THE UMBRELLA MAN BY ROALD DAHL

THE UMBRELLA MAN


"The Umbrella man" is a non-fiction story written by Roald Dahl, the famous British short story writer. A middle-aged mother, her twelve-year-old daughter and a strange, but very polite man are the main chracters of an out-of-the-ordinary situation on the streets of London.

The woman and her child are having a snack in a café. The moment they are going out, it starts raining heavily and a small old man approaches them. He asks the mother to do him a favour. She looks at him very suspiciously as she is always suspicious of unknown men. He tells them he never forgets anything but on this day, somehow, he has forgotten his wallet. The man asks her for money to take a taxi and, in exchange, he gives them his expensive silk umbrella. The woman accepts it and gives him the banknote. The old man says goodbye and starts running away along the street. He surprisingly does not take the taxi. So, what will he do with the money?

For us the story is not that good because the plot is not interesting at all or as entertaining as we thought it would be. Although this is the case, it teaches you a moral.

BY: Juliana Alfaro and Fabrizio Sanguinetti - PRE F.C.E. 2 - Melipal