The Rice Cakes | BOSEM Class IX English Literature Reader | Drama
Board of Secondary Education Manipur (BOSEM) Class - IX English Literature Reader (Prose) Chapter - 6 The Rice Cakes P. Aung Khim Summary of the Play The play begins on a peaceful morning in a small Burmese village, where 8-year-old Ko Ko finds himself alone in his family's bamboo-walled house after his parents have gone to work in the fields. He discovers his favourite treat, four delicious rice cakes, left for him by his mother. Excited at the thought of having the cakes all to himself, he brings them to the table. Just as he is about to indulge in the cakes, his friend Nyi Nyi knocks on the door. In an attempt to keep the cakes to himself, Ko Ko quickly hides them behind the radio, pretending that it is broken to deter Nyi Nyi from finding them. After Nyi Nyi leaves to find another radio, Ko Ko retrieves the cakes, only to be interrupted again by his friend Mi Mi, who brings hot banana fritters to share. Fearing that his lie to Nyi Nyi will be exposed, Ko Ko hides the cakes in ...