THE RATTRAP

•   There was a man who used to sell rattraps.He was extremely poor.Sometimes he used to beg or steal to keep him alive.He had no name so the writer called him peddler,vagabond,rattrap seller or tramp.
• One day when he was sitting ideally nd thinking about this world an idea struck to him that this world was nothing but a big arattrap,.all the comforts and the luxuries it offer are nothing but the baits.he as feeling very happy to think ill about this world because the world was never kind to him.
• One day in the night he met a crofter and asked for the night shelter.The crofter was alone soe welcomed him gave him shelter,share his food and tobacco roll and played majolis.he also told him that he ha thirty kronor and to prove himself true he showed the money to the peddler.
• The nexday the tramp return to the house of crofter when he was not there,smashed the window pane took the money and went away.He took the path of the forest to keep himself safe but he lost the way and then he realized that he himself has been caught in the rattrap.
• When he was near to death he heard the sounds of hammer and rushed towards the Iron mill.There he took the permission from the blacksmith and laid down near the furnace.

• The Ironmaster ,the owner of the mill came for the night inspection .He saw peddler lying there  with his rags and the rattraps.In the night the Ironmaster mistook him as his old friend Captain NIlf Olf.He invited him to the house but peddler refused to go.
• Then the ironmaster sent his daughter Edla to bring the peddler home.She was a shy and the modest girl.She had the better power of persuasion.When she saw the peddler she at once understood that either the man was a thief or he had escaped from the prison.
• However, she was a kind girl she invited him in a friendly manner and asked him to celebrate christmas Eve with them.Due to her kindness and friendly approach peddler agreed to go with her
• The next day when the peddler appeared before the Iron master, he immediately realised his mistake and asked the peddler to get out,But Edla requested her father to let him stay there at least on that christmas Eve,She said that after all he is a human being and their guest.
• The peddler was very much moved by the Edla's love and concern,The next day when he left the house he left a small packet for Edla.In that packet there was a small rat trap as a christmas gift for Edla,there were thirty kronors with the request to return to the crofter.There was a note of thanks for Edla.The most remarkable thing was that the tramp signed as Captain NIls Olf.