BY ROALD DAHL
At Beginner Klausner works on his sound machine. Klausner going from his house into his garden shed to work
his machine. He hears the roses cry out as they are cut. Next morning at the park, klausner swings his axe against the
tree trunk he hears along, loud terrifying sound through his machine
The Climax• When Dr.Scott arrives, Klausner makes
him wear the earphones.• Klausner swings his axe against the tree
trunk. Then, a big branch of the tree crashes down on top of the machine.
Resolution• Dr. Scott is reluctant to describe what
he heard.• Klausner then insists that the doctor
put the iodine on the two cuts on tree trunk.
Klausner • He is a mad scientist. • He obsessed by his hobby of making a
sound machine. • He is horrified his machine works and he
hears the screams of plants being cut.
Dr. ScottAs a doctor, he represents the
ordinary scientific community.He looks at things in a rational way.
Mrs. Saundersshe is an ordinary housewife who
thinks klausner is mad.She serves as a contrast to klausner.