Fill in the Blanks The RattrapOnline version Summary Exercise by Prem Kumar J 1 comrade rattrap rugged tobacco money head bait kindness thanking unsuspected thief starved cottage fraud celebrate The story begins with a rattrap peddler who is in a ( 1 ) condition . He is dressed in rags and is very frail and looks ( 2 ) . We learn he has no home and sometimes even begs and steals to survive in the world . He leads a lonely life with no one to care about him . One fine day , it strikes to him that this whole world is a ( 3 ) itself . If we touch it , it will trap us and never let us go . He goes on to think that there are people out there who are already in this rattrap and reaching for the ( 4 ) . On one cold evening , he reaches at a cottage to ask for shelter . An old crofter lived in that cottage who took in the peddler . The crofter needed company so he welcomes the peddler . He gives him hot food and even ( 5 ) to smoke . They play cards and start talking . The peddler learns that the crofter got thirty kronor for selling his cow , which he keeps in a pouch on the window frame . The peddler leaves the next day but after seeing the crofter leave his ( 6 ) , he comes back to steal the pouch of money . After stealing it , he takes the woods to remain ( 7 ) . In the wood , the peddler meets an ironmaster who mistakes him to be his old ( 8 ) . He invites him over for Christmas but he refuses . After that , the ironmaster's daughter , Edla visits him and insists him to stay with them . In between , he feels sorry for stealing the crofter's money . They help the peddler get a makeover and dress him in nice clothes and shave his beard off . After this , the ironmaster realizes he has made a mistake ; the peddler was not his comrade . Thus , the ironmaster thinks he is a ( 9 ) and decides to turn him in . However , Edla insists on letting him stay and ( 10 ) Christmas with them . Her father agrees , and they celebrate Christmas together . Next day , the ironmaster and Edla learn that the peddler was a ( 11 ) through the church about the incident at the old crofter's . They ( 12 ) home in a hurry thinking he must have stolen all the silver . However , to their surprise , the peddler did not steal a thing . He left a note for Edla in the form a tiny rattrap . There was also a note ( 13 ) her for her ( 14 ) which saved him from the rattrap he got caught in . Most importantly , he also left the crofter's ( 15 ) asking to return it to him .
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