Essay The Thieves Who Couldn’t Help Sneezing - 693 Words

The Thieves Who Couldn’t Help Sneezing There is one main character in this story, Hubert. We barely get any description of the physical features of Hubert; however what we do find out is: he is a fourteen year old boy, a ‘yeoman’s son’ with a horse named Jerry. All of them resided in Wessex. ‘A man darted from the thicket’ ‘Another man’ ‘And Another’ These three quotes; all from the same paragraph tell us that there are in total three robbers. Yet again there is very little detail about any of the three robbers; two descriptions of the few criminals there states that their faces are ‘artificially blackened’, and at least one of them had a, ‘deep voice’. In the whole of the short story there is possibly twenty-six†¦show more content†¦It’s dark and deserted, therefore minimal chance of the robbers getting caught. The only details we get of the mansion is how large it is with, â€Å"flanking wings, gables and towers†, also written is how Hubert can see battlements and, chimneys, â€Å"against the stars†. This is a far-fetched, slightly unrealistic, short story where good prevails in the end. Hubert and his horse Jerry get attacked on their way home from a â€Å"small town†, which was, â€Å"several miles† from his home. It was at that moment in the most likely of places that Hubert gets bound up and the unknown robbers take Jerry. By some lucky co-incidence Hubert was able to retrieve his legs from the bonds, and is then capable of walking freely. Even though Hubert was lost in the area he stumbled upon a mansion in the dark wooded area. Entering the place he found a banquet arranged on a long table, but no one was there eating the various foods. Strangely Hubert heard a deep voice similar to that of one of the robbers. Ensuring they did not see him, Hubert hid beneath the table and witnessed the robber’s hide in a closet. When the inhabitants and guests to the mansion arrive back, Hubert quickly decides to hide himself in a dark corner of the porch and wait until they are all back inside before kicking the door to get their attention. Hubert explained his situation to, but