The Eyes Have It Narration Change

Ruskin Bond (born 19 May 1934)

The Eyes Have It

The Eyes Have It Narration Change:

1. The narrator says, "The couple who saw her off were probably her parents, they seemed very anxious about her comfort."

2. He says, "As I was totally blind at the time, my eyes sensitive only to light and darkness, I was unable to tell what the girl looked like."

3. The writer says, "I knew she wore slippers from the way they slapped against her heels."

4. "Are you going all the way to Dehra?" asked.

5. She gave a little exclamation and said, “I didn't know anyone else was here.

6. "Where are you going?" she asked.

7. "To Dehra, and then to Mussoorie," I said.

8. "Oh, how lucky you are. I wish I were going to Mussoorie," she said.

9. She said, "I love the hills. Especially in October."

10. "Yes, this is the best time." I said, calling on my memories.

11. "Have you noticed," I ventured, "that the trees seem to be moving while we seem to be standing still?"

12. "That always happens," she said. "Do you see any animals?"

13. "No," I answered quite confidently.

14. "You must have an interesting face," I remarked.

15. Ruskin Bond says, “Few girls can resist flattery”.

16. She said, "It's nice to be told I have an interesting face. I'm tired of people telling me have a pretty face."

17. I said, "Well, an interesting face can also be pretty."

18. "You are a very gallant young man," she said, "but why are you so serious?"

19. "We will soon be at your station," I said.

20. "Thank goodness it's a short journey. I can't bear to sit in a train for more than two-or-three hours.

21. He says, "I was prepared to sit there for almost any length of time, just to listen to her talking."

22. He says, "Her voice had the sparkle of a mountain stream.

23. "Goodbye," the girl said.

24. "You must be disappointed," he said. "I'm not nearly as attractive a travelling companion as the one who just left."

25. “She was an interesting girl," I said.

26. I said to the fellow-traveller, "Can you tell me did she keep her hair long or short?"

27. "I don't remember," he said, sounding puzzled.

28. He said, "It was her eyes I noticed, not her hair."

29. He said, "She had beautiful eyes - they were of no use to her."

30. He said, “She was completely blind. Didn't you notice?"

1. The narrator says that the couple who saw her off were probably her parents as they seemed very anxious about her comfort.

2. He says that as he was totally blind at the time, his eyes sensitive only to light and darkness, he was unable to tell what the girl looked like.

3. The writer says that he knew she wore slippers from the way they slapped against her heels.

4. I asked if she was going all the way to Dehra.

5. She gave a little exclamation and said she hadn't known anyone else was there.

6. She asked me where I was going. Or, She asked the narrator where he was going.

7. I replied that I was going to Dehra, and then to Mussoorie.

8. She exclaimed that he was very lucky, and she expressed her desire to go to Mussoorie.

9. She said that she loved the hills, especially in October.

10. Calling on my memories I agreed that that was the best time.

11. I ventured if she had noticed that the trees seemed to be moving while they seemed to be standing still.

12. She said that that always happened and asked me if I saw any animals.

13. Quite confidently, I answered in the negative.

14. I remarked that she must interesting face.

15. Ruskin Bond says that few girls can resist flattery.

16. She said that it was nice to be told she had an interesting face and added that she was tired of people telling her she had a pretty face.

17. I remarked that an interesting face could also be pretty.

18. She called me a very gallant young man and asked me why I was so serious.

19. I said that we would soon be at her station.

20. She expressed her pleasure that it was a short journey since she could not bear to sit in a train for more than two-or-three hours.

21. He says that he was prepared to sit there for almost any length of time, just to listen to her talking.

22. He says that her voice had the sparkle of a mountain stream.

23. The girl bade him goodbye.

24. He said to his fellow traveller that the latter must be disappointed because he was not nearly as attractive a travelling companion as the one who had just left.

25. I said that she had been an interesting girl.

26. I asked the fellow-traveller if he could tell me whether she kept her hair long or short.

27. He, sounding puzzled, said that he did not remember.

28. He said that it was her eyes he had noticed, not her hair.

29. He said that she had beautiful eyes, but they were of no use to her.

30. He asked me if I hadn't noticed that she was completely blind.

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