Phnom Penh International University

Assignments

Literature studySummarize the

story“The boy who drew cat”Teacher: Meng Channy

Year: 2014

Group 3-Cheth tha leenuddh-Kim chan sovan leakna-Heng meng hong

THE BOY WHO DREW CAT

Once upon the time, a boy is the youngest child of a poor farmer family that lived in a small village in Japan. The boy was small, and never grew any bigger. He was clever than his brothers and sisters, but he was weak and could not help any farm work. His parents send him to the temple, so he could become a priest.

The priest of the temple impressed that boy was very obedient and clever, but one thing that the boy never paid heat to him was drawing cat. The priest kept warn him not to draw cat all over the place, but the boy still did.

One day, the boy drew some beautiful cat on the large screen in the temple. When the priest saw it, he said immediately the boy must leave the temple because perhaps he could be a great artist and impossible to become a good priest.

The boy did not know what the priest meaning by saying that. He was embarrassed to discuss this with the priest, so he left the temple.

Then, the priest gave must advice to the boy that he has to stay in small place and stay away from large place at night.

He entered an unknown village at the silent night. He saw a temple that was on the top of a large hill at the end of street in the village. He saw the light coming from the temple; he thought that priests of the temple might not fall asleep. When he reacted there, he knocked the door but no one answer. He pushed the door gently and looked around. Unfortunately, the temple seem like had been abandoned because everywhere were covered with dust and spider webs. The boy waited for long, but no one came. He saw some big white screens and then he started to draw many cats all over the screens. He began to feel sleepy, so he lied down and went to sleep. Suddenly, he remembered what the priest had said. He has to stay in the small place at night. He looked around the large temple he was alone. He started feeling frightened. He saw a little closet, so he decided to sleep there and fell asleep.

In the middle of the night, the boy was awakened by sound of fighting and screaming. It was horrible noise. He was afraid because of the horrible noise still continued getting louder and louder. Suddenly, the light in the temple went out. After a very long time, everything went back to normal, but the boy did not leave the closet till morning. When he went out from the closet slowly, he saw the blood all over the temple with a large dead rat that is bigger than a cow. It was the goblin that scared away the priests of the temple. The goblin had been killed by the cats that he had drawn. Later on, the villager living in peace, and the boy became a famous artist.

The end

THE PART THAT I LIKE IN THE STORY “The boy who drew cats” has many points that I like. The main character of a boy in the story is intelligent. He was cleverer than his sibling was. First, he could answer very well all the hardly questions that the priest had asked him. He learned quickly and understood everything that the priest taught when he became an assistant. Moreover, the boy usually was obedient because he listened carefully to the priest and can do everything that the priest said. Second, when the boy was banished from the temple, he should have gone home, but he didn’t want to concern his parents because he cared about them. Therefore, he decided to leave to another village, and entered an empty temple. Third, I must say he is so brave. He could stay alone and face the frightening night with a fear in his mind, but he still had courage to fight it. At the end of the story, his drawing was bringing peace to the temple, and for the villager. As a result, he also became a famous artist. Today his paintings of cats can be seen in everywhere in Japan. Most important, I really like the part that related to “The cat” of this story because cat is my favorite pet. Finally, I’m impressed of his bravery and I also envy his talent and intelligence.

THE PART THAT I DON’T LIKE IN THE STORYIn the story, “The boy who drew cats” is showing the character of a

boy that I don’t like even if I like all the points of that story. Even though, the boy can do everything that the priest said but one thing that he never paid heat to the priest is drawing cat. He was disobedient his master. He ruined many wall and drawn on the wall in the temple. That was so bad for the temple at that time. That’s why the priest wanted him to leave. Therefore, he had to leave. When the boy was banished from the temple, he should have gone home. However, he did not because he was afraid that his father might punish him. Thus, he had not back home because he did not face with his fault and his family. He might not force himself to stay alone in the large horrible temple that was closed because a goblin had scared away the priests and had taken possession of the temple. The warriors tried to protect the temple by going to kill the goblin, but those warriors were never seen alive again. It meant that the temple was so dangerous. So I do not like when he went alone without knowing anything well, he might cause any problem if he did not drew cat on the wall. He did not care about his life. Finally, all these points are what I dislike. If you were me, you wouldn’t like the person who disobey you and the person who decide to do something without knowing it well.