THE STUB-BOOK Summary

The Stub-Book |Toulmin Model of Argumentation | Flax Golden Tales

Claim

An honest and truthful person always has facts to support his statements. The person is always full of confidence who is right and is not afraid to present his words. A person should always love his/her work.

 

Ground

Uncle Buscabeatas has unbelievable attachment with every single plant or vegetable that he grows in his field. He had given every pumpkin a name and its own identity. It shows that he loved his work so much. He worked hard to grow every single plant and vegetable in his field. On the other hand, Uncle Fulano, the thief, had no proof that they were his pumpkins. But Uncle Buscabeatas had enough proof that they were all his which supports the statement that a wrong person can never outsmart an honest person.

 

Warrant

A truthful person has always a righteous heart. He/She is always forward to claim about their right. One most love the thing to get success and good result with it. When we start loving our work, it will be fun doing it and we will be able to give our full effort in that work. And our hardwork will always pay well.

 

Backing

Uncle Buscabeatas goes looking for his pumpkins all by himself. He did not gave up and would not let his hardwork go in vain. He loved his pumpkins and was attached with it as he had grown it with lot of care and dedication. And at the market he recognized the pumpkins which he had grown up with so much of care. Finally, his hardwork and honesty was rewarded and he got the money of his pumpkins.

 

Rebuttal

Love and attachment towards our work will always give the best result for us. The product of hardwork and dedication towards work our will always lead to the best possible outcome. The true gain of hardwork is sweet and stealing and cheating is punishable at any cost. Hardwork and honesty always pays well. It may not be seen but people are being paid in some manner. No one can grab the output of the hardwork of other people.
Conclusion
It can be concluded that one should enjoy their own labour, work and product and not the others. A pumpkin or a child; both are equal for its creator. Everyone loves its creation and gets attached to it. Only a laborious person can get success and no cheater can grasp his labour.

 

THE STUB-BOOK

Pedro Antonio de Alarcon, Spain (1833-1891)

CHARACTERS:

• Uncle Buscabeatas (60 Years old Farmer)
• Uncle Fulano

1. This is a short story. The major event of the story begins in Rota, the smallest town in the bay of Cadiz.
2. The major character of the story is Uncle Buscabeatas who solves the mystery of lost pumpkins by using his creative and critical mind.

This is a story of a village situated at the bay Cadiz. This is the place which was liked even by the duke of Osuna. He had made a beautiful castle because of his fascination to this place. The writer claims that he could describe this castle's brick by brick but he admits that his intention was not to describe any duke or castle but his purpose is to describe the hard labor of the people who are living in the same island. Antonio writes that the soil of this village is not so much fertile which consists of sand but the farmers here are so hard working that they have been referred as pumpkin and tomato growers. All the farmers accept this title with certain pride. Alarcon writes that the farmers dig well to supply the water which he calls life blood to the plants they grow. He makes terraces on the land, digs, and tills and sows the seed of pumpkin and tomatoes. Then, he provides water, fertilizer and love similar to the parents love to their children.

 

In the second section of the story, the writer talks about a farmer named Uncle Buscabeatas. In that year, he had grown up many pumpkins which were perfect in color, shape and were turn yellow to indicate that they had ripen. The farmer had given them name and could recognize them by their names. He had dreamt to sell those pumpkins and thought the person who would cook and eat them would be luckier. He had expected that the price of the fifteen duros (old spenish currency). But contrary to his expectation, his all daughters (pumpkins) were stolen last night at nine or ten. The ground under his feet sank down but he determined that he would catch the thief and recover the daughters of toil. Uncle Busabeatas went to Cadiz vegetable market to find out his daughters and punish the thief. He took policeman. Pointing out a shop, he said the police man, '' These are my pumpkins, arrest him.'' The shopkeeper replied that he had bought those pumpkins and they belonged to him and suggested him to go to the court if he liked. People had started to gather around them. Stopping their debate, the policeman inquired the shopkeeper whom he had bought those pumpkins with. The shopkeeper replies that he had bought them from Uncle Fulano. Uncle Busabeatas becomes sure that Fulano must be thief because his garden had not produced anything this year. The policeman questions him how he could recognize that those pumpkins really belonged to him. He replies that he could as intimate with them as a father becomes with his daughter because he had nourished them with his own hands. At the same time, Uncle Fulano arrives there. As he sees Uncle Busabeatas and police, he tries to escape but the police man stopped him. Recovering his consciousness, Uncle Fulano challenges him to prove the blame. Then he brings the stems of those pumpkins and started to fill it with pumpkins. All the people were amazed when they saw that whichever pumpkin he picked claimed to fit on the stems, it fitted exactly. Astonished crowd began to shout that the pumpkins really belonged to Uncle Buscabeatas. Certainly Uncle Fulano had to pay fifteen duros before going to jail. Uncle Busabeatas returned pleased with himself but the images of pumpkins were still there in his mind. Indeed, they looked very beautiful in the market. He still doubted whether he did well by selling them in the market. Instead, he could have eaten himself and kept the seeds for the next cultivation.

 

 

FURTHER READING

 

Rota was a small town where farmers grew fruits and vegetables. The quality of its tomatoes and pumpkins were famous. The soil of the Rota was not soil but pure and clean sand cast up by the ocean, blown by the wind. Farmers were very laborious. There was not even a tiny stream flowing through the field. Farmers had made wells from which they drew the precious liquid for their vegetables. They watered tomatoes seeds or pumpkin pip by hand like a father who gives water to him child.

 

They loved their vegetables like their children. They even kissed, blessed and even gave names to the plants and vegetables. Uncle Buscabeatas was one of those farmers. He was sixty years old. He had spent 40 years tilling (cultivating/working) his field near the shore. He had grown some enormous pumpkins that they were turning to yellow. He knew them by color, shape and even by name. He planned to sell them next day. He was sad because he was going to be separated with the pumpkin the following day.

 

But he was astonished (amazed), angry and sad when he found his forty pumpkins stolen in the night. He thought his pumpkins could not be sold in Rota. They must have been taken to Cadiz to sell. He went in Cadiz in search of his pumpkins were kept for sale. He told police to catch the vendor (seller/marketer). The vendor told them that he bought the pumpkins from Uncle Fulano.

 

The Inspector of public market told uncle Buscabeatas to prove that those pumpkins were from his garden not of others. Uncle Fulano also comes there to see what was going on there. He was caught but he also asked to prove accusation. Uncle Bascabeatas look out green stems of those pumpkins and told them that they were stolen. He fitted the stems to pumpkins one by one. The spectators were surprised to see that the stems really fitted the pumpkins exactly which proved that uncle Buscabetas was right and uncle Fulano was thief. Uncle Fulano was compelled to return 15 duros to vendor and vendor gave it to Uncle Buscabeatas. Uncle Buscabatas happily returned to his village but Uncle Fulano was arrested and sent to jail.