Just like George Bernard Shaw by James Herriot
Summary
"Just like George Bernard Shaw" is written by James Herriot. It is about an event in writer's life in 1950. In which he learned that all fame is relative. One should not start talking about somebody who is not in the listener's profession or whom people don't recognize in their place.
The writer had just read that George Bernard Shaw broke his leg while pruning apple trees in his garden. His broken leg got popularity in entire England. That time James Herriot, the narrator of the story and a veterinary doctor, was called by Casling family to set the broken leg of their one-month-old calf. They were remote area farmers and uneducated.
As the narrator reached there, they welcomed him. Casling was sixty years and had two sons, Alan and Harold who were in their thirties. The narrator asked for lukewarm water to dip plaster bandages for applying to the fractured leg of the calf. The family was observing the treatment closely with full silence.
To break this silence the narrator, thinking that they knew about George Bernard Shaw, told just like George Bernard Shaw eh. But they didn't recognize him because they were living in an isolated area and were busy in their day-to-day routine. What's more, they were uneducated too. After a half minute the father, casling inquired if he had broken his leg, too. Then a son asked if he lived in the village. The narrator replied that he lived in London and wrote plays. Then knowing that the family didn't know George Bernard he preferred to remain quiet. Castling spoke slowly that then he was not in the farming line.
When treatment was completed, the calf felt better and went toward its mother. The narrator told them that he would take the bandage off in a month, and returned back.
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