The Great Answer
- Fulton Oursler
Summary and Literal Comprehension
People were gathering near the Spanish border. They were escaping from Nazis because they could be captured and killed by the Nazis because they. Among them, there was a young mother with her little daughter. They were all refugees and were trying to get across into Spain and planned to get America by ship. They were afraid because Nazis could come there to capture them. Spanish soldiers did not let the refugees cross the border.
A person came into the woman’s room. He was a leader. He informed her to come to a certain place and he was guiding them to cross the border on the right side. The woman and her daughter went to the place where the leader had told her to come at night. All the refugees had already come there. Then they started the difficult journey. They promised to help the woman and carry her baby. They walked the secret way in the night.
But on the way, an old man could not continue the journey. So, he sank to the ground and said that he could not go ahead. He wanted to die and suggested the other refugees save their life. But the leader came and told him that he couldn’t leave the journey. He must have helped to carry the woman’s daughter. The old man gathered his strength and continued the journey.
On the journey, three old men tried to leave the journey but the leader didn’t allow them to do so. Those old men helped to carry the woman’s daughter. The next morning, they reached the safe place by crossing the border and High Mountains. Thus they saved their life. It was a great answer for them of the struggle in their lives. The story may be trying to say that we can get success if we do something collectively.