A Horse and Two Goats
By R.K. Narayan

The short story takes place in India in a small town called Kiritam.
One day a traveller from New York is visiting the town. At his visit in Kiritam he sees a statue shaped as a horse while travelling along the countryside. A statue left alone nearly forgotten by the local inhabitants. The statue makes a big impression on the American. And he would like to buy the statue in thoughts of taking it back to America.
At the same day an old man is drowsing nearby the statue watching his two goats graze.
The American traveller politely says hello, and asks how he is doing. The old man responds at some of the questions. But during the conversation the traveller understands that the old man has a low knowledge about the western world and has seriously big problems of understanding English. At first the old man thinks the red-faced man is a police officer, probably because the he is described as a red-faced man with a khaki-coloured shirt and......

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Title: A Horse And Two Goats
Approximate Word Count: 453
Approximate Pages: 2 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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