! How did fortune turn
good for the mother and son?
One day the son called his old mother aside and told her to get the visitor out and shut the
door. As the mother did so, visitors began to bribe the mother to get an opportunity to see
the long-nosed one. Although some upholders of justice protested against this corruption,
the government did not take any action. Thus, the mother and son began to earn an
income that rose in a couple of days.
 2. How did the long-nosed one’s life change in six years?
The income of the long-nosed one grew day by day. In six years the poor cook became a
millionaire. He acted thrice in films such as ‘The Human Submarine.’ Six poets wrote
epic poems about the noble qualities of the long nosed one. Nine well-known writers
wrote biographies of the long-nosed one and won wealth and acclaim. His princely abode
was also a guesthouse open to all. Anyone at any time could get a meal there; and a sniff
of snuff.
3. How did the long-nosed become popular in social media?
The long-nosed one gave his opinion on important world events. Newspapers published
his comments. When an aeroplane with a speed of 10,000 miles an hour had been built,
the long-nosed one made a comment which went widespread. He also made a speech on
Doctor Bundros Furasiburose’s bringing a dead man to life. When people heard that the
highest peak in the world had been scaled, they sought the long-nosed one’s opinion. The
public preferred to believe only that the long-nosed one supported. Any subject was
considered complete when the long-nosed one supported that. Painting, the watch trade,
mesmerism, photography, the soul, publishing house, the writing of novels, life after
death, the conduct of newspapers and hunting bore the long-nosed one’s purity
certificate.
4. What for were conspiracies to capture the long-nosed one hatched?
Like any other capture in the history, the long-nosed one also was wanted for capture.
The popularity of the long-nosed one was the chief reason for this capture. Although he
was once unwanted and useless, his growth to fame was looked upon as promising for the
government.

The Fall Begins

 The long-nosed-one appointed two attractive women as secretaries.
 Both of them loved him. Both of them wanted him to join her own party.
 When he said nothing, one of them made a comment that ‘the long-nosed one has cheated
the people’ and that ‘the long nose is made of rubber’.
 A big controversy followed. The people blamed the government and the President.
 The political parties demanded that the ministry must resign.

Questions & Answers

1. “When two beautiful females love the same person at the same time, there is bound
to be trouble.” How did this trouble begin in the long-nosed one’s life?
The long nosed one appointed two female secretaries for him. They were comely,
accomplished women. Both of them loved the long-nosed one. Both of them worshipped
him. This brought trouble into the long-nosed one’s life.

Next – Arrest, Custody, Imprisonment

 Protests and strikes broke out. At last the President arrested the long-nosed one and took
him into custody.
  The people were still not happy. They burned police stations and destroyed government
buildings.
 There were communal riots and many people died.
 The President invited expert doctors from 48 countries to the Presidential palace.
 They surrounded the long-nosed one.
 One of the doctors took a needle and punctured the tip of his nose.
 A drop of blood appeared. Thus the controversy was settled.
 They announced that the long nose was indeed real and not made of rubber.

Rising from Shame

 Now the people were happy. One of the secretaries came up to him and kissed him on the
nose.
 People shouted slogans praising him and his party.
 The President nominated the long-nosed one as a Member of the Parliament.
 The other political parties formed a United Front to protest against this.
 The controversies and agitations over the silly long nose continued forever.

Questions & Answers

1. How did the government try to capture the long-nosed one?

The government tried a confidence trick to capture the long-nosed one. By awarding him
the title ‘Chief among the long-nosed ones’ and by giving him a medal, the government
made its monopoly over the long-nosed one. It was the President himself who tied the
gold medal round his neck. Instead of shaking the long-nosed one by the hand, the
President tweaked the tip of the long nose and the video was shown at movie-halls across
the country.
2. How did political parties try to buy the Long Nosed One?
Seeing the political value of the Long Nosed One, parties came swarming to get him to
join their parties but the Long Nosed One didn’t want to join any politics. When the
parties saw that the Long Nosed One was indifferent to politics, two of them bribed one
of his female secretaries. She swore that she would marry the Long Nosed One, but on
asking the other female secretary, he was discouraged. In the meanwhile, another party
declared the Long Nosed One their leader and announced that their party was the Long
Nosed One’s Party. However, the Long Nosed One was silent about all this so the parties
could not win him or his name.
3. How did the members of other parties counter the sensation created by the Long
Nosed One’s Party campaigns?
The members of the other parties were furious. They got at one of the secretaries and
made her issue a scathing statement against the Long Nosed One that the Long Nosed
One has deceived the people! He has been cheating them all this while. He has made me
a partner in this fraud. Let me declare the truth to the public: the long nose is made of
rubber!’